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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 23 21
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 1,907 1,191 1,473
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.82% 8.73% 7.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.12% 9.64% 8.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,277 741 1,073
10th Percentile £371 £382 £407
25th Percentile £463 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £674 £668 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 17 15
10th Percentile £17.00 £32.15 £23.70
25th Percentile £20.66 - £27.58
Median hourly rate £40.50 £35.00 £46.06
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -24.00% -29.24%
75th Percentile £56.24 £39.04 £55.63
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.25 £63.00
England median hourly rate £42.89 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -28.52% +20.00% -8.81%

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 13,506 12,355 16,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.78% 90.53% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,992 7,845 11,870
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 153 346
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.80 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.81 £25.00 £19.28
Median hourly rate £34.00 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +23.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £56.25 £55.25 £51.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% - -

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 7 February 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 +11 273 £575 -4.17% 196
West London +1 25 £500 +19.05% 30
South London -32 6 £600 - 5
East London - 5 £675 - 14
North London +4 4 £500 +23.46% 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
1 117 (6.14%) Confluence
2 39 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.89%) CMS
4 15 (0.79%) Appian
5 12 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.31%) Camunda
7 5 (0.26%) Apache
7 5 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.16%) nginx
9 3 (0.16%) SAS
9 3 (0.16%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.10%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.10%) Kentico
10 2 (0.10%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.10%) Sitefinity
10 2 (0.10%) WordPress
11 1 (0.052%) Anypoint
Applications
1 84 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (2.57%) Microsoft Project
3 45 (2.36%) MS Visio
4 41 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
5 39 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.63%) Trello
7 8 (0.42%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.26%) Sketch
10 4 (0.21%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.10%) Autodesk Smoke
11 2 (0.10%) InVision
12 1 (0.052%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 60 (3.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (1.15%) Aladdin
4 18 (0.94%) Endur
5 12 (0.63%) Loan IQ
6 10 (0.52%) NetSuite
7 9 (0.47%) Workday HCM
8 8 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
8 8 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 8 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
8 8 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
8 8 (0.42%) SAP CO
9 6 (0.31%) SAP FI
9 6 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 4 (0.21%) SAP IBP
11 4 (0.21%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 302 (15.84%) Azure
2 168 (8.81%) AWS
3 141 (7.39%) Power Platform
4 67 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
5 55 (2.88%) GCP
6 54 (2.83%) SaaS
7 46 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (1.73%) Entra ID
9 31 (1.63%) Snowflake
10 30 (1.57%) Power Automate
11 29 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
12 28 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
12 28 (1.47%) GitHub
13 23 (1.21%) OpenShift
13 23 (1.21%) PowerApps
14 22 (1.15%) Serverless
15 19 (1.00%) Azure AI
15 19 (1.00%) Figma
16 17 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
17 16 (0.84%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.20%) Firewall
2 27 (1.42%) WAN
3 19 (1.00%) LAN
4 17 (0.89%) SD-WAN
5 14 (0.73%) DNS
5 14 (0.73%) Network Security
5 14 (0.73%) VPN
6 13 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (0.58%) BGP
8 10 (0.52%) MPLS
9 7 (0.37%) Broadband
9 7 (0.37%) OSPF
9 7 (0.37%) VoIP
10 6 (0.31%) Internet
11 5 (0.26%) CTI
11 5 (0.26%) DHCP
11 5 (0.26%) Ethernet
11 5 (0.26%) Intranet
11 5 (0.26%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (6.55%) Power BI
2 48 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (2.25%) Metadata
4 39 (2.05%) Tableau
5 24 (1.26%) Data Lake
6 19 (1.00%) SQL Server
7 12 (0.63%) Relational Database
8 11 (0.58%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (0.42%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.37%) Big Data
11 7 (0.37%) Pinecone
12 6 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.31%) Power Query
12 6 (0.31%) Redis
13 5 (0.26%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.26%) MySQL
14 4 (0.21%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 222 (11.64%) JIRA
2 29 (1.52%) Jenkins
3 19 (1.00%) GitLab
4 17 (0.89%) Git
5 8 (0.42%) MLflow
5 8 (0.42%) SpecFlow
6 5 (0.26%) Axure RP
7 4 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.21%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.16%) TestRail
9 2 (0.10%) ERwin
9 2 (0.10%) LSMW
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.10%) Selenium
10 1 (0.052%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.052%) HP UFT
10 1 (0.052%) JUnit
10 1 (0.052%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.052%) PowerBuilder
10 1 (0.052%) PowerDesigner
General
1 1,022 (53.59%) Social Skills
2 750 (39.33%) Finance
3 306 (16.05%) Analytical Skills
4 226 (11.85%) Banking
5 178 (9.33%) Public Sector
6 95 (4.98%) Retail
7 90 (4.72%) Influencing Skills
8 86 (4.51%) Marketing
9 78 (4.09%) Legal
10 73 (3.83%) Front Office
11 64 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
12 62 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
13 48 (2.52%) Investment Banking
14 45 (2.36%) Telecoms
15 43 (2.25%) Financial Institution
15 43 (2.25%) Manufacturing
16 34 (1.78%) Law
17 32 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 27 (1.42%) Billing
Job Titles
1 417 (21.87%) Analyst
2 318 (16.68%) Business Analyst
3 282 (14.79%) Project Manager
4 241 (12.64%) Lead
5 186 (9.75%) Architect
6 183 (9.60%) Senior
7 124 (6.50%) Consultant
8 77 (4.04%) Senior Manager
9 64 (3.36%) Programme Manager
10 58 (3.04%) Delivery Manager
10 58 (3.04%) Senior Analyst
11 57 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
12 54 (2.83%) Data Analyst
13 50 (2.62%) Senior Business Analyst
14 49 (2.57%) IT Manager
15 44 (2.31%) Change Manager
15 44 (2.31%) Developer
16 41 (2.15%) Senior Project Manager
17 39 (2.05%) Product Manager
18 36 (1.89%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.10%) REST
2 22 (1.15%) Kafka
3 21 (1.10%) Middleware
4 20 (1.05%) .NET
5 19 (1.00%) OpenID
6 17 (0.89%) OAuth
6 17 (0.89%) RESTful
6 17 (0.89%) SAML
7 16 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
7 16 (0.84%) Pandas
7 16 (0.84%) Web Services
8 15 (0.79%) LDAP
8 15 (0.79%) NumPy
9 14 (0.73%) PyTorch
9 14 (0.73%) SOAP
9 14 (0.73%) TensorFlow
10 13 (0.68%) Hugging Face
10 13 (0.68%) scikit-learn
11 12 (0.63%) HTML
12 11 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 136 (7.13%) Product Ownership
2 86 (4.51%) Onboarding
3 57 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
4 56 (2.94%) Cloud Native
5 55 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 53 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
7 49 (2.57%) Management Information System
8 37 (1.94%) Data Centre
9 26 (1.36%) PMI
10 24 (1.26%) Reinsurance
11 23 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
12 22 (1.15%) Derivative
12 22 (1.15%) Fixed Income
12 22 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
13 21 (1.10%) NHS
14 19 (1.00%) Data Structures
14 19 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 18 (0.94%) Life Science
16 16 (0.84%) Virtual Team
17 15 (0.79%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 42 (2.20%) Windows
2 17 (0.89%) Linux
3 16 (0.84%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.47%) Unix
5 7 (0.37%) VMS
6 4 (0.21%) Android
7 3 (0.16%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.052%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.052%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 632 (33.14%) Agile
2 331 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
3 313 (16.41%) Project Management
4 258 (13.53%) Migration
5 249 (13.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 242 (12.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 220 (11.54%) Roadmaps
8 202 (10.59%) Change Management
9 201 (10.54%) Project Delivery
10 188 (9.86%) Analytics
11 186 (9.75%) Risk Management
12 182 (9.54%) Decision-Making
13 181 (9.49%) Requirements Gathering
14 173 (9.07%) DevOps
15 169 (8.86%) AI
16 166 (8.70%) Workshop Facilitation
17 163 (8.55%) User Acceptance Testing
18 159 (8.34%) Data Modelling
19 157 (8.23%) Scrum
20 146 (7.66%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 187 (9.81%) SQL
2 133 (6.97%) Python
3 34 (1.78%) C#
4 32 (1.68%) Java
5 29 (1.52%) JavaScript
6 27 (1.42%) PowerShell
7 17 (0.89%) TypeScript
8 12 (0.63%) R
9 10 (0.52%) Korn
10 8 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (0.37%) Bash
12 6 (0.31%) C++
12 6 (0.31%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.31%) VBA
13 5 (0.26%) Bicep
14 2 (0.10%) Ruby
14 2 (0.10%) VB
15 1 (0.052%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.052%) Scala
15 1 (0.052%) X++
Qualifications
1 252 (13.21%) Security Cleared
2 204 (10.70%) SC Cleared
3 168 (8.81%) Degree
4 111 (5.82%) PMI Certification
5 102 (5.35%) PMP
6 40 (2.10%) Master's Degree
7 32 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 28 (1.47%) CBAP
9 25 (1.31%) CISSP
10 24 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (0.79%) CISM
11 15 (0.79%) ISTQB
12 14 (0.73%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.68%) IIBA
14 12 (0.63%) DV Cleared
15 11 (0.58%) APMP
15 11 (0.58%) AWS Certification
15 11 (0.58%) CIMA
16 10 (0.52%) ACCA
16 10 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (7.60%) QA
2 112 (5.87%) GDPR
3 110 (5.77%) Data Quality
4 70 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 59 (3.09%) PMO
6 53 (2.78%) NIST
7 35 (1.84%) GRC
8 34 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 28 (1.47%) NCSC
10 27 (1.42%) Accessibility
11 25 (1.31%) PCI DSS
12 20 (1.05%) SLA
13 16 (0.84%) IFRS
14 11 (0.58%) MiFID
15 10 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 10 (0.52%) IFRS 17
15 10 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 9 (0.47%) ISO 20022
17 8 (0.42%) HIPAA
17 8 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (1.63%) Docker
2 22 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.10%) NFS
6 1 (0.052%) Firmware
6 1 (0.052%) IAG
6 1 (0.052%) NLBS
6 1 (0.052%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 52 (2.73%) Kubernetes
2 35 (1.84%) Terraform
3 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (0.58%) FortiGate
5 8 (0.42%) Ansible
6 7 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.26%) RSA Archer
8 4 (0.21%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.10%) Consul
9 2 (0.10%) Control-M
9 2 (0.10%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.10%) Packer
9 2 (0.10%) SCCM
9 2 (0.10%) vMotion
10 1 (0.052%) Grafana
10 1 (0.052%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.052%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.052%) QRadar
10 1 (0.052%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 230 (12.06%) Microsoft
2 160 (8.39%) SAP
3 81 (4.25%) ServiceNow
4 79 (4.14%) Oracle
4 79 (4.14%) Salesforce
5 48 (2.52%) Databricks
6 47 (2.46%) Workday
7 28 (1.47%) Google
8 27 (1.42%) CyberArk
9 22 (1.15%) OpenAI
10 20 (1.05%) Cisco
11 19 (1.00%) Informatica
12 18 (0.94%) Ariba
13 17 (0.89%) Fortinet
14 16 (0.84%) Murex
14 16 (0.84%) Splunk
15 15 (0.79%) Adobe
16 14 (0.73%) Guidewire
17 13 (0.68%) IBM
17 13 (0.68%) Nokia