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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 22 20
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 1,849 1,186 1,471
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.68% 8.54% 8.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.91% 9.45% 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,230 737 1,062
10th Percentile £375 £392 £407
25th Percentile £463 £463 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £558 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% -3.04% -
75th Percentile £675 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £788 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 17 13
10th Percentile £17.66 £31.40 £26.03
25th Percentile £22.08 - £30.38
Median hourly rate £40.50 £35.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -30.00% -19.35%
75th Percentile £56.24 £39.04 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £59.10 £71.00
England median hourly rate £40.76 £56.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -27.87% +13.00% -4.24%

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 13,291 12,555 16,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.17% 90.44% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,813 8,005 11,559
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £558
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.43% -7.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 154 294
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.23 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.61 £24.66 £19.93
Median hourly rate £32.98 £35.00 £31.13
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +12.45% -12.32%
75th Percentile £55.25 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.53 £73.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £38.16
% change year-on-year -28.14% -8.27% +9.67%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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 21 January 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 +11 277 £563 -6.25% 113
West London +1 27 £500 +11.11% 22
South London -27 6 £600 - 15
East London - 6 £720 - 22
North London +6 4 £600 +48.15%
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
1 106 (5.73%) Confluence
2 36 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.87%) CMS
4 13 (0.70%) Appian
5 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.32%) Camunda
7 5 (0.27%) Apache
8 4 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.22%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.16%) nginx
9 3 (0.16%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.16%) WordPress
10 2 (0.11%) Kentico
10 2 (0.11%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.11%) SAS
10 2 (0.11%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 89 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (2.43%) Microsoft Project
3 44 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (2.38%) MS Visio
4 42 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.70%) Trello
6 8 (0.43%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.22%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.22%) Sketch
9 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.11%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.11%) InVision
10 1 (0.054%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 73 (3.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (1.14%) Aladdin
4 19 (1.03%) Endur
5 10 (0.54%) Loan IQ
5 10 (0.54%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (0.43%) SAP CO
6 8 (0.43%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
7 7 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 6 (0.32%) SAP FI
8 6 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
9 5 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.27%) SAP IBP
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 4 (0.22%) SAP HCM
10 4 (0.22%) SAP HR
10 4 (0.22%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 281 (15.20%) Azure
2 168 (9.09%) AWS
3 142 (7.68%) Power Platform
4 57 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
4 57 (3.08%) GCP
5 56 (3.03%) SaaS
6 43 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (1.57%) Power Automate
7 29 (1.57%) Snowflake
8 27 (1.46%) Entra ID
9 26 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (1.30%) GitHub
11 23 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
12 20 (1.08%) PowerApps
12 20 (1.08%) Serverless
13 18 (0.97%) OpenShift
14 15 (0.81%) Azure AI
14 15 (0.81%) OCI
14 15 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
15 14 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.22%) Firewall
2 21 (1.14%) WAN
3 15 (0.81%) SD-WAN
4 13 (0.70%) LAN
4 13 (0.70%) Network Security
5 12 (0.65%) DNS
6 11 (0.59%) VPN
7 10 (0.54%) BGP
7 10 (0.54%) MPLS
8 8 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.38%) Broadband
9 7 (0.38%) VoIP
10 6 (0.32%) Internet
10 6 (0.32%) OSPF
11 5 (0.27%) 5G
11 5 (0.27%) CTI
11 5 (0.27%) DHCP
11 5 (0.27%) Ethernet
11 5 (0.27%) Intranet
12 4 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (7.14%) Power BI
2 42 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
3 40 (2.16%) Metadata
4 37 (2.00%) Tableau
5 19 (1.03%) Data Lake
6 17 (0.92%) SQL Server
7 12 (0.65%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.54%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.43%) Big Data
10 8 (0.43%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (0.32%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (0.32%) Power Query
11 6 (0.32%) Redis
12 5 (0.27%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.27%) MySQL
12 5 (0.27%) Pinecone
12 5 (0.27%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 212 (11.47%) JIRA
2 23 (1.24%) Jenkins
3 21 (1.14%) GitLab
4 16 (0.87%) Git
5 8 (0.43%) MLflow
6 7 (0.38%) SpecFlow
7 4 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.22%) Axure RP
7 4 (0.22%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.22%) Selenium
8 3 (0.16%) Gradle
8 3 (0.16%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.16%) TestRail
9 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.11%) ERwin
9 2 (0.11%) LSMW
9 2 (0.11%) Maven
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.054%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.054%) JMeter
General
1 987 (53.38%) Social Skills
2 720 (38.94%) Finance
3 305 (16.50%) Analytical Skills
4 212 (11.47%) Banking
5 168 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 90 (4.87%) Marketing
7 88 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
8 84 (4.54%) Retail
9 77 (4.16%) Legal
10 71 (3.84%) Front Office
11 62 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
12 60 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
13 53 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
14 49 (2.65%) Investment Banking
15 46 (2.49%) Financial Institution
16 44 (2.38%) Manufacturing
17 41 (2.22%) Telecoms
18 32 (1.73%) Law
19 30 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 27 (1.46%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 403 (21.80%) Analyst
2 305 (16.50%) Business Analyst
3 286 (15.47%) Project Manager
4 218 (11.79%) Lead
5 173 (9.36%) Senior
6 172 (9.30%) Architect
7 131 (7.08%) Consultant
8 72 (3.89%) Senior Manager
9 67 (3.62%) Programme Manager
10 60 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
11 58 (3.14%) Senior Analyst
12 53 (2.87%) Data Analyst
13 50 (2.70%) Senior Business Analyst
14 49 (2.65%) Delivery Manager
14 49 (2.65%) IT Manager
15 47 (2.54%) Developer
16 43 (2.33%) Change Manager
17 40 (2.16%) Product Manager
18 36 (1.95%) Senior Project Manager
18 36 (1.95%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (1.89%) REST
2 22 (1.19%) .NET
2 22 (1.19%) Kafka
2 22 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
3 20 (1.08%) Middleware
4 15 (0.81%) OAuth
4 15 (0.81%) Pandas
5 14 (0.76%) HTML
5 14 (0.76%) RESTful
5 14 (0.76%) Web Services
6 13 (0.70%) NumPy
7 12 (0.65%) OpenID
7 12 (0.65%) scikit-learn
7 12 (0.65%) SOAP
8 11 (0.59%) PyTorch
8 11 (0.59%) TensorFlow
9 10 (0.54%) Hugging Face
9 10 (0.54%) SAML
9 10 (0.54%) XML
10 9 (0.49%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 130 (7.03%) Product Ownership
2 80 (4.33%) Onboarding
3 55 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
4 54 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
5 52 (2.81%) Data Protection Act
6 50 (2.70%) Management Information System
7 49 (2.65%) Cloud Native
8 38 (2.06%) Data Centre
9 32 (1.73%) PMI
10 24 (1.30%) Reinsurance
11 23 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
11 23 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
12 22 (1.19%) Derivative
12 22 (1.19%) Fixed Income
13 21 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 19 (1.03%) Life Science
14 19 (1.03%) NHS
15 18 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
16 17 (0.92%) Virtual Team
17 16 (0.87%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 37 (2.00%) Windows
2 16 (0.87%) Linux
3 15 (0.81%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.49%) Unix
5 6 (0.32%) VMS
6 2 (0.11%) Android
6 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.054%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.054%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 605 (32.72%) Agile
2 340 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
3 322 (17.41%) Project Management
4 243 (13.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 234 (12.66%) Migration
6 227 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 212 (11.47%) Roadmaps
8 199 (10.76%) Project Delivery
9 194 (10.49%) Change Management
10 177 (9.57%) Analytics
11 174 (9.41%) Decision-Making
12 172 (9.30%) Risk Management
13 165 (8.92%) Requirements Gathering
14 161 (8.71%) Workshop Facilitation
15 159 (8.60%) AI
16 156 (8.44%) Business Intelligence
17 152 (8.22%) Data Modelling
17 152 (8.22%) DevOps
18 146 (7.90%) Scrum
19 144 (7.79%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 181 (9.79%) SQL
2 135 (7.30%) Python
3 39 (2.11%) Java
4 32 (1.73%) C#
5 28 (1.51%) JavaScript
6 24 (1.30%) PowerShell
7 15 (0.81%) R
7 15 (0.81%) TypeScript
8 10 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 9 (0.49%) Korn
10 8 (0.43%) Bash
11 7 (0.38%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.32%) C++
12 6 (0.32%) VBA
13 5 (0.27%) Bicep
14 3 (0.16%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.16%) VB
15 2 (0.11%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.11%) Perl
15 2 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 236 (12.76%) Security Cleared
2 186 (10.06%) SC Cleared
3 169 (9.14%) Degree
4 116 (6.27%) PMI Certification
5 103 (5.57%) PMP
6 38 (2.06%) Master's Degree
7 28 (1.51%) CISSP
8 27 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 25 (1.35%) CBAP
10 24 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (0.76%) CISM
11 14 (0.76%) ISTQB
12 13 (0.70%) Azure Certification
12 13 (0.70%) DV Cleared
13 11 (0.59%) CIMA
14 10 (0.54%) ACCA
14 10 (0.54%) AWS Certification
14 10 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
14 10 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (0.49%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (7.08%) QA
2 113 (6.11%) GDPR
3 95 (5.14%) Data Quality
4 66 (3.57%) PMO
5 64 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 48 (2.60%) NIST
7 36 (1.95%) GRC
8 35 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 24 (1.30%) Accessibility
9 24 (1.30%) PCI DSS
10 21 (1.14%) NCSC
11 17 (0.92%) SLA
12 16 (0.87%) IFRS
13 11 (0.59%) MiFID
14 10 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 9 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 8 (0.43%) HIPAA
16 8 (0.43%) IFRS 17
16 8 (0.43%) ISO 20022
17 7 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (1.68%) Docker
2 20 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.054%) Firmware
5 1 (0.054%) IAG
5 1 (0.054%) NLBS
5 1 (0.054%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 44 (2.38%) Kubernetes
2 35 (1.89%) Terraform
3 9 (0.49%) FortiGate
4 8 (0.43%) Ansible
4 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.22%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.22%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.11%) Argo
7 2 (0.11%) Consul
7 2 (0.11%) Control-M
7 2 (0.11%) Packer
8 1 (0.054%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.054%) Grafana
8 1 (0.054%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.054%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.054%) Opsview
8 1 (0.054%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.054%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 224 (12.11%) Microsoft
2 164 (8.87%) SAP
3 82 (4.43%) Oracle
4 78 (4.22%) Salesforce
5 68 (3.68%) ServiceNow
6 52 (2.81%) Workday
7 45 (2.43%) Databricks
8 31 (1.68%) Google
9 20 (1.08%) CyberArk
10 19 (1.03%) Ariba
10 19 (1.03%) Cisco
11 18 (0.97%) OpenAI
12 17 (0.92%) Adobe
13 16 (0.87%) Bloomberg
13 16 (0.87%) Fortinet
13 16 (0.87%) Informatica
14 14 (0.76%) IBM
15 13 (0.70%) Murex
15 13 (0.70%) Nokia
15 13 (0.70%) Planview