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 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 23 19
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 -2
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 1,770 1,230 1,529
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.34% 8.31% 8.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.51% 9.22% 9.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,196 771 1,092
10th Percentile £389 £391 £411
25th Percentile £463 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £671 £668 £685
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 17 13
10th Percentile £17.64 £31.40 £26.08
25th Percentile £27.75 - £43.03
Median hourly rate £40.50 £35.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -36.36% -11.77%
75th Percentile £56.48 £39.04 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £62.25 £71.02
England median hourly rate £47.48 £60.00 £51.24
% change year-on-year -20.88% +17.10% +0.69%

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 13,097 13,344 16,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.33% 90.12% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,632 8,554 11,793
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £756 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 165 243
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.16 £17.80
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £20.01
Median hourly rate £31.49 £36.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +12.31% -16.13%
75th Percentile £53.13 £55.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £67.91 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.64%

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 28 December 2025.

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 28 December 2025.

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 28 December 2025. 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 +11 261 £550 -8.33% 439
West London +5 28 £500 +10.50% 17
East London +6 6 £675 +26.17% 15
South London -28 6 £600 - 42
North London +5 4 £600 +48.15% 1
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
1 104 (5.88%) Confluence
2 36 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.79%) CMS
4 10 (0.56%) Appian
5 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.34%) Anypoint
6 6 (0.34%) Camunda
7 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.17%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.17%) nginx
8 3 (0.17%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.11%) Apache
9 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.11%) SAS
9 2 (0.11%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.11%) WordPress
10 1 (0.056%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.056%) Documentum
10 1 (0.056%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 84 (4.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (2.43%) Microsoft Project
3 42 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (2.26%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.73%) Trello
6 8 (0.45%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.23%) Sketch
9 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.11%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.11%) InVision
10 1 (0.056%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.056%) Notion
Business Applications
1 76 (4.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 25 (1.41%) Endur
4 15 (0.85%) Aladdin
5 10 (0.56%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.45%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.40%) Loan IQ
7 7 (0.40%) SAP CO
8 6 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
8 6 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
9 5 (0.28%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
9 5 (0.28%) SAP HCM
9 5 (0.28%) SAP IBP
9 5 (0.28%) SAP MDG
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.23%) SAP HR
10 4 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 266 (15.03%) Azure
2 155 (8.76%) AWS
3 143 (8.08%) Power Platform
4 60 (3.39%) SaaS
5 56 (3.16%) GCP
6 54 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (1.53%) Snowflake
10 26 (1.47%) Power Automate
11 25 (1.41%) Entra ID
12 20 (1.13%) PowerApps
13 19 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
14 18 (1.02%) GitHub
15 17 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
15 17 (0.96%) Serverless
15 17 (0.96%) SuccessFactors
16 14 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 14 (0.79%) Collibra
17 13 (0.73%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.20%) Firewall
2 18 (1.02%) WAN
3 13 (0.73%) LAN
3 13 (0.73%) Network Security
4 12 (0.68%) SD-WAN
4 12 (0.68%) VPN
5 8 (0.45%) DNS
6 7 (0.40%) BGP
6 7 (0.40%) Broadband
6 7 (0.40%) VoIP
6 7 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.34%) Internet
8 5 (0.28%) CTI
8 5 (0.28%) DHCP
8 5 (0.28%) MPLS
8 5 (0.28%) OSPF
9 4 (0.23%) 5G
9 4 (0.23%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.23%) Intranet
10 3 (0.17%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (7.29%) Power BI
2 39 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
2 39 (2.20%) Metadata
2 39 (2.20%) Tableau
3 22 (1.24%) Data Lake
4 11 (0.62%) SQL Server
5 10 (0.56%) Relational Database
6 9 (0.51%) BigQuery
7 8 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (0.45%) Big Data
8 6 (0.34%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.28%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.28%) Power Query
9 5 (0.28%) SAP BW
10 4 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.23%) DB2
10 4 (0.23%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.23%) Metadata Repository
10 4 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 197 (11.13%) JIRA
2 17 (0.96%) GitLab
3 16 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.73%) Git
5 6 (0.34%) SpecFlow
6 5 (0.28%) MLflow
6 5 (0.28%) Selenium
7 4 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.23%) Axure RP
7 4 (0.23%) Gradle
7 4 (0.23%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.23%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.17%) Maven
8 3 (0.17%) TestRail
9 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.11%) ERwin
9 2 (0.11%) GCC
9 2 (0.11%) LSMW
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.056%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 931 (52.60%) Social Skills
2 683 (38.59%) Finance
3 290 (16.38%) Analytical Skills
4 193 (10.90%) Banking
5 153 (8.64%) Public Sector
6 94 (5.31%) Marketing
7 87 (4.92%) Retail
8 77 (4.35%) Legal
9 75 (4.24%) Influencing Skills
10 66 (3.73%) Front Office
11 56 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
12 54 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
13 47 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
14 46 (2.60%) Investment Banking
15 40 (2.26%) Financial Institution
16 38 (2.15%) Manufacturing
16 38 (2.15%) Telecoms
17 31 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 29 (1.64%) Law
19 28 (1.58%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 379 (21.41%) Analyst
2 288 (16.27%) Business Analyst
3 267 (15.08%) Project Manager
4 190 (10.73%) Lead
5 168 (9.49%) Architect
6 153 (8.64%) Senior
7 129 (7.29%) Consultant
8 65 (3.67%) Senior Manager
9 64 (3.62%) Programme Manager
10 63 (3.56%) Solutions Architect
11 48 (2.71%) Developer
12 47 (2.66%) Data Analyst
13 46 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
14 41 (2.32%) Delivery Manager
14 41 (2.32%) IT Manager
14 41 (2.32%) Senior Business Analyst
15 37 (2.09%) Product Manager
16 35 (1.98%) Product Owner
16 35 (1.98%) Technical Analyst
17 34 (1.92%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.19%) REST
2 19 (1.07%) .NET
2 19 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
3 18 (1.02%) Kafka
3 18 (1.02%) Middleware
4 13 (0.73%) HTML
5 11 (0.62%) Pandas
6 10 (0.56%) Web Services
7 9 (0.51%) NumPy
7 9 (0.51%) scikit-learn
8 8 (0.45%) CSS
8 8 (0.45%) OAuth
9 7 (0.40%) AngularJS
9 7 (0.40%) JSON
9 7 (0.40%) Playwright
9 7 (0.40%) Plotly
9 7 (0.40%) PyTorch
9 7 (0.40%) React
9 7 (0.40%) RESTful
9 7 (0.40%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 126 (7.12%) Product Ownership
2 73 (4.12%) Onboarding
3 49 (2.77%) Analytical Mindset
4 46 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
4 46 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
4 46 (2.60%) Management Information System
5 41 (2.32%) Cloud Native
6 35 (1.98%) Data Centre
7 30 (1.69%) PMI
7 30 (1.69%) Reinsurance
8 23 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
9 22 (1.24%) Derivative
9 22 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (1.13%) Fixed Income
10 20 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 19 (1.07%) Life Science
12 17 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (0.90%) Equities
13 16 (0.90%) NHS
13 16 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (1.81%) Windows
2 13 (0.73%) Linux
2 13 (0.73%) Windows Server
3 9 (0.51%) Unix
4 5 (0.28%) VMS
5 3 (0.17%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.11%) Android
7 1 (0.056%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.056%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.056%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 574 (32.43%) Agile
2 326 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
3 288 (16.27%) Project Management
4 233 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 223 (12.60%) Migration
6 220 (12.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 211 (11.92%) Roadmaps
8 192 (10.85%) Project Delivery
9 186 (10.51%) Change Management
10 175 (9.89%) Analytics
11 165 (9.32%) Risk Management
12 162 (9.15%) Decision-Making
13 154 (8.70%) Workshop Facilitation
14 151 (8.53%) Business Intelligence
14 151 (8.53%) Requirements Gathering
15 150 (8.47%) AI
16 142 (8.02%) Scrum
17 137 (7.74%) Data Modelling
18 136 (7.68%) DevOps
19 132 (7.46%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 165 (9.32%) SQL
2 130 (7.34%) Python
3 34 (1.92%) Java
4 30 (1.69%) C#
5 25 (1.41%) JavaScript
6 24 (1.36%) PowerShell
7 16 (0.90%) R
8 13 (0.73%) TypeScript
9 9 (0.51%) Korn
10 8 (0.45%) Bash
10 8 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (0.34%) C++
11 6 (0.34%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.34%) VBA
12 5 (0.28%) Bicep
13 3 (0.17%) ABAP
13 3 (0.17%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.17%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.17%) VB
14 2 (0.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 204 (11.53%) Security Cleared
2 163 (9.21%) Degree
3 159 (8.98%) SC Cleared
4 104 (5.88%) PMI Certification
5 89 (5.03%) PMP
6 36 (2.03%) Master's Degree
7 29 (1.64%) CISSP
8 24 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.19%) CBAP
11 15 (0.85%) CISM
12 14 (0.79%) DV Cleared
13 13 (0.73%) Azure Certification
14 12 (0.68%) CIMA
14 12 (0.68%) ISTQB
15 10 (0.56%) ACCA
15 10 (0.56%) AWS Certification
15 10 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
15 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
16 9 (0.51%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (6.95%) QA
2 102 (5.76%) GDPR
3 84 (4.75%) Data Quality
4 63 (3.56%) PMO
5 42 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (1.81%) NIST
7 31 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 30 (1.69%) GRC
9 22 (1.24%) Accessibility
10 18 (1.02%) PCI DSS
11 16 (0.90%) SLA
12 15 (0.85%) IFRS
13 14 (0.79%) MiFID
14 12 (0.68%) NCSC
15 10 (0.56%) EMIR
16 9 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 9 (0.51%) Solvency II
17 8 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
17 8 (0.45%) HIPAA
18 6 (0.34%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 23 (1.30%) Docker
2 18 (1.02%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.056%) Firmware
4 1 (0.056%) IAG
4 1 (0.056%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 31 (1.75%) Terraform
2 30 (1.69%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.45%) Ansible
3 8 (0.45%) FortiGate
3 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.23%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.17%) Argo
6 3 (0.17%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.11%) Consul
7 2 (0.11%) Packer
8 1 (0.056%) Control-M
8 1 (0.056%) Grafana
8 1 (0.056%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.056%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.056%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.056%) SCCM
8 1 (0.056%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 221 (12.49%) Microsoft
2 161 (9.10%) SAP
3 76 (4.29%) Salesforce
4 75 (4.24%) Oracle
5 60 (3.39%) ServiceNow
6 49 (2.77%) Workday
7 47 (2.66%) Databricks
8 34 (1.92%) Google
9 20 (1.13%) Ariba
10 17 (0.96%) Adobe
11 15 (0.85%) Bloomberg
11 15 (0.85%) Cisco
11 15 (0.85%) MuleSoft
12 14 (0.79%) IBM
12 14 (0.79%) Informatica
13 13 (0.73%) Fortinet
13 13 (0.73%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.68%) Planview
15 10 (0.56%) CyberArk
15 10 (0.56%) Pega