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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 22 20
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 2,082 1,172 1,393
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.66% 9.17% 7.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.11% 10.06% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,400 791 1,018
10th Percentile £388 £400 £411
25th Percentile £463 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £675
90th Percentile £776 £799 £775
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 16 16
10th Percentile £21.47 £34.81 £23.79
25th Percentile £39.25 £35.75 £30.16
Median hourly rate £54.23 £44.02 £43.25
Median % change year-on-year +23.19% +1.78% -33.55%
75th Percentile £72.50 £55.25 £52.81
90th Percentile £76.74 £61.75 £58.75
England median hourly rate £54.46 £60.00 £46.39
% change year-on-year -9.23% +29.34% -17.85%

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 14,757 11,654 16,064
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.76% 91.18% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,899 7,809 11,494
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 162 342
10th Percentile £18.13 £20.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.93
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.70 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +18.35% -18.49%
75th Percentile £56.85 £53.75 £49.97
90th Percentile £71.75 £77.25 £69.43
England median hourly rate £31.45 £33.40 £32.50
% change year-on-year -5.84% +2.77% -10.41%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +13 300 £593 -1.29% 180
West London -7 19 £635 +40.33% 24
South London -24 16 £590 -1.67% 4
North London +3 5 £519 +28.09% 1
East London +1 4 £675 +7.14% 14
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
1 131 (6.29%) Confluence
2 47 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.06%) CMS
4 17 (0.82%) Appian
5 13 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.43%) 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 (0.14%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.14%) nginx
11 2 (0.096%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.096%) IBM HTTP Server
11 2 (0.096%) Kentico
11 2 (0.096%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.096%) Sitefinity
11 2 (0.096%) WordPress
Applications
1 85 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (2.98%) Microsoft Project
3 49 (2.35%) MS Visio
4 37 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 29 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (0.48%) Trello
7 9 (0.43%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.24%) Sketch
8 5 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.19%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.096%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.096%) Autodesk Smoke
10 2 (0.096%) InVision
11 1 (0.048%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 61 (2.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 25 (1.20%) Aladdin
4 14 (0.67%) Endur
5 12 (0.58%) Loan IQ
6 10 (0.48%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 9 (0.43%) Workday HCM
8 8 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
9 7 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
10 6 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.29%) SAP CO
10 6 (0.29%) SAP FI
10 6 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
10 6 (0.29%) SAP HR
11 5 (0.24%) Actimize
11 5 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
11 5 (0.24%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.24%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 340 (16.33%) Azure
2 206 (9.89%) AWS
3 129 (6.20%) Power Platform
4 81 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
5 71 (3.41%) GCP
6 57 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
7 52 (2.50%) SaaS
8 42 (2.02%) Entra ID
9 40 (1.92%) Snowflake
10 31 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
11 30 (1.44%) GitHub
11 30 (1.44%) Power Automate
12 26 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
13 23 (1.10%) OpenShift
14 22 (1.06%) Serverless
15 21 (1.01%) Figma
16 19 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
16 19 (0.91%) PowerApps
16 19 (0.91%) SuccessFactors
17 18 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 37 (1.78%) Firewall
2 31 (1.49%) WAN
3 24 (1.15%) Network Security
4 23 (1.10%) LAN
5 22 (1.06%) SD-WAN
6 15 (0.72%) BGP
6 15 (0.72%) DNS
7 13 (0.62%) VPN
8 12 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (0.53%) OSPF
10 9 (0.43%) MPLS
11 7 (0.34%) Broadband
11 7 (0.34%) VoIP
12 6 (0.29%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (0.29%) Intranet
12 6 (0.29%) NX-OS
12 6 (0.29%) Wireless
13 5 (0.24%) 5G
13 5 (0.24%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (5.24%) Power BI
2 56 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (2.16%) Metadata
4 42 (2.02%) Tableau
5 28 (1.34%) Data Lake
6 24 (1.15%) SQL Server
7 15 (0.72%) Relational Database
8 13 (0.62%) Big Data
8 13 (0.62%) NoSQL
8 13 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (0.43%) Pinecone
10 8 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.38%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.38%) Power Query
11 6 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.29%) Redis
11 6 (0.29%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (0.24%) MySQL
12 5 (0.24%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 241 (11.58%) JIRA
2 35 (1.68%) Jenkins
3 21 (1.01%) Git
4 20 (0.96%) GitLab
5 10 (0.48%) MLflow
6 9 (0.43%) SpecFlow
7 7 (0.34%) PowerDesigner
7 7 (0.34%) Selenium
8 6 (0.29%) ERwin
8 6 (0.29%) JMeter
8 6 (0.29%) REST Assured
9 5 (0.24%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.24%) Postman
9 5 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.19%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.19%) Snyk
11 3 (0.14%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.14%) TestRail
11 3 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 1,068 (51.30%) Social Skills
2 835 (40.11%) Finance
3 324 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
4 251 (12.06%) Banking
5 209 (10.04%) Public Sector
6 110 (5.28%) Influencing Skills
7 96 (4.61%) Retail
8 87 (4.18%) Legal
9 85 (4.08%) Marketing
10 80 (3.84%) Documentation Skills
11 76 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
12 72 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
13 65 (3.12%) Front Office
14 62 (2.98%) Financial Institution
15 52 (2.50%) Investment Banking
16 42 (2.02%) Manufacturing
17 39 (1.87%) Law
17 39 (1.87%) Telecoms
18 29 (1.39%) Billing
19 23 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 417 (20.03%) Analyst
2 328 (15.75%) Business Analyst
3 326 (15.66%) Project Manager
4 268 (12.87%) Lead
5 200 (9.61%) Senior
6 199 (9.56%) Architect
7 134 (6.44%) Consultant
8 87 (4.18%) Senior Manager
9 80 (3.84%) Programme Manager
10 73 (3.51%) Delivery Manager
11 60 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
12 59 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
13 55 (2.64%) Data Analyst
13 55 (2.64%) IT Manager
14 50 (2.40%) Change Manager
15 49 (2.35%) Senior Business Analyst
16 43 (2.07%) Developer
17 42 (2.02%) Senior Project Manager
17 42 (2.02%) Technical Manager
17 42 (2.02%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.31%) REST
2 35 (1.68%) Middleware
3 24 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
4 23 (1.10%) Kafka
5 22 (1.06%) SOAP
6 19 (0.91%) OpenID
7 18 (0.86%) .NET
7 18 (0.86%) OAuth
7 18 (0.86%) Web Services
8 17 (0.82%) Pandas
8 17 (0.82%) SAML
9 16 (0.77%) NumPy
9 16 (0.77%) PyTorch
9 16 (0.77%) RESTful
9 16 (0.77%) TensorFlow
10 15 (0.72%) Hugging Face
11 14 (0.67%) LDAP
11 14 (0.67%) Playwright
11 14 (0.67%) scikit-learn
12 12 (0.58%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 148 (7.11%) Product Ownership
2 109 (5.24%) Onboarding
3 85 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
4 62 (2.98%) Cloud Native
5 54 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 53 (2.55%) Data Protection Act
7 42 (2.02%) Data Centre
8 40 (1.92%) Management Information System
9 34 (1.63%) Data Structures
10 25 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
10 25 (1.20%) NHS
10 25 (1.20%) PMI
11 23 (1.10%) Derivative
11 23 (1.10%) Reinsurance
12 21 (1.01%) Virtual Team
13 20 (0.96%) Fixed Income
13 20 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
14 19 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 17 (0.82%) Life Science
16 16 (0.77%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 47 (2.26%) Windows
2 24 (1.15%) Linux
3 13 (0.62%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.43%) Unix
5 8 (0.38%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.34%) VMS
7 6 (0.29%) Android
7 6 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.048%) AIX
10 1 (0.048%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 687 (33.00%) Agile
2 339 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
3 330 (15.85%) Project Management
4 305 (14.65%) Migration
5 287 (13.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 256 (12.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 253 (12.15%) Roadmaps
8 223 (10.71%) DevOps
9 222 (10.66%) Project Delivery
10 221 (10.61%) Decision-Making
11 213 (10.23%) Change Management
12 193 (9.27%) Risk Management
13 184 (8.84%) Analytics
14 183 (8.79%) User Acceptance Testing
15 181 (8.69%) AI
16 179 (8.60%) Requirements Gathering
17 174 (8.36%) Data Modelling
18 172 (8.26%) Validation
19 171 (8.21%) Workshop Facilitation
20 169 (8.12%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 189 (9.08%) SQL
2 135 (6.48%) Python
3 35 (1.68%) C#
4 34 (1.63%) Java
5 28 (1.34%) PowerShell
6 26 (1.25%) JavaScript
7 18 (0.86%) TypeScript
8 13 (0.62%) R
9 11 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 11 (0.53%) Korn
10 9 (0.43%) Bash
11 5 (0.24%) C++
11 5 (0.24%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.24%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.24%) VBA
12 4 (0.19%) Bicep
13 3 (0.14%) ABAP
13 3 (0.14%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.14%) Ruby
14 2 (0.096%) X++
Qualifications
1 319 (15.32%) Security Cleared
2 261 (12.54%) SC Cleared
3 166 (7.97%) Degree
4 122 (5.86%) PMP
5 121 (5.81%) PMI Certification
6 43 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
7 35 (1.68%) Master's Degree
8 28 (1.34%) CISSP
9 24 (1.15%) CBAP
10 23 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (0.91%) CISM
12 18 (0.86%) DV Cleared
13 17 (0.82%) Azure Certification
14 15 (0.72%) ISTQB
15 14 (0.67%) IIBA
16 12 (0.58%) APMP
16 12 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
17 11 (0.53%) ACCA
17 11 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
18 10 (0.48%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (7.30%) QA
2 134 (6.44%) Data Quality
3 119 (5.72%) GDPR
4 76 (3.65%) PMO
5 66 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 61 (2.93%) NIST
7 41 (1.97%) GRC
8 33 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 33 (1.59%) SLA
9 31 (1.49%) NCSC
10 23 (1.10%) PCI DSS
11 22 (1.06%) Accessibility
12 17 (0.82%) IFRS
13 12 (0.58%) MiFID
14 11 (0.53%) COBIT
15 10 (0.48%) IFRS 17
15 10 (0.48%) ISO 20022
15 10 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 10 (0.48%) Solvency II
16 8 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 42 (2.02%) Docker
2 28 (1.34%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.14%) NFS
4 3 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.096%) Postfix
5 2 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.096%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.048%) Firmware
6 1 (0.048%) IAG
6 1 (0.048%) NLBS
6 1 (0.048%) RACF
6 1 (0.048%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.048%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 62 (2.98%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.11%) Terraform
3 15 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (0.62%) FortiGate
5 11 (0.53%) Ansible
6 5 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (0.24%) RSA Archer
7 4 (0.19%) Grafana
7 4 (0.19%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.19%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.14%) SCCM
9 2 (0.096%) Consul
9 2 (0.096%) Control-M
9 2 (0.096%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.096%) Packer
9 2 (0.096%) vMotion
10 1 (0.048%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.048%) QRadar
10 1 (0.048%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 227 (10.90%) Microsoft
2 173 (8.31%) SAP
3 107 (5.14%) ServiceNow
4 90 (4.32%) Oracle
5 89 (4.27%) Salesforce
6 56 (2.69%) Workday
7 46 (2.21%) Databricks
8 33 (1.59%) CyberArk
9 29 (1.39%) Google
10 23 (1.10%) Cisco
11 21 (1.01%) Splunk
12 20 (0.96%) Murex
12 20 (0.96%) OpenAI
13 19 (0.91%) Informatica
14 18 (0.86%) Ariba
15 16 (0.77%) Adobe
15 16 (0.77%) IBM
15 16 (0.77%) VMware
16 15 (0.72%) Fortinet
17 13 (0.62%) Nokia