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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 17 24
Rank change year-on-year +11 +7 -4
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 3,303 1,476 1,181
As % of all contract jobs in London 16.38% 11.00% 7.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.36% 11.90% 8.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,163 1,008 825
10th Percentile £400 £388 £378
25th Percentile £469 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £553 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.81% +0.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £685 £675
90th Percentile £786 £750 £775
England median daily rate £550 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 20 8
10th Percentile £26.25 £28.25 £31.59
25th Percentile £34.65 £31.81 £35.25
Median hourly rate £41.00 £43.79 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.37% +3.03% +33.15%
75th Percentile £59.25 £55.06 £60.31
90th Percentile £73.38 £68.00 £66.50
England median hourly rate £59.50 £50.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +19.00% -18.83% +34.26%

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 17,993 12,408 14,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.22% 92.47% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,806 8,254 10,021
10th Percentile £361 £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 £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 256 195
10th Percentile £17.43 £16.50 £17.35
25th Percentile £19.59 £24.74 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -15.00% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.38 £47.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.63
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +2.41%

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 22 August 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 22 August 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 22 August 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 +9 415 £600 +9.09% 361
West London +16 116 £520 -0.48% 91
South London +9 34 £550 -10.70% 22
North London +5 11 £450 -17.43% 4
East London 0 11 £638 -5.56% 37
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
1 165 (5.00%) Confluence
2 90 (2.72%) SharePoint
3 49 (1.48%) CMS
4 28 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
5 24 (0.73%) Apache
6 16 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 16 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 10 (0.30%) SAS
8 6 (0.18%) WordPress
9 4 (0.12%) Appian
9 4 (0.12%) Kentico
10 3 (0.091%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.091%) Moodle
10 3 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.091%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.061%) Drupal
11 2 (0.061%) JBoss
11 2 (0.061%) nginx
11 2 (0.061%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 155 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 92 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 70 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
4 62 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
5 39 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.30%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.30%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.30%) Revit
6 10 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.15%) Trello
8 4 (0.12%) Notion
9 3 (0.091%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.091%) Sketch
10 2 (0.061%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.061%) CPLEX
10 2 (0.061%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.061%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.030%) Gliffy
11 1 (0.030%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.030%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 95 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 43 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
3 15 (0.45%) Workday HCM
4 14 (0.42%) Aladdin
4 14 (0.42%) Finacle
5 13 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
6 12 (0.36%) NetSuite
6 12 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 11 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
8 10 (0.30%) Endur
8 10 (0.30%) Magento
8 10 (0.30%) SAP SD
9 9 (0.27%) SAP ERP
9 9 (0.27%) SAP FI
9 9 (0.27%) SAP HCM
10 8 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
10 8 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
11 7 (0.21%) Loan IQ
11 7 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 627 (18.98%) Azure
2 431 (13.05%) AWS
3 231 (6.99%) Power Platform
4 146 (4.42%) SaaS
5 145 (4.39%) GCP
6 143 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
7 111 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
8 103 (3.12%) Entra ID
9 88 (2.66%) GitHub
10 85 (2.57%) Snowflake
11 51 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
12 46 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
13 43 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
13 43 (1.30%) Serverless
14 38 (1.15%) Amazon S3
14 38 (1.15%) SuccessFactors
15 36 (1.09%) Figma
16 35 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
16 35 (1.06%) OCI
17 34 (1.03%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 55 (1.67%) Firewall
2 44 (1.33%) Network Security
3 32 (0.97%) DNS
4 29 (0.88%) WAN
5 19 (0.58%) VPN
6 18 (0.54%) LAN
7 16 (0.48%) DHCP
8 15 (0.45%) SD-WAN
9 14 (0.42%) TCP/IP
10 13 (0.39%) Internet
11 12 (0.36%) BGP
12 11 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (0.33%) Wireless
13 10 (0.30%) 4G
13 10 (0.30%) 5G
13 10 (0.30%) SSL
14 8 (0.24%) 3GPP
14 8 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
14 8 (0.24%) SAN
14 8 (0.24%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (5.69%) Power BI
2 107 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
3 101 (3.06%) Metadata
4 60 (1.82%) Tableau
5 53 (1.60%) SQL Server
6 49 (1.48%) Data Lake
7 42 (1.27%) Delta Lake
8 37 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
9 31 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
10 30 (0.91%) Relational Database
11 28 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
12 21 (0.64%) Amazon Aurora
12 21 (0.64%) Oracle Database
13 19 (0.58%) Big Data
14 18 (0.54%) BigQuery
14 18 (0.54%) NoSQL
15 16 (0.48%) MongoDB
16 13 (0.39%) Data Vault
16 13 (0.39%) Redis
17 12 (0.36%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 338 (10.23%) JIRA
2 57 (1.73%) Git
3 54 (1.63%) Jenkins
4 32 (0.97%) GitLab
5 25 (0.76%) Selenium
6 19 (0.58%) Postman
7 12 (0.36%) SonarQube
7 12 (0.36%) Zephyr
8 10 (0.30%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.30%) JMeter
9 9 (0.27%) ERwin
10 8 (0.24%) Maven
11 7 (0.21%) Appium
11 7 (0.21%) JUnit
11 7 (0.21%) LoadRunner
11 7 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (0.18%) REST Assured
13 5 (0.15%) ER Studio
13 5 (0.15%) PowerDesigner
14 4 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 1,669 (50.53%) Social Skills
2 1,263 (38.24%) Finance
3 583 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 449 (13.59%) Banking
5 344 (10.41%) Public Sector
6 230 (6.96%) Retail
7 197 (5.96%) Influencing Skills
8 171 (5.18%) Marketing
9 168 (5.09%) Legal
10 127 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
11 115 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
12 86 (2.60%) Front Office
12 86 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
13 71 (2.15%) Manufacturing
13 71 (2.15%) Telecoms
14 70 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 69 (2.09%) Investment Banking
16 58 (1.76%) Local Government
17 57 (1.73%) Financial Institution
18 49 (1.48%) Billing
Job Titles
1 527 (15.96%) Analyst
2 435 (13.17%) Lead
3 419 (12.69%) Architect
4 368 (11.14%) Project Manager
5 358 (10.84%) Business Analyst
6 342 (10.35%) Senior
7 202 (6.12%) Consultant
8 149 (4.51%) Solutions Architect
9 123 (3.72%) Senior Manager
10 114 (3.45%) Programme Manager
11 89 (2.69%) Delivery Manager
12 86 (2.60%) Developer
13 79 (2.39%) IT Manager
14 77 (2.33%) Product Manager
15 70 (2.12%) Technical Manager
16 69 (2.09%) Product Owner
17 67 (2.03%) Data Analyst
18 62 (1.88%) Senior Analyst
19 61 (1.85%) Data Architect
20 56 (1.70%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (4.21%) Terraform
2 105 (3.18%) REST
3 76 (2.30%) Middleware
4 49 (1.48%) Kafka
5 47 (1.42%) SOAP
6 38 (1.15%) .NET
7 34 (1.03%) PySpark
8 32 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
9 28 (0.85%) HTML
9 28 (0.85%) XML
10 26 (0.79%) JSON
11 25 (0.76%) CSS
12 24 (0.73%) OAuth
13 23 (0.70%) Web Services
14 21 (0.64%) SailPoint
15 17 (0.51%) Spring
15 17 (0.51%) Spring Boot
16 16 (0.48%) Playwright
16 16 (0.48%) React
17 15 (0.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 285 (8.63%) Product Ownership
2 215 (6.51%) Onboarding
3 137 (4.15%) Cloud Native
4 88 (2.66%) Management Information System
5 73 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
6 68 (2.06%) Data Structures
7 67 (2.03%) Data Centre
8 66 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
9 64 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
10 60 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
11 58 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
12 57 (1.73%) AI Agents
13 53 (1.60%) Virtual Team
14 46 (1.39%) FMCG
15 40 (1.21%) NHS
16 39 (1.18%) Security Posture
17 38 (1.15%) CMDB
17 38 (1.15%) Operational Technology
18 33 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
19 32 (0.97%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 105 (3.18%) Windows
2 62 (1.88%) Linux
3 26 (0.79%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.61%) Unix
5 15 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (0.42%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.36%) Android
8 8 (0.24%) VMS
8 8 (0.24%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.21%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.18%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
12 4 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
13 3 (0.091%) Windows Server 2016
14 2 (0.061%) AIX
14 2 (0.061%) CentOS
14 2 (0.061%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.030%) Solaris
15 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,066 (32.27%) Agile
2 558 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
3 530 (16.05%) Roadmaps
4 512 (15.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 471 (14.26%) AI
6 465 (14.08%) Migration
7 444 (13.44%) Decision-Making
8 428 (12.96%) DevOps
9 426 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 419 (12.69%) Analytics
11 397 (12.02%) Project Management
12 366 (11.08%) Project Delivery
13 341 (10.32%) User Acceptance Testing
14 320 (9.69%) CI/CD
14 320 (9.69%) Workshop Facilitation
15 310 (9.39%) Change Management
16 292 (8.84%) Risk Management
17 280 (8.48%) Data Modelling
18 273 (8.27%) Validation
19 269 (8.14%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 355 (10.75%) SQL
2 222 (6.72%) Python
3 77 (2.33%) Java
4 66 (2.00%) PowerShell
5 55 (1.67%) JavaScript
6 38 (1.15%) C#
7 28 (0.85%) Bash
8 26 (0.79%) Bicep
9 21 (0.64%) Korn
9 21 (0.64%) TypeScript
10 19 (0.58%) R
11 14 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (0.30%) Apex Code
12 10 (0.30%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.30%) Shell Script
13 9 (0.27%) Perl
13 9 (0.27%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.27%) VBA
14 7 (0.21%) C++
15 6 (0.18%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 511 (15.47%) Security Cleared
2 427 (12.93%) SC Cleared
3 200 (6.06%) Degree
4 167 (5.06%) PMP
5 142 (4.30%) PMI Certification
6 60 (1.82%) CISSP
7 55 (1.67%) Azure Certification
8 53 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 52 (1.57%) DV Cleared
10 42 (1.27%) CISM
11 40 (1.21%) AWS Certification
12 38 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
13 32 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
14 24 (0.73%) Master's Degree
15 20 (0.61%) ISTQB
15 20 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
16 17 (0.51%) ACCA
16 17 (0.51%) CIMA
17 16 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 16 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 264 (7.99%) Data Quality
2 207 (6.27%) QA
3 155 (4.69%) PMO
4 103 (3.12%) GDPR
5 74 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 72 (2.18%) NIST
7 64 (1.94%) Accessibility
8 55 (1.67%) GRC
9 44 (1.33%) SLA
10 24 (0.73%) NCSC
11 19 (0.58%) WCAG
12 17 (0.51%) ISO 20022
13 15 (0.45%) COBIT
13 15 (0.45%) SEPA
14 14 (0.42%) IFRS
15 13 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
15 13 (0.39%) PCI DSS
16 12 (0.36%) MiFID
16 12 (0.36%) PSD2
16 12 (0.36%) Solvency II
System Software
1 86 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 77 (2.33%) Docker
3 24 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.24%) NFS
7 7 (0.21%) vSphere
8 6 (0.18%) Postfix
9 4 (0.12%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.12%) Varnish
9 4 (0.12%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.091%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.030%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.030%) oVirt
12 1 (0.030%) RACF
12 1 (0.030%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 90 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 41 (1.24%) Ansible
3 34 (1.03%) Grafana
4 19 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (0.54%) Prometheus
5 18 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (0.42%) SCCM
7 8 (0.24%) Argo
7 8 (0.24%) Control-M
8 7 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.18%) HP ALM
10 5 (0.15%) Puppet
10 5 (0.15%) RSA Archer
11 4 (0.12%) CA Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.091%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.091%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.091%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.061%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.061%) Kibana
13 2 (0.061%) QRadar
Vendors
1 487 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 231 (6.99%) SAP
3 178 (5.39%) Oracle
4 150 (4.54%) Salesforce
5 149 (4.51%) ServiceNow
6 117 (3.54%) Databricks
7 68 (2.06%) Google
8 54 (1.63%) Workday
9 38 (1.15%) IBM
10 36 (1.09%) Adobe
11 34 (1.03%) Cisco
11 34 (1.03%) Splunk
12 32 (0.97%) VMware
13 30 (0.91%) CyberArk
14 26 (0.79%) Informatica
15 24 (0.73%) Bloomberg
16 20 (0.61%) Ariba
16 20 (0.61%) Guidewire
17 19 (0.58%) Okta
18 18 (0.54%) Zscaler