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 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 21 21
Rank change year-on-year +9 0 0
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 2,088 1,168 1,403
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.74% 9.07% 7.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.20% 9.96% 8.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,405 789 1,028
10th Percentile £388 £400 £411
25th Percentile £463 £464 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £675
90th Percentile £778 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 15 16
10th Percentile £20.82 £35.00 £23.79
25th Percentile £39.25 £37.50 £30.16
Median hourly rate £54.46 £49.00 £43.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.14% +13.29% -33.55%
75th Percentile £72.50 £55.25 £52.81
90th Percentile £76.75 £62.90 £58.75
England median hourly rate £54.23 £61.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -11.81% +33.16% -18.22%

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 14,705 11,729 16,080
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.75% 91.08% 88.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,877 7,847 11,501
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 163 342
10th Percentile £18.11 £20.09 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.89 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% +19.00% -17.37%
75th Percentile £57.00 £53.75 £49.97
90th Percentile £72.00 £77.00 £69.43
England median hourly rate £30.79 £34.11 £32.50
% change year-on-year -9.73% +4.95% -12.87%

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 17 March 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 17 March 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 17 March 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 +12 298 £588 -2.77% 179
West London -10 19 £635 +40.33% 23
South London -25 16 £590 -1.67% 5
East London +4 5 £675 +7.14% 10
North London +3 5 £519 +28.09%
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
1 130 (6.23%) Confluence
2 48 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.01%) CMS
4 17 (0.81%) Appian
5 14 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.38%) Apache
7 6 (0.29%) Camunda
8 5 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.24%) SAS
9 4 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.19%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.14%) nginx
11 2 (0.096%) IBM HTTP Server
11 2 (0.096%) Kentico
11 2 (0.096%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.096%) Sitefinity
11 2 (0.096%) WordPress
12 1 (0.048%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 86 (4.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (2.92%) Microsoft Project
3 49 (2.35%) MS Visio
4 36 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 29 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
6 11 (0.53%) Trello
7 9 (0.43%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.24%) Sketch
8 5 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.19%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.096%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.096%) Autodesk Smoke
10 2 (0.096%) InVision
11 1 (0.048%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 63 (3.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 25 (1.20%) Aladdin
4 15 (0.72%) Endur
5 12 (0.57%) Loan IQ
6 10 (0.48%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 9 (0.43%) Workday HCM
8 8 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
9 7 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
9 7 (0.34%) SAP CO
10 6 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
10 6 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
10 6 (0.29%) SAP FI
10 6 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
11 5 (0.24%) Actimize
11 5 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
11 5 (0.24%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.24%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 337 (16.14%) Azure
2 204 (9.77%) AWS
3 132 (6.32%) Power Platform
4 80 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
5 71 (3.40%) GCP
6 56 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
7 55 (2.63%) SaaS
8 40 (1.92%) Entra ID
8 40 (1.92%) Snowflake
9 32 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
10 31 (1.48%) GitHub
10 31 (1.48%) Power Automate
11 27 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
12 23 (1.10%) OpenShift
13 22 (1.05%) Serverless
14 21 (1.01%) Figma
15 20 (0.96%) PowerApps
16 19 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
16 19 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
17 18 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 39 (1.87%) Firewall
2 31 (1.48%) WAN
3 24 (1.15%) Network Security
4 23 (1.10%) LAN
5 22 (1.05%) SD-WAN
6 16 (0.77%) DNS
7 14 (0.67%) BGP
7 14 (0.67%) VPN
8 12 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (0.48%) OSPF
10 9 (0.43%) MPLS
11 7 (0.34%) Broadband
11 7 (0.34%) VoIP
12 6 (0.29%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (0.29%) Intranet
12 6 (0.29%) NX-OS
12 6 (0.29%) Wireless
13 5 (0.24%) 5G
13 5 (0.24%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (5.36%) Power BI
2 56 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
3 44 (2.11%) Metadata
3 44 (2.11%) Tableau
4 28 (1.34%) Data Lake
5 24 (1.15%) SQL Server
6 15 (0.72%) Relational Database
7 13 (0.62%) NoSQL
7 13 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (0.53%) Big Data
9 9 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (0.43%) Pinecone
10 8 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.38%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.38%) Power Query
11 6 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.29%) Redis
11 6 (0.29%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (0.24%) MySQL
12 5 (0.24%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 242 (11.59%) JIRA
2 35 (1.68%) Jenkins
3 22 (1.05%) Git
4 21 (1.01%) GitLab
5 10 (0.48%) MLflow
6 9 (0.43%) SpecFlow
7 7 (0.34%) PowerDesigner
7 7 (0.34%) Selenium
8 6 (0.29%) JMeter
8 6 (0.29%) REST Assured
9 5 (0.24%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.24%) ERwin
9 5 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.19%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.19%) Postman
10 4 (0.19%) Snyk
11 3 (0.14%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.14%) JUnit
11 3 (0.14%) LSMW
General
1 1,077 (51.58%) Social Skills
2 836 (40.04%) Finance
3 328 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
4 248 (11.88%) Banking
5 212 (10.15%) Public Sector
6 109 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
7 97 (4.65%) Retail
8 87 (4.17%) Legal
8 87 (4.17%) Marketing
9 78 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
10 75 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
11 72 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
12 67 (3.21%) Front Office
13 62 (2.97%) Financial Institution
14 51 (2.44%) Investment Banking
15 43 (2.06%) Manufacturing
16 41 (1.96%) Telecoms
17 39 (1.87%) Law
18 28 (1.34%) Billing
19 24 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 425 (20.35%) Analyst
2 336 (16.09%) Business Analyst
3 325 (15.57%) Project Manager
4 267 (12.79%) Lead
5 203 (9.72%) Architect
6 200 (9.58%) Senior
7 135 (6.47%) Consultant
8 87 (4.17%) Senior Manager
9 79 (3.78%) Programme Manager
10 74 (3.54%) Delivery Manager
11 61 (2.92%) Senior Analyst
11 61 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
12 55 (2.63%) Data Analyst
13 54 (2.59%) IT Manager
14 50 (2.39%) Change Manager
14 50 (2.39%) Senior Business Analyst
15 43 (2.06%) Technical Manager
16 42 (2.01%) Developer
16 42 (2.01%) Senior Project Manager
17 40 (1.92%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.39%) REST
2 35 (1.68%) Middleware
3 24 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
4 23 (1.10%) Kafka
4 23 (1.10%) SOAP
5 19 (0.91%) .NET
5 19 (0.91%) OpenID
5 19 (0.91%) RESTful
6 18 (0.86%) OAuth
6 18 (0.86%) Web Services
7 17 (0.81%) Pandas
7 17 (0.81%) PyTorch
7 17 (0.81%) SAML
7 17 (0.81%) TensorFlow
8 16 (0.77%) NumPy
9 15 (0.72%) Hugging Face
10 14 (0.67%) LDAP
10 14 (0.67%) Playwright
10 14 (0.67%) scikit-learn
11 12 (0.57%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 146 (6.99%) Product Ownership
2 107 (5.12%) Onboarding
3 84 (4.02%) Legacy Systems
4 62 (2.97%) Cloud Native
5 53 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
6 51 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
7 41 (1.96%) Data Centre
8 40 (1.92%) Management Information System
9 34 (1.63%) Data Structures
10 26 (1.25%) NHS
11 25 (1.20%) PMI
12 24 (1.15%) Reinsurance
13 23 (1.10%) Derivative
13 23 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
14 21 (1.01%) Virtual Team
15 20 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
16 19 (0.91%) Fixed Income
16 19 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 16 (0.77%) e-Learning
17 16 (0.77%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 47 (2.25%) Windows
2 24 (1.15%) Linux
3 13 (0.62%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.43%) Unix
5 8 (0.38%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.34%) VMS
7 6 (0.29%) Android
8 5 (0.24%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.096%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.048%) AIX
10 1 (0.048%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 694 (33.24%) Agile
2 344 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
3 328 (15.71%) Project Management
4 307 (14.70%) Migration
5 287 (13.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 259 (12.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 256 (12.26%) Roadmaps
8 222 (10.63%) DevOps
8 222 (10.63%) Project Delivery
9 220 (10.54%) Decision-Making
10 211 (10.11%) Change Management
11 193 (9.24%) Risk Management
12 187 (8.96%) Analytics
13 186 (8.91%) Requirements Gathering
14 181 (8.67%) AI
14 181 (8.67%) User Acceptance Testing
15 173 (8.29%) Data Modelling
15 173 (8.29%) Workshop Facilitation
16 171 (8.19%) Scrum
17 170 (8.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 196 (9.39%) SQL
2 136 (6.51%) Python
3 35 (1.68%) C#
4 34 (1.63%) Java
5 29 (1.39%) JavaScript
5 29 (1.39%) PowerShell
6 19 (0.91%) TypeScript
7 13 (0.62%) R
8 12 (0.57%) Korn
9 11 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (0.43%) Bash
11 5 (0.24%) Bicep
11 5 (0.24%) C++
11 5 (0.24%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.24%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.24%) VBA
12 3 (0.14%) ABAP
12 3 (0.14%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.14%) Ruby
13 2 (0.096%) X++
Qualifications
1 318 (15.23%) Security Cleared
2 260 (12.45%) SC Cleared
3 170 (8.14%) Degree
4 120 (5.75%) PMI Certification
4 120 (5.75%) PMP
5 42 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 37 (1.77%) Master's Degree
7 27 (1.29%) CISSP
8 25 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (1.15%) CBAP
10 19 (0.91%) Azure Certification
10 19 (0.91%) CISM
11 18 (0.86%) DV Cleared
12 15 (0.72%) ISTQB
13 14 (0.67%) IIBA
14 13 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (0.57%) APMP
15 12 (0.57%) AWS Certification
15 12 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (0.53%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (7.47%) QA
2 136 (6.51%) Data Quality
3 118 (5.65%) GDPR
4 77 (3.69%) PMO
5 65 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 60 (2.87%) NIST
7 42 (2.01%) GRC
8 34 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 33 (1.58%) SLA
10 31 (1.48%) NCSC
11 23 (1.10%) Accessibility
11 23 (1.10%) PCI DSS
12 17 (0.81%) IFRS
13 12 (0.57%) MiFID
14 11 (0.53%) COBIT
15 10 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 10 (0.48%) IFRS 17
15 10 (0.48%) ISO 20022
15 10 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 10 (0.48%) Solvency II
System Software
1 43 (2.06%) Docker
2 27 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.14%) NFS
4 3 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.096%) Postfix
5 2 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.096%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.048%) Firmware
6 1 (0.048%) IAG
6 1 (0.048%) NLBS
6 1 (0.048%) RACF
6 1 (0.048%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.048%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 62 (2.97%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.11%) Terraform
3 16 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (0.67%) FortiGate
5 10 (0.48%) Ansible
6 5 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (0.24%) RSA Archer
7 4 (0.19%) Grafana
7 4 (0.19%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.19%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.14%) SCCM
9 2 (0.096%) Consul
9 2 (0.096%) Control-M
9 2 (0.096%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.096%) Packer
9 2 (0.096%) vMotion
10 1 (0.048%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.048%) Opsview
10 1 (0.048%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 229 (10.97%) Microsoft
2 173 (8.29%) SAP
3 107 (5.12%) ServiceNow
4 90 (4.31%) Oracle
5 89 (4.26%) Salesforce
6 56 (2.68%) Workday
7 46 (2.20%) Databricks
8 31 (1.48%) CyberArk
9 29 (1.39%) Google
10 24 (1.15%) Cisco
11 21 (1.01%) Splunk
12 20 (0.96%) Informatica
12 20 (0.96%) Murex
12 20 (0.96%) OpenAI
13 16 (0.77%) Adobe
13 16 (0.77%) Ariba
13 16 (0.77%) Fortinet
13 16 (0.77%) IBM
13 16 (0.77%) VMware
14 14 (0.67%) Guidewire