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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 17 24
Rank change year-on-year +8 +7 -3
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 2,451 1,337 1,257
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.96% 10.81% 7.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.59% 11.71% 8.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,623 902 931
10th Percentile £400 £385 £381
25th Percentile £469 £465 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +4.55% -7.17%
75th Percentile £675 £687 £650
90th Percentile £788 £775 £775
England median daily rate £540 £535 £538
% change year-on-year +0.93% -0.47% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 20 14
10th Percentile £20.05 £28.25 £23.61
25th Percentile £33.12 £35.66 £30.16
Median hourly rate £41.00 £49.25 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.75% +23.13% -30.83%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.25 £51.00
90th Percentile £76.15 £65.25 £57.75
England median hourly rate £54.00 £58.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -8.09% -2.08% +11.80%

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 16,795 11,414 15,551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.80% 92.28% 88.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,181 7,654 11,105
10th Percentile £360 £343 £343
25th Percentile £435 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £518 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.48% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 205 313
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.56% +13.33% -24.84%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.80
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.45 £37.75
% change year-on-year +71.22% -27.28% +7.09%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +7 351 £600 - 132
West London +14 71 £484 +22.86% 27
South London -1 23 £550 -15.38% 12
East London -3 9 £638 +1.19% 19
North London +3 5 £495 -1.00% 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
1 129 (5.26%) Confluence
2 62 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 42 (1.71%) CMS
4 14 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.49%) Apache
5 12 (0.49%) Appian
6 8 (0.33%) SAS
7 6 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.24%) WordPress
8 5 (0.20%) Kentico
8 5 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.12%) nginx
10 3 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.082%) IBM HTTP Server
11 2 (0.082%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.082%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.082%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 109 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 54 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
4 45 (1.84%) MS Visio
5 42 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (0.41%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.33%) Revit
8 6 (0.24%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.12%) Notion
11 2 (0.082%) EPLAN
11 2 (0.082%) Sketch
12 1 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.041%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.041%) PlantUML
12 1 (0.041%) Trello
12 1 (0.041%) UserZoom
12 1 (0.041%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 66 (2.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (0.86%) Aladdin
4 15 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
5 14 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.45%) NetSuite
7 10 (0.41%) Loan IQ
8 9 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
8 9 (0.37%) SAP ERP
8 9 (0.37%) SAP HCM
9 7 (0.29%) Endur
9 7 (0.29%) Finacle
10 6 (0.24%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 6 (0.24%) Magento
10 6 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
10 6 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
10 6 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (0.24%) SAP SD
10 6 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 406 (16.56%) Azure
2 286 (11.67%) AWS
3 133 (5.43%) Power Platform
4 96 (3.92%) GCP
5 93 (3.79%) SaaS
6 87 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
7 77 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
8 56 (2.28%) Entra ID
9 48 (1.96%) Snowflake
10 44 (1.80%) GitHub
11 33 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
12 30 (1.22%) SuccessFactors
13 29 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
13 29 (1.18%) Serverless
14 28 (1.14%) Amazon S3
15 27 (1.10%) OCI
16 26 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
17 25 (1.02%) Power Automate
18 24 (0.98%) Figma
18 24 (0.98%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (1.63%) Firewall
2 27 (1.10%) WAN
3 24 (0.98%) Network Security
4 20 (0.82%) LAN
5 16 (0.65%) DNS
6 15 (0.61%) VPN
7 14 (0.57%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.53%) BGP
9 11 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.41%) TCP/IP
11 9 (0.37%) OSPF
12 8 (0.33%) Intranet
12 8 (0.33%) MPLS
12 8 (0.33%) VLAN
13 7 (0.29%) NGFW
13 7 (0.29%) Wireless
14 5 (0.20%) HTTP
14 5 (0.20%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (0.20%) Unified Communications
15 4 (0.16%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (4.45%) Power BI
2 59 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
2 59 (2.41%) Metadata
3 39 (1.59%) Data Lake
3 39 (1.59%) Tableau
4 36 (1.47%) SQL Server
5 23 (0.94%) Relational Database
6 19 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (0.73%) Delta Lake
7 18 (0.73%) NoSQL
8 17 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
9 16 (0.65%) Big Data
10 12 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (0.45%) Oracle Database
12 10 (0.41%) DynamoDB
13 9 (0.37%) Amazon Aurora
13 9 (0.37%) Pinecone
14 8 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
14 8 (0.33%) Power Query
14 8 (0.33%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 267 (10.89%) JIRA
2 38 (1.55%) Jenkins
3 30 (1.22%) Git
4 20 (0.82%) GitLab
5 15 (0.61%) Postman
6 11 (0.45%) MLflow
6 11 (0.45%) Selenium
7 8 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
7 8 (0.33%) Zephyr
8 7 (0.29%) JMeter
8 7 (0.29%) SpecFlow
9 6 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.20%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.20%) JUnit
10 5 (0.20%) Maven
10 5 (0.20%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.16%) ERwin
11 4 (0.16%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.16%) Snyk
12 3 (0.12%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 1,195 (48.76%) Social Skills
2 979 (39.94%) Finance
3 375 (15.30%) Analytical Skills
4 310 (12.65%) Banking
5 240 (9.79%) Public Sector
6 152 (6.20%) Retail
7 141 (5.75%) Influencing Skills
8 131 (5.34%) Legal
9 111 (4.53%) Marketing
10 104 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
11 92 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
12 72 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
13 64 (2.61%) Front Office
14 62 (2.53%) Financial Institution
15 52 (2.12%) Investment Banking
16 50 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 46 (1.88%) Telecoms
18 44 (1.80%) Manufacturing
19 37 (1.51%) Law
20 36 (1.47%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 412 (16.81%) Analyst
2 340 (13.87%) Project Manager
3 331 (13.50%) Lead
4 308 (12.57%) Business Analyst
5 269 (10.98%) Architect
6 232 (9.47%) Senior
7 122 (4.98%) Consultant
8 105 (4.28%) Senior Manager
9 94 (3.84%) Delivery Manager
9 94 (3.84%) Solutions Architect
10 87 (3.55%) Programme Manager
11 70 (2.86%) IT Manager
12 53 (2.16%) Product Owner
13 52 (2.12%) Change Manager
13 52 (2.12%) Senior Project Manager
14 50 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
15 49 (2.00%) Data Analyst
16 48 (1.96%) Product Manager
17 47 (1.92%) Technical Manager
18 44 (1.80%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (2.65%) REST
2 46 (1.88%) Middleware
3 36 (1.47%) SOAP
4 32 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
5 25 (1.02%) OAuth
6 21 (0.86%) Web Services
7 20 (0.82%) .NET
7 20 (0.82%) RESTful
7 20 (0.82%) XML
8 19 (0.78%) OpenID
8 19 (0.78%) SAML
9 18 (0.73%) Kafka
10 17 (0.69%) JSON
10 17 (0.69%) SailPoint
11 16 (0.65%) PySpark
12 15 (0.61%) CSS
12 15 (0.61%) HTML
13 14 (0.57%) LDAP
14 13 (0.53%) AngularJS
14 13 (0.53%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 189 (7.71%) Product Ownership
2 136 (5.55%) Onboarding
3 106 (4.32%) Cloud Native
4 79 (3.22%) Legacy Systems
5 61 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
6 59 (2.41%) Management Information System
7 49 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
7 49 (2.00%) Data Structures
8 44 (1.80%) Data Centre
8 44 (1.80%) Virtual Team
9 32 (1.31%) NHS
10 30 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
11 29 (1.18%) FMCG
12 28 (1.14%) AI Agents
13 24 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
13 24 (0.98%) Fixed Income
13 24 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
14 21 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 21 (0.86%) Taxonomies
15 20 (0.82%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 70 (2.86%) Windows
2 37 (1.51%) Linux
3 19 (0.78%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.33%) Android
7 7 (0.29%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.24%) Unix
9 5 (0.20%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
11 3 (0.12%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.12%) VMS
12 2 (0.082%) AIX
12 2 (0.082%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.041%) CentOS
13 1 (0.041%) Solaris
13 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 798 (32.56%) Agile
2 365 (14.89%) Migration
3 348 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
4 334 (13.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 328 (13.38%) Project Management
6 318 (12.97%) Roadmaps
7 299 (12.20%) Decision-Making
8 298 (12.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 284 (11.59%) DevOps
10 266 (10.85%) AI
11 255 (10.40%) Analytics
12 254 (10.36%) User Acceptance Testing
13 253 (10.32%) Project Delivery
14 229 (9.34%) Validation
15 227 (9.26%) Change Management
16 212 (8.65%) Risk Management
17 198 (8.08%) User Stories
18 195 (7.96%) CI/CD
19 192 (7.83%) Scrum
20 187 (7.63%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 231 (9.42%) SQL
2 151 (6.16%) Python
3 40 (1.63%) Java
4 31 (1.26%) PowerShell
5 27 (1.10%) C#
6 24 (0.98%) JavaScript
7 15 (0.61%) TypeScript
8 12 (0.49%) Bash
8 12 (0.49%) Korn
9 11 (0.45%) Bicep
10 9 (0.37%) PL/SQL
10 9 (0.37%) R
11 8 (0.33%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (0.29%) VBA
13 5 (0.20%) ABAP
13 5 (0.20%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.16%) Go
15 3 (0.12%) Groovy
15 3 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 378 (15.42%) Security Cleared
2 317 (12.93%) SC Cleared
3 146 (5.96%) Degree
4 129 (5.26%) PMP
5 115 (4.69%) PMI Certification
6 50 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 46 (1.88%) CISSP
8 34 (1.39%) Azure Certification
9 28 (1.14%) CISM
9 28 (1.14%) DV Cleared
10 24 (0.98%) AWS Certification
11 18 (0.73%) CBAP
11 18 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
12 17 (0.69%) Master's Degree
13 15 (0.61%) APMP
13 15 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (0.61%) ISTQB
14 14 (0.57%) IIBA
14 14 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
15 13 (0.53%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (6.77%) Data Quality
2 158 (6.45%) QA
3 120 (4.90%) PMO
4 97 (3.96%) GDPR
5 79 (3.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 77 (3.14%) NIST
7 44 (1.80%) GRC
8 43 (1.75%) SLA
9 30 (1.22%) Accessibility
10 29 (1.18%) NCSC
11 25 (1.02%) PCI DSS
12 22 (0.90%) COBIT
13 17 (0.69%) IFRS
14 16 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 13 (0.53%) MiFID
15 13 (0.53%) Solvency II
16 11 (0.45%) ISO 20022
17 10 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
17 10 (0.41%) PSD2
17 10 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 55 (2.24%) Docker
2 43 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.24%) NFS
6 6 (0.24%) Postfix
7 4 (0.16%) Varnish
7 4 (0.16%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.12%) Sendmail
9 2 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.041%) NLBS
10 1 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.041%) RACF
10 1 (0.041%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 75 (3.06%) Kubernetes
1 75 (3.06%) Terraform
2 26 (1.06%) Ansible
3 13 (0.53%) Grafana
4 12 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (0.41%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.33%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.29%) RSA Archer
9 6 (0.24%) SCCM
9 6 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 5 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.16%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.12%) HAProxy
13 2 (0.082%) Argo
13 2 (0.082%) Control-M
13 2 (0.082%) EMC VPLEX
13 2 (0.082%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.082%) vMotion
14 1 (0.041%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 277 (11.30%) Microsoft
2 189 (7.71%) SAP
3 141 (5.75%) Oracle
4 127 (5.18%) Salesforce
5 116 (4.73%) ServiceNow
6 54 (2.20%) Databricks
7 46 (1.88%) Workday
8 45 (1.84%) Google
9 39 (1.59%) CyberArk
10 26 (1.06%) Splunk
11 23 (0.94%) Adobe
12 22 (0.90%) Cisco
12 22 (0.90%) OpenAI
13 20 (0.82%) Informatica
14 19 (0.78%) Ariba
15 18 (0.73%) MuleSoft
16 17 (0.69%) VMware
17 16 (0.65%) Conga
17 16 (0.65%) Murex
17 16 (0.65%) Okta