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 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 20 23
Rank change year-on-year +9 +3 -3
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 2,179 1,211 1,327
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.70% 9.55% 7.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.21% 10.44% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,451 824 965
10th Percentile £393 £400 £406
25th Percentile £468 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £670
90th Percentile £775 £800 £778
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 20 17
10th Percentile £27.84 £34.96 £23.88
25th Percentile £38.00 £38.25 £30.16
Median hourly rate £53.25 £49.25 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.12% +11.93% -29.80%
75th Percentile £72.50 £55.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.74 £70.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £45.23 £60.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -24.62% +23.08% -13.67%

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 15,334 11,605 15,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.40% 91.50% 88.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,290 7,873 11,381
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £756 £806 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 169 333
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.11 £24.18 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.20% -22.77%
75th Percentile £56.25 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.50 £65.00 £67.80
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.71% -11.83%

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 5 April 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 5 April 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 5 April 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 +11 307 £600 -0.46% 204
West London -6 26 £550 +20.88% 26
South London -25 19 £590 -1.67% 6
East London +3 6 £675 +7.14% 12
North London +4 5 £519 +28.09% 4
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
1 136 (6.24%) Confluence
2 52 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.06%) CMS
4 17 (0.78%) Appian
5 14 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.50%) Apache
7 6 (0.28%) Camunda
7 6 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.28%) SAS
8 5 (0.23%) nginx
9 4 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.18%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.092%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.092%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.092%) IBM HTTP Server
11 2 (0.092%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.092%) Sitefinity
11 2 (0.092%) WordPress
12 1 (0.046%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 96 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (2.75%) Microsoft Project
3 51 (2.34%) MS Visio
4 45 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (0.46%) Chatbot
7 9 (0.41%) Trello
8 6 (0.28%) Sketch
8 6 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.23%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.092%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.092%) Autodesk Smoke
10 2 (0.092%) InVision
11 1 (0.046%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.046%) EPLAN
11 1 (0.046%) Revit
11 1 (0.046%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 57 (2.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 23 (1.06%) Aladdin
4 15 (0.69%) Endur
5 12 (0.55%) Loan IQ
6 10 (0.46%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 8 (0.37%) SAP ERP
7 8 (0.37%) Workday HCM
8 7 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
8 7 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
8 7 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
8 7 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
8 7 (0.32%) SAP HR
9 6 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 6 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
9 6 (0.28%) SAP HCM
10 5 (0.23%) Actimize
10 5 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 351 (16.11%) Azure
2 225 (10.33%) AWS
3 123 (5.64%) Power Platform
4 83 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
5 77 (3.53%) GCP
6 57 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
7 52 (2.39%) SaaS
8 41 (1.88%) Entra ID
9 36 (1.65%) Snowflake
10 32 (1.47%) Power Automate
11 29 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
11 29 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
12 28 (1.28%) GitHub
13 25 (1.15%) Figma
14 23 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
15 22 (1.01%) OpenShift
15 22 (1.01%) Serverless
16 21 (0.96%) SuccessFactors
17 20 (0.92%) OCI
18 19 (0.87%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.61%) Firewall
2 27 (1.24%) WAN
3 22 (1.01%) Network Security
4 20 (0.92%) LAN
5 17 (0.78%) SD-WAN
6 15 (0.69%) BGP
7 14 (0.64%) DNS
7 14 (0.64%) VPN
8 11 (0.50%) OSPF
8 11 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.41%) MPLS
10 7 (0.32%) Broadband
10 7 (0.32%) Intranet
10 7 (0.32%) VoIP
11 6 (0.28%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
11 6 (0.28%) NX-OS
12 5 (0.23%) 5G
12 5 (0.23%) NAS
12 5 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (4.73%) Power BI
2 57 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
3 53 (2.43%) Metadata
4 39 (1.79%) Tableau
5 28 (1.28%) Data Lake
6 25 (1.15%) SQL Server
7 17 (0.78%) Relational Database
8 16 (0.73%) Big Data
9 13 (0.60%) NoSQL
9 13 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (0.41%) Pinecone
11 9 (0.41%) Power Query
12 8 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (0.37%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
14 6 (0.28%) Delta Lake
14 6 (0.28%) Redis
14 6 (0.28%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (0.28%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 242 (11.11%) JIRA
2 33 (1.51%) Jenkins
3 21 (0.96%) Git
4 19 (0.87%) GitLab
5 11 (0.50%) Selenium
6 10 (0.46%) MLflow
7 9 (0.41%) SpecFlow
8 8 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
9 7 (0.32%) JMeter
9 7 (0.32%) Postman
9 7 (0.32%) REST Assured
10 6 (0.28%) ERwin
10 6 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (0.23%) Axure RP
11 5 (0.23%) LoadRunner
11 5 (0.23%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.18%) Snyk
13 3 (0.14%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 1,091 (50.07%) Social Skills
2 871 (39.97%) Finance
3 347 (15.92%) Analytical Skills
4 260 (11.93%) Banking
5 210 (9.64%) Public Sector
6 118 (5.42%) Influencing Skills
7 102 (4.68%) Retail
8 95 (4.36%) Marketing
9 93 (4.27%) Legal
10 87 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
11 73 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
11 73 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
12 68 (3.12%) Financial Institution
13 64 (2.94%) Front Office
14 50 (2.29%) Investment Banking
15 42 (1.93%) Manufacturing
15 42 (1.93%) Telecoms
16 41 (1.88%) Law
17 29 (1.33%) Billing
17 29 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 426 (19.55%) Analyst
2 341 (15.65%) Business Analyst
3 326 (14.96%) Project Manager
4 287 (13.17%) Lead
5 217 (9.96%) Senior
6 212 (9.73%) Architect
7 125 (5.74%) Consultant
8 92 (4.22%) Senior Manager
9 81 (3.72%) Programme Manager
10 78 (3.58%) Delivery Manager
11 67 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
12 63 (2.89%) Senior Analyst
13 59 (2.71%) Data Analyst
13 59 (2.71%) IT Manager
14 51 (2.34%) Senior Business Analyst
15 50 (2.29%) Change Manager
16 46 (2.11%) Product Manager
16 46 (2.11%) Test Manager
17 45 (2.07%) Developer
18 44 (2.02%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (2.43%) REST
2 42 (1.93%) Middleware
3 25 (1.15%) SOAP
4 24 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
5 23 (1.06%) Kafka
6 21 (0.96%) Web Services
7 19 (0.87%) OpenID
8 18 (0.83%) OAuth
8 18 (0.83%) Pandas
8 18 (0.83%) RESTful
9 17 (0.78%) .NET
9 17 (0.78%) NumPy
9 17 (0.78%) PyTorch
9 17 (0.78%) SAML
9 17 (0.78%) TensorFlow
10 15 (0.69%) Hugging Face
10 15 (0.69%) Playwright
11 14 (0.64%) LDAP
11 14 (0.64%) scikit-learn
12 13 (0.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 161 (7.39%) Product Ownership
2 114 (5.23%) Onboarding
3 84 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
4 66 (3.03%) Cloud Native
5 56 (2.57%) Data Protection Act
6 52 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
7 43 (1.97%) Data Centre
8 42 (1.93%) Management Information System
9 40 (1.84%) Data Structures
10 27 (1.24%) NHS
11 25 (1.15%) PMI
11 25 (1.15%) Virtual Team
12 21 (0.96%) Derivative
12 21 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 21 (0.96%) Reinsurance
13 20 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
13 20 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
14 19 (0.87%) Fixed Income
14 19 (0.87%) FMCG
15 17 (0.78%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 53 (2.43%) Windows
2 22 (1.01%) Linux
3 14 (0.64%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.37%) Unix
4 8 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 7 (0.32%) VMS
6 6 (0.28%) Android
6 6 (0.28%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.092%) Solaris
9 1 (0.046%) AIX
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 719 (33.00%) Agile
2 341 (15.65%) Project Management
3 338 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
4 316 (14.50%) Migration
5 307 (14.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 266 (12.21%) Roadmaps
7 259 (11.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 240 (11.01%) Decision-Making
9 229 (10.51%) DevOps
9 229 (10.51%) Project Delivery
10 222 (10.19%) Change Management
11 205 (9.41%) AI
12 200 (9.18%) Analytics
12 200 (9.18%) User Acceptance Testing
13 193 (8.86%) Risk Management
14 183 (8.40%) Data Modelling
15 181 (8.31%) Scrum
16 180 (8.26%) Requirements Gathering
16 180 (8.26%) Validation
17 172 (7.89%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 199 (9.13%) SQL
2 138 (6.33%) Python
3 36 (1.65%) Java
4 33 (1.51%) C#
5 25 (1.15%) JavaScript
6 24 (1.10%) PowerShell
7 19 (0.87%) TypeScript
8 15 (0.69%) R
9 11 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (0.41%) Bash
11 8 (0.37%) Korn
12 7 (0.32%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.28%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.23%) C++
14 5 (0.23%) VBA
15 4 (0.18%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.18%) Bicep
16 3 (0.14%) ABAP
16 3 (0.14%) Ruby
17 2 (0.092%) PHP
Qualifications
1 340 (15.60%) Security Cleared
2 287 (13.17%) SC Cleared
3 163 (7.48%) Degree
4 121 (5.55%) PMP
5 117 (5.37%) PMI Certification
6 42 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 32 (1.47%) CISSP
8 30 (1.38%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.10%) CBAP
9 24 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (0.92%) CISM
11 18 (0.83%) DV Cleared
12 17 (0.78%) Azure Certification
13 16 (0.73%) ISTQB
14 15 (0.69%) ACCA
14 15 (0.69%) IIBA
15 14 (0.64%) CIMA
16 12 (0.55%) APMP
16 12 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
17 10 (0.46%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (7.39%) QA
2 151 (6.93%) Data Quality
3 117 (5.37%) GDPR
4 86 (3.95%) PMO
5 68 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 64 (2.94%) NIST
7 41 (1.88%) GRC
8 34 (1.56%) SLA
9 32 (1.47%) NCSC
10 29 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 25 (1.15%) PCI DSS
12 23 (1.06%) Accessibility
13 18 (0.83%) IFRS
14 13 (0.60%) MiFID
15 12 (0.55%) COBIT
16 10 (0.46%) IFRS 17
16 10 (0.46%) ISO 20022
16 10 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 10 (0.46%) Solvency II
17 9 (0.41%) HL7
System Software
1 46 (2.11%) Docker
2 27 (1.24%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.23%) NFS
5 3 (0.14%) Postfix
5 3 (0.14%) Varnish
5 3 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.092%) Sendmail
6 2 (0.092%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.092%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.046%) Firmware
7 1 (0.046%) NLBS
7 1 (0.046%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.046%) RACF
7 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 64 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 47 (2.16%) Terraform
3 13 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.55%) FortiGate
5 8 (0.37%) Ansible
6 7 (0.32%) RSA Archer
7 6 (0.28%) HP ALM
8 5 (0.23%) Grafana
8 5 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.18%) SCCM
10 2 (0.092%) Consul
10 2 (0.092%) Control-M
10 2 (0.092%) EMC VPLEX
10 2 (0.092%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.092%) Packer
10 2 (0.092%) vMotion
11 1 (0.046%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.046%) Opsview
Vendors
1 226 (10.37%) Microsoft
2 174 (7.99%) SAP
3 109 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 106 (4.86%) Salesforce
5 105 (4.82%) Oracle
6 55 (2.52%) Workday
7 47 (2.16%) Databricks
8 37 (1.70%) Google
9 35 (1.61%) CyberArk
10 22 (1.01%) Ariba
11 21 (0.96%) Cisco
11 21 (0.96%) Splunk
12 20 (0.92%) OpenAI
13 19 (0.87%) Adobe
13 19 (0.87%) IBM
13 19 (0.87%) Informatica
14 17 (0.78%) Murex
14 17 (0.78%) VMware
15 14 (0.64%) Conga
16 13 (0.60%) Guidewire