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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 21 21
Rank change year-on-year +9 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 2,058 1,189 1,397
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.83% 9.11% 7.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.26% 10.01% 8.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,387 791 1,024
10th Percentile £388 £385 £410
25th Percentile £463 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £564
Median % change year-on-year - -2.53% -1.87%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £675
90th Percentile £777 £795 £775
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 16 15
10th Percentile £20.24 - £23.70
25th Percentile £39.25 £35.00 £30.16
Median hourly rate £54.23 £39.04 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.91% -11.27% -36.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £55.25 £53.13
90th Percentile £76.74 £61.75 £59.00
England median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £46.39
% change year-on-year - +29.34% -17.68%

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 14,434 11,882 16,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.99% 91.01% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,713 7,889 11,534
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% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 162 355
10th Percentile £18.05 £20.45 £16.01
25th Percentile £21.65 £24.66 £19.74
Median hourly rate £35.25 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +16.67% -17.81%
75th Percentile £56.38 £53.31 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.55 £77.25 £69.80
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -7.22%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 +10 292 £590 -1.71% 71
West London -8 18 £635 +40.33% 16
South London -26 15 £570 -5.00% 5
East London +4 5 £675 +7.14% 13
North London +1 4 £500 +23.46% 5
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
1 122 (5.93%) Confluence
2 46 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 20 (0.97%) CMS
4 16 (0.78%) Appian
5 13 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.39%) Apache
7 6 (0.29%) Camunda
8 5 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.24%) SAS
9 4 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.19%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.15%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.15%) nginx
11 2 (0.097%) IBM HTTP Server
11 2 (0.097%) Kentico
11 2 (0.097%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.097%) Sitefinity
11 2 (0.097%) WordPress
12 1 (0.049%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 82 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (2.87%) Microsoft Project
3 49 (2.38%) MS Visio
4 36 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 32 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
6 11 (0.53%) Trello
7 8 (0.39%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.24%) Sketch
8 5 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.19%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.097%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.097%) Autodesk Smoke
10 2 (0.097%) InVision
11 1 (0.049%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 61 (2.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 24 (1.17%) Aladdin
4 15 (0.73%) Endur
5 14 (0.68%) Loan IQ
6 10 (0.49%) NetSuite
7 9 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 9 (0.44%) Workday HCM
8 8 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
8 8 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
8 8 (0.39%) SAP CO
9 7 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
10 6 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.29%) SAP FI
10 6 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
11 5 (0.24%) Integrated Workplace Management System
11 5 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
11 5 (0.24%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.24%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 324 (15.74%) Azure
2 199 (9.67%) AWS
3 135 (6.56%) Power Platform
4 74 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
5 67 (3.26%) GCP
6 58 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
6 58 (2.82%) SaaS
7 40 (1.94%) Snowflake
8 38 (1.85%) Entra ID
9 31 (1.51%) Azure Data Factory
9 31 (1.51%) Power Automate
10 29 (1.41%) GitHub
11 27 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
12 23 (1.12%) Serverless
13 22 (1.07%) OpenShift
14 20 (0.97%) Figma
14 20 (0.97%) PowerApps
15 19 (0.92%) Azure AI
16 18 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
17 17 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.19%) Firewall
2 29 (1.41%) WAN
3 21 (1.02%) LAN
4 20 (0.97%) Network Security
4 20 (0.97%) SD-WAN
5 16 (0.78%) DNS
6 14 (0.68%) VPN
7 13 (0.63%) BGP
8 12 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.44%) MPLS
9 9 (0.44%) OSPF
10 7 (0.34%) Broadband
10 7 (0.34%) VoIP
11 6 (0.29%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
11 6 (0.29%) Intranet
11 6 (0.29%) NX-OS
12 5 (0.24%) 5G
12 5 (0.24%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.24%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (5.59%) Power BI
2 53 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
3 41 (1.99%) Metadata
3 41 (1.99%) Tableau
4 30 (1.46%) Data Lake
5 22 (1.07%) SQL Server
6 14 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 13 (0.63%) NoSQL
7 13 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (0.58%) Big Data
9 9 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (0.44%) BigQuery
9 9 (0.44%) Pinecone
10 8 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.34%) Power Query
12 6 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.29%) DB2
12 6 (0.29%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.29%) Redis
13 5 (0.24%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 229 (11.13%) JIRA
2 33 (1.60%) Jenkins
3 21 (1.02%) Git
4 19 (0.92%) GitLab
5 10 (0.49%) MLflow
6 9 (0.44%) SpecFlow
7 6 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
8 5 (0.24%) Axure RP
9 4 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.19%) ERwin
9 4 (0.19%) JUnit
9 4 (0.19%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.19%) Selenium
10 3 (0.15%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.15%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.15%) JMeter
10 3 (0.15%) LSMW
10 3 (0.15%) Snyk
10 3 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.15%) TestRail
General
1 1,059 (51.46%) Social Skills
2 826 (40.14%) Finance
3 323 (15.69%) Analytical Skills
4 243 (11.81%) Banking
5 208 (10.11%) Public Sector
6 106 (5.15%) Influencing Skills
7 96 (4.66%) Retail
8 91 (4.42%) Legal
9 84 (4.08%) Marketing
10 75 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
11 73 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
12 69 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
13 68 (3.30%) Front Office
14 59 (2.87%) Financial Institution
15 48 (2.33%) Investment Banking
16 46 (2.24%) Manufacturing
17 43 (2.09%) Telecoms
18 39 (1.90%) Law
19 27 (1.31%) Billing
20 24 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 435 (21.14%) Analyst
2 336 (16.33%) Business Analyst
3 317 (15.40%) Project Manager
4 258 (12.54%) Lead
5 201 (9.77%) Architect
6 199 (9.67%) Senior
7 133 (6.46%) Consultant
8 87 (4.23%) Senior Manager
9 73 (3.55%) Delivery Manager
10 71 (3.45%) Programme Manager
11 63 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
12 61 (2.96%) Senior Analyst
13 56 (2.72%) Data Analyst
14 53 (2.58%) IT Manager
15 50 (2.43%) Change Manager
15 50 (2.43%) Senior Business Analyst
16 44 (2.14%) Senior Project Manager
17 43 (2.09%) Developer
17 43 (2.09%) Product Manager
18 39 (1.90%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.33%) REST
2 31 (1.51%) Middleware
3 24 (1.17%) Kafka
4 21 (1.02%) SOAP
5 20 (0.97%) .NET
5 20 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
6 19 (0.92%) OpenID
6 19 (0.92%) RESTful
7 18 (0.87%) OAuth
7 18 (0.87%) Web Services
8 17 (0.83%) Pandas
8 17 (0.83%) PyTorch
8 17 (0.83%) SAML
8 17 (0.83%) TensorFlow
9 16 (0.78%) NumPy
10 15 (0.73%) Hugging Face
10 15 (0.73%) LDAP
11 14 (0.68%) scikit-learn
12 13 (0.63%) AngularJS
13 12 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 145 (7.05%) Product Ownership
2 105 (5.10%) Onboarding
3 76 (3.69%) Legacy Systems
4 57 (2.77%) Cloud Native
5 55 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 55 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
6 39 (1.90%) Data Centre
6 39 (1.90%) Management Information System
7 32 (1.55%) Data Structures
8 26 (1.26%) NHS
9 25 (1.21%) PMI
10 23 (1.12%) Derivative
10 23 (1.12%) Reinsurance
11 21 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
12 20 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
12 20 (0.97%) Virtual Team
13 19 (0.92%) Fixed Income
13 19 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 16 (0.78%) e-Learning
14 16 (0.78%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 49 (2.38%) Windows
2 24 (1.17%) Linux
3 14 (0.68%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.44%) Unix
5 8 (0.39%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.34%) VMS
7 6 (0.29%) Android
8 5 (0.24%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.097%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.049%) AIX
10 1 (0.049%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 678 (32.94%) Agile
2 345 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
3 325 (15.79%) Project Management
4 296 (14.38%) Migration
5 276 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 258 (12.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 251 (12.20%) Roadmaps
8 216 (10.50%) Decision-Making
9 212 (10.30%) Project Delivery
10 211 (10.25%) DevOps
11 210 (10.20%) Change Management
12 197 (9.57%) Risk Management
13 186 (9.04%) Analytics
14 184 (8.94%) Requirements Gathering
15 175 (8.50%) AI
15 175 (8.50%) User Acceptance Testing
16 170 (8.26%) Workshop Facilitation
17 168 (8.16%) Data Modelling
18 165 (8.02%) Scrum
18 165 (8.02%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 193 (9.38%) SQL
2 136 (6.61%) Python
3 36 (1.75%) C#
4 34 (1.65%) Java
5 29 (1.41%) JavaScript
6 27 (1.31%) PowerShell
7 19 (0.92%) TypeScript
8 12 (0.58%) Korn
8 12 (0.58%) R
9 9 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.34%) Bash
11 6 (0.29%) C++
11 6 (0.29%) VBA
12 5 (0.24%) Bicep
12 5 (0.24%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.24%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.15%) ABAP
13 3 (0.15%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.15%) Ruby
14 2 (0.097%) X++
Qualifications
1 308 (14.97%) Security Cleared
2 251 (12.20%) SC Cleared
3 170 (8.26%) Degree
4 115 (5.59%) PMI Certification
5 114 (5.54%) PMP
6 41 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
7 38 (1.85%) Master's Degree
8 30 (1.46%) CISSP
9 24 (1.17%) CBAP
10 23 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
11 21 (1.02%) CISM
12 16 (0.78%) Azure Certification
13 15 (0.73%) DV Cleared
14 14 (0.68%) IIBA
14 14 (0.68%) ISTQB
15 12 (0.58%) APMP
15 12 (0.58%) AWS Certification
15 12 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
16 11 (0.53%) ACCA
17 10 (0.49%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (7.34%) QA
2 131 (6.37%) Data Quality
3 116 (5.64%) GDPR
4 74 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 74 (3.60%) PMO
5 66 (3.21%) NIST
6 47 (2.28%) GRC
7 40 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 32 (1.55%) NCSC
8 32 (1.55%) SLA
9 29 (1.41%) PCI DSS
10 23 (1.12%) Accessibility
11 17 (0.83%) IFRS
12 12 (0.58%) COBIT
12 12 (0.58%) MiFID
13 10 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 10 (0.49%) IFRS 17
13 10 (0.49%) ISO 20022
13 10 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 9 (0.44%) Solvency II
System Software
1 40 (1.94%) Docker
2 26 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.15%) NFS
4 3 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.097%) Postfix
5 2 (0.097%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.049%) Firmware
6 1 (0.049%) IAG
6 1 (0.049%) NLBS
6 1 (0.049%) RACF
6 1 (0.049%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 59 (2.87%) Kubernetes
2 40 (1.94%) Terraform
3 16 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (0.68%) FortiGate
5 8 (0.39%) Ansible
6 6 (0.29%) RSA Archer
7 5 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.15%) Grafana
8 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.15%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.15%) SCCM
9 2 (0.097%) Consul
9 2 (0.097%) Control-M
9 2 (0.097%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.097%) Packer
9 2 (0.097%) vMotion
10 1 (0.049%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.049%) Opsview
10 1 (0.049%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 230 (11.18%) Microsoft
2 174 (8.45%) SAP
3 102 (4.96%) ServiceNow
4 87 (4.23%) Oracle
5 86 (4.18%) Salesforce
6 55 (2.67%) Workday
7 45 (2.19%) Databricks
8 31 (1.51%) CyberArk
9 29 (1.41%) Google
10 24 (1.17%) Cisco
11 21 (1.02%) OpenAI
12 20 (0.97%) Murex
13 19 (0.92%) Splunk
14 18 (0.87%) Informatica
15 17 (0.83%) Ariba
16 16 (0.78%) Fortinet
17 15 (0.73%) Adobe
17 15 (0.73%) Guidewire
17 15 (0.73%) IBM
18 13 (0.63%) Conga