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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 23 21
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 -3
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 1,860 1,195 1,466
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.73% 8.55% 8.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.96% 9.45% 9.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,237 744 1,060
10th Percentile £375 £395 £407
25th Percentile £463 £463 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £556 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% -3.26% -
75th Percentile £675 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £788 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 17 13
10th Percentile £17.66 £31.40 £26.03
25th Percentile £22.08 - £30.38
Median hourly rate £40.50 £35.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -30.00% -19.35%
75th Percentile £56.24 £39.04 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £59.10 £71.00
England median hourly rate £40.78 £56.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -27.82% +13.00% -4.24%

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 13,320 12,644 16,077
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.20% 90.45% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,835 8,066 11,489
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £555
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -0.90% -7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 159 292
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.60 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.61 £24.66 £19.83
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.63
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +14.29% -14.34%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £72.00 £80.15 £73.56
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -27.10% -9.21% +8.57%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 22 January 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 +10 276 £563 -6.25% 104
West London +2 28 £500 +11.11% 26
South London -27 6 £600 - 19
East London - 6 £720 - 23
North London +7 4 £600 +48.15%
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
1 106 (5.70%) Confluence
2 36 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.86%) CMS
4 13 (0.70%) Appian
5 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.32%) Camunda
7 5 (0.27%) Apache
8 4 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.22%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.16%) nginx
9 3 (0.16%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.16%) WordPress
10 2 (0.11%) Kentico
10 2 (0.11%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.11%) SAS
10 2 (0.11%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 91 (4.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
3 45 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 45 (2.42%) Microsoft Project
4 44 (2.37%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.65%) Trello
6 8 (0.43%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.22%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.22%) Sketch
9 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.11%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.11%) InVision
10 1 (0.054%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 74 (3.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (1.13%) Aladdin
4 19 (1.02%) Endur
5 11 (0.59%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.54%) Loan IQ
7 8 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (0.43%) SAP CO
7 8 (0.43%) Workday HCM
8 7 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
8 7 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (0.32%) SAP FI
9 6 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.27%) SAP IBP
11 4 (0.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 4 (0.22%) SAP HCM
11 4 (0.22%) SAP HR
11 4 (0.22%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 282 (15.16%) Azure
2 169 (9.09%) AWS
3 141 (7.58%) Power Platform
4 58 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
4 58 (3.12%) GCP
5 55 (2.96%) SaaS
6 42 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (1.56%) Power Automate
7 29 (1.56%) Snowflake
8 27 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
8 27 (1.45%) Entra ID
9 25 (1.34%) GitHub
10 23 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
11 20 (1.08%) OpenShift
11 20 (1.08%) PowerApps
11 20 (1.08%) Serverless
12 16 (0.86%) OCI
13 15 (0.81%) Azure AI
13 15 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.26%) Firewall
2 22 (1.18%) WAN
3 16 (0.86%) SD-WAN
4 14 (0.75%) LAN
4 14 (0.75%) Network Security
5 13 (0.70%) DNS
6 11 (0.59%) BGP
6 11 (0.59%) VPN
7 10 (0.54%) MPLS
8 8 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.38%) Broadband
9 7 (0.38%) OSPF
9 7 (0.38%) VoIP
10 6 (0.32%) Internet
11 5 (0.27%) 5G
11 5 (0.27%) CTI
11 5 (0.27%) DHCP
11 5 (0.27%) Ethernet
11 5 (0.27%) Intranet
11 5 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (7.04%) Power BI
2 43 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
3 41 (2.20%) Metadata
4 38 (2.04%) Tableau
5 20 (1.08%) Data Lake
6 16 (0.86%) SQL Server
7 11 (0.59%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.54%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.43%) Big Data
10 8 (0.43%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (0.32%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (0.32%) Power Query
11 6 (0.32%) Redis
12 5 (0.27%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.27%) MySQL
12 5 (0.27%) Pinecone
12 5 (0.27%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 212 (11.40%) JIRA
2 25 (1.34%) Jenkins
3 21 (1.13%) GitLab
4 16 (0.86%) Git
5 8 (0.43%) MLflow
6 7 (0.38%) SpecFlow
7 4 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.22%) Axure RP
7 4 (0.22%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.22%) Selenium
8 3 (0.16%) Gradle
8 3 (0.16%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.16%) TestRail
9 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.11%) ERwin
9 2 (0.11%) LSMW
9 2 (0.11%) Maven
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.054%) JMeter
10 1 (0.054%) JUnit
General
1 998 (53.66%) Social Skills
2 729 (39.19%) Finance
3 308 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
4 217 (11.67%) Banking
5 167 (8.98%) Public Sector
6 90 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
7 89 (4.78%) Marketing
8 84 (4.52%) Retail
9 78 (4.19%) Legal
10 71 (3.82%) Front Office
11 63 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
12 60 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
13 56 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
14 50 (2.69%) Investment Banking
15 46 (2.47%) Financial Institution
16 44 (2.37%) Manufacturing
17 43 (2.31%) Telecoms
18 32 (1.72%) Law
19 31 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 28 (1.51%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 410 (22.04%) Analyst
2 310 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 282 (15.16%) Project Manager
4 219 (11.77%) Lead
5 177 (9.52%) Senior
6 175 (9.41%) Architect
7 131 (7.04%) Consultant
8 73 (3.92%) Senior Manager
9 67 (3.60%) Programme Manager
10 61 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
11 60 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
12 52 (2.80%) Data Analyst
12 52 (2.80%) Senior Business Analyst
13 50 (2.69%) Delivery Manager
14 49 (2.63%) IT Manager
15 48 (2.58%) Developer
16 44 (2.37%) Change Manager
17 40 (2.15%) Product Manager
18 36 (1.94%) Senior Project Manager
18 36 (1.94%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (1.88%) REST
2 22 (1.18%) .NET
2 22 (1.18%) Kafka
2 22 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
3 20 (1.08%) Middleware
4 15 (0.81%) OAuth
4 15 (0.81%) Pandas
5 14 (0.75%) OpenID
5 14 (0.75%) RESTful
5 14 (0.75%) Web Services
6 13 (0.70%) HTML
6 13 (0.70%) NumPy
7 12 (0.65%) SAML
7 12 (0.65%) scikit-learn
7 12 (0.65%) SOAP
8 11 (0.59%) PyTorch
8 11 (0.59%) TensorFlow
9 10 (0.54%) Hugging Face
9 10 (0.54%) LDAP
9 10 (0.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 130 (6.99%) Product Ownership
2 81 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 55 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
4 54 (2.90%) Management Information System
5 53 (2.85%) Cloud Native
5 53 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
5 53 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
6 38 (2.04%) Data Centre
7 32 (1.72%) PMI
8 24 (1.29%) Reinsurance
9 23 (1.24%) Derivative
9 23 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
9 23 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
10 22 (1.18%) Fixed Income
11 21 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 19 (1.02%) Life Science
12 19 (1.02%) NHS
13 18 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
14 17 (0.91%) Virtual Team
15 16 (0.86%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 38 (2.04%) Windows
2 16 (0.86%) Linux
3 15 (0.81%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.48%) Unix
5 6 (0.32%) VMS
6 3 (0.16%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.11%) Android
8 1 (0.054%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.054%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 609 (32.74%) Agile
2 342 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
3 326 (17.53%) Project Management
4 242 (13.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 241 (12.96%) Migration
6 231 (12.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 214 (11.51%) Roadmaps
8 204 (10.97%) Project Delivery
9 194 (10.43%) Change Management
10 179 (9.62%) Analytics
11 175 (9.41%) Decision-Making
12 174 (9.35%) Risk Management
13 169 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
14 162 (8.71%) Workshop Facilitation
15 161 (8.66%) AI
16 156 (8.39%) Data Modelling
16 156 (8.39%) DevOps
17 155 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
18 147 (7.90%) Scrum
19 145 (7.80%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 181 (9.73%) SQL
2 134 (7.20%) Python
3 38 (2.04%) Java
4 32 (1.72%) C#
5 27 (1.45%) JavaScript
6 25 (1.34%) PowerShell
7 15 (0.81%) R
7 15 (0.81%) TypeScript
8 9 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 9 (0.48%) Korn
9 8 (0.43%) Bash
10 6 (0.32%) C++
10 6 (0.32%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.27%) Bicep
11 5 (0.27%) VBA
12 3 (0.16%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.11%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.11%) Perl
13 2 (0.11%) Ruby
13 2 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 241 (12.96%) Security Cleared
2 191 (10.27%) SC Cleared
3 174 (9.35%) Degree
4 115 (6.18%) PMI Certification
5 102 (5.48%) PMP
6 39 (2.10%) Master's Degree
7 29 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 29 (1.56%) CBAP
8 28 (1.51%) CISSP
9 25 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (0.81%) CISM
11 14 (0.75%) ISTQB
12 13 (0.70%) Azure Certification
12 13 (0.70%) DV Cleared
12 13 (0.70%) IIBA
13 11 (0.59%) AWS Certification
13 11 (0.59%) CIMA
14 10 (0.54%) ACCA
14 10 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
14 10 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (7.10%) QA
2 112 (6.02%) GDPR
3 95 (5.11%) Data Quality
4 66 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 65 (3.49%) PMO
6 49 (2.63%) NIST
7 36 (1.94%) GRC
8 35 (1.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 25 (1.34%) PCI DSS
10 24 (1.29%) Accessibility
11 23 (1.24%) NCSC
12 18 (0.97%) SLA
13 16 (0.86%) IFRS
14 11 (0.59%) MiFID
15 10 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 9 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 8 (0.43%) HIPAA
17 8 (0.43%) IFRS 17
17 8 (0.43%) ISO 20022
18 7 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 32 (1.72%) Docker
2 20 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.054%) Firmware
5 1 (0.054%) IAG
5 1 (0.054%) NLBS
5 1 (0.054%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 48 (2.58%) Kubernetes
2 37 (1.99%) Terraform
3 10 (0.54%) FortiGate
4 8 (0.43%) Ansible
4 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.22%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.22%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.11%) Argo
7 2 (0.11%) Consul
7 2 (0.11%) Control-M
7 2 (0.11%) Packer
8 1 (0.054%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.054%) Grafana
8 1 (0.054%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.054%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.054%) Opsview
8 1 (0.054%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.054%) SCCM
8 1 (0.054%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 227 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 165 (8.87%) SAP
3 83 (4.46%) Oracle
4 77 (4.14%) Salesforce
5 69 (3.71%) ServiceNow
6 52 (2.80%) Workday
7 44 (2.37%) Databricks
8 31 (1.67%) Google
9 22 (1.18%) CyberArk
10 19 (1.02%) Ariba
10 19 (1.02%) Cisco
11 18 (0.97%) OpenAI
12 17 (0.91%) Fortinet
13 16 (0.86%) Adobe
13 16 (0.86%) Bloomberg
13 16 (0.86%) Informatica
14 14 (0.75%) Guidewire
14 14 (0.75%) IBM
14 14 (0.75%) Murex
15 13 (0.70%) Nokia