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 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 23 22
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 1,917 1,184 1,427
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.63% 8.71% 7.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.93% 9.62% 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,285 736 1,038
10th Percentile £375 £385 £409
25th Percentile £463 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £674 £666 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £769
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 19 15
10th Percentile £17.00 £32.20 £23.70
25th Percentile £20.66 £35.00 £27.58
Median hourly rate £40.50 £37.00 £46.06
Median % change year-on-year +9.46% -19.66% -29.24%
75th Percentile £56.24 £52.88 £55.63
90th Percentile £72.50 £64.50 £63.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -21.74% +15.00% -7.24%

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 13,766 12,313 16,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.73% 90.57% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,152 7,857 11,594
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 153 339
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.11 £25.40 £19.49
Median hourly rate £34.75 £37.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.34% +25.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £56.62 £55.25 £51.25
90th Percentile £69.94 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 12 February 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 +10 274 £575 -4.17% 94
West London +1 25 £500 +19.05% 24
South London -31 6 £600 - 4
East London +6 5 £675 +7.14% 16
North London +4 4 £500 +23.46% 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
1 116 (6.05%) Confluence
2 39 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 18 (0.94%) CMS
4 16 (0.83%) Appian
5 12 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.31%) Camunda
7 5 (0.26%) Apache
7 5 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.16%) nginx
9 3 (0.16%) SAS
9 3 (0.16%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.10%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.10%) Kentico
10 2 (0.10%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.10%) Sitefinity
10 2 (0.10%) WordPress
11 1 (0.052%) Anypoint
Applications
1 83 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
3 45 (2.35%) MS Visio
4 41 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
4 41 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.63%) Trello
6 8 (0.42%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.26%) Sketch
9 4 (0.21%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.10%) Autodesk Smoke
10 2 (0.10%) InVision
11 1 (0.052%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 61 (3.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (1.15%) Aladdin
4 17 (0.89%) Endur
5 13 (0.68%) Loan IQ
6 10 (0.52%) NetSuite
7 9 (0.47%) Workday HCM
8 8 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
8 8 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 8 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
8 8 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
8 8 (0.42%) SAP CO
9 6 (0.31%) SAP FI
9 6 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 4 (0.21%) SAP IBP
11 4 (0.21%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 303 (15.81%) Azure
2 170 (8.87%) AWS
3 140 (7.30%) Power Platform
4 70 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
5 58 (3.03%) GCP
6 54 (2.82%) SaaS
7 46 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (1.67%) Entra ID
9 31 (1.62%) GitHub
9 31 (1.62%) Snowflake
10 30 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
10 30 (1.56%) Power Automate
11 26 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
12 23 (1.20%) OpenShift
13 22 (1.15%) PowerApps
14 21 (1.10%) Serverless
15 20 (1.04%) Azure AI
15 20 (1.04%) Figma
16 18 (0.94%) GitHub Actions
17 16 (0.83%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.19%) Firewall
2 27 (1.41%) WAN
3 19 (0.99%) LAN
4 17 (0.89%) SD-WAN
5 14 (0.73%) DNS
5 14 (0.73%) Network Security
5 14 (0.73%) VPN
6 13 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (0.57%) BGP
8 10 (0.52%) MPLS
9 7 (0.37%) Broadband
9 7 (0.37%) OSPF
9 7 (0.37%) VoIP
10 6 (0.31%) Internet
11 5 (0.26%) CTI
11 5 (0.26%) DHCP
11 5 (0.26%) Ethernet
11 5 (0.26%) Intranet
11 5 (0.26%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (6.42%) Power BI
2 49 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (2.35%) Metadata
4 39 (2.03%) Tableau
5 25 (1.30%) Data Lake
6 21 (1.10%) SQL Server
7 13 (0.68%) NoSQL
7 13 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 11 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (0.47%) Pinecone
10 8 (0.42%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.37%) Big Data
12 6 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.31%) DB2
12 6 (0.31%) Power Query
12 6 (0.31%) Redis
13 5 (0.26%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.26%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 221 (11.53%) JIRA
2 30 (1.56%) Jenkins
3 20 (1.04%) GitLab
4 17 (0.89%) Git
5 10 (0.52%) MLflow
6 8 (0.42%) SpecFlow
7 5 (0.26%) Axure RP
8 4 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.21%) ERwin
8 4 (0.21%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.21%) TestRail
9 3 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
10 2 (0.10%) JMeter
10 2 (0.10%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.10%) LSMW
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.10%) Selenium
11 1 (0.052%) Balsamiq
11 1 (0.052%) Mockito
11 1 (0.052%) QADirector
General
1 1,028 (53.63%) Social Skills
2 755 (39.38%) Finance
3 309 (16.12%) Analytical Skills
4 224 (11.68%) Banking
5 176 (9.18%) Public Sector
6 94 (4.90%) Retail
7 90 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
8 85 (4.43%) Marketing
9 80 (4.17%) Legal
10 71 (3.70%) Front Office
11 64 (3.34%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
12 62 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
13 49 (2.56%) Investment Banking
14 46 (2.40%) Financial Institution
14 46 (2.40%) Telecoms
15 43 (2.24%) Manufacturing
16 35 (1.83%) Law
17 33 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 27 (1.41%) Billing
Job Titles
1 415 (21.65%) Analyst
2 319 (16.64%) Business Analyst
3 288 (15.02%) Project Manager
4 243 (12.68%) Lead
5 188 (9.81%) Architect
6 184 (9.60%) Senior
7 124 (6.47%) Consultant
8 80 (4.17%) Senior Manager
9 66 (3.44%) Programme Manager
10 59 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
11 58 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
12 57 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
13 53 (2.76%) Data Analyst
14 51 (2.66%) IT Manager
15 50 (2.61%) Senior Business Analyst
16 45 (2.35%) Change Manager
17 43 (2.24%) Senior Project Manager
18 41 (2.14%) Developer
19 39 (2.03%) Product Manager
20 35 (1.83%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (2.19%) REST
2 24 (1.25%) Middleware
3 22 (1.15%) Kafka
4 20 (1.04%) .NET
5 19 (0.99%) OpenID
6 18 (0.94%) RESTful
7 17 (0.89%) OAuth
7 17 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
7 17 (0.89%) Pandas
7 17 (0.89%) PyTorch
7 17 (0.89%) SAML
7 17 (0.89%) TensorFlow
7 17 (0.89%) Web Services
8 16 (0.83%) Hugging Face
8 16 (0.83%) NumPy
9 15 (0.78%) LDAP
10 14 (0.73%) scikit-learn
10 14 (0.73%) SOAP
11 12 (0.63%) AngularJS
11 12 (0.63%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 133 (6.94%) Product Ownership
2 88 (4.59%) Onboarding
3 58 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 56 (2.92%) Cloud Native
5 55 (2.87%) Analytical Mindset
6 51 (2.66%) Data Protection Act
7 45 (2.35%) Management Information System
8 37 (1.93%) Data Centre
9 23 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
9 23 (1.20%) PMI
9 23 (1.20%) Reinsurance
10 22 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
10 22 (1.15%) NHS
11 21 (1.10%) Data Structures
11 21 (1.10%) Derivative
12 20 (1.04%) Fixed Income
13 19 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 18 (0.94%) Life Science
14 18 (0.94%) Virtual Team
15 15 (0.78%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 44 (2.30%) Windows
2 19 (0.99%) Linux
3 16 (0.83%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.47%) Unix
5 7 (0.37%) VMS
6 6 (0.31%) Android
7 4 (0.21%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.16%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.052%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.052%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 629 (32.81%) Agile
2 331 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
3 315 (16.43%) Project Management
4 260 (13.56%) Migration
5 248 (12.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 244 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 221 (11.53%) Roadmaps
8 203 (10.59%) Change Management
9 200 (10.43%) Project Delivery
10 188 (9.81%) Analytics
11 186 (9.70%) Decision-Making
12 184 (9.60%) Risk Management
13 179 (9.34%) Requirements Gathering
14 177 (9.23%) DevOps
15 172 (8.97%) AI
16 164 (8.56%) Workshop Facilitation
17 162 (8.45%) User Acceptance Testing
18 158 (8.24%) Data Modelling
18 158 (8.24%) Scrum
19 147 (7.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 192 (10.02%) SQL
2 135 (7.04%) Python
3 35 (1.83%) C#
4 31 (1.62%) Java
5 29 (1.51%) JavaScript
6 27 (1.41%) PowerShell
7 18 (0.94%) TypeScript
8 10 (0.52%) Korn
8 10 (0.52%) R
9 8 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.37%) Bash
11 6 (0.31%) C++
11 6 (0.31%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.31%) VBA
12 5 (0.26%) Bicep
13 3 (0.16%) ABAP
14 2 (0.10%) Ruby
14 2 (0.10%) VB
15 1 (0.052%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.052%) X++
Qualifications
1 254 (13.25%) Security Cleared
2 205 (10.69%) SC Cleared
3 168 (8.76%) Degree
4 110 (5.74%) PMI Certification
5 104 (5.43%) PMP
6 39 (2.03%) Master's Degree
7 35 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 26 (1.36%) CBAP
9 22 (1.15%) CISSP
10 21 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (0.83%) ISTQB
12 15 (0.78%) CISM
13 14 (0.73%) Azure Certification
14 13 (0.68%) DV Cleared
14 13 (0.68%) IIBA
15 11 (0.57%) APMP
15 11 (0.57%) CIMA
16 10 (0.52%) ACCA
16 10 (0.52%) AWS Certification
16 10 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (7.51%) QA
2 114 (5.95%) Data Quality
3 111 (5.79%) GDPR
4 70 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 60 (3.13%) PMO
6 53 (2.76%) NIST
7 37 (1.93%) GRC
8 34 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 28 (1.46%) NCSC
10 27 (1.41%) Accessibility
11 25 (1.30%) PCI DSS
12 21 (1.10%) SLA
13 16 (0.83%) IFRS
14 12 (0.63%) MiFID
15 10 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 10 (0.52%) IFRS 17
15 10 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 8 (0.42%) EMIR
16 8 (0.42%) HIPAA
16 8 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (1.77%) Docker
2 22 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.10%) NFS
6 1 (0.052%) Firmware
6 1 (0.052%) IAG
6 1 (0.052%) NLBS
6 1 (0.052%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 56 (2.92%) Kubernetes
2 35 (1.83%) Terraform
3 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (0.57%) FortiGate
5 8 (0.42%) Ansible
6 7 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.26%) RSA Archer
8 4 (0.21%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.10%) Consul
9 2 (0.10%) Control-M
9 2 (0.10%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.10%) Packer
9 2 (0.10%) SCCM
9 2 (0.10%) vMotion
10 1 (0.052%) Grafana
10 1 (0.052%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.052%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.052%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.052%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 225 (11.74%) Microsoft
2 165 (8.61%) SAP
3 84 (4.38%) ServiceNow
4 81 (4.23%) Oracle
5 76 (3.96%) Salesforce
6 46 (2.40%) Databricks
6 46 (2.40%) Workday
7 27 (1.41%) CyberArk
7 27 (1.41%) Google
8 23 (1.20%) OpenAI
9 21 (1.10%) Cisco
10 19 (0.99%) Informatica
11 18 (0.94%) Ariba
11 18 (0.94%) Fortinet
11 18 (0.94%) Murex
12 16 (0.83%) Splunk
13 15 (0.78%) Adobe
14 14 (0.73%) Guidewire
15 13 (0.68%) IBM
15 13 (0.68%) Nokia