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 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 23 18
Rank change year-on-year +8 -5 -2
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 1,623 1,243 1,776
As % of all contract jobs in London 11.86% 7.92% 8.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.84% 8.88% 9.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,117 794 1,289
10th Percentile £367 £392 £405
25th Percentile £458 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year - -5.98% +1.74%
75th Percentile £688 £663 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
England median daily rate £531 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.41% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 11 12
10th Percentile £17.32 £30.50 £25.54
25th Percentile £28.25 £33.63 £30.38
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -34.88% +4.41%
75th Percentile £41.84 £49.88 £65.03
90th Percentile £63.25 £61.25 £71.76
England median hourly rate £46.47 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -22.55% +20.00% -1.96%

All Process and 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 12,640 13,993 18,399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.39% 89.20% 89.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,311 9,016 13,266
10th Percentile £330 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 172 235
10th Percentile £18.01 £17.55 £18.23
25th Percentile £25.12 £24.42 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 £38.29 £39.83
Median % change year-on-year -17.75% -3.88% +3.81%
75th Percentile £47.13 £57.81 £63.75
90th Percentile £64.65 £79.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -36.33% -11.24% +27.14%

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 31 October 2025.

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 31 October 2025.

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 31 October 2025. 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 +12 239 £550 -4.35% 246
West London +16 31 £500 +7.53% 27
South London -7 13 £575 -4.17% 10
East London +12 11 £675 +26.17% 14
North London +3 2 £700 -
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 82 (5.05%) Confluence
2 33 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.42%) CMS
4 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.37%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.31%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.25%) WordPress
8 3 (0.18%) Appian
8 3 (0.18%) Camunda
8 3 (0.18%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.18%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.12%) Apache
9 2 (0.12%) Drupal
9 2 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.062%) Kentico
10 1 (0.062%) WebSphere
Applications
1 78 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (2.09%) Microsoft Project
5 28 (1.73%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.55%) Trello
7 6 (0.37%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.31%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.31%) Sketch
9 1 (0.062%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.062%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.062%) Notion
9 1 (0.062%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 90 (5.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (1.29%) Endur
4 13 (0.80%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.37%) Shopify
6 5 (0.31%) Loan IQ
6 5 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.31%) Workfront
7 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.25%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.25%) SAP HCM
7 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
7 4 (0.25%) SAP IBP
7 4 (0.25%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 209 (12.88%) Azure
2 138 (8.50%) Power Platform
3 134 (8.26%) AWS
4 55 (3.39%) GCP
4 55 (3.39%) SaaS
5 44 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
7 32 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
8 22 (1.36%) Entra ID
9 21 (1.29%) Serverless
10 20 (1.23%) PowerApps
10 20 (1.23%) Snowflake
11 19 (1.17%) Power Automate
12 14 (0.86%) GitHub
13 13 (0.80%) Amazon S3
13 13 (0.80%) PaaS
13 13 (0.80%) SuccessFactors
14 12 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
15 11 (0.68%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 11 (0.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 30 (1.85%) Firewall
2 9 (0.55%) Network Security
2 9 (0.55%) WAN
3 8 (0.49%) VoIP
4 7 (0.43%) DNS
4 7 (0.43%) LAN
4 7 (0.43%) VPN
5 6 (0.37%) DHCP
5 6 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.31%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.25%) Intranet
7 4 (0.25%) MPLS
8 3 (0.18%) 5G
8 3 (0.18%) CTI
8 3 (0.18%) Internet
8 3 (0.18%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.18%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.12%) HTTP
9 2 (0.12%) NetScaler
9 2 (0.12%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (7.27%) Power BI
2 38 (2.34%) Tableau
3 32 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (1.54%) Metadata
5 21 (1.29%) Data Lake
5 21 (1.29%) SAP HANA
6 13 (0.80%) Big Data
7 12 (0.74%) BigQuery
8 11 (0.68%) SQL Server
9 8 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (0.49%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.37%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.31%) DB2
11 5 (0.31%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.31%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.31%) SAP BW
12 4 (0.25%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 164 (10.10%) JIRA
2 18 (1.11%) Git
3 15 (0.92%) GitLab
3 15 (0.92%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.55%) Maven
4 9 (0.55%) SonarQube
5 6 (0.37%) MLflow
5 6 (0.37%) Selenium
6 5 (0.31%) Axure RP
6 5 (0.31%) Gradle
7 4 (0.25%) Appium
7 4 (0.25%) JUnit
7 4 (0.25%) Mockito
8 3 (0.18%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.18%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.12%) GCC
9 2 (0.12%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.12%) NUnit
General
1 845 (52.06%) Social Skills
2 609 (37.52%) Finance
3 257 (15.83%) Analytical Skills
4 192 (11.83%) Banking
5 131 (8.07%) Public Sector
6 99 (6.10%) Marketing
7 84 (5.18%) Retail
8 79 (4.87%) Legal
9 75 (4.62%) Front Office
10 63 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
11 52 (3.20%) Investment Banking
12 45 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
14 37 (2.28%) Telecoms
15 36 (2.22%) Back Office
15 36 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 30 (1.85%) Law
17 28 (1.73%) Manufacturing
18 27 (1.66%) Financial Institution
19 26 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 330 (20.33%) Analyst
2 256 (15.77%) Project Manager
3 237 (14.60%) Business Analyst
4 166 (10.23%) Lead
5 161 (9.92%) Architect
6 140 (8.63%) Senior
7 112 (6.90%) Consultant
8 59 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
9 57 (3.51%) Developer
9 57 (3.51%) Senior Manager
10 55 (3.39%) Programme Manager
11 43 (2.65%) IT Manager
12 39 (2.40%) Data Analyst
12 39 (2.40%) Product Manager
13 38 (2.34%) Delivery Manager
14 34 (2.09%) Product Owner
14 34 (2.09%) Senior Analyst
14 34 (2.09%) Senior Project Manager
15 28 (1.73%) SAP Architect
16 27 (1.66%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.73%) Web Services
2 24 (1.48%) REST
3 23 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
4 18 (1.11%) .NET
4 18 (1.11%) HTML
5 14 (0.86%) CSS
6 12 (0.74%) Kafka
6 12 (0.74%) Middleware
7 10 (0.62%) AngularJS
8 8 (0.49%) JSON
8 8 (0.49%) React
8 8 (0.49%) RESTful
8 8 (0.49%) SOAP
8 8 (0.49%) Spring
8 8 (0.49%) Spring Boot
9 7 (0.43%) OAuth
10 6 (0.37%) HTML5 Canvas
10 6 (0.37%) Pandas
10 6 (0.37%) Plotly
10 6 (0.37%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 115 (7.09%) Product Ownership
2 47 (2.90%) Management Information System
2 47 (2.90%) Onboarding
3 39 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
4 38 (2.34%) Cloud Native
5 36 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 34 (2.09%) Reinsurance
7 32 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
8 26 (1.60%) PMI
9 25 (1.54%) Data Centre
10 22 (1.36%) Fixed Income
10 22 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (1.29%) Derivative
12 15 (0.92%) Data Structures
12 15 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (0.92%) Equities
12 15 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 15 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
12 15 (0.92%) Virtual Team
13 14 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 41 (2.53%) Windows
2 13 (0.80%) Linux
3 9 (0.55%) Android
3 9 (0.55%) Windows 10
4 8 (0.49%) Apple iOS
4 8 (0.49%) Unix
4 8 (0.49%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.25%) VMS
6 1 (0.062%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.062%) Solaris
6 1 (0.062%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 520 (32.04%) Agile
2 270 (16.64%) Problem-Solving
3 258 (15.90%) Project Management
4 200 (12.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 191 (11.77%) Project Delivery
6 187 (11.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 174 (10.72%) Migration
8 166 (10.23%) Roadmaps
9 163 (10.04%) Change Management
10 160 (9.86%) Risk Management
11 152 (9.37%) Analytics
12 133 (8.19%) Business Intelligence
13 131 (8.07%) Scrum
14 128 (7.89%) Requirements Gathering
15 126 (7.76%) Decision-Making
16 116 (7.15%) DevOps
16 116 (7.15%) Workshop Facilitation
17 110 (6.78%) AI
18 106 (6.53%) Waterfall
19 105 (6.47%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 155 (9.55%) SQL
2 114 (7.02%) Python
3 34 (2.09%) Java
4 28 (1.73%) C#
5 26 (1.60%) JavaScript
6 20 (1.23%) PowerShell
7 13 (0.80%) R
8 11 (0.68%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (0.49%) Bash
10 8 (0.49%) Korn
11 7 (0.43%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.43%) VBA
12 5 (0.31%) Bicep
13 4 (0.25%) ABAP
14 3 (0.18%) C++
14 3 (0.18%) PHP
14 3 (0.18%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.12%) Perl
15 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 170 (10.47%) Security Cleared
2 146 (9.00%) Degree
3 131 (8.07%) SC Cleared
4 92 (5.67%) PMI Certification
5 78 (4.81%) PMP
6 30 (1.85%) Master's Degree
7 27 (1.66%) CISSP
8 18 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (1.11%) DV Cleared
9 15 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (0.74%) CBAP
10 12 (0.74%) CISM
10 12 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
11 10 (0.62%) Azure Certification
11 10 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (0.62%) FFIEC
12 8 (0.49%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.43%) CCNP
13 7 (0.43%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (4.99%) QA
2 77 (4.74%) GDPR
3 55 (3.39%) Data Quality
4 53 (3.27%) PMO
5 35 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (1.85%) NIST
7 26 (1.60%) GRC
8 24 (1.48%) Accessibility
8 24 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 22 (1.36%) MiFID
10 15 (0.92%) EMIR
11 14 (0.86%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.80%) IFRS
12 13 (0.80%) SLA
13 10 (0.62%) Solvency II
14 9 (0.55%) HIPAA
15 8 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 8 (0.49%) NCSC
16 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
17 5 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 21 (1.29%) Docker
2 18 (1.11%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.062%) Firmware
4 1 (0.062%) IAG
4 1 (0.062%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.062%) Postfix
4 1 (0.062%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 29 (1.79%) Terraform
2 23 (1.42%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.49%) Ansible
4 7 (0.43%) HP ALM
5 6 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.25%) Argo
6 4 (0.25%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.25%) Kubeflow
6 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.18%) Grafana
7 3 (0.18%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.18%) RSA Archer
8 2 (0.12%) Control-M
8 2 (0.12%) SCCM
9 1 (0.062%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.062%) SCOM
9 1 (0.062%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 197 (12.14%) Microsoft
2 160 (9.86%) SAP
3 72 (4.44%) Salesforce
4 70 (4.31%) Oracle
5 45 (2.77%) Workday
6 41 (2.53%) ServiceNow
7 33 (2.03%) Databricks
8 32 (1.97%) Google
9 21 (1.29%) Adobe
10 15 (0.92%) MuleSoft
11 13 (0.80%) Cisco
12 12 (0.74%) Ariba
13 11 (0.68%) Bloomberg
13 11 (0.68%) IBM
14 10 (0.62%) Charles River
14 10 (0.62%) OpenLink
15 8 (0.49%) Alteryx
15 8 (0.49%) Fortinet
15 8 (0.49%) Planview
15 8 (0.49%) VMware