Stakeholder Management Contract Job Trends in London

Stakeholder Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Stakeholder Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 16 23
Rank change year-on-year +10 +7 -2
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 3,172 1,521 1,170
As % of all contract jobs in London 15.76% 11.22% 7.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.69% 12.15% 8.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,080 1,038 827
10th Percentile £400 £385 £385
25th Percentile £469 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £567 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +3.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £763 £775
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 21 8
10th Percentile £28.00 £28.25 £30.13
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.00 £34.73
Median hourly rate £42.50 £44.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% +4.71% +19.85%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.25 £60.31
90th Percentile £76.75 £65.00 £66.50
England median hourly rate £62.25 £51.84 £61.60
% change year-on-year +20.09% -15.85% +34.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Stakeholder Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,930 12,520 14,416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.08% 92.34% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,792 8,353 10,096
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £787 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 254 202
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.61
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -17.15% -12.67%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.44 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.24%

Stakeholder Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stakeholder Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Stakeholder Management job vacancy trend in London

Stakeholder Management
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Stakeholder Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Stakeholder Management

Stakeholder Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Management in London over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Management in London

Stakeholder Management
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Stakeholder Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Stakeholder Management

Stakeholder Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Stakeholder Management in London over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Stakeholder Management in London

Stakeholder Management
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Management within the London region over the 6 months to 13 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +8 401 £600 +4.35% 262
West London +20 110 £520 -0.95% 87
South London +7 35 £550 -10.70% 32
East London -2 11 £638 -5.56% 31
North London +4 10 £450 -17.43% 2
Stakeholder Management
England

Stakeholder Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 161 (5.08%) Confluence
2 82 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 46 (1.45%) CMS
4 24 (0.76%) Apache
5 23 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (0.44%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (0.25%) SAS
10 6 (0.19%) WordPress
11 4 (0.13%) Appian
11 4 (0.13%) Kentico
12 3 (0.095%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.095%) Moodle
12 3 (0.095%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.095%) Palantir Foundry
13 2 (0.063%) Drupal
13 2 (0.063%) JBoss
13 2 (0.063%) nginx
13 2 (0.063%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 142 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 83 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 66 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
4 63 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
5 42 (1.32%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.32%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.32%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.32%) Revit
6 10 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.16%) Trello
8 4 (0.13%) Notion
9 3 (0.095%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.095%) Sketch
10 2 (0.063%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.063%) CPLEX
10 2 (0.063%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.063%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.032%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.032%) UserZoom
11 1 (0.032%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 91 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
4 14 (0.44%) Finacle
5 13 (0.41%) Aladdin
5 13 (0.41%) Workday HCM
6 12 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
6 12 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 11 (0.35%) Endur
7 11 (0.35%) NetSuite
8 10 (0.32%) Magento
8 10 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
8 10 (0.32%) SAP ERP
8 10 (0.32%) SAP SD
9 9 (0.28%) SAP FI
10 8 (0.25%) SAP HCM
11 7 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
11 7 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
12 6 (0.19%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 585 (18.44%) Azure
2 408 (12.86%) AWS
3 209 (6.59%) Power Platform
4 137 (4.32%) SaaS
5 133 (4.19%) GCP
6 124 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
7 99 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
8 97 (3.06%) Entra ID
9 82 (2.59%) Snowflake
10 79 (2.49%) GitHub
11 44 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
12 40 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
13 37 (1.17%) SuccessFactors
14 36 (1.13%) Amazon S3
14 36 (1.13%) AWS CloudFormation
14 36 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
15 34 (1.07%) Figma
15 34 (1.07%) OCI
16 33 (1.04%) Serverless
17 32 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 52 (1.64%) Firewall
2 43 (1.36%) Network Security
3 32 (1.01%) DNS
4 26 (0.82%) WAN
5 19 (0.60%) VPN
6 18 (0.57%) LAN
7 16 (0.50%) DHCP
8 13 (0.41%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.41%) TCP/IP
9 11 (0.35%) BGP
9 11 (0.35%) Internet
9 11 (0.35%) Wireless
10 10 (0.32%) SSL
11 9 (0.28%) OSPF
11 9 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.25%) 4G
12 8 (0.25%) 5G
12 8 (0.25%) HTTP
12 8 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
13 7 (0.22%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (5.39%) Power BI
2 100 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
3 84 (2.65%) Metadata
4 57 (1.80%) Tableau
5 50 (1.58%) Data Lake
6 48 (1.51%) SQL Server
7 36 (1.13%) Delta Lake
8 32 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (0.88%) Relational Database
10 26 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
11 25 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
12 22 (0.69%) Big Data
13 19 (0.60%) Oracle Database
14 17 (0.54%) Amazon Aurora
15 15 (0.47%) BigQuery
15 15 (0.47%) NoSQL
16 14 (0.44%) MongoDB
17 11 (0.35%) Parquet
17 11 (0.35%) RDBMS
17 11 (0.35%) Redis
Development Applications
1 329 (10.37%) JIRA
2 50 (1.58%) Jenkins
3 49 (1.54%) Git
4 28 (0.88%) GitLab
5 21 (0.66%) Selenium
6 17 (0.54%) Postman
7 12 (0.38%) Zephyr
8 11 (0.35%) SonarQube
9 10 (0.32%) JMeter
10 9 (0.28%) ERwin
11 8 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.25%) Maven
11 8 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
12 7 (0.22%) Appium
12 7 (0.22%) JUnit
12 7 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
13 6 (0.19%) LoadRunner
14 5 (0.16%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.16%) REST Assured
14 5 (0.16%) Snyk
General
1 1,597 (50.35%) Social Skills
2 1,215 (38.30%) Finance
3 554 (17.47%) Analytical Skills
4 433 (13.65%) Banking
5 337 (10.62%) Public Sector
6 223 (7.03%) Retail
7 187 (5.90%) Influencing Skills
8 165 (5.20%) Legal
9 163 (5.14%) Marketing
10 122 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
11 117 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
12 84 (2.65%) Front Office
13 78 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
14 70 (2.21%) Manufacturing
15 67 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 64 (2.02%) Investment Banking
17 63 (1.99%) Telecoms
18 59 (1.86%) Financial Institution
18 59 (1.86%) Local Government
19 47 (1.48%) Billing
Job Titles
1 515 (16.24%) Analyst
2 409 (12.89%) Lead
3 380 (11.98%) Architect
4 369 (11.63%) Project Manager
5 364 (11.48%) Business Analyst
6 332 (10.47%) Senior
7 191 (6.02%) Consultant
8 146 (4.60%) Solutions Architect
9 124 (3.91%) Senior Manager
10 112 (3.53%) Programme Manager
11 91 (2.87%) Delivery Manager
12 80 (2.52%) Developer
13 77 (2.43%) IT Manager
14 74 (2.33%) Product Manager
14 74 (2.33%) Technical Manager
15 67 (2.11%) Product Owner
16 65 (2.05%) Data Analyst
17 58 (1.83%) Senior Analyst
18 55 (1.73%) Senior Project Manager
19 52 (1.64%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (3.03%) REST
2 70 (2.21%) Middleware
3 47 (1.48%) SOAP
4 43 (1.36%) Kafka
5 35 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
6 32 (1.01%) .NET
6 32 (1.01%) PySpark
7 28 (0.88%) HTML
8 26 (0.82%) JSON
8 26 (0.82%) XML
9 25 (0.79%) CSS
10 23 (0.73%) SailPoint
11 22 (0.69%) OAuth
11 22 (0.69%) Web Services
12 15 (0.47%) Playwright
12 15 (0.47%) React
12 15 (0.47%) Spring
13 14 (0.44%) Node.js
13 14 (0.44%) Spring Boot
14 13 (0.41%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 274 (8.64%) Product Ownership
2 202 (6.37%) Onboarding
3 123 (3.88%) Cloud Native
4 82 (2.59%) Management Information System
5 76 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
6 67 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
7 65 (2.05%) Data Structures
8 62 (1.95%) Data Centre
9 60 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
10 56 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
11 52 (1.64%) Virtual Team
12 51 (1.61%) AI Agents
13 50 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
14 45 (1.42%) FMCG
15 39 (1.23%) NHS
16 36 (1.13%) CMDB
16 36 (1.13%) Security Posture
17 34 (1.07%) Operational Technology
18 33 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
19 28 (0.88%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 99 (3.12%) Windows
2 55 (1.73%) Linux
3 23 (0.73%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.54%) Unix
5 14 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 10 (0.32%) Android
8 8 (0.25%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.19%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.16%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.13%) Alpine Linux
11 4 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
11 4 (0.13%) VMS
12 2 (0.063%) AIX
12 2 (0.063%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.063%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.032%) CentOS
13 1 (0.032%) Solaris
13 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,035 (32.63%) Agile
2 524 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
3 494 (15.57%) Roadmaps
4 480 (15.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 445 (14.03%) Migration
6 426 (13.43%) AI
7 422 (13.30%) Decision-Making
8 401 (12.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 394 (12.42%) DevOps
10 387 (12.20%) Analytics
11 386 (12.17%) Project Management
12 344 (10.84%) Project Delivery
13 329 (10.37%) User Acceptance Testing
14 295 (9.30%) Change Management
15 291 (9.17%) CI/CD
16 290 (9.14%) Workshop Facilitation
17 275 (8.67%) Risk Management
18 267 (8.42%) Validation
19 260 (8.20%) Data Modelling
20 254 (8.01%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 324 (10.21%) SQL
2 209 (6.59%) Python
3 69 (2.18%) Java
4 58 (1.83%) PowerShell
5 51 (1.61%) JavaScript
6 31 (0.98%) C#
7 23 (0.73%) Bash
8 21 (0.66%) Bicep
9 19 (0.60%) Korn
9 19 (0.60%) TypeScript
10 15 (0.47%) R
11 13 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.38%) Shell Script
13 10 (0.32%) Apex Code
14 9 (0.28%) PL/SQL
14 9 (0.28%) VBA
15 8 (0.25%) Perl
15 8 (0.25%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.22%) C++
17 5 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 477 (15.04%) Security Cleared
2 401 (12.64%) SC Cleared
3 184 (5.80%) Degree
4 164 (5.17%) PMP
5 140 (4.41%) PMI Certification
6 61 (1.92%) CISSP
7 53 (1.67%) Azure Certification
7 53 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 47 (1.48%) DV Cleared
9 42 (1.32%) CISM
10 36 (1.13%) AWS Certification
11 32 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
12 29 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
13 22 (0.69%) Master's Degree
14 20 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
15 15 (0.47%) ACCA
15 15 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (0.47%) ISTQB
16 14 (0.44%) CIMA
17 13 (0.41%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 234 (7.38%) Data Quality
2 188 (5.93%) QA
3 147 (4.63%) PMO
4 100 (3.15%) GDPR
5 74 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 71 (2.24%) NIST
7 62 (1.95%) Accessibility
8 51 (1.61%) GRC
9 45 (1.42%) SLA
10 23 (0.73%) NCSC
11 18 (0.57%) WCAG
12 17 (0.54%) ISO 20022
13 16 (0.50%) COBIT
13 16 (0.50%) SEPA
14 15 (0.47%) PCI DSS
15 14 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 13 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
16 13 (0.41%) SOC 2
17 12 (0.38%) MiFID
18 11 (0.35%) Solvency II
System Software
1 81 (2.55%) Active Directory
2 70 (2.21%) Docker
3 23 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.25%) NFS
7 6 (0.19%) Postfix
7 6 (0.19%) vSphere
8 4 (0.13%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.13%) Varnish
8 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.095%) Sendmail
9 3 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.032%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.032%) oVirt
11 1 (0.032%) RACF
11 1 (0.032%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 125 (3.94%) Terraform
2 81 (2.55%) Kubernetes
3 38 (1.20%) Ansible
4 29 (0.91%) Grafana
5 19 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.41%) SCCM
8 8 (0.25%) Argo
8 8 (0.25%) Control-M
9 7 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 5 (0.16%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.16%) HP ALM
10 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
11 4 (0.13%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.13%) Puppet
12 3 (0.095%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.095%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.063%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.063%) QRadar
Vendors
1 438 (13.81%) Microsoft
2 226 (7.12%) SAP
3 170 (5.36%) Oracle
4 150 (4.73%) ServiceNow
5 145 (4.57%) Salesforce
6 99 (3.12%) Databricks
7 62 (1.95%) Google
8 52 (1.64%) Workday
9 36 (1.13%) IBM
10 34 (1.07%) Adobe
10 34 (1.07%) Splunk
11 32 (1.01%) CyberArk
12 31 (0.98%) Cisco
13 28 (0.88%) VMware
14 22 (0.69%) Informatica
15 21 (0.66%) Ariba
15 21 (0.66%) Guidewire
15 21 (0.66%) Okta
16 19 (0.60%) MuleSoft
16 19 (0.60%) Zscaler