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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 24 19
Rank change year-on-year +8 -5 -3
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 1,718 1,239 1,706
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.19% 7.89% 8.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.21% 8.81% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,157 784 1,231
10th Percentile £383 £395 £408
25th Percentile £463 £463 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £653 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £780
England median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.05% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 12
10th Percentile £17.32 £31.40 £25.54
25th Percentile £23.94 - £39.86
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -39.13% -7.26%
75th Percentile £41.92 £39.04 £65.03
90th Percentile £72.25 £62.25 £71.76
England median hourly rate £47.50 £57.50 £51.24
% change year-on-year -17.39% +12.22% -4.57%

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 13,004 14,059 17,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.24% 89.51% 89.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,538 9,063 12,765
10th Percentile £335 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £569
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -3.34% -3.56%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 170 240
10th Percentile £18.09 £17.25 £18.56
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.98 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £37.50 £35.96
Median % change year-on-year -22.67% +4.30% -8.97%
75th Percentile £47.50 £55.56 £60.00
90th Percentile £68.62 £80.75 £75.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +25.00%

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 25 November 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 25 November 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 25 November 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 +10 248 £550 -8.33% 93
West London +9 26 £500 +7.53% 17
South London -24 10 £566 -5.75% 7
East London +13 9 £675 +37.06% 12
North London +4 3 £700 - 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 92 (5.36%) Confluence
2 41 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.11%) CMS
4 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.35%) Anypoint
6 4 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.23%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.23%) Appian
6 4 (0.23%) Camunda
7 3 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.17%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.17%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.12%) Apache
8 2 (0.12%) Drupal
8 2 (0.12%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.12%) nginx
8 2 (0.12%) SAS
8 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.12%) WordPress
9 1 (0.058%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 79 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
4 38 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 34 (1.98%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.64%) Trello
7 7 (0.41%) Adobe XD
7 7 (0.41%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.41%) Sketch
8 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.058%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.058%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.058%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.058%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.058%) InVision
9 1 (0.058%) Notion
Business Applications
1 78 (4.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 26 (1.51%) Endur
3 24 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.64%) Aladdin
5 7 (0.41%) Loan IQ
5 7 (0.41%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.29%) Shopify
8 4 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
8 4 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.23%) SAP HCM
8 4 (0.23%) SAP HR
8 4 (0.23%) SAP IBP
8 4 (0.23%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 4 (0.23%) Workfront
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.17%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 240 (13.97%) Azure
2 153 (8.91%) AWS
3 144 (8.38%) Power Platform
4 60 (3.49%) GCP
4 60 (3.49%) SaaS
5 47 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
6 40 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (1.34%) Power Automate
8 23 (1.34%) Snowflake
9 22 (1.28%) Entra ID
9 22 (1.28%) PowerApps
10 19 (1.11%) Serverless
11 16 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
11 16 (0.93%) GitHub
12 15 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
13 14 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
14 13 (0.76%) Collibra
15 12 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
16 11 (0.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.15%) Firewall
2 15 (0.87%) WAN
3 13 (0.76%) Network Security
4 11 (0.64%) LAN
4 11 (0.64%) SD-WAN
5 9 (0.52%) VPN
6 8 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.41%) DNS
7 7 (0.41%) VoIP
8 6 (0.35%) DHCP
8 6 (0.35%) Internet
9 5 (0.29%) BGP
9 5 (0.29%) CTI
10 4 (0.23%) 5G
10 4 (0.23%) Broadband
10 4 (0.23%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.23%) OSPF
11 3 (0.17%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (0.17%) Cisco IPT
11 3 (0.17%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (7.28%) Power BI
2 36 (2.10%) Tableau
3 35 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (1.63%) Metadata
5 20 (1.16%) Data Lake
6 13 (0.76%) BigQuery
7 12 (0.70%) Big Data
8 10 (0.58%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.47%) SQL Server
10 6 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.29%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.29%) Power Query
11 5 (0.29%) SAP BW
12 4 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.23%) DB2
12 4 (0.23%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.23%) Mixpanel
13 3 (0.17%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 179 (10.42%) JIRA
2 18 (1.05%) GitLab
3 15 (0.87%) Git
3 15 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.47%) Selenium
5 7 (0.41%) Axure RP
5 7 (0.41%) SonarQube
6 6 (0.35%) MLflow
7 5 (0.29%) Gradle
7 5 (0.29%) Maven
8 4 (0.23%) Appium
9 3 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.17%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.17%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.17%) TestRail
10 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.12%) GCC
10 2 (0.12%) JUnit
10 2 (0.12%) Mockito
10 2 (0.12%) NUnit
General
1 905 (52.68%) Social Skills
2 641 (37.31%) Finance
3 280 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
4 181 (10.54%) Banking
5 144 (8.38%) Public Sector
6 103 (6.00%) Marketing
7 92 (5.36%) Retail
8 86 (5.01%) Legal
9 75 (4.37%) Front Office
10 69 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
11 52 (3.03%) Investment Banking
12 50 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
13 48 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
14 41 (2.39%) Telecoms
15 36 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 35 (2.04%) Financial Institution
17 34 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
17 34 (1.98%) Law
17 34 (1.98%) Manufacturing
18 29 (1.69%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 369 (21.48%) Analyst
2 277 (16.12%) Business Analyst
3 260 (15.13%) Project Manager
4 180 (10.48%) Lead
5 168 (9.78%) Architect
6 152 (8.85%) Senior
7 120 (6.98%) Consultant
8 70 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
9 59 (3.43%) Programme Manager
9 59 (3.43%) Senior Manager
10 56 (3.26%) Developer
11 50 (2.91%) IT Manager
12 42 (2.44%) Senior Analyst
13 41 (2.39%) Data Analyst
13 41 (2.39%) Delivery Manager
14 40 (2.33%) Product Manager
15 35 (2.04%) Senior Project Manager
16 34 (1.98%) Senior Business Analyst
17 33 (1.92%) Product Owner
18 30 (1.75%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.46%) REST
2 22 (1.28%) .NET
3 21 (1.22%) HTML
4 19 (1.11%) Kafka
5 16 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
6 15 (0.87%) CSS
7 14 (0.81%) Middleware
8 9 (0.52%) AngularJS
9 8 (0.47%) JSON
9 8 (0.47%) OAuth
9 8 (0.47%) React
9 8 (0.47%) Web Services
10 7 (0.41%) Plotly
10 7 (0.41%) SOAP
11 6 (0.35%) Pandas
11 6 (0.35%) RESTful
11 6 (0.35%) SailPoint
12 5 (0.29%) ADO
12 5 (0.29%) OpenID
12 5 (0.29%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 130 (7.57%) Product Ownership
2 62 (3.61%) Onboarding
3 55 (3.20%) Management Information System
4 42 (2.44%) Cloud Native
5 40 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
6 39 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
7 35 (2.04%) Reinsurance
8 34 (1.98%) Data Centre
9 32 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
10 29 (1.69%) PMI
11 25 (1.46%) Fixed Income
12 22 (1.28%) Derivative
12 22 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
13 20 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
14 17 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 16 (0.93%) Equities
16 15 (0.87%) Life Science
16 15 (0.87%) Marketing Technology
16 15 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
17 14 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 37 (2.15%) Windows
2 14 (0.81%) Linux
3 13 (0.76%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.52%) Android
4 9 (0.52%) Unix
5 8 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.29%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.17%) VMS
8 1 (0.058%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.058%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 554 (32.25%) Agile
2 300 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
3 267 (15.54%) Project Management
4 221 (12.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 204 (11.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 200 (11.64%) Migration
7 198 (11.53%) Roadmaps
8 186 (10.83%) Project Delivery
9 178 (10.36%) Change Management
10 171 (9.95%) Risk Management
11 167 (9.72%) Analytics
12 144 (8.38%) Requirements Gathering
13 143 (8.32%) Business Intelligence
14 142 (8.27%) Decision-Making
15 137 (7.97%) Workshop Facilitation
16 132 (7.68%) DevOps
17 130 (7.57%) AI
18 128 (7.45%) Scrum
19 122 (7.10%) Business Analysis
19 122 (7.10%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 158 (9.20%) SQL
2 125 (7.28%) Python
3 42 (2.44%) Java
4 33 (1.92%) C#
5 28 (1.63%) JavaScript
6 26 (1.51%) PowerShell
7 16 (0.93%) R
8 12 (0.70%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 10 (0.58%) Korn
10 8 (0.47%) Bash
11 7 (0.41%) C++
12 6 (0.35%) VBA
13 5 (0.29%) Bicep
14 4 (0.23%) ABAP
14 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.17%) PHP
15 3 (0.17%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.12%) Perl
16 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 190 (11.06%) Security Cleared
2 162 (9.43%) Degree
3 146 (8.50%) SC Cleared
4 92 (5.36%) PMI Certification
5 75 (4.37%) PMP
6 32 (1.86%) Master's Degree
7 31 (1.80%) CISSP
8 23 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.22%) DV Cleared
11 16 (0.93%) CISM
12 15 (0.87%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.76%) CBAP
13 13 (0.76%) CIMA
13 13 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (0.70%) ACCA
15 11 (0.64%) ISTQB
15 11 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
16 10 (0.58%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (6.05%) QA
2 93 (5.41%) GDPR
3 63 (3.67%) Data Quality
4 53 (3.08%) PMO
5 39 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (1.80%) NIST
7 28 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 26 (1.51%) Accessibility
8 26 (1.51%) GRC
9 20 (1.16%) MiFID
10 17 (0.99%) PCI DSS
11 16 (0.93%) IFRS
12 12 (0.70%) EMIR
12 12 (0.70%) SLA
13 10 (0.58%) Solvency II
14 9 (0.52%) HIPAA
14 9 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 9 (0.52%) NCSC
15 8 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
16 6 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 23 (1.34%) Docker
2 16 (0.93%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.058%) Firmware
4 1 (0.058%) IAG
4 1 (0.058%) Postfix
4 1 (0.058%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (1.92%) Terraform
2 27 (1.57%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.47%) Ansible
4 7 (0.41%) FortiGate
4 7 (0.41%) HP ALM
4 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.23%) Argo
6 4 (0.23%) Kubeflow
7 3 (0.17%) RSA Archer
8 2 (0.12%) Consul
8 2 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.12%) Packer
8 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.12%) SCCM
9 1 (0.058%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.058%) SCOM
9 1 (0.058%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 210 (12.22%) Microsoft
2 158 (9.20%) SAP
3 71 (4.13%) Salesforce
4 70 (4.07%) Oracle
5 46 (2.68%) Workday
6 45 (2.62%) ServiceNow
7 35 (2.04%) Databricks
7 35 (2.04%) Google
8 23 (1.34%) Adobe
9 18 (1.05%) Ariba
10 16 (0.93%) MuleSoft
11 15 (0.87%) Cisco
12 14 (0.81%) Bloomberg
13 12 (0.70%) Fortinet
14 11 (0.64%) IBM
15 10 (0.58%) Informatica
15 10 (0.58%) Murex
15 10 (0.58%) OpenLink
16 9 (0.52%) OpenAI
17 8 (0.47%) Refinitiv