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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 16 23
Rank change year-on-year +10 +7 -2
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 2,962 1,502 1,179
As % of all contract jobs in London 14.80% 11.05% 7.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.62% 11.99% 8.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,961 1,015 849
10th Percentile £400 £388 £374
25th Percentile £469 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £554 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% +0.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £681 £650
90th Percentile £775 £763 £775
England median daily rate £550 £535 £538
% change year-on-year +2.80% -0.47% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 22 10
10th Percentile £26.50 £28.25 £23.23
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.00 £30.16
Median hourly rate £42.50 £47.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +17.50% -6.98%
75th Percentile £63.25 £55.25 £55.94
90th Percentile £78.44 £65.00 £63.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £53.50 £61.33
% change year-on-year +16.82% -12.77% +31.89%

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 17,817 12,532 14,574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.00% 92.17% 88.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,764 8,387 10,335
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 £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 242 212
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.89 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £29.75 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.68% -12.50% -18.07%
75th Percentile £56.81 £49.31 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.23 £71.25
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -39.40% -2.35%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +9 392 £600 +4.35% 183
West London +20 95 £520 -0.48% 66
South London -6 29 £600 -2.58% 21
North London +6 11 £450 -17.43% 4
East London -3 8 £675 +7.14% 29
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
1 150 (5.06%) Confluence
2 77 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 46 (1.55%) CMS
4 20 (0.68%) Apache
5 14 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.30%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 7 (0.24%) SAS
8 6 (0.20%) Appian
8 6 (0.20%) WordPress
9 4 (0.14%) Kentico
9 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.10%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.068%) Camunda
11 2 (0.068%) IBM HTTP Server
11 2 (0.068%) JBoss
11 2 (0.068%) Moodle
11 2 (0.068%) nginx
Applications
1 132 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (2.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 63 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
4 60 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
5 44 (1.49%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.30%) Revit
8 8 (0.27%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.14%) Notion
9 4 (0.14%) Sketch
10 3 (0.10%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.10%) Trello
11 2 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.068%) CPLEX
11 2 (0.068%) EPLAN
12 1 (0.034%) Navisworks
12 1 (0.034%) PlantUML
12 1 (0.034%) UserZoom
12 1 (0.034%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 86 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
4 14 (0.47%) Finacle
5 13 (0.44%) Aladdin
5 13 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
5 13 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 13 (0.44%) Workday HCM
6 12 (0.41%) SAP SD
7 11 (0.37%) Endur
7 11 (0.37%) NetSuite
8 10 (0.34%) Magento
8 10 (0.34%) SAP ERP
9 9 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
10 8 (0.27%) SAP HCM
11 7 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (0.24%) SAP FI
12 6 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
12 6 (0.20%) SAP PM
12 6 (0.20%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 528 (17.83%) Azure
2 365 (12.32%) AWS
3 185 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 125 (4.22%) SaaS
5 121 (4.09%) GCP
6 111 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
7 90 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
8 85 (2.87%) Entra ID
9 72 (2.43%) GitHub
10 67 (2.26%) Snowflake
11 38 (1.28%) Figma
11 38 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
12 37 (1.25%) Amazon S3
13 35 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
13 35 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
14 34 (1.15%) OCI
15 33 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
16 32 (1.08%) Power Automate
16 32 (1.08%) Serverless
17 30 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 47 (1.59%) Firewall
2 34 (1.15%) Network Security
3 28 (0.95%) DNS
4 26 (0.88%) WAN
5 19 (0.64%) VPN
6 17 (0.57%) LAN
7 14 (0.47%) DHCP
7 14 (0.47%) SD-WAN
8 11 (0.37%) TCP/IP
9 10 (0.34%) BGP
10 9 (0.30%) Wireless
11 8 (0.27%) Internet
11 8 (0.27%) OSPF
11 8 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (0.24%) HTTP
12 7 (0.24%) SSL
12 7 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
13 6 (0.20%) 4G
13 6 (0.20%) 5G
13 6 (0.20%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (5.20%) Power BI
2 89 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
3 71 (2.40%) Metadata
4 52 (1.76%) Tableau
5 47 (1.59%) Data Lake
6 39 (1.32%) SQL Server
7 30 (1.01%) Delta Lake
8 28 (0.95%) Relational Database
9 21 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
10 20 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
11 19 (0.64%) Big Data
12 17 (0.57%) Oracle Database
13 16 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
14 13 (0.44%) BigQuery
15 12 (0.41%) NoSQL
16 11 (0.37%) Db2
16 11 (0.37%) Parquet
16 11 (0.37%) Power Query
16 11 (0.37%) RDBMS
17 10 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 310 (10.47%) JIRA
2 44 (1.49%) Jenkins
3 42 (1.42%) Git
4 23 (0.78%) GitLab
5 18 (0.61%) Selenium
6 16 (0.54%) Postman
7 12 (0.41%) Zephyr
8 9 (0.30%) JMeter
8 9 (0.30%) SonarQube
9 8 (0.27%) ERwin
9 8 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
10 7 (0.24%) Appium
10 7 (0.24%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.24%) Maven
11 6 (0.20%) JUnit
11 6 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (0.17%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.17%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.17%) MLflow
12 5 (0.17%) REST Assured
General
1 1,462 (49.36%) Social Skills
2 1,156 (39.03%) Finance
3 505 (17.05%) Analytical Skills
4 390 (13.17%) Banking
5 304 (10.26%) Public Sector
6 215 (7.26%) Retail
7 181 (6.11%) Influencing Skills
8 153 (5.17%) Legal
9 150 (5.06%) Marketing
10 115 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
11 106 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
12 76 (2.57%) Front Office
12 76 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
13 65 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 61 (2.06%) Investment Banking
15 60 (2.03%) Manufacturing
16 58 (1.96%) Financial Institution
17 54 (1.82%) Local Government
18 51 (1.72%) Telecoms
19 44 (1.49%) Billing
Job Titles
1 492 (16.61%) Analyst
2 382 (12.90%) Lead
3 360 (12.15%) Project Manager
4 351 (11.85%) Business Analyst
5 348 (11.75%) Architect
6 292 (9.86%) Senior
7 162 (5.47%) Consultant
8 138 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
9 114 (3.85%) Senior Manager
10 106 (3.58%) Programme Manager
11 96 (3.24%) Delivery Manager
12 78 (2.63%) IT Manager
13 70 (2.36%) Developer
14 67 (2.26%) Product Owner
14 67 (2.26%) Technical Manager
15 65 (2.19%) Product Manager
16 61 (2.06%) Data Analyst
17 55 (1.86%) Senior Project Manager
18 52 (1.76%) Senior Analyst
19 50 (1.69%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (2.80%) REST
2 65 (2.19%) Middleware
3 45 (1.52%) SOAP
4 32 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
5 30 (1.01%) Kafka
6 27 (0.91%) .NET
6 27 (0.91%) PySpark
7 26 (0.88%) HTML
8 24 (0.81%) CSS
8 24 (0.81%) SailPoint
9 22 (0.74%) Web Services
9 22 (0.74%) XML
10 21 (0.71%) JSON
11 20 (0.68%) OAuth
12 16 (0.54%) React
13 15 (0.51%) AngularJS
14 14 (0.47%) RESTful
15 13 (0.44%) Playwright
16 12 (0.41%) Spring
17 11 (0.37%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 249 (8.41%) Product Ownership
2 182 (6.14%) Onboarding
3 105 (3.54%) Cloud Native
4 77 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
4 77 (2.60%) Management Information System
5 62 (2.09%) Data Structures
6 60 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
7 58 (1.96%) Data Centre
8 55 (1.86%) Virtual Team
9 53 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
10 44 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
10 44 (1.49%) FMCG
11 43 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
12 41 (1.38%) AI Agents
13 39 (1.32%) NHS
14 34 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
15 33 (1.11%) CMDB
16 30 (1.01%) Operational Technology
17 29 (0.98%) Security Posture
18 26 (0.88%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 97 (3.27%) Windows
2 48 (1.62%) Linux
3 22 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.47%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.44%) Android
5 13 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (0.44%) Unix
6 9 (0.30%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.17%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.14%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.14%) VMS
10 3 (0.10%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.068%) AIX
11 2 (0.068%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.068%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.034%) CentOS
12 1 (0.034%) Solaris
12 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 958 (32.34%) Agile
2 475 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
3 457 (15.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 439 (14.82%) Roadmaps
5 419 (14.15%) Migration
6 397 (13.40%) Decision-Making
7 388 (13.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 379 (12.80%) AI
9 358 (12.09%) Project Management
10 356 (12.02%) DevOps
11 353 (11.92%) Analytics
12 317 (10.70%) Project Delivery
13 313 (10.57%) User Acceptance Testing
14 281 (9.49%) Change Management
15 260 (8.78%) Workshop Facilitation
16 259 (8.74%) Validation
17 256 (8.64%) Risk Management
18 255 (8.61%) CI/CD
19 238 (8.04%) User Stories
20 236 (7.97%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 296 (9.99%) SQL
2 191 (6.45%) Python
3 53 (1.79%) Java
4 45 (1.52%) PowerShell
5 42 (1.42%) JavaScript
6 29 (0.98%) C#
7 21 (0.71%) Bash
8 17 (0.57%) Korn
9 16 (0.54%) Bicep
10 15 (0.51%) TypeScript
11 14 (0.47%) R
12 12 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 11 (0.37%) Shell Script
14 10 (0.34%) VBA
15 9 (0.30%) PL/SQL
16 8 (0.27%) Apex Code
16 8 (0.27%) T-SQL
17 6 (0.20%) Perl
18 5 (0.17%) C++
18 5 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 422 (14.25%) Security Cleared
2 356 (12.02%) SC Cleared
3 175 (5.91%) Degree
4 152 (5.13%) PMP
5 134 (4.52%) PMI Certification
6 56 (1.89%) CISSP
7 53 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 49 (1.65%) Azure Certification
9 41 (1.38%) DV Cleared
10 36 (1.22%) CISM
11 28 (0.95%) AWS Certification
12 27 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
13 26 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
14 21 (0.71%) Master's Degree
15 20 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
16 14 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
17 13 (0.44%) ACCA
18 12 (0.41%) CIMA
18 12 (0.41%) CRISC
18 12 (0.41%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 211 (7.12%) Data Quality
2 173 (5.84%) QA
3 142 (4.79%) PMO
4 101 (3.41%) GDPR
5 66 (2.23%) NIST
6 63 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 52 (1.76%) Accessibility
7 52 (1.76%) GRC
8 48 (1.62%) SLA
9 21 (0.71%) NCSC
10 20 (0.68%) COBIT
11 17 (0.57%) PCI DSS
12 15 (0.51%) ISO 20022
12 15 (0.51%) SEPA
12 15 (0.51%) WCAG
13 13 (0.44%) MiFID
13 13 (0.44%) SOC 2
13 13 (0.44%) Solvency II
14 12 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
14 12 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 77 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 64 (2.16%) Docker
3 19 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.27%) NFS
6 6 (0.20%) Postfix
7 4 (0.14%) Varnish
7 4 (0.14%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.14%) vSphere
8 3 (0.10%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.10%) Sendmail
9 2 (0.068%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.034%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.034%) RACF
Systems Management
1 109 (3.68%) Terraform
2 71 (2.40%) Kubernetes
3 35 (1.18%) Ansible
4 24 (0.81%) Grafana
5 15 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (0.51%) Prometheus
5 15 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.41%) SCCM
7 8 (0.27%) Argo
8 7 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.20%) Control-M
9 6 (0.20%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.20%) RSA Archer
10 4 (0.14%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.14%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.14%) Puppet
11 3 (0.10%) HAProxy
12 2 (0.068%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.068%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.068%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 388 (13.10%) Microsoft
2 221 (7.46%) SAP
3 158 (5.33%) Oracle
4 145 (4.90%) ServiceNow
5 142 (4.79%) Salesforce
6 80 (2.70%) Databricks
7 60 (2.03%) Google
8 51 (1.72%) Workday
9 32 (1.08%) Adobe
10 31 (1.05%) CyberArk
11 28 (0.95%) IBM
12 26 (0.88%) Cisco
12 26 (0.88%) Splunk
13 25 (0.84%) VMware
14 22 (0.74%) Ariba
15 20 (0.68%) Guidewire
16 19 (0.64%) MuleSoft
16 19 (0.64%) Okta
17 18 (0.61%) Informatica
17 18 (0.61%) Zscaler