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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 16 24
Rank change year-on-year +8 +8 -3
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 2,806 1,474 1,207
As % of all contract jobs in London 14.18% 10.87% 7.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.93% 11.80% 7.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,869 1,007 883
10th Percentile £400 £387 £363
25th Percentile £465 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £568 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% +3.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £686 £657
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
England median daily rate £550 £538 £534
% change year-on-year +2.33% +0.66% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 20 11
10th Percentile £25.00 £28.25 £23.33
25th Percentile £35.63 £35.66 £30.16
Median hourly rate £41.13 £49.25 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.50% +15.88% -24.90%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.25 £53.25
90th Percentile £81.83 £65.25 £61.25
England median hourly rate £62.50 £53.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +16.82% -13.15% +14.79%

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 17,610 12,492 15,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.97% 92.11% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,678 8,360 10,852
10th Percentile £363 £331 £350
25th Percentile £448 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
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 272 240 266
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.12
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £20.50
Median hourly rate £36.25 £31.75 £32.40
Median % change year-on-year +14.17% -1.99% -21.94%
75th Percentile £57.81 £50.13 £50.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.30 £70.38
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +9 377 £600 - 143
West London +20 88 £504 +3.87% 33
South London -5 26 £570 -7.45% 18
North London +5 11 £450 -10.00% 1
East London -5 7 £600 -4.76% 27
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
1 148 (5.27%) Confluence
2 72 (2.57%) SharePoint
3 46 (1.64%) CMS
4 16 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (0.50%) Apache
6 11 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.29%) SAS
8 7 (0.25%) Appian
8 7 (0.25%) WordPress
9 6 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.21%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.18%) Kentico
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
13 2 (0.071%) Drupal
13 2 (0.071%) IBM HTTP Server
13 2 (0.071%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.071%) Moodle
13 2 (0.071%) nginx
14 1 (0.036%) Camunda
Applications
1 128 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 63 (2.25%) Microsoft Project
4 60 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
5 44 (1.57%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.36%) AutoCAD
7 9 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.29%) Revit
9 7 (0.25%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.14%) Sketch
11 3 (0.11%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.11%) Notion
12 2 (0.071%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.071%) CPLEX
12 2 (0.071%) EPLAN
13 1 (0.036%) PlantUML
13 1 (0.036%) Trello
13 1 (0.036%) UserZoom
13 1 (0.036%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 82 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
4 16 (0.57%) Aladdin
5 13 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
6 12 (0.43%) Finacle
6 12 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 12 (0.43%) SAP SD
7 11 (0.39%) NetSuite
7 11 (0.39%) Workday HCM
8 10 (0.36%) Magento
9 9 (0.32%) Endur
10 8 (0.29%) Loan IQ
10 8 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
10 8 (0.29%) SAP ERP
10 8 (0.29%) SAP HCM
11 6 (0.21%) Integrated Workplace Management System
11 6 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
11 6 (0.21%) SAP PM
11 6 (0.21%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 487 (17.36%) Azure
2 329 (11.72%) AWS
3 169 (6.02%) Power Platform
4 117 (4.17%) SaaS
5 108 (3.85%) GCP
6 104 (3.71%) Azure DevOps
7 84 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
8 73 (2.60%) Entra ID
9 63 (2.25%) GitHub
10 55 (1.96%) Snowflake
11 36 (1.28%) Figma
12 35 (1.25%) Amazon S3
12 35 (1.25%) SuccessFactors
13 33 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
14 32 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
14 32 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
14 32 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
15 31 (1.10%) OCI
15 31 (1.10%) Serverless
16 30 (1.07%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (1.67%) Firewall
2 31 (1.10%) Network Security
3 27 (0.96%) WAN
4 25 (0.89%) DNS
5 22 (0.78%) LAN
6 19 (0.68%) VPN
7 12 (0.43%) SD-WAN
7 12 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (0.39%) BGP
8 11 (0.39%) TCP/IP
9 10 (0.36%) DHCP
10 9 (0.32%) OSPF
11 8 (0.29%) Wireless
12 7 (0.25%) HTTP
12 7 (0.25%) NAS
12 7 (0.25%) SAN
13 6 (0.21%) Internet
13 6 (0.21%) Intranet
13 6 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
13 6 (0.21%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (4.85%) Power BI
2 79 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
3 64 (2.28%) Metadata
4 47 (1.67%) Tableau
5 45 (1.60%) Data Lake
6 34 (1.21%) SQL Server
7 26 (0.93%) Relational Database
8 21 (0.75%) Delta Lake
9 18 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
9 18 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
10 17 (0.61%) Big Data
11 16 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (0.57%) Oracle Database
12 13 (0.46%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.39%) RDBMS
14 9 (0.32%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.32%) Db2
14 9 (0.32%) Parquet
15 8 (0.29%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.29%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 301 (10.73%) JIRA
2 48 (1.71%) Jenkins
3 40 (1.43%) Git
4 17 (0.61%) GitLab
4 17 (0.61%) Selenium
5 16 (0.57%) Postman
6 9 (0.32%) Zephyr
7 8 (0.29%) JMeter
7 8 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
8 7 (0.25%) Appium
8 7 (0.25%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.25%) MLflow
9 6 (0.21%) ERwin
9 6 (0.21%) JUnit
9 6 (0.21%) Maven
9 6 (0.21%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.18%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.18%) LoadRunner
10 5 (0.18%) REST Assured
General
1 1,373 (48.93%) Social Skills
2 1,094 (38.99%) Finance
3 466 (16.61%) Analytical Skills
4 346 (12.33%) Banking
5 292 (10.41%) Public Sector
6 197 (7.02%) Retail
7 176 (6.27%) Influencing Skills
8 153 (5.45%) Legal
9 137 (4.88%) Marketing
10 112 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
11 110 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
12 72 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
13 65 (2.32%) Front Office
14 62 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 54 (1.92%) Financial Institution
15 54 (1.92%) Manufacturing
16 52 (1.85%) Investment Banking
17 51 (1.82%) Local Government
17 51 (1.82%) Telecoms
18 39 (1.39%) Billing
Job Titles
1 467 (16.64%) Analyst
2 363 (12.94%) Project Manager
3 361 (12.87%) Lead
4 339 (12.08%) Business Analyst
5 320 (11.40%) Architect
6 266 (9.48%) Senior
7 147 (5.24%) Consultant
8 119 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
9 114 (4.06%) Senior Manager
10 96 (3.42%) Programme Manager
11 92 (3.28%) Delivery Manager
12 77 (2.74%) IT Manager
13 62 (2.21%) Product Owner
14 61 (2.17%) Product Manager
15 58 (2.07%) Data Analyst
15 58 (2.07%) Technical Manager
16 56 (2.00%) Senior Project Manager
17 52 (1.85%) Developer
18 50 (1.78%) Change Manager
19 47 (1.67%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (2.35%) REST
2 62 (2.21%) Middleware
3 38 (1.35%) SOAP
4 31 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
5 23 (0.82%) .NET
5 23 (0.82%) Kafka
5 23 (0.82%) PySpark
6 22 (0.78%) HTML
6 22 (0.78%) XML
7 21 (0.75%) CSS
7 21 (0.75%) JSON
7 21 (0.75%) SailPoint
7 21 (0.75%) Web Services
8 20 (0.71%) OAuth
9 19 (0.68%) SAML
10 17 (0.61%) LDAP
11 16 (0.57%) OpenID
12 14 (0.50%) AngularJS
12 14 (0.50%) RESTful
13 13 (0.46%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 217 (7.73%) Product Ownership
2 176 (6.27%) Onboarding
3 102 (3.64%) Cloud Native
4 80 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
5 68 (2.42%) Management Information System
6 59 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
6 59 (2.10%) Data Structures
7 54 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 50 (1.78%) Data Centre
9 49 (1.75%) Virtual Team
10 38 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
10 38 (1.35%) FMCG
11 37 (1.32%) NHS
12 35 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
13 33 (1.18%) AI Agents
14 32 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
15 29 (1.03%) CMDB
16 28 (1.00%) Security Posture
17 26 (0.93%) Operational Technology
18 25 (0.89%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 89 (3.17%) Windows
2 41 (1.46%) Linux
3 19 (0.68%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.46%) Apple iOS
5 12 (0.43%) Android
6 11 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (0.39%) Unix
7 8 (0.29%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.18%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.14%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.14%) VMS
10 3 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.071%) AIX
12 1 (0.036%) CentOS
12 1 (0.036%) Solaris
12 1 (0.036%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.036%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.036%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 910 (32.43%) Agile
2 432 (15.40%) Problem-Solving
3 429 (15.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 405 (14.43%) Migration
5 398 (14.18%) Roadmaps
6 372 (13.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 365 (13.01%) Decision-Making
8 338 (12.05%) DevOps
9 337 (12.01%) AI
9 337 (12.01%) Project Management
10 320 (11.40%) Analytics
11 305 (10.87%) User Acceptance Testing
12 302 (10.76%) Project Delivery
13 263 (9.37%) Change Management
14 253 (9.02%) Validation
15 238 (8.48%) Risk Management
16 237 (8.45%) Workshop Facilitation
17 231 (8.23%) CI/CD
18 224 (7.98%) User Stories
19 223 (7.95%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 253 (9.02%) SQL
2 180 (6.41%) Python
3 43 (1.53%) PowerShell
4 40 (1.43%) Java
5 34 (1.21%) JavaScript
6 26 (0.93%) C#
7 20 (0.71%) Bash
8 15 (0.53%) Korn
8 15 (0.53%) TypeScript
9 14 (0.50%) Bicep
10 12 (0.43%) R
11 11 (0.39%) Shell Script
12 9 (0.32%) PL/SQL
12 9 (0.32%) VBA
13 8 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.21%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.21%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.18%) ABAP
15 5 (0.18%) Perl
15 5 (0.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 412 (14.68%) Security Cleared
2 346 (12.33%) SC Cleared
3 164 (5.84%) Degree
4 139 (4.95%) PMP
5 121 (4.31%) PMI Certification
6 60 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 52 (1.85%) CISSP
8 43 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 35 (1.25%) DV Cleared
10 32 (1.14%) CISM
11 28 (1.00%) AWS Certification
12 21 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 21 (0.75%) Master's Degree
13 20 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
14 17 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
15 14 (0.50%) CBAP
15 14 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.46%) ACCA
16 13 (0.46%) CRISC
16 13 (0.46%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (6.74%) Data Quality
2 163 (5.81%) QA
3 136 (4.85%) PMO
4 105 (3.74%) GDPR
5 70 (2.49%) NIST
6 68 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 49 (1.75%) GRC
8 48 (1.71%) SLA
9 46 (1.64%) Accessibility
10 28 (1.00%) NCSC
11 20 (0.71%) COBIT
12 18 (0.64%) PCI DSS
13 14 (0.50%) ISO 20022
13 14 (0.50%) SOC 2
13 14 (0.50%) Solvency II
14 13 (0.46%) SEPA
15 12 (0.43%) MiFID
16 11 (0.39%) IFRS
16 11 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 11 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 61 (2.17%) Active Directory
2 58 (2.07%) Docker
3 18 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.36%) NFS
7 6 (0.21%) Postfix
8 4 (0.14%) Varnish
8 4 (0.14%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.11%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.071%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.071%) vSphere
11 1 (0.036%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.036%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.036%) RACF
Systems Management
1 95 (3.39%) Terraform
2 73 (2.60%) Kubernetes
3 33 (1.18%) Ansible
4 22 (0.78%) Grafana
5 14 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.32%) SCCM
9 7 (0.25%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.25%) RSA Archer
9 7 (0.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 6 (0.21%) Argo
11 5 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (0.14%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.14%) Control-M
12 4 (0.14%) HP ALM
13 3 (0.11%) HAProxy
13 3 (0.11%) Puppet
14 2 (0.071%) ITRS Geneos
14 2 (0.071%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 356 (12.69%) Microsoft
2 214 (7.63%) SAP
3 155 (5.52%) Oracle
4 135 (4.81%) ServiceNow
5 134 (4.78%) Salesforce
6 60 (2.14%) Databricks
7 55 (1.96%) Google
8 51 (1.82%) Workday
9 40 (1.43%) CyberArk
10 34 (1.21%) Splunk
11 29 (1.03%) Adobe
12 24 (0.86%) Cisco
13 23 (0.82%) Ariba
13 23 (0.82%) VMware
14 22 (0.78%) IBM
15 20 (0.71%) Informatica
15 20 (0.71%) OpenAI
16 18 (0.64%) MuleSoft
17 17 (0.61%) Guidewire
17 17 (0.61%) Okta