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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 16 24
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 -3
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 2,722 1,456 1,235
As % of all contract jobs in London 13.82% 10.78% 6.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.53% 11.70% 7.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,808 985 915
10th Percentile £400 £382 £363
25th Percentile £465 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £654
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
England median daily rate £548 £538 £538
% change year-on-year +1.86% - -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 20 11
10th Percentile £21.34 £28.25 £23.33
25th Percentile £34.53 £35.66 £30.16
Median hourly rate £41.06 £49.25 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.62% +31.33% -33.73%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.25 £45.13
90th Percentile £80.99 £65.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £61.50 £54.01 £61.06
% change year-on-year +13.88% -11.55% +15.27%

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 17,532 12,440 15,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.99% 92.14% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,643 8,309 11,135
10th Percentile £360 £331 £340
25th Percentile £440 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -5.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £769 £798 £800
England median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 234 293
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.87 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £36.75 £32.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.84% +6.67% -27.31%
75th Percentile £58.98 £50.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.07%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 +8 361 £600 - 264
West London +19 83 £520 +7.22% 37
South London -2 24 £550 -10.70% 16
North London +4 10 £450 -10.00% 1
East London -3 9 £638 +1.19% 28
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
1 145 (5.33%) Confluence
2 72 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 45 (1.65%) CMS
4 16 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.44%) Apache
6 9 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.29%) SAS
8 7 (0.26%) Appian
8 7 (0.26%) WordPress
9 6 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.22%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.18%) Kentico
11 3 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
12 2 (0.073%) IBM HTTP Server
12 2 (0.073%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.073%) Moodle
12 2 (0.073%) nginx
12 2 (0.073%) Sitefinity
13 1 (0.037%) OpenStack
Applications
1 124 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 57 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
3 57 (2.09%) Microsoft Project
4 46 (1.69%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.37%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.29%) Revit
7 7 (0.26%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.11%) Notion
9 3 (0.11%) Sketch
10 2 (0.073%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.073%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.073%) EPLAN
11 1 (0.037%) CPLEX
11 1 (0.037%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.037%) UserZoom
11 1 (0.037%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 76 (2.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.62%) Aladdin
4 16 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
5 13 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
6 12 (0.44%) Finacle
6 12 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 11 (0.40%) Workday HCM
8 10 (0.37%) Loan IQ
8 10 (0.37%) NetSuite
8 10 (0.37%) SAP SD
9 9 (0.33%) Endur
9 9 (0.33%) Magento
10 8 (0.29%) SAP ERP
11 7 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (0.26%) SAP HCM
12 6 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
12 6 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
12 6 (0.22%) SAP PM
12 6 (0.22%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 464 (17.05%) Azure
2 322 (11.83%) AWS
3 161 (5.91%) Power Platform
4 114 (4.19%) SaaS
5 104 (3.82%) GCP
6 95 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
7 84 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
8 66 (2.42%) Entra ID
9 62 (2.28%) GitHub
10 54 (1.98%) Snowflake
11 34 (1.25%) Amazon S3
11 34 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
12 33 (1.21%) SuccessFactors
13 32 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
14 31 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
14 31 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
14 31 (1.14%) Figma
15 30 (1.10%) OCI
15 30 (1.10%) Serverless
16 29 (1.07%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (1.65%) Firewall
2 30 (1.10%) Network Security
3 27 (0.99%) WAN
4 21 (0.77%) DNS
4 21 (0.77%) LAN
5 18 (0.66%) VPN
6 13 (0.48%) SD-WAN
7 11 (0.40%) BGP
8 10 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.33%) OSPF
9 9 (0.33%) TCP/IP
10 8 (0.29%) DHCP
10 8 (0.29%) VLAN
11 6 (0.22%) Internet
11 6 (0.22%) Intranet
11 6 (0.22%) NAS
11 6 (0.22%) SAN
11 6 (0.22%) Unified Communications
11 6 (0.22%) Wireless
12 5 (0.18%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (4.78%) Power BI
2 75 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
3 61 (2.24%) Metadata
4 45 (1.65%) Tableau
5 43 (1.58%) Data Lake
6 32 (1.18%) SQL Server
7 26 (0.96%) Relational Database
8 21 (0.77%) Delta Lake
9 19 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
10 17 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (0.62%) Big Data
11 16 (0.59%) Oracle Database
12 14 (0.51%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.40%) RDBMS
14 9 (0.33%) Parquet
15 8 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
15 8 (0.29%) Power Query
16 7 (0.26%) BigQuery
16 7 (0.26%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 291 (10.69%) JIRA
2 45 (1.65%) Jenkins
3 36 (1.32%) Git
4 18 (0.66%) GitLab
5 16 (0.59%) Postman
6 13 (0.48%) Selenium
7 9 (0.33%) Zephyr
8 8 (0.29%) JMeter
8 8 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
9 7 (0.26%) MLflow
10 6 (0.22%) JUnit
10 6 (0.22%) Maven
10 6 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (0.18%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.18%) ERwin
11 5 (0.18%) LoadRunner
11 5 (0.18%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.18%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.18%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.15%) Snyk
General
1 1,346 (49.45%) Social Skills
2 1,072 (39.38%) Finance
3 438 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
4 333 (12.23%) Banking
5 280 (10.29%) Public Sector
6 180 (6.61%) Retail
7 168 (6.17%) Influencing Skills
8 149 (5.47%) Legal
9 132 (4.85%) Marketing
10 105 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
11 103 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
12 74 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
13 66 (2.42%) Front Office
14 58 (2.13%) Manufacturing
15 56 (2.06%) Financial Institution
16 55 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 53 (1.95%) Investment Banking
18 51 (1.87%) Telecoms
19 47 (1.73%) Local Government
20 39 (1.43%) Law
Job Titles
1 461 (16.94%) Analyst
2 351 (12.89%) Lead
2 351 (12.89%) Project Manager
3 335 (12.31%) Business Analyst
4 314 (11.54%) Architect
5 258 (9.48%) Senior
6 144 (5.29%) Consultant
7 115 (4.22%) Solutions Architect
8 114 (4.19%) Senior Manager
9 93 (3.42%) Programme Manager
10 91 (3.34%) Delivery Manager
11 74 (2.72%) IT Manager
12 59 (2.17%) Product Owner
13 58 (2.13%) Product Manager
14 55 (2.02%) Data Analyst
14 55 (2.02%) Senior Project Manager
15 52 (1.91%) Change Manager
16 51 (1.87%) Technical Manager
17 46 (1.69%) Senior Analyst
18 44 (1.62%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (2.28%) REST
2 59 (2.17%) Middleware
3 37 (1.36%) SOAP
4 30 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
5 23 (0.84%) .NET
5 23 (0.84%) PySpark
6 21 (0.77%) JSON
6 21 (0.77%) Kafka
6 21 (0.77%) XML
7 20 (0.73%) OAuth
8 19 (0.70%) SAML
9 18 (0.66%) SailPoint
9 18 (0.66%) Web Services
10 17 (0.62%) HTML
10 17 (0.62%) OpenID
11 16 (0.59%) CSS
11 16 (0.59%) LDAP
12 14 (0.51%) RESTful
13 13 (0.48%) AngularJS
14 12 (0.44%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 204 (7.49%) Product Ownership
2 163 (5.99%) Onboarding
3 103 (3.78%) Cloud Native
4 78 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
5 66 (2.42%) Management Information System
6 57 (2.09%) Data Structures
7 56 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
8 55 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
9 47 (1.73%) Data Centre
10 46 (1.69%) Virtual Team
11 37 (1.36%) NHS
12 36 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
13 32 (1.18%) FMCG
14 31 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
14 31 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
15 30 (1.10%) AI Agents
16 27 (0.99%) Security Posture
17 24 (0.88%) CMDB
17 24 (0.88%) Marketing Technology
18 23 (0.84%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 84 (3.09%) Windows
2 39 (1.43%) Linux
3 18 (0.66%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.40%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.37%) Android
5 10 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (0.37%) Unix
6 7 (0.26%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.18%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.15%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.11%) VMS
10 2 (0.073%) AIX
11 1 (0.037%) CentOS
11 1 (0.037%) Solaris
11 1 (0.037%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 885 (32.51%) Agile
2 408 (14.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 407 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
4 397 (14.58%) Migration
5 380 (13.96%) Roadmaps
6 366 (13.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 336 (12.34%) Decision-Making
8 328 (12.05%) Project Management
9 324 (11.90%) DevOps
10 318 (11.68%) AI
11 298 (10.95%) Analytics
12 295 (10.84%) User Acceptance Testing
13 279 (10.25%) Project Delivery
14 254 (9.33%) Change Management
15 247 (9.07%) Validation
16 239 (8.78%) Risk Management
17 222 (8.16%) Workshop Facilitation
18 219 (8.05%) CI/CD
19 213 (7.83%) Requirements Gathering
20 210 (7.71%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 250 (9.18%) SQL
2 177 (6.50%) Python
3 41 (1.51%) PowerShell
4 37 (1.36%) Java
5 26 (0.96%) C#
5 26 (0.96%) JavaScript
6 19 (0.70%) Bash
7 15 (0.55%) Korn
8 14 (0.51%) TypeScript
9 13 (0.48%) Bicep
10 12 (0.44%) R
11 10 (0.37%) PL/SQL
11 10 (0.37%) Shell Script
12 9 (0.33%) VBA
13 6 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.22%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.18%) ABAP
14 5 (0.18%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.18%) Perl
14 5 (0.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 409 (15.03%) Security Cleared
2 342 (12.56%) SC Cleared
3 162 (5.95%) Degree
4 135 (4.96%) PMP
5 117 (4.30%) PMI Certification
6 61 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 50 (1.84%) CISSP
8 42 (1.54%) Azure Certification
9 32 (1.18%) DV Cleared
10 30 (1.10%) CISM
11 27 (0.99%) AWS Certification
12 21 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
13 20 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
13 20 (0.73%) Master's Degree
14 16 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (0.55%) ISTQB
16 14 (0.51%) CBAP
16 14 (0.51%) IIBA
17 13 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
17 13 (0.48%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (6.83%) Data Quality
2 163 (5.99%) QA
3 127 (4.67%) PMO
4 103 (3.78%) GDPR
5 74 (2.72%) NIST
6 73 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 51 (1.87%) GRC
8 45 (1.65%) SLA
9 39 (1.43%) Accessibility
10 25 (0.92%) NCSC
11 21 (0.77%) COBIT
11 21 (0.77%) PCI DSS
12 15 (0.55%) IFRS
13 14 (0.51%) Solvency II
14 13 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 12 (0.44%) MiFID
15 12 (0.44%) SOC 2
16 11 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
16 11 (0.40%) ISO 20022
17 10 (0.37%) SEPA
System Software
1 59 (2.17%) Docker
2 53 (1.95%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.33%) NFS
6 8 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.22%) Postfix
8 4 (0.15%) Varnish
8 4 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.11%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.037%) NLBS
11 1 (0.037%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.037%) RACF
11 1 (0.037%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 94 (3.45%) Terraform
2 75 (2.76%) Kubernetes
3 31 (1.14%) Ansible
4 22 (0.81%) Grafana
5 14 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.29%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.29%) SCCM
9 7 (0.26%) RSA Archer
9 7 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 6 (0.22%) Argo
11 5 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (0.15%) HP ALM
13 3 (0.11%) CA Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.11%) Control-M
13 3 (0.11%) HAProxy
14 2 (0.073%) ITRS Geneos
14 2 (0.073%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.073%) vMotion
Vendors
1 335 (12.31%) Microsoft
2 206 (7.57%) SAP
3 156 (5.73%) Oracle
4 133 (4.89%) ServiceNow
5 132 (4.85%) Salesforce
6 62 (2.28%) Databricks
7 51 (1.87%) Google
7 51 (1.87%) Workday
8 40 (1.47%) CyberArk
9 32 (1.18%) Splunk
10 29 (1.07%) Adobe
11 24 (0.88%) Cisco
12 22 (0.81%) Ariba
13 21 (0.77%) OpenAI
13 21 (0.77%) VMware
14 20 (0.73%) IBM
15 19 (0.70%) Informatica
16 18 (0.66%) MuleSoft
17 17 (0.62%) Murex
17 17 (0.62%) Okta