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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 16 23
Rank change year-on-year +10 +7 -2
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 3,241 1,489 1,169
As % of all contract jobs in London 16.14% 11.08% 7.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.10% 11.99% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,124 1,012 819
10th Percentile £400 £388 £374
25th Percentile £471 £462 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% +1.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £788 £763 £775
England median daily rate £550 £537 £550
% change year-on-year +2.42% -2.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 20 7
10th Percentile £26.25 £28.25 £33.77
25th Percentile £34.65 £31.81 £38.75
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 £60.63
90th Percentile £73.38 £68.00 £68.25
England median hourly rate £59.50 £51.84 £61.60
% change year-on-year +14.79% -15.85% +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 17,902 12,422 14,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 92.40% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,758 8,269 10,048
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 £511 £525
% change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 254 197
10th Percentile £17.18 £16.50 £16.99
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.29 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.22% -16.33% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.44 £48.44 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.50
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.81%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +9 412 £600 +4.35% 156
West London +16 114 £520 -0.95% 73
South London +6 34 £550 -10.70% 24
East London -3 11 £638 -5.56% 35
North London +4 10 £450 -17.43% 2
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
1 164 (5.06%) Confluence
2 84 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 48 (1.48%) CMS
4 26 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 24 (0.74%) Apache
6 16 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 16 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.28%) SAS
9 6 (0.19%) WordPress
10 4 (0.12%) Appian
10 4 (0.12%) Kentico
11 3 (0.093%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.093%) Moodle
11 3 (0.093%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.093%) Palantir Foundry
12 2 (0.062%) Drupal
12 2 (0.062%) JBoss
12 2 (0.062%) nginx
12 2 (0.062%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 149 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 87 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 67 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
4 63 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
5 40 (1.23%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.31%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.31%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.31%) Revit
6 10 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.15%) Trello
8 4 (0.12%) Notion
9 3 (0.093%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.093%) Sketch
10 2 (0.062%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.062%) CPLEX
10 2 (0.062%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.062%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.031%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.031%) UserZoom
11 1 (0.031%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 93 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 41 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
4 14 (0.43%) Aladdin
4 14 (0.43%) Finacle
4 14 (0.43%) Workday HCM
5 13 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
6 12 (0.37%) NetSuite
6 12 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 11 (0.34%) Endur
7 11 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
8 10 (0.31%) Magento
8 10 (0.31%) SAP SD
9 9 (0.28%) SAP ERP
9 9 (0.28%) SAP FI
9 9 (0.28%) SAP HCM
10 8 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
10 8 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
11 7 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
12 6 (0.19%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 611 (18.85%) Azure
2 430 (13.27%) AWS
3 219 (6.76%) Power Platform
4 141 (4.35%) SaaS
5 139 (4.29%) GCP
6 135 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
7 106 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
8 100 (3.09%) Entra ID
9 83 (2.56%) GitHub
10 81 (2.50%) Snowflake
11 47 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
12 42 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
13 39 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
14 38 (1.17%) SuccessFactors
15 37 (1.14%) Serverless
16 36 (1.11%) Amazon S3
16 36 (1.11%) AWS CloudFormation
16 36 (1.11%) Figma
17 34 (1.05%) OCI
18 32 (0.99%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 54 (1.67%) Firewall
2 45 (1.39%) Network Security
3 32 (0.99%) DNS
4 29 (0.89%) WAN
5 20 (0.62%) LAN
6 19 (0.59%) VPN
7 16 (0.49%) DHCP
7 16 (0.49%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.40%) TCP/IP
9 12 (0.37%) BGP
10 11 (0.34%) Internet
10 11 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.34%) Wireless
11 10 (0.31%) SSL
12 9 (0.28%) 4G
12 9 (0.28%) 5G
12 9 (0.28%) OSPF
13 8 (0.25%) 3GPP
13 8 (0.25%) SAN
13 8 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (5.55%) Power BI
2 106 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
3 93 (2.87%) Metadata
4 58 (1.79%) Tableau
5 50 (1.54%) SQL Server
6 47 (1.45%) Data Lake
7 41 (1.27%) Delta Lake
8 34 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
9 28 (0.86%) Relational Database
10 26 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
11 21 (0.65%) Oracle Database
12 20 (0.62%) Big Data
13 18 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
13 18 (0.56%) NoSQL
14 16 (0.49%) BigQuery
15 15 (0.46%) MongoDB
16 13 (0.40%) Data Vault
17 12 (0.37%) Amazon Athena
17 12 (0.37%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 331 (10.21%) JIRA
2 53 (1.64%) Git
3 52 (1.60%) Jenkins
4 31 (0.96%) GitLab
5 25 (0.77%) Selenium
6 19 (0.59%) Postman
7 12 (0.37%) Zephyr
8 11 (0.34%) SonarQube
9 10 (0.31%) Cypress.io
9 10 (0.31%) JMeter
10 9 (0.28%) ERwin
11 8 (0.25%) Maven
12 7 (0.22%) Appium
12 7 (0.22%) JUnit
12 7 (0.22%) LoadRunner
12 7 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
12 7 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (0.19%) REST Assured
14 5 (0.15%) ER Studio
14 5 (0.15%) Snyk
General
1 1,637 (50.51%) Social Skills
2 1,247 (38.48%) Finance
3 566 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
4 436 (13.45%) Banking
5 339 (10.46%) Public Sector
6 226 (6.97%) Retail
7 189 (5.83%) Influencing Skills
8 167 (5.15%) Marketing
9 164 (5.06%) Legal
10 128 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
11 116 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
12 84 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
13 83 (2.56%) Front Office
14 70 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 69 (2.13%) Manufacturing
16 68 (2.10%) Telecoms
17 63 (1.94%) Investment Banking
18 59 (1.82%) Financial Institution
19 58 (1.79%) Local Government
20 46 (1.42%) Billing
Job Titles
1 521 (16.08%) Analyst
2 421 (12.99%) Lead
3 402 (12.40%) Architect
4 365 (11.26%) Project Manager
5 357 (11.02%) Business Analyst
6 334 (10.31%) Senior
7 196 (6.05%) Consultant
8 147 (4.54%) Solutions Architect
9 121 (3.73%) Senior Manager
10 115 (3.55%) Programme Manager
11 90 (2.78%) Delivery Manager
12 85 (2.62%) Developer
13 78 (2.41%) IT Manager
14 77 (2.38%) Product Manager
15 71 (2.19%) Technical Manager
16 69 (2.13%) Product Owner
17 67 (2.07%) Data Analyst
18 61 (1.88%) Senior Analyst
19 55 (1.70%) Technical Leader
20 54 (1.67%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (3.18%) REST
2 74 (2.28%) Middleware
3 47 (1.45%) Kafka
4 46 (1.42%) SOAP
5 37 (1.14%) .NET
6 34 (1.05%) PySpark
7 32 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
8 28 (0.86%) HTML
9 27 (0.83%) XML
10 25 (0.77%) CSS
10 25 (0.77%) JSON
11 23 (0.71%) OAuth
11 23 (0.71%) Web Services
12 22 (0.68%) SailPoint
13 16 (0.49%) Playwright
13 16 (0.49%) React
13 16 (0.49%) Spring
13 16 (0.49%) Spring Boot
14 15 (0.46%) Node.js
15 14 (0.43%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 277 (8.55%) Product Ownership
2 211 (6.51%) Onboarding
3 132 (4.07%) Cloud Native
4 87 (2.68%) Management Information System
5 73 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
6 67 (2.07%) Data Structures
7 66 (2.04%) Data Centre
8 65 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
9 64 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
10 60 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
11 58 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
12 55 (1.70%) AI Agents
13 53 (1.64%) Virtual Team
14 44 (1.36%) FMCG
15 41 (1.27%) NHS
16 38 (1.17%) Security Posture
17 36 (1.11%) CMDB
18 34 (1.05%) Operational Technology
19 32 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
20 30 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 106 (3.27%) Windows
2 61 (1.88%) Linux
3 25 (0.77%) Windows Server
4 20 (0.62%) Unix
5 15 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (0.43%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.37%) Android
8 9 (0.28%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.22%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.19%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.19%) VMS
11 4 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
11 4 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
12 3 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.062%) AIX
13 2 (0.062%) CentOS
13 2 (0.062%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.031%) Solaris
14 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,052 (32.46%) Agile
2 546 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
3 513 (15.83%) Roadmaps
4 499 (15.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 456 (14.07%) AI
5 456 (14.07%) Migration
6 431 (13.30%) Decision-Making
7 419 (12.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 416 (12.84%) DevOps
9 403 (12.43%) Analytics
10 392 (12.10%) Project Management
11 355 (10.95%) Project Delivery
12 337 (10.40%) User Acceptance Testing
13 308 (9.50%) Change Management
14 307 (9.47%) CI/CD
14 307 (9.47%) Workshop Facilitation
15 284 (8.76%) Risk Management
16 273 (8.42%) Data Modelling
17 264 (8.15%) Validation
18 259 (7.99%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 345 (10.64%) SQL
2 214 (6.60%) Python
3 74 (2.28%) Java
4 60 (1.85%) PowerShell
5 54 (1.67%) JavaScript
6 36 (1.11%) C#
7 25 (0.77%) Bash
8 22 (0.68%) Bicep
9 20 (0.62%) TypeScript
10 19 (0.59%) Korn
11 16 (0.49%) R
12 14 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.31%) Apex Code
13 10 (0.31%) Shell Script
14 9 (0.28%) PL/SQL
14 9 (0.28%) VBA
15 8 (0.25%) Perl
15 8 (0.25%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.22%) C++
17 5 (0.15%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 493 (15.21%) Security Cleared
2 412 (12.71%) SC Cleared
3 197 (6.08%) Degree
4 166 (5.12%) PMP
5 141 (4.35%) PMI Certification
6 63 (1.94%) CISSP
7 54 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 52 (1.60%) Azure Certification
9 50 (1.54%) DV Cleared
10 44 (1.36%) CISM
11 38 (1.17%) AWS Certification
12 36 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
13 30 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
14 23 (0.71%) Master's Degree
15 21 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
16 20 (0.62%) ISTQB
17 17 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
18 15 (0.46%) ACCA
18 15 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 15 (0.46%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (7.81%) Data Quality
2 202 (6.23%) QA
3 149 (4.60%) PMO
4 105 (3.24%) GDPR
5 75 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 72 (2.22%) NIST
7 65 (2.01%) Accessibility
8 53 (1.64%) GRC
9 45 (1.39%) SLA
10 26 (0.80%) NCSC
11 19 (0.59%) WCAG
12 17 (0.52%) ISO 20022
13 16 (0.49%) COBIT
14 15 (0.46%) SEPA
15 14 (0.43%) PCI DSS
16 13 (0.40%) IFRS
17 12 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
17 12 (0.37%) PSD2
17 12 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 12 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 82 (2.53%) Active Directory
2 73 (2.25%) Docker
3 24 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.25%) NFS
7 7 (0.22%) vSphere
8 6 (0.19%) Postfix
9 4 (0.12%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.12%) Varnish
9 4 (0.12%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.093%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.031%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.031%) oVirt
12 1 (0.031%) RACF
12 1 (0.031%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 132 (4.07%) Terraform
2 87 (2.68%) Kubernetes
3 39 (1.20%) Ansible
4 31 (0.96%) Grafana
5 19 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 17 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.40%) SCCM
9 8 (0.25%) Argo
9 8 (0.25%) Control-M
10 7 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 6 (0.19%) HP ALM
12 5 (0.15%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.15%) Puppet
12 5 (0.15%) RSA Archer
13 4 (0.12%) CA Single Sign-On
14 3 (0.093%) HAProxy
14 3 (0.093%) HP Fortify
15 2 (0.062%) Kibana
15 2 (0.062%) QRadar
Vendors
1 464 (14.32%) Microsoft
2 228 (7.03%) SAP
3 177 (5.46%) Oracle
4 147 (4.54%) Salesforce
4 147 (4.54%) ServiceNow
5 106 (3.27%) Databricks
6 65 (2.01%) Google
7 53 (1.64%) Workday
8 38 (1.17%) IBM
9 37 (1.14%) Adobe
10 36 (1.11%) Splunk
11 34 (1.05%) Cisco
12 31 (0.96%) CyberArk
12 31 (0.96%) VMware
13 23 (0.71%) Informatica
14 22 (0.68%) Okta
15 20 (0.62%) Ariba
15 20 (0.62%) Bloomberg
15 20 (0.62%) Guidewire
16 19 (0.59%) Zscaler