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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 17 24
Rank change year-on-year +8 +7 -4
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 2,555 1,378 1,270
As % of all contract jobs in London 13.36% 10.91% 7.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.03% 11.81% 8.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,700 927 943
10th Percentile £399 £375 £388
25th Percentile £465 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
England median daily rate £540 £530 £540
% change year-on-year +1.89% -1.85% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 20 14
10th Percentile £20.91 £28.25 £23.61
25th Percentile £34.06 £35.66 £30.16
Median hourly rate £41.00 £49.25 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.75% +23.13% -24.49%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.25 £51.00
90th Percentile £81.83 £65.25 £57.75
England median hourly rate £58.75 £54.51 £60.00
% change year-on-year +7.78% -9.15% +12.53%

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 17,000 11,667 15,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.91% 92.40% 88.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,345 7,819 11,135
10th Percentile £360 £338 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 214 309
10th Percentile £18.01 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +17.35% -28.75%
75th Percentile £59.99 £49.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £68.15
England median hourly rate £47.00 £26.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year +77.69% -29.47% +6.72%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 25 June 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 +8 352 £600 - 106
West London +10 74 £480 +6.67% 18
South London -10 22 £550 -15.38% 9
East London 0 10 £638 +1.19% 21
North London +4 7 £450 -10.00% 1
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
1 129 (5.05%) Confluence
2 68 (2.66%) SharePoint
3 42 (1.64%) CMS
4 16 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (0.55%) Apache
6 10 (0.39%) Appian
7 8 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.31%) SAS
8 7 (0.27%) WordPress
9 6 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.20%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.20%) Kentico
10 5 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
11 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.078%) IBM HTTP Server
12 2 (0.078%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.078%) nginx
12 2 (0.078%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.078%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 116 (4.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 57 (2.23%) Microsoft Project
4 51 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
5 45 (1.76%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.39%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.31%) Revit
8 7 (0.27%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.12%) Notion
11 2 (0.078%) EPLAN
11 2 (0.078%) Sketch
12 1 (0.039%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.039%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.039%) CPLEX
12 1 (0.039%) PlantUML
12 1 (0.039%) Trello
12 1 (0.039%) UserZoom
12 1 (0.039%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 68 (2.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.74%) Aladdin
4 16 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
5 14 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.39%) Finacle
6 10 (0.39%) Loan IQ
6 10 (0.39%) NetSuite
7 9 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
7 9 (0.35%) SAP ERP
7 9 (0.35%) SAP HCM
8 8 (0.31%) Endur
8 8 (0.31%) SAP SD
8 8 (0.31%) Workday HCM
9 7 (0.27%) Magento
9 7 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (0.23%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 6 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
10 6 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 424 (16.59%) Azure
2 299 (11.70%) AWS
3 143 (5.60%) Power Platform
4 101 (3.95%) SaaS
5 100 (3.91%) GCP
6 93 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
7 80 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
8 60 (2.35%) Entra ID
9 50 (1.96%) Snowflake
10 47 (1.84%) GitHub
11 34 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
12 32 (1.25%) Serverless
13 31 (1.21%) Amazon S3
13 31 (1.21%) AWS CloudFormation
13 31 (1.21%) SuccessFactors
14 29 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
15 27 (1.06%) OCI
16 26 (1.02%) AWS Lambda
16 26 (1.02%) Figma
16 26 (1.02%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.60%) Firewall
2 28 (1.10%) WAN
3 27 (1.06%) Network Security
4 21 (0.82%) LAN
5 20 (0.78%) DNS
6 17 (0.67%) VPN
7 14 (0.55%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.51%) BGP
9 11 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.39%) TCP/IP
11 9 (0.35%) OSPF
12 8 (0.31%) MPLS
12 8 (0.31%) VLAN
13 7 (0.27%) Intranet
14 6 (0.23%) DHCP
14 6 (0.23%) Internet
14 6 (0.23%) NGFW
14 6 (0.23%) Wireless
15 5 (0.20%) 5G
15 5 (0.20%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (4.62%) Power BI
2 68 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (2.19%) Metadata
4 41 (1.60%) Data Lake
5 39 (1.53%) Tableau
6 37 (1.45%) SQL Server
7 26 (1.02%) Relational Database
8 19 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
8 19 (0.74%) Delta Lake
8 19 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (0.70%) NoSQL
10 17 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
11 16 (0.63%) Big Data
12 15 (0.59%) Oracle Database
13 11 (0.43%) RDBMS
14 10 (0.39%) DynamoDB
15 9 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
16 8 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
16 8 (0.31%) Pinecone
16 8 (0.31%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 279 (10.92%) JIRA
2 40 (1.57%) Jenkins
3 31 (1.21%) Git
4 19 (0.74%) GitLab
5 15 (0.59%) Postman
6 12 (0.47%) Selenium
7 10 (0.39%) MLflow
8 8 (0.31%) PowerDesigner
8 8 (0.31%) Zephyr
9 7 (0.27%) JMeter
10 6 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
10 6 (0.23%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.20%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.20%) JUnit
11 5 (0.20%) Maven
11 5 (0.20%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.16%) Appium
12 4 (0.16%) ERwin
12 4 (0.16%) LoadRunner
12 4 (0.16%) Snyk
General
1 1,269 (49.67%) Social Skills
2 1,014 (39.69%) Finance
3 394 (15.42%) Analytical Skills
4 318 (12.45%) Banking
5 256 (10.02%) Public Sector
6 168 (6.58%) Retail
7 148 (5.79%) Influencing Skills
8 139 (5.44%) Legal
9 122 (4.77%) Marketing
10 101 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
10 101 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
11 77 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
12 68 (2.66%) Front Office
13 61 (2.39%) Financial Institution
14 54 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 53 (2.07%) Manufacturing
16 50 (1.96%) Investment Banking
17 48 (1.88%) Telecoms
18 39 (1.53%) Local Government
19 37 (1.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 430 (16.83%) Analyst
2 346 (13.54%) Lead
3 341 (13.35%) Project Manager
4 314 (12.29%) Business Analyst
5 286 (11.19%) Architect
6 243 (9.51%) Senior
7 132 (5.17%) Consultant
8 107 (4.19%) Senior Manager
9 99 (3.87%) Solutions Architect
10 91 (3.56%) Delivery Manager
11 89 (3.48%) Programme Manager
12 68 (2.66%) IT Manager
13 54 (2.11%) Product Owner
14 53 (2.07%) Change Manager
14 53 (2.07%) Senior Project Manager
15 51 (2.00%) Data Analyst
15 51 (2.00%) Senior Analyst
16 50 (1.96%) Product Manager
16 50 (1.96%) Technical Manager
17 43 (1.68%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (2.58%) REST
2 50 (1.96%) Middleware
3 39 (1.53%) SOAP
4 32 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
5 25 (0.98%) OAuth
6 23 (0.90%) PySpark
6 23 (0.90%) XML
7 21 (0.82%) .NET
7 21 (0.82%) Web Services
8 19 (0.74%) Kafka
8 19 (0.74%) OpenID
8 19 (0.74%) RESTful
8 19 (0.74%) SAML
9 18 (0.70%) JSON
10 17 (0.67%) HTML
10 17 (0.67%) SailPoint
11 16 (0.63%) CSS
12 15 (0.59%) LDAP
13 13 (0.51%) AngularJS
14 12 (0.47%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 191 (7.48%) Product Ownership
2 145 (5.68%) Onboarding
3 104 (4.07%) Cloud Native
4 78 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
5 65 (2.54%) Management Information System
6 62 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
7 53 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
8 52 (2.04%) Data Structures
9 47 (1.84%) Data Centre
10 42 (1.64%) Virtual Team
11 36 (1.41%) NHS
12 33 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
12 33 (1.29%) FMCG
13 28 (1.10%) AI Agents
13 28 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
14 25 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
15 24 (0.94%) CMDB
16 23 (0.90%) Fixed Income
17 22 (0.86%) Security Posture
18 21 (0.82%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 76 (2.97%) Windows
2 37 (1.45%) Linux
3 19 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.31%) Android
7 7 (0.27%) Unix
7 7 (0.27%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
10 3 (0.12%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.12%) VMS
11 2 (0.078%) AIX
11 2 (0.078%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.039%) CentOS
12 1 (0.039%) Solaris
12 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 829 (32.45%) Agile
2 378 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
3 371 (14.52%) Migration
4 358 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 337 (13.19%) Roadmaps
6 330 (12.92%) Project Management
7 318 (12.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 314 (12.29%) Decision-Making
9 306 (11.98%) DevOps
10 289 (11.31%) AI
11 272 (10.65%) Analytics
12 266 (10.41%) User Acceptance Testing
13 260 (10.18%) Project Delivery
14 236 (9.24%) Validation
15 233 (9.12%) Change Management
16 222 (8.69%) Risk Management
17 207 (8.10%) CI/CD
18 199 (7.79%) Workshop Facilitation
19 197 (7.71%) User Stories
20 195 (7.63%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 243 (9.51%) SQL
2 159 (6.22%) Python
3 39 (1.53%) Java
4 33 (1.29%) PowerShell
5 26 (1.02%) JavaScript
6 24 (0.94%) C#
7 14 (0.55%) Korn
7 14 (0.55%) TypeScript
8 12 (0.47%) Bash
9 11 (0.43%) Bicep
10 10 (0.39%) R
11 9 (0.35%) PL/SQL
12 8 (0.31%) Shell Script
12 8 (0.31%) VBA
13 7 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.20%) ABAP
14 5 (0.20%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.20%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.16%) Go
15 4 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 391 (15.30%) Security Cleared
2 328 (12.84%) SC Cleared
3 158 (6.18%) Degree
4 133 (5.21%) PMP
5 120 (4.70%) PMI Certification
6 54 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 48 (1.88%) CISSP
8 36 (1.41%) Azure Certification
9 31 (1.21%) DV Cleared
10 28 (1.10%) CISM
11 23 (0.90%) AWS Certification
12 19 (0.74%) CBAP
12 19 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (0.74%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
14 15 (0.59%) IIBA
14 15 (0.59%) ISTQB
15 14 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.51%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (6.85%) Data Quality
2 157 (6.14%) QA
3 118 (4.62%) PMO
4 103 (4.03%) GDPR
5 78 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 77 (3.01%) NIST
7 47 (1.84%) GRC
8 46 (1.80%) SLA
9 32 (1.25%) Accessibility
10 29 (1.14%) NCSC
11 25 (0.98%) PCI DSS
12 22 (0.86%) COBIT
13 18 (0.70%) IFRS
14 16 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 14 (0.55%) Solvency II
16 12 (0.47%) MiFID
17 10 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
17 10 (0.39%) ISO 20022
17 10 (0.39%) PSD2
17 10 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 56 (2.19%) Docker
2 45 (1.76%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.27%) NFS
7 6 (0.23%) Postfix
8 4 (0.16%) Varnish
8 4 (0.16%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.12%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.078%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.039%) NLBS
11 1 (0.039%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.039%) RACF
11 1 (0.039%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 79 (3.09%) Terraform
2 77 (3.01%) Kubernetes
3 27 (1.06%) Ansible
4 14 (0.55%) Grafana
5 13 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (0.43%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.31%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.27%) RSA Archer
8 7 (0.27%) SCCM
8 7 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.16%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.12%) HAProxy
12 2 (0.078%) Argo
12 2 (0.078%) Control-M
12 2 (0.078%) EMC VPLEX
12 2 (0.078%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.078%) vMotion
13 1 (0.039%) Nagios
Vendors
1 295 (11.55%) Microsoft
2 195 (7.63%) SAP
3 145 (5.68%) Oracle
4 130 (5.09%) Salesforce
5 128 (5.01%) ServiceNow
6 59 (2.31%) Databricks
7 48 (1.88%) Workday
8 47 (1.84%) Google
9 40 (1.57%) CyberArk
10 27 (1.06%) Adobe
10 27 (1.06%) Splunk
11 23 (0.90%) Cisco
11 23 (0.90%) OpenAI
12 21 (0.82%) Informatica
13 19 (0.74%) VMware
14 18 (0.70%) Ariba
14 18 (0.70%) MuleSoft
15 17 (0.67%) IBM
15 17 (0.67%) Murex
16 16 (0.63%) Conga