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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 16 24
Rank change year-on-year +10 +8 -3
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 3,049 1,516 1,173
As % of all contract jobs in London 15.15% 11.13% 7.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.01% 12.07% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,010 1,030 841
10th Percentile £400 £390 £381
25th Percentile £469 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £568 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.97% +3.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £687 £675
90th Percentile £775 £763 £775
England median daily rate £550 £537 £550
% change year-on-year +2.42% -2.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 23 8
10th Percentile £27.55 £28.25 £30.13
25th Percentile £37.56 £33.00 £34.73
Median hourly rate £43.00 £45.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +5.88% +8.97%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.25 £60.31
90th Percentile £77.60 £65.00 £66.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £53.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +16.82% -13.15% +34.26%

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 17,923 12,563 14,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.03% 92.23% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,813 8,414 10,214
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £541 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% -1.59% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 296 248 196
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.97
25th Percentile £20.02 £24.62 £22.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £29.50 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +22.03% -16.31% -14.59%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.88
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 +9 398 £600 +4.35% 356
West London +18 100 £520 -3.26% 85
South London -3 29 £600 -2.58% 30
North London +4 10 £450 -17.43% 2
East London -5 8 £675 +3.45% 31
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
1 160 (5.25%) Confluence
2 81 (2.66%) SharePoint
3 46 (1.51%) CMS
4 22 (0.72%) Apache
5 18 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.39%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 7 (0.23%) SAS
10 6 (0.20%) WordPress
11 5 (0.16%) Appian
12 4 (0.13%) Kentico
13 3 (0.098%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.098%) Oracle Workflow
13 3 (0.098%) Palantir Foundry
14 2 (0.066%) Camunda
14 2 (0.066%) Drupal
14 2 (0.066%) IBM HTTP Server
14 2 (0.066%) JBoss
14 2 (0.066%) Moodle
Applications
1 142 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 80 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 67 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
4 61 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
5 44 (1.44%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.33%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.33%) Revit
6 10 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.26%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.16%) Trello
9 4 (0.13%) Notion
9 4 (0.13%) Sketch
10 3 (0.098%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.066%) CPLEX
11 2 (0.066%) EPLAN
11 2 (0.066%) Navisworks
12 1 (0.033%) Gliffy
12 1 (0.033%) PlantUML
12 1 (0.033%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 86 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
4 14 (0.46%) Finacle
5 13 (0.43%) Aladdin
5 13 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 13 (0.43%) Workday HCM
6 12 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 11 (0.36%) Endur
7 11 (0.36%) NetSuite
7 11 (0.36%) SAP SD
8 10 (0.33%) Magento
8 10 (0.33%) SAP ERP
9 9 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
10 8 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
10 8 (0.26%) SAP FI
10 8 (0.26%) SAP HCM
11 7 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
12 6 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
12 6 (0.20%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 550 (18.04%) Azure
2 375 (12.30%) AWS
3 199 (6.53%) Power Platform
4 129 (4.23%) SaaS
5 123 (4.03%) GCP
6 116 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
7 96 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
8 90 (2.95%) Entra ID
9 73 (2.39%) GitHub
10 72 (2.36%) Snowflake
11 39 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
12 38 (1.25%) SuccessFactors
13 36 (1.18%) Amazon S3
14 35 (1.15%) Figma
14 35 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
14 35 (1.15%) OCI
15 33 (1.08%) Serverless
16 32 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
17 31 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
17 31 (1.02%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 46 (1.51%) Firewall
2 35 (1.15%) Network Security
3 30 (0.98%) DNS
4 26 (0.85%) WAN
5 18 (0.59%) VPN
6 17 (0.56%) LAN
7 15 (0.49%) DHCP
8 13 (0.43%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.43%) TCP/IP
9 11 (0.36%) BGP
10 10 (0.33%) Internet
11 9 (0.30%) OSPF
11 9 (0.30%) Wireless
12 8 (0.26%) HTTP
12 8 (0.26%) SSL
12 8 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.23%) 4G
13 7 (0.23%) 5G
13 7 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
14 6 (0.20%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (5.35%) Power BI
2 94 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
3 76 (2.49%) Metadata
4 54 (1.77%) Tableau
5 46 (1.51%) Data Lake
6 40 (1.31%) SQL Server
7 33 (1.08%) Delta Lake
8 28 (0.92%) Relational Database
9 21 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
9 21 (0.69%) Big Data
10 20 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (0.56%) Oracle Database
12 16 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
13 14 (0.46%) NoSQL
14 13 (0.43%) BigQuery
15 11 (0.36%) Db2
15 11 (0.36%) Parquet
15 11 (0.36%) Power Query
15 11 (0.36%) RDBMS
16 10 (0.33%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 326 (10.69%) JIRA
2 45 (1.48%) Jenkins
3 42 (1.38%) Git
4 26 (0.85%) GitLab
5 18 (0.59%) Selenium
6 16 (0.52%) Postman
7 12 (0.39%) Zephyr
8 9 (0.30%) ERwin
8 9 (0.30%) JMeter
8 9 (0.30%) PowerDesigner
8 9 (0.30%) SonarQube
9 8 (0.26%) Maven
9 8 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.23%) Appium
10 7 (0.23%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.20%) JUnit
12 5 (0.16%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.16%) ER Studio
12 5 (0.16%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.16%) REST Assured
General
1 1,513 (49.62%) Social Skills
2 1,191 (39.06%) Finance
3 526 (17.25%) Analytical Skills
4 415 (13.61%) Banking
5 307 (10.07%) Public Sector
6 219 (7.18%) Retail
7 185 (6.07%) Influencing Skills
8 159 (5.21%) Legal
9 153 (5.02%) Marketing
10 117 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
11 105 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
12 82 (2.69%) Front Office
13 78 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
14 67 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 65 (2.13%) Investment Banking
16 63 (2.07%) Financial Institution
17 62 (2.03%) Manufacturing
18 57 (1.87%) Telecoms
19 56 (1.84%) Local Government
20 46 (1.51%) Billing
Job Titles
1 507 (16.63%) Analyst
2 393 (12.89%) Lead
3 362 (11.87%) Project Manager
4 360 (11.81%) Business Analyst
5 359 (11.77%) Architect
6 307 (10.07%) Senior
7 179 (5.87%) Consultant
8 146 (4.79%) Solutions Architect
9 119 (3.90%) Senior Manager
10 109 (3.57%) Programme Manager
11 92 (3.02%) Delivery Manager
12 78 (2.56%) IT Manager
13 72 (2.36%) Developer
14 70 (2.30%) Product Manager
15 68 (2.23%) Product Owner
15 68 (2.23%) Technical Manager
16 64 (2.10%) Data Analyst
17 55 (1.80%) Senior Analyst
17 55 (1.80%) Senior Project Manager
18 46 (1.51%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (2.79%) REST
2 67 (2.20%) Middleware
3 44 (1.44%) SOAP
4 33 (1.08%) Kafka
4 33 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
5 29 (0.95%) .NET
5 29 (0.95%) PySpark
6 26 (0.85%) HTML
7 24 (0.79%) CSS
8 23 (0.75%) JSON
8 23 (0.75%) SailPoint
8 23 (0.75%) XML
9 21 (0.69%) Web Services
10 20 (0.66%) OAuth
11 16 (0.52%) React
12 15 (0.49%) AngularJS
13 13 (0.43%) Playwright
13 13 (0.43%) RESTful
13 13 (0.43%) Spring
14 12 (0.39%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 265 (8.69%) Product Ownership
2 194 (6.36%) Onboarding
3 109 (3.57%) Cloud Native
4 80 (2.62%) Management Information System
5 78 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
6 63 (2.07%) Data Structures
7 61 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
8 60 (1.97%) Data Centre
9 56 (1.84%) Virtual Team
10 55 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
11 48 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
12 46 (1.51%) AI Agents
13 45 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
14 44 (1.44%) FMCG
15 37 (1.21%) NHS
16 34 (1.12%) CMDB
17 32 (1.05%) Operational Technology
17 32 (1.05%) Security Posture
18 31 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
19 27 (0.89%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 98 (3.21%) Windows
2 49 (1.61%) Linux
3 21 (0.69%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.46%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (0.43%) Unix
6 12 (0.39%) Android
7 9 (0.30%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.20%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.13%) Alpine Linux
11 3 (0.098%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.098%) VMS
12 2 (0.066%) AIX
12 2 (0.066%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.066%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.033%) CentOS
13 1 (0.033%) Solaris
13 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 995 (32.63%) Agile
2 494 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
3 470 (15.41%) Roadmaps
4 462 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 426 (13.97%) Migration
6 414 (13.58%) Decision-Making
7 404 (13.25%) AI
8 400 (13.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 373 (12.23%) Analytics
10 371 (12.17%) Project Management
11 366 (12.00%) DevOps
12 334 (10.95%) Project Delivery
13 318 (10.43%) User Acceptance Testing
14 285 (9.35%) Change Management
15 273 (8.95%) Workshop Facilitation
16 270 (8.86%) Risk Management
17 260 (8.53%) Validation
18 259 (8.49%) CI/CD
19 246 (8.07%) User Stories
20 242 (7.94%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 308 (10.10%) SQL
2 196 (6.43%) Python
3 58 (1.90%) Java
4 50 (1.64%) PowerShell
5 43 (1.41%) JavaScript
6 30 (0.98%) C#
7 22 (0.72%) Bash
8 18 (0.59%) Bicep
9 17 (0.56%) Korn
10 16 (0.52%) TypeScript
11 14 (0.46%) R
12 12 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 11 (0.36%) Shell Script
14 9 (0.30%) PL/SQL
14 9 (0.30%) VBA
15 8 (0.26%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.26%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.20%) Perl
17 5 (0.16%) C++
17 5 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 441 (14.46%) Security Cleared
2 370 (12.14%) SC Cleared
3 184 (6.03%) Degree
4 159 (5.21%) PMP
5 137 (4.49%) PMI Certification
6 62 (2.03%) CISSP
7 54 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 49 (1.61%) Azure Certification
9 42 (1.38%) CISM
9 42 (1.38%) DV Cleared
10 28 (0.92%) AWS Certification
11 27 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 26 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
13 24 (0.79%) Master's Degree
14 19 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
15 15 (0.49%) CRISC
16 14 (0.46%) ACCA
16 14 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
17 13 (0.43%) CIMA
18 12 (0.39%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (7.28%) Data Quality
2 178 (5.84%) QA
3 145 (4.76%) PMO
4 99 (3.25%) GDPR
5 72 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 71 (2.33%) NIST
7 58 (1.90%) Accessibility
8 54 (1.77%) GRC
9 50 (1.64%) SLA
10 22 (0.72%) NCSC
11 20 (0.66%) COBIT
12 17 (0.56%) PCI DSS
12 17 (0.56%) WCAG
13 15 (0.49%) ISO 20022
13 15 (0.49%) SEPA
14 14 (0.46%) SOC 2
15 13 (0.43%) MiFID
15 13 (0.43%) Solvency II
16 12 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
16 12 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 78 (2.56%) Active Directory
2 70 (2.30%) Docker
3 19 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.26%) NFS
7 6 (0.20%) Postfix
8 4 (0.13%) Varnish
8 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.13%) vSphere
9 3 (0.098%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.098%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.033%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.033%) RACF
Systems Management
1 110 (3.61%) Terraform
2 75 (2.46%) Kubernetes
3 35 (1.15%) Ansible
4 24 (0.79%) Grafana
5 17 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.39%) SCCM
8 8 (0.26%) Argo
9 7 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 6 (0.20%) Control-M
11 5 (0.16%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.13%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.13%) HP ALM
12 4 (0.13%) Puppet
13 3 (0.098%) HAProxy
14 2 (0.066%) ITRS Geneos
14 2 (0.066%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.066%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 409 (13.41%) Microsoft
2 222 (7.28%) SAP
3 161 (5.28%) Oracle
4 144 (4.72%) Salesforce
5 143 (4.69%) ServiceNow
6 87 (2.85%) Databricks
7 60 (1.97%) Google
8 53 (1.74%) Workday
9 33 (1.08%) Adobe
9 33 (1.08%) IBM
10 30 (0.98%) CyberArk
11 27 (0.89%) Cisco
11 27 (0.89%) Splunk
12 26 (0.85%) VMware
13 22 (0.72%) Ariba
14 20 (0.66%) Guidewire
14 20 (0.66%) MuleSoft
15 19 (0.62%) Okta
15 19 (0.62%) Zscaler
16 18 (0.59%) Informatica