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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 17 24
Rank change year-on-year +8 +7 -3
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 2,471 1,358 1,258
As % of all contract jobs in London 13.02% 10.88% 7.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.66% 11.78% 8.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,637 916 930
10th Percentile £400 £373 £388
25th Percentile £469 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +4.55% -6.98%
75th Percentile £675 £681 £650
90th Percentile £778 £775 £775
England median daily rate £540 £535 £538
% change year-on-year +0.93% -0.47% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 20 14
10th Percentile £19.62 £28.25 £23.61
25th Percentile £32.09 £35.66 £30.16
Median hourly rate £41.00 £49.25 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.75% +23.13% -30.83%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.25 £51.00
90th Percentile £76.45 £65.25 £57.75
England median hourly rate £57.50 £58.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -2.13% -2.08% +11.80%

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 16,854 11,524 15,681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.83% 92.35% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,217 7,730 11,175
10th Percentile £360 £340 £343
25th Percentile £437 £425 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £518 £525
% change year-on-year +0.48% -1.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 209 315
10th Percentile £18.04 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £32.89 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.26% +15.40% -28.60%
75th Percentile £59.18 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.13 £37.63
% change year-on-year +73.27% -27.91% +5.54%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 +8 354 £600 - 115
West London +12 72 £484 +7.50% 22
South London 0 22 £550 -15.38% 9
East London -3 9 £638 +1.19% 20
North London +4 5 £495 -1.00% 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
1 126 (5.10%) Confluence
2 64 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 42 (1.70%) CMS
4 14 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.49%) Apache
6 11 (0.45%) Appian
7 8 (0.32%) SAS
8 7 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.28%) WordPress
9 5 (0.20%) Kentico
9 5 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.16%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
11 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.081%) IBM HTTP Server
12 2 (0.081%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.081%) nginx
12 2 (0.081%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.081%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 111 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 55 (2.23%) Microsoft Project
4 43 (1.74%) MS Visio
5 41 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (0.40%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.32%) Revit
8 6 (0.24%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.12%) Notion
11 2 (0.081%) EPLAN
11 2 (0.081%) Sketch
12 1 (0.040%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.040%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.040%) CPLEX
12 1 (0.040%) PlantUML
12 1 (0.040%) Trello
12 1 (0.040%) UserZoom
12 1 (0.040%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 65 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (0.85%) Aladdin
4 16 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
5 14 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.40%) Loan IQ
6 10 (0.40%) NetSuite
7 9 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
7 9 (0.36%) SAP ERP
7 9 (0.36%) SAP HCM
8 7 (0.28%) Endur
8 7 (0.28%) Finacle
8 7 (0.28%) Workday HCM
9 6 (0.24%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 6 (0.24%) Magento
9 6 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
9 6 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
9 6 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
9 6 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.24%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 406 (16.43%) Azure
2 291 (11.78%) AWS
3 136 (5.50%) Power Platform
4 98 (3.97%) GCP
5 97 (3.93%) SaaS
6 89 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
7 77 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
8 57 (2.31%) Entra ID
9 48 (1.94%) Snowflake
10 45 (1.82%) GitHub
11 32 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
11 32 (1.30%) Serverless
12 31 (1.25%) Amazon S3
12 31 (1.25%) AWS CloudFormation
13 30 (1.21%) SuccessFactors
14 27 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
14 27 (1.09%) OCI
15 26 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
15 26 (1.05%) Power Automate
16 25 (1.01%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 37 (1.50%) Firewall
2 26 (1.05%) WAN
3 24 (0.97%) Network Security
4 20 (0.81%) LAN
5 17 (0.69%) DNS
6 15 (0.61%) VPN
7 13 (0.53%) BGP
7 13 (0.53%) SD-WAN
8 11 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (0.40%) TCP/IP
10 9 (0.36%) OSPF
11 8 (0.32%) Intranet
11 8 (0.32%) MPLS
11 8 (0.32%) VLAN
12 7 (0.28%) NGFW
12 7 (0.28%) Wireless
13 5 (0.20%) HTTP
13 5 (0.20%) Unified Communications
14 4 (0.16%) DHCP
14 4 (0.16%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (4.49%) Power BI
2 59 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
3 58 (2.35%) Metadata
4 40 (1.62%) Tableau
5 38 (1.54%) Data Lake
6 36 (1.46%) SQL Server
7 23 (0.93%) Relational Database
8 19 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
8 19 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (0.73%) Delta Lake
9 18 (0.73%) NoSQL
10 16 (0.65%) Big Data
11 14 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
12 11 (0.45%) Oracle Database
13 10 (0.40%) DynamoDB
14 9 (0.36%) Amazon Aurora
15 8 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
15 8 (0.32%) Pinecone
15 8 (0.32%) Power Query
15 8 (0.32%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 270 (10.93%) JIRA
2 38 (1.54%) Jenkins
3 30 (1.21%) Git
4 19 (0.77%) GitLab
5 15 (0.61%) Postman
6 11 (0.45%) Selenium
7 10 (0.40%) MLflow
8 8 (0.32%) PowerDesigner
8 8 (0.32%) Zephyr
9 7 (0.28%) JMeter
9 7 (0.28%) SpecFlow
10 6 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (0.20%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.20%) JUnit
11 5 (0.20%) Maven
11 5 (0.20%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.16%) ERwin
12 4 (0.16%) LoadRunner
12 4 (0.16%) Snyk
13 3 (0.12%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 1,214 (49.13%) Social Skills
2 980 (39.66%) Finance
3 375 (15.18%) Analytical Skills
4 305 (12.34%) Banking
5 249 (10.08%) Public Sector
6 156 (6.31%) Retail
7 144 (5.83%) Influencing Skills
8 133 (5.38%) Legal
9 111 (4.49%) Marketing
10 103 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
11 93 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
12 73 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
13 63 (2.55%) Front Office
14 62 (2.51%) Financial Institution
15 51 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 48 (1.94%) Investment Banking
17 46 (1.86%) Manufacturing
17 46 (1.86%) Telecoms
18 38 (1.54%) Local Government
19 36 (1.46%) Law
Job Titles
1 409 (16.55%) Analyst
2 340 (13.76%) Project Manager
3 335 (13.56%) Lead
4 302 (12.22%) Business Analyst
5 275 (11.13%) Architect
6 235 (9.51%) Senior
7 124 (5.02%) Consultant
8 106 (4.29%) Senior Manager
9 97 (3.93%) Solutions Architect
10 93 (3.76%) Delivery Manager
11 88 (3.56%) Programme Manager
12 70 (2.83%) IT Manager
13 52 (2.10%) Change Manager
13 52 (2.10%) Product Owner
13 52 (2.10%) Senior Project Manager
14 51 (2.06%) Product Manager
15 50 (2.02%) Senior Analyst
16 48 (1.94%) Data Analyst
16 48 (1.94%) Technical Manager
17 45 (1.82%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (2.63%) REST
2 47 (1.90%) Middleware
3 37 (1.50%) SOAP
4 33 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
5 25 (1.01%) OAuth
6 21 (0.85%) Web Services
6 21 (0.85%) XML
7 20 (0.81%) .NET
8 19 (0.77%) OpenID
8 19 (0.77%) RESTful
8 19 (0.77%) SAML
9 18 (0.73%) Kafka
9 18 (0.73%) PySpark
10 17 (0.69%) JSON
10 17 (0.69%) SailPoint
11 16 (0.65%) HTML
12 15 (0.61%) CSS
13 14 (0.57%) LDAP
14 13 (0.53%) AngularJS
15 12 (0.49%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 192 (7.77%) Product Ownership
2 139 (5.63%) Onboarding
3 106 (4.29%) Cloud Native
4 78 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
5 61 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
6 59 (2.39%) Management Information System
7 51 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
8 48 (1.94%) Data Structures
9 44 (1.78%) Virtual Team
10 43 (1.74%) Data Centre
11 33 (1.34%) NHS
12 32 (1.30%) FMCG
13 30 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
14 28 (1.13%) AI Agents
15 26 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
16 24 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
17 23 (0.93%) Fixed Income
18 22 (0.89%) CMDB
19 20 (0.81%) Taxonomies
20 19 (0.77%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 69 (2.79%) Windows
2 37 (1.50%) Linux
3 18 (0.73%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.32%) Android
7 7 (0.28%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.24%) Unix
9 5 (0.20%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
11 3 (0.12%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.12%) VMS
12 2 (0.081%) AIX
12 2 (0.081%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.040%) CentOS
13 1 (0.040%) Solaris
13 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 805 (32.58%) Agile
2 369 (14.93%) Migration
3 349 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
4 341 (13.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 326 (13.19%) Project Management
6 325 (13.15%) Roadmaps
7 305 (12.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 304 (12.30%) Decision-Making
9 291 (11.78%) DevOps
10 268 (10.85%) AI
11 256 (10.36%) Analytics
11 256 (10.36%) User Acceptance Testing
12 251 (10.16%) Project Delivery
13 228 (9.23%) Change Management
14 226 (9.15%) Validation
15 217 (8.78%) Risk Management
16 199 (8.05%) CI/CD
17 193 (7.81%) User Stories
18 190 (7.69%) Scrum
19 185 (7.49%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 227 (9.19%) SQL
2 153 (6.19%) Python
3 39 (1.58%) Java
4 32 (1.30%) PowerShell
5 27 (1.09%) C#
6 26 (1.05%) JavaScript
7 15 (0.61%) TypeScript
8 13 (0.53%) Korn
9 12 (0.49%) Bash
10 11 (0.45%) Bicep
11 10 (0.40%) R
12 9 (0.36%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.32%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (0.28%) VBA
15 5 (0.20%) ABAP
15 5 (0.20%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.16%) Go
16 4 (0.16%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 384 (15.54%) Security Cleared
2 323 (13.07%) SC Cleared
3 145 (5.87%) Degree
4 127 (5.14%) PMP
5 112 (4.53%) PMI Certification
6 52 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 46 (1.86%) CISSP
8 34 (1.38%) Azure Certification
9 29 (1.17%) DV Cleared
10 28 (1.13%) CISM
11 23 (0.93%) AWS Certification
12 18 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
12 18 (0.73%) Master's Degree
13 17 (0.69%) CBAP
14 16 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
15 15 (0.61%) ISTQB
16 14 (0.57%) APMP
16 14 (0.57%) IIBA
16 14 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
17 13 (0.53%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (6.72%) Data Quality
2 157 (6.35%) QA
3 118 (4.78%) PMO
4 97 (3.93%) GDPR
5 78 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 77 (3.12%) NIST
7 44 (1.78%) GRC
8 43 (1.74%) SLA
9 32 (1.30%) Accessibility
10 29 (1.17%) NCSC
11 25 (1.01%) PCI DSS
12 22 (0.89%) COBIT
13 17 (0.69%) IFRS
14 16 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 13 (0.53%) Solvency II
16 12 (0.49%) MiFID
17 10 (0.40%) ISO 20022
17 10 (0.40%) PSD2
17 10 (0.40%) SOC 2
18 9 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 54 (2.19%) Docker
2 43 (1.74%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.24%) NFS
6 6 (0.24%) Postfix
7 4 (0.16%) Varnish
7 4 (0.16%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.12%) Sendmail
9 2 (0.081%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.040%) NLBS
10 1 (0.040%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.040%) RACF
10 1 (0.040%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 78 (3.16%) Terraform
2 74 (2.99%) Kubernetes
3 26 (1.05%) Ansible
4 13 (0.53%) Grafana
5 12 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (0.40%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.28%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.28%) RSA Archer
9 6 (0.24%) SCCM
9 6 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 5 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.16%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.12%) HAProxy
13 2 (0.081%) Argo
13 2 (0.081%) Control-M
13 2 (0.081%) EMC VPLEX
13 2 (0.081%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.081%) vMotion
14 1 (0.040%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 278 (11.25%) Microsoft
2 187 (7.57%) SAP
3 141 (5.71%) Oracle
4 128 (5.18%) Salesforce
5 119 (4.82%) ServiceNow
6 54 (2.19%) Databricks
7 47 (1.90%) Workday
8 45 (1.82%) Google
9 39 (1.58%) CyberArk
10 26 (1.05%) Splunk
11 24 (0.97%) Adobe
12 22 (0.89%) Cisco
13 21 (0.85%) Informatica
13 21 (0.85%) OpenAI
14 18 (0.73%) Ariba
14 18 (0.73%) MuleSoft
15 17 (0.69%) VMware
16 16 (0.65%) Conga
16 16 (0.65%) Murex
16 16 (0.65%) Okta