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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 17 24
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 -5
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 2,194 1,297 1,269
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.15% 10.50% 7.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.76% 11.38% 8.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,459 878 932
10th Percentile £393 £386 £397
25th Percentile £468 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £661
90th Percentile £780 £775 £780
England median daily rate £534 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -0.63% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 22 14
10th Percentile £27.84 £34.66 £23.61
25th Percentile £36.69 £36.00 £30.16
Median hourly rate £50.25 £47.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.91% +17.50% -24.49%
75th Percentile £70.31 £55.25 £51.00
90th Percentile £76.74 £65.00 £57.75
England median hourly rate £50.00 £56.38 £60.00
% change year-on-year -11.31% -6.04% +13.27%

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 15,948 11,394 15,486
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.35% 92.23% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,673 7,685 11,109
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £431 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £681
90th Percentile £760 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 187 308
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.24 £15.81
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.33 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £34.00 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +9.56% +21.78% -25.23%
75th Percentile £57.86 £50.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.83
England median hourly rate £46.80 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.78% -21.23% -0.11%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 21 May 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 +6 318 £600 -1.64% 129
West London +5 53 £535 +58.52% 23
South London -7 23 £570 -17.36% 7
East London -5 9 £638 +1.19% 14
North London 0 4 £498 +13.07% 3
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
1 131 (5.97%) Confluence
2 50 (2.28%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.14%) CMS
4 13 (0.59%) Appian
4 13 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.55%) Apache
6 7 (0.32%) SAS
7 5 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.18%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.18%) WordPress
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.14%) Camunda
9 3 (0.14%) Kentico
9 3 (0.14%) nginx
9 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.091%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.091%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.091%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.091%) Sitefinity
11 1 (0.046%) OpenStack
Applications
1 94 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (2.64%) Microsoft Project
3 51 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (2.28%) MS Visio
5 39 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.23%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.18%) Sketch
8 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.18%) Trello
9 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.14%) Revit
10 2 (0.091%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.091%) Notion
11 1 (0.046%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.046%) Autodesk Smoke
11 1 (0.046%) InVision
11 1 (0.046%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.046%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 54 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 24 (1.09%) Aladdin
4 14 (0.64%) NetSuite
5 13 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.50%) Loan IQ
6 11 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (0.36%) Endur
7 8 (0.36%) SAP ERP
7 8 (0.36%) SAP HCM
8 7 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 6 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
9 6 (0.27%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
10 5 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.23%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.23%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 332 (15.13%) Azure
2 233 (10.62%) AWS
3 105 (4.79%) Power Platform
4 80 (3.65%) GCP
5 75 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (3.19%) SaaS
7 58 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
8 42 (1.91%) Snowflake
9 39 (1.78%) Entra ID
10 35 (1.60%) GitHub
11 29 (1.32%) Figma
12 27 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
12 27 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
13 26 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
14 25 (1.14%) Amazon S3
14 25 (1.14%) Power Automate
15 24 (1.09%) Serverless
16 23 (1.05%) OpenShift
17 21 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
17 21 (0.96%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.32%) Firewall
2 22 (1.00%) WAN
3 21 (0.96%) Network Security
4 16 (0.73%) LAN
5 13 (0.59%) DNS
6 12 (0.55%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.55%) VPN
7 11 (0.50%) BGP
8 9 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.36%) MPLS
9 8 (0.36%) OSPF
9 8 (0.36%) VLAN
10 7 (0.32%) Intranet
11 6 (0.27%) NGFW
12 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
13 4 (0.18%) 3GPP
13 4 (0.18%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.18%) PSTN
13 4 (0.18%) TCP/IP
13 4 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (3.69%) Power BI
2 53 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
2 53 (2.42%) Metadata
3 34 (1.55%) Tableau
4 28 (1.28%) Data Lake
5 27 (1.23%) SQL Server
6 17 (0.77%) Delta Lake
6 17 (0.77%) Relational Database
7 16 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (0.73%) Big Data
7 16 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (0.55%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.41%) Amazon Aurora
9 9 (0.41%) BigQuery
9 9 (0.41%) Pinecone
10 8 (0.36%) DynamoDB
11 7 (0.32%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.32%) Power Query
12 6 (0.27%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 247 (11.26%) JIRA
2 39 (1.78%) Jenkins
3 26 (1.19%) Git
4 20 (0.91%) GitLab
5 12 (0.55%) Postman
6 11 (0.50%) MLflow
7 10 (0.46%) Selenium
7 10 (0.46%) SpecFlow
8 7 (0.32%) JMeter
8 7 (0.32%) PowerDesigner
8 7 (0.32%) Zephyr
9 6 (0.27%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.23%) ERwin
10 5 (0.23%) JUnit
10 5 (0.23%) Maven
11 4 (0.18%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.18%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.18%) Snyk
11 4 (0.18%) TestRail
General
1 1,035 (47.17%) Social Skills
2 896 (40.84%) Finance
3 327 (14.90%) Analytical Skills
4 273 (12.44%) Banking
5 219 (9.98%) Public Sector
6 129 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
7 120 (5.47%) Retail
8 108 (4.92%) Legal
9 94 (4.28%) Marketing
10 87 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
11 69 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
12 61 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
13 60 (2.73%) Financial Institution
14 52 (2.37%) Front Office
15 47 (2.14%) Investment Banking
16 42 (1.91%) Manufacturing
16 42 (1.91%) Telecoms
17 33 (1.50%) Billing
18 29 (1.32%) Law
19 28 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 385 (17.55%) Analyst
2 315 (14.36%) Project Manager
3 299 (13.63%) Business Analyst
4 294 (13.40%) Lead
5 229 (10.44%) Architect
6 226 (10.30%) Senior
7 117 (5.33%) Consultant
8 98 (4.47%) Senior Manager
9 85 (3.87%) Delivery Manager
10 81 (3.69%) Programme Manager
11 69 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
12 62 (2.83%) IT Manager
13 55 (2.51%) Senior Analyst
14 52 (2.37%) Product Manager
15 49 (2.23%) Data Analyst
15 49 (2.23%) Technical Manager
16 47 (2.14%) Senior Project Manager
17 45 (2.05%) Test Manager
18 44 (2.01%) Product Owner
19 43 (1.96%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (2.42%) REST
2 40 (1.82%) Middleware
3 29 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
4 27 (1.23%) SOAP
5 20 (0.91%) Web Services
6 19 (0.87%) OAuth
6 19 (0.87%) OpenID
6 19 (0.87%) RESTful
7 17 (0.77%) .NET
7 17 (0.77%) Kafka
7 17 (0.77%) PyTorch
7 17 (0.77%) TensorFlow
8 15 (0.68%) Hugging Face
8 15 (0.68%) Pandas
8 15 (0.68%) Playwright
8 15 (0.68%) SAML
8 15 (0.68%) XML
9 14 (0.64%) LDAP
9 14 (0.64%) NumPy
10 12 (0.55%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 165 (7.52%) Product Ownership
2 117 (5.33%) Onboarding
3 83 (3.78%) Cloud Native
4 80 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
5 61 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
6 49 (2.23%) Management Information System
7 47 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
8 44 (2.01%) Data Structures
9 35 (1.60%) Data Centre
10 33 (1.50%) Virtual Team
11 23 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
11 23 (1.05%) NHS
12 22 (1.00%) AI Agents
13 20 (0.91%) Derivative
13 20 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (0.91%) Fixed Income
13 20 (0.91%) FMCG
13 20 (0.91%) PMI
14 17 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 16 (0.73%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 51 (2.32%) Windows
2 24 (1.09%) Linux
3 10 (0.46%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.36%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.32%) Android
5 7 (0.32%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.23%) Unix
6 5 (0.23%) VMS
7 3 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.091%) AIX
8 2 (0.091%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.046%) Solaris
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 720 (32.82%) Agile
2 330 (15.04%) Project Management
3 322 (14.68%) Migration
4 306 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
5 289 (13.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 285 (12.99%) Roadmaps
7 268 (12.22%) Decision-Making
8 239 (10.89%) DevOps
8 239 (10.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 220 (10.03%) Project Delivery
10 219 (9.98%) AI
11 208 (9.48%) Analytics
12 203 (9.25%) User Acceptance Testing
13 201 (9.16%) Change Management
14 197 (8.98%) Validation
15 186 (8.48%) Risk Management
16 178 (8.11%) Scrum
17 177 (8.07%) Data Modelling
18 174 (7.93%) User Stories
19 171 (7.79%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 197 (8.98%) SQL
2 127 (5.79%) Python
3 35 (1.60%) Java
4 29 (1.32%) C#
5 21 (0.96%) JavaScript
6 18 (0.82%) TypeScript
7 17 (0.77%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.50%) Korn
8 11 (0.50%) R
9 8 (0.36%) Bash
9 8 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 8 (0.36%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.32%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.23%) ABAP
11 5 (0.23%) VBA
12 4 (0.18%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.14%) Perl
14 2 (0.091%) C
14 2 (0.091%) Groovy
14 2 (0.091%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 358 (16.32%) Security Cleared
2 302 (13.76%) SC Cleared
3 136 (6.20%) Degree
4 113 (5.15%) PMP
5 102 (4.65%) PMI Certification
6 45 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 30 (1.37%) CISSP
8 23 (1.05%) CBAP
9 21 (0.96%) Azure Certification
9 21 (0.96%) Master's Degree
10 20 (0.91%) DV Cleared
11 18 (0.82%) AWS Certification
11 18 (0.82%) CISM
12 16 (0.73%) IIBA
13 15 (0.68%) APMP
13 15 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (0.68%) ISTQB
14 14 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.50%) ISEB
16 10 (0.46%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (7.06%) Data Quality
2 153 (6.97%) QA
3 98 (4.47%) PMO
4 97 (4.42%) GDPR
5 70 (3.19%) NIST
6 66 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 39 (1.78%) GRC
8 38 (1.73%) SLA
9 29 (1.32%) NCSC
10 26 (1.19%) Accessibility
11 22 (1.00%) PCI DSS
12 19 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 18 (0.82%) IFRS
14 15 (0.68%) COBIT
15 11 (0.50%) ISO 20022
16 10 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
17 9 (0.41%) HL7
17 9 (0.41%) IFRS 17
17 9 (0.41%) MiFID
17 9 (0.41%) Solvency II
System Software
1 51 (2.32%) Docker
2 30 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.27%) NFS
5 6 (0.27%) Postfix
6 4 (0.18%) Varnish
6 4 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.14%) Sendmail
8 2 (0.091%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.046%) NLBS
9 1 (0.046%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.046%) RACF
9 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 68 (3.10%) Kubernetes
2 54 (2.46%) Terraform
3 11 (0.50%) Ansible
4 10 (0.46%) Grafana
4 10 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.32%) FortiGate
5 7 (0.32%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.27%) RSA Archer
6 6 (0.27%) SCCM
7 5 (0.23%) HP ALM
7 5 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.14%) HAProxy
9 2 (0.091%) Argo
9 2 (0.091%) Control-M
9 2 (0.091%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.091%) vMotion
10 1 (0.046%) Nagios
10 1 (0.046%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.046%) SCOM
Vendors
1 222 (10.12%) Microsoft
2 171 (7.79%) SAP
3 121 (5.52%) Oracle
4 112 (5.10%) Salesforce
5 102 (4.65%) ServiceNow
6 47 (2.14%) Databricks
6 47 (2.14%) Workday
7 34 (1.55%) CyberArk
8 33 (1.50%) Google
9 22 (1.00%) Splunk
10 20 (0.91%) OpenAI
11 19 (0.87%) Ariba
12 18 (0.82%) Informatica
13 15 (0.68%) Cisco
13 15 (0.68%) IBM
13 15 (0.68%) Murex
13 15 (0.68%) VMware
14 13 (0.59%) Adobe
15 12 (0.55%) Bloomberg
15 12 (0.55%) Guidewire