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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 20 25
Rank change year-on-year +7 +5 -6
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 2,173 1,249 1,267
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.22% 10.03% 7.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.82% 10.88% 8.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,445 842 934
10th Percentile £400 £394 £400
25th Percentile £472 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £669
90th Percentile £788 £786 £788
England median daily rate £530 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -1.12% -2.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 20 14
10th Percentile £22.11 £34.96 £23.61
25th Percentile £36.50 £38.28 £30.16
Median hourly rate £52.50 £49.25 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% +23.13% -35.84%
75th Percentile £71.25 £55.25 £51.00
90th Percentile £76.73 £70.25 £57.75
England median hourly rate £51.00 £60.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -16.05% +1.25% +7.98%

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 15,718 11,485 15,694
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.39% 92.19% 88.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,513 7,782 11,264
10th Percentile £356 £350 £340
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £680
90th Percentile £755 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 172 317
10th Percentile £18.66 £16.50 £15.98
25th Percentile £25.00 £22.73 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% +20.18% -26.92%
75th Percentile £58.92 £50.56 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £65.85
England median hourly rate £46.47 £29.15 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.40% -20.14% -2.14%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 +5 318 £600 - 219
West London +5 45 £520 +14.29% 21
South London -11 22 £590 -19.15% 9
East London -6 7 £675 +7.14% 18
North London +2 5 £498 +13.07%
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
1 133 (6.12%) Confluence
2 50 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 21 (0.97%) CMS
4 13 (0.60%) Apache
4 13 (0.60%) Appian
4 13 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.32%) SAS
6 5 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.18%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.18%) nginx
8 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.14%) Camunda
8 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.092%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.092%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.092%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.092%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.092%) Sitefinity
9 2 (0.092%) WordPress
10 1 (0.046%) OpenStack
Applications
1 96 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (2.67%) Microsoft Project
3 51 (2.35%) MS Visio
4 50 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 38 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.28%) Sketch
6 6 (0.28%) Trello
7 5 (0.23%) Adobe XD
7 5 (0.23%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.14%) Revit
9 2 (0.092%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.092%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.092%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.092%) InVision
9 2 (0.092%) Notion
10 1 (0.046%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.046%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 59 (2.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (1.01%) Aladdin
4 14 (0.64%) NetSuite
5 13 (0.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 12 (0.55%) Loan IQ
7 11 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
8 8 (0.37%) Endur
8 8 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
8 8 (0.37%) SAP ERP
8 8 (0.37%) SAP HCM
8 8 (0.37%) Workday HCM
9 6 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 6 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
9 6 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
9 6 (0.28%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
10 5 (0.23%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.23%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 337 (15.51%) Azure
2 236 (10.86%) AWS
3 105 (4.83%) Power Platform
4 87 (4.00%) GCP
5 74 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
6 69 (3.18%) SaaS
7 58 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
8 42 (1.93%) Snowflake
9 36 (1.66%) Entra ID
10 33 (1.52%) GitHub
11 31 (1.43%) Figma
12 29 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
13 27 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
13 27 (1.24%) Power Automate
14 25 (1.15%) AWS CloudFormation
15 23 (1.06%) OpenShift
15 23 (1.06%) Serverless
16 21 (0.97%) Amazon S3
17 20 (0.92%) OCI
17 20 (0.92%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.33%) Firewall
2 23 (1.06%) WAN
3 22 (1.01%) Network Security
4 17 (0.78%) LAN
5 14 (0.64%) DNS
5 14 (0.64%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.55%) BGP
6 12 (0.55%) VPN
7 10 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.41%) OSPF
9 8 (0.37%) MPLS
10 7 (0.32%) Intranet
10 7 (0.32%) VLAN
11 6 (0.28%) NGFW
12 5 (0.23%) Broadband
12 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.23%) Wireless
13 4 (0.18%) 3GPP
13 4 (0.18%) NX-OS
13 4 (0.18%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (3.73%) Power BI
2 53 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
3 52 (2.39%) Metadata
4 33 (1.52%) Tableau
5 29 (1.33%) Data Lake
6 28 (1.29%) SQL Server
7 19 (0.87%) Relational Database
8 16 (0.74%) Delta Lake
9 15 (0.69%) Big Data
9 15 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
11 12 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
12 11 (0.51%) NoSQL
13 9 (0.41%) BigQuery
13 9 (0.41%) Pinecone
14 8 (0.37%) Power Query
15 7 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
15 7 (0.32%) DynamoDB
16 6 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
16 6 (0.28%) Looker
Development Applications
1 246 (11.32%) JIRA
2 38 (1.75%) Jenkins
3 24 (1.10%) Git
4 19 (0.87%) GitLab
5 12 (0.55%) MLflow
6 10 (0.46%) Postman
6 10 (0.46%) Selenium
6 10 (0.46%) SpecFlow
7 7 (0.32%) PowerDesigner
7 7 (0.32%) Zephyr
8 6 (0.28%) JMeter
8 6 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (0.23%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.23%) ERwin
9 5 (0.23%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.18%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.18%) JUnit
10 4 (0.18%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.18%) Snyk
10 4 (0.18%) TestRail
General
1 1,034 (47.58%) Social Skills
2 885 (40.73%) Finance
3 321 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
4 264 (12.15%) Banking
5 221 (10.17%) Public Sector
6 127 (5.84%) Influencing Skills
7 118 (5.43%) Retail
8 96 (4.42%) Legal
9 93 (4.28%) Marketing
10 85 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
11 69 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
12 64 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
13 61 (2.81%) Financial Institution
14 50 (2.30%) Front Office
15 45 (2.07%) Manufacturing
16 43 (1.98%) Telecoms
17 41 (1.89%) Investment Banking
18 33 (1.52%) Law
19 30 (1.38%) Billing
20 27 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 397 (18.27%) Analyst
2 318 (14.63%) Business Analyst
3 312 (14.36%) Project Manager
4 291 (13.39%) Lead
5 231 (10.63%) Architect
6 225 (10.35%) Senior
7 115 (5.29%) Consultant
8 94 (4.33%) Senior Manager
9 87 (4.00%) Programme Manager
10 77 (3.54%) Delivery Manager
11 70 (3.22%) Solutions Architect
12 60 (2.76%) IT Manager
13 59 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
14 50 (2.30%) Product Manager
15 48 (2.21%) Senior Business Analyst
16 47 (2.16%) Change Manager
16 47 (2.16%) Data Analyst
16 47 (2.16%) Technical Manager
17 44 (2.02%) Senior Project Manager
17 44 (2.02%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (2.39%) REST
2 41 (1.89%) Middleware
3 27 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
4 26 (1.20%) SOAP
5 20 (0.92%) Kafka
6 19 (0.87%) OpenID
6 19 (0.87%) Web Services
7 18 (0.83%) OAuth
8 17 (0.78%) PyTorch
8 17 (0.78%) RESTful
8 17 (0.78%) TensorFlow
9 16 (0.74%) .NET
9 16 (0.74%) Playwright
9 16 (0.74%) SAML
9 16 (0.74%) XML
10 15 (0.69%) Hugging Face
10 15 (0.69%) Pandas
11 14 (0.64%) LDAP
11 14 (0.64%) NumPy
12 11 (0.51%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 160 (7.36%) Product Ownership
2 117 (5.38%) Onboarding
3 83 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
4 81 (3.73%) Cloud Native
5 58 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
6 48 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
7 47 (2.16%) Management Information System
8 42 (1.93%) Data Structures
9 38 (1.75%) Data Centre
10 32 (1.47%) Virtual Team
11 24 (1.10%) PMI
12 22 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
12 22 (1.01%) FMCG
12 22 (1.01%) NHS
13 21 (0.97%) AI Agents
14 20 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
15 19 (0.87%) Derivative
16 18 (0.83%) Fixed Income
16 18 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 18 (0.83%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 53 (2.44%) Windows
2 22 (1.01%) Linux
3 13 (0.60%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.37%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.32%) Android
5 7 (0.32%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.23%) Unix
7 4 (0.18%) VMS
8 3 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.092%) AIX
9 2 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.046%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.046%) Solaris
10 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 706 (32.49%) Agile
2 332 (15.28%) Project Management
3 324 (14.91%) Migration
4 308 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
5 296 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 283 (13.02%) Roadmaps
7 255 (11.73%) Decision-Making
8 241 (11.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 238 (10.95%) DevOps
10 225 (10.35%) Project Delivery
11 211 (9.71%) AI
12 206 (9.48%) Change Management
13 202 (9.30%) User Acceptance Testing
14 195 (8.97%) Analytics
15 192 (8.84%) Risk Management
16 183 (8.42%) Validation
17 178 (8.19%) Data Modelling
18 174 (8.01%) Scrum
19 170 (7.82%) User Stories
20 169 (7.78%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 194 (8.93%) SQL
2 124 (5.71%) Python
3 37 (1.70%) Java
4 31 (1.43%) C#
5 21 (0.97%) JavaScript
6 18 (0.83%) TypeScript
7 16 (0.74%) PowerShell
8 13 (0.60%) R
9 10 (0.46%) Korn
10 9 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.37%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.32%) Bash
12 7 (0.32%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.23%) ABAP
13 5 (0.23%) VBA
14 4 (0.18%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.14%) C++
16 2 (0.092%) C
16 2 (0.092%) Perl
16 2 (0.092%) PHP
Qualifications
1 355 (16.34%) Security Cleared
2 298 (13.71%) SC Cleared
3 143 (6.58%) Degree
4 120 (5.52%) PMP
5 114 (5.25%) PMI Certification
6 41 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 28 (1.29%) CISSP
8 25 (1.15%) CBAP
9 23 (1.06%) Master's Degree
10 20 (0.92%) Azure Certification
11 19 (0.87%) DV Cleared
12 18 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (0.74%) AWS Certification
13 16 (0.74%) CISM
13 16 (0.74%) IIBA
14 15 (0.69%) ISTQB
15 12 (0.55%) APMP
15 12 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
16 11 (0.51%) ACCA
16 11 (0.51%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (7.41%) QA
2 152 (6.99%) Data Quality
3 105 (4.83%) GDPR
4 96 (4.42%) PMO
5 68 (3.13%) NIST
6 66 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 39 (1.79%) GRC
8 38 (1.75%) SLA
9 29 (1.33%) NCSC
10 25 (1.15%) Accessibility
11 24 (1.10%) PCI DSS
12 22 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 18 (0.83%) IFRS
14 15 (0.69%) COBIT
15 11 (0.51%) ISO 20022
15 11 (0.51%) MiFID
16 10 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
17 9 (0.41%) HL7
17 9 (0.41%) IFRS 17
17 9 (0.41%) Solvency II
System Software
1 52 (2.39%) Docker
2 27 (1.24%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.28%) NFS
4 6 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.23%) Postfix
6 4 (0.18%) Varnish
6 4 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.14%) Sendmail
8 2 (0.092%) 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 69 (3.18%) Kubernetes
2 50 (2.30%) Terraform
3 9 (0.41%) Ansible
3 9 (0.41%) Grafana
3 9 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.37%) FortiGate
5 7 (0.32%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.28%) SCCM
7 5 (0.23%) HP ALM
7 5 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.23%) RSA Archer
8 3 (0.14%) HAProxy
9 2 (0.092%) Argo
9 2 (0.092%) Control-M
9 2 (0.092%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.092%) vMotion
10 1 (0.046%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.046%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.046%) Nagios
Vendors
1 221 (10.17%) Microsoft
2 180 (8.28%) SAP
3 118 (5.43%) Oracle
4 111 (5.11%) Salesforce
5 106 (4.88%) ServiceNow
6 51 (2.35%) Databricks
6 51 (2.35%) Workday
7 36 (1.66%) Google
8 34 (1.56%) CyberArk
9 22 (1.01%) Ariba
9 22 (1.01%) Splunk
10 21 (0.97%) OpenAI
11 18 (0.83%) Informatica
12 17 (0.78%) Murex
13 16 (0.74%) Adobe
13 16 (0.74%) IBM
14 15 (0.69%) Guidewire
14 15 (0.69%) VMware
15 14 (0.64%) Cisco
16 13 (0.60%) Conga