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

6 months to
10 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 3,107 1,526 1,171
As % of all contract jobs in London 15.42% 11.16% 7.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.32% 12.09% 8.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,046 1,035 832
10th Percentile £400 £389 £382
25th Percentile £469 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £572 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +4.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £763 £775
England median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 23 8
10th Percentile £28.00 £28.25 £30.13
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.00 £34.73
Median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +19.85%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.25 £60.31
90th Percentile £76.75 £65.00 £66.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £53.09 £61.60
% change year-on-year +17.74% -13.82% +34.09%

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 17,940 12,624 14,384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.05% 92.32% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,801 8,441 10,113
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £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 299 251 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.05
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.61
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -17.15% -14.20%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.75 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.00 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.19%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 +9 399 £600 +4.35% 381
West London +18 108 £520 -0.95% 81
South London +2 34 £550 -10.70% 34
North London +4 10 £450 -17.43% 2
East London -5 8 £675 +3.45% 32
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
1 158 (5.09%) Confluence
2 83 (2.67%) SharePoint
3 47 (1.51%) CMS
4 24 (0.77%) Apache
5 21 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (0.45%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 7 (0.23%) SAS
10 6 (0.19%) WordPress
11 4 (0.13%) Appian
11 4 (0.13%) Kentico
12 3 (0.097%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.097%) Moodle
12 3 (0.097%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.097%) Palantir Foundry
13 2 (0.064%) Camunda
13 2 (0.064%) Drupal
13 2 (0.064%) Mendix
13 2 (0.064%) nginx
Applications
1 142 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 79 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 67 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
4 62 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
5 42 (1.35%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.32%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.32%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.32%) Revit
6 10 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.16%) Trello
8 4 (0.13%) Notion
9 3 (0.097%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.097%) Sketch
10 2 (0.064%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.064%) CPLEX
10 2 (0.064%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.064%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.032%) Gliffy
11 1 (0.032%) UserZoom
11 1 (0.032%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 90 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
4 14 (0.45%) Finacle
5 13 (0.42%) Aladdin
5 13 (0.42%) Workday HCM
6 12 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
6 12 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 11 (0.35%) Endur
7 11 (0.35%) NetSuite
8 10 (0.32%) Magento
8 10 (0.32%) SAP ERP
8 10 (0.32%) SAP SD
9 9 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
10 8 (0.26%) SAP FI
10 8 (0.26%) SAP HCM
11 7 (0.23%) Loan IQ
11 7 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
11 7 (0.23%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 561 (18.06%) Azure
2 386 (12.42%) AWS
3 202 (6.50%) Power Platform
4 134 (4.31%) SaaS
5 125 (4.02%) GCP
6 122 (3.93%) Azure DevOps
7 99 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
8 96 (3.09%) Entra ID
9 75 (2.41%) GitHub
9 75 (2.41%) Snowflake
10 43 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
11 38 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
12 37 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
13 36 (1.16%) Amazon S3
13 36 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
14 35 (1.13%) Figma
15 34 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
15 34 (1.09%) OCI
16 33 (1.06%) Serverless
17 32 (1.03%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 49 (1.58%) Firewall
2 39 (1.26%) Network Security
3 32 (1.03%) DNS
4 26 (0.84%) WAN
5 19 (0.61%) VPN
6 17 (0.55%) LAN
7 16 (0.51%) DHCP
8 13 (0.42%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.42%) TCP/IP
9 11 (0.35%) BGP
9 11 (0.35%) Internet
10 9 (0.29%) OSPF
10 9 (0.29%) SSL
10 9 (0.29%) Wireless
11 8 (0.26%) HTTP
11 8 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
11 8 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (0.23%) 4G
12 7 (0.23%) 5G
12 7 (0.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (5.37%) Power BI
2 95 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
3 77 (2.48%) Metadata
4 56 (1.80%) Tableau
5 47 (1.51%) Data Lake
6 46 (1.48%) SQL Server
7 36 (1.16%) Delta Lake
8 28 (0.90%) Relational Database
9 24 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
10 23 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
10 23 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
11 21 (0.68%) Big Data
12 17 (0.55%) Oracle Database
13 15 (0.48%) BigQuery
14 14 (0.45%) Amazon Aurora
15 12 (0.39%) NoSQL
16 11 (0.35%) MongoDB
16 11 (0.35%) Parquet
16 11 (0.35%) Power Query
16 11 (0.35%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 324 (10.43%) JIRA
2 48 (1.54%) Jenkins
3 45 (1.45%) Git
4 29 (0.93%) GitLab
5 19 (0.61%) Selenium
6 16 (0.51%) Postman
7 13 (0.42%) Zephyr
8 10 (0.32%) JMeter
8 10 (0.32%) SonarQube
9 8 (0.26%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.26%) ERwin
9 8 (0.26%) Maven
9 8 (0.26%) PowerDesigner
9 8 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.23%) Appium
11 6 (0.19%) JUnit
11 6 (0.19%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.16%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.16%) ER Studio
12 5 (0.16%) Snyk
General
1 1,555 (50.05%) Social Skills
2 1,201 (38.65%) Finance
3 538 (17.32%) Analytical Skills
4 426 (13.71%) Banking
5 324 (10.43%) Public Sector
6 219 (7.05%) Retail
7 186 (5.99%) Influencing Skills
8 163 (5.25%) Legal
9 159 (5.12%) Marketing
10 120 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
11 109 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
12 82 (2.64%) Front Office
13 80 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
14 66 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 66 (2.12%) Manufacturing
15 65 (2.09%) Investment Banking
16 61 (1.96%) Financial Institution
17 59 (1.90%) Telecoms
18 58 (1.87%) Local Government
19 47 (1.51%) Billing
Job Titles
1 512 (16.48%) Analyst
2 400 (12.87%) Lead
3 368 (11.84%) Project Manager
4 364 (11.72%) Architect
5 360 (11.59%) Business Analyst
6 322 (10.36%) Senior
7 187 (6.02%) Consultant
8 147 (4.73%) Solutions Architect
9 124 (3.99%) Senior Manager
10 111 (3.57%) Programme Manager
11 90 (2.90%) Delivery Manager
12 78 (2.51%) IT Manager
13 75 (2.41%) Developer
14 72 (2.32%) Technical Manager
15 71 (2.29%) Product Manager
16 67 (2.16%) Product Owner
17 65 (2.09%) Data Analyst
18 57 (1.83%) Senior Project Manager
19 56 (1.80%) Senior Analyst
20 48 (1.54%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (2.86%) REST
2 70 (2.25%) Middleware
3 44 (1.42%) SOAP
4 35 (1.13%) Kafka
5 33 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
6 31 (1.00%) PySpark
7 30 (0.97%) .NET
8 27 (0.87%) HTML
9 24 (0.77%) CSS
9 24 (0.77%) JSON
10 23 (0.74%) SailPoint
10 23 (0.74%) XML
11 20 (0.64%) Web Services
12 19 (0.61%) OAuth
13 14 (0.45%) Playwright
14 13 (0.42%) AngularJS
14 13 (0.42%) React
14 13 (0.42%) Spring
15 12 (0.39%) Node.js
15 12 (0.39%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 269 (8.66%) Product Ownership
2 202 (6.50%) Onboarding
3 110 (3.54%) Cloud Native
4 83 (2.67%) Management Information System
5 77 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
6 65 (2.09%) Data Structures
7 62 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
8 61 (1.96%) Data Centre
9 57 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 54 (1.74%) Virtual Team
11 51 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
12 50 (1.61%) AI Agents
13 46 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
14 44 (1.42%) FMCG
15 40 (1.29%) NHS
16 35 (1.13%) CMDB
17 34 (1.09%) Operational Technology
17 34 (1.09%) Security Posture
18 33 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
19 27 (0.87%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 98 (3.15%) Windows
2 49 (1.58%) Linux
3 22 (0.71%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.45%) Unix
5 13 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (0.35%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.29%) Android
7 9 (0.29%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.19%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.13%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.13%) VMS
11 3 (0.097%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.064%) AIX
12 2 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.064%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.032%) CentOS
13 1 (0.032%) Solaris
13 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,009 (32.48%) Agile
2 504 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
3 478 (15.38%) Roadmaps
4 472 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 434 (13.97%) Migration
6 418 (13.45%) Decision-Making
7 408 (13.13%) AI
8 400 (12.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 381 (12.26%) Project Management
10 378 (12.17%) Analytics
11 377 (12.13%) DevOps
12 336 (10.81%) Project Delivery
13 321 (10.33%) User Acceptance Testing
14 291 (9.37%) Change Management
15 283 (9.11%) Workshop Facilitation
16 276 (8.88%) CI/CD
17 272 (8.75%) Risk Management
18 265 (8.53%) Validation
19 249 (8.01%) Data Modelling
19 249 (8.01%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 316 (10.17%) SQL
2 197 (6.34%) Python
3 59 (1.90%) Java
4 53 (1.71%) PowerShell
5 48 (1.54%) JavaScript
6 31 (1.00%) C#
7 22 (0.71%) Bash
8 19 (0.61%) Bicep
9 17 (0.55%) Korn
9 17 (0.55%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.45%) R
11 13 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (0.35%) Shell Script
13 9 (0.29%) PL/SQL
13 9 (0.29%) VBA
14 8 (0.26%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.26%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.23%) Perl
16 5 (0.16%) C++
16 5 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 456 (14.68%) Security Cleared
2 383 (12.33%) SC Cleared
3 186 (5.99%) Degree
4 163 (5.25%) PMP
5 140 (4.51%) PMI Certification
6 64 (2.06%) CISSP
7 53 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 51 (1.64%) Azure Certification
9 44 (1.42%) DV Cleared
10 43 (1.38%) CISM
11 34 (1.09%) AWS Certification
12 29 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
12 29 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
13 23 (0.74%) Master's Degree
14 19 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
15 16 (0.51%) CRISC
16 15 (0.48%) ACCA
16 15 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
17 14 (0.45%) CIMA
18 13 (0.42%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 233 (7.50%) Data Quality
2 183 (5.89%) QA
3 146 (4.70%) PMO
4 100 (3.22%) GDPR
5 75 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 72 (2.32%) NIST
7 61 (1.96%) Accessibility
8 54 (1.74%) GRC
9 48 (1.54%) SLA
10 24 (0.77%) NCSC
11 19 (0.61%) COBIT
12 18 (0.58%) WCAG
13 17 (0.55%) PCI DSS
14 16 (0.51%) ISO 20022
14 16 (0.51%) SEPA
15 14 (0.45%) SOC 2
16 13 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
16 13 (0.42%) MiFID
16 13 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 12 (0.39%) Solvency II
System Software
1 81 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 72 (2.32%) Docker
3 21 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.26%) NFS
7 6 (0.19%) Postfix
8 5 (0.16%) vSphere
9 4 (0.13%) Varnish
9 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.097%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.097%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.032%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.032%) RACF
Systems Management
1 120 (3.86%) Terraform
2 77 (2.48%) Kubernetes
3 35 (1.13%) Ansible
4 25 (0.80%) Grafana
5 18 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.42%) SCCM
8 8 (0.26%) Argo
9 7 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 6 (0.19%) 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 (0.097%) HAProxy
14 2 (0.064%) ITRS Geneos
14 2 (0.064%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.064%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 425 (13.68%) Microsoft
2 224 (7.21%) SAP
3 161 (5.18%) Oracle
4 147 (4.73%) ServiceNow
5 145 (4.67%) Salesforce
6 92 (2.96%) Databricks
7 61 (1.96%) Google
8 53 (1.71%) Workday
9 34 (1.09%) Adobe
10 33 (1.06%) IBM
11 30 (0.97%) CyberArk
11 30 (0.97%) Splunk
12 28 (0.90%) Cisco
12 28 (0.90%) VMware
13 21 (0.68%) Ariba
13 21 (0.68%) Okta
14 20 (0.64%) Guidewire
14 20 (0.64%) MuleSoft
15 19 (0.61%) Zscaler
16 18 (0.58%) Informatica