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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 22 23
Rank change year-on-year +10 +1 -4
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 2,137 1,183 1,347
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.68% 9.37% 7.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.14% 10.25% 8.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,430 806 988
10th Percentile £388 £400 £408
25th Percentile £463 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £561
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.45% -2.39%
75th Percentile £671 £675 £673
90th Percentile £782 £800 £782
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 17 16
10th Percentile £22.11 £34.85 £23.79
25th Percentile £38.00 £36.00 £30.16
Median hourly rate £54.00 £43.08 £43.25
Median % change year-on-year +25.36% -0.40% -33.55%
75th Percentile £72.50 £55.25 £52.81
90th Percentile £76.73 £66.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £45.46 £60.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -24.23% +26.32% -15.78%

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 15,109 11,547 15,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.66% 91.42% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,127 7,832 11,395
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £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 235 169 335
10th Percentile £18.14 £19.16 £15.97
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.05% -22.67%
75th Percentile £57.25 £51.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.50 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.00 £32.66 £33.00
% change year-on-year +10.24% -1.05% -12.00%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +12 303 £600 -0.08% 204
West London -4 21 £620 +37.02% 26
South London -24 17 £590 -1.67% 6
North London +4 5 £519 +28.09% 4
East London 0 4 £675 +7.14% 12
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
1 135 (6.32%) Confluence
2 49 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.03%) CMS
4 17 (0.80%) Appian
5 13 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.42%) Apache
7 6 (0.28%) Camunda
7 6 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.28%) SAS
8 4 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.19%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.14%) nginx
10 2 (0.094%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.094%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.094%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.094%) Kentico
10 2 (0.094%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.094%) Sitefinity
10 2 (0.094%) WordPress
Applications
1 95 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (2.95%) Microsoft Project
3 51 (2.39%) MS Visio
4 43 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 29 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (0.47%) Trello
7 9 (0.42%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.28%) Sketch
8 6 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.23%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.094%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.094%) Autodesk Smoke
10 2 (0.094%) InVision
11 1 (0.047%) EPLAN
11 1 (0.047%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 56 (2.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 23 (1.08%) Aladdin
4 14 (0.66%) Endur
5 12 (0.56%) Loan IQ
6 10 (0.47%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 8 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (0.37%) Workday HCM
8 7 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
8 7 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
8 7 (0.33%) SAP HR
9 6 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
9 6 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.28%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.28%) SAP HCM
10 5 (0.23%) Actimize
10 5 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.23%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 348 (16.28%) Azure
2 215 (10.06%) AWS
3 126 (5.90%) Power Platform
4 84 (3.93%) Azure DevOps
5 76 (3.56%) GCP
6 56 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
7 52 (2.43%) SaaS
8 40 (1.87%) Entra ID
9 39 (1.82%) Snowflake
10 30 (1.40%) Power Automate
11 29 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
11 29 (1.36%) GitHub
12 28 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
13 24 (1.12%) Figma
14 22 (1.03%) OpenShift
15 21 (0.98%) AWS CloudFormation
15 21 (0.98%) Serverless
16 19 (0.89%) Collibra
16 19 (0.89%) OCI
16 19 (0.89%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.68%) Firewall
2 29 (1.36%) WAN
3 22 (1.03%) LAN
3 22 (1.03%) Network Security
4 20 (0.94%) SD-WAN
5 15 (0.70%) BGP
6 14 (0.66%) DNS
7 13 (0.61%) VPN
8 12 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (0.51%) OSPF
10 9 (0.42%) MPLS
11 7 (0.33%) Broadband
11 7 (0.33%) Intranet
11 7 (0.33%) VoIP
12 6 (0.28%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (0.28%) NX-OS
13 5 (0.23%) 5G
13 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (4.96%) Power BI
2 58 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (2.29%) Metadata
4 41 (1.92%) Tableau
5 28 (1.31%) Data Lake
6 25 (1.17%) SQL Server
7 16 (0.75%) Big Data
7 16 (0.75%) Relational Database
8 13 (0.61%) NoSQL
8 13 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (0.42%) Pinecone
10 8 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.37%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.37%) Power Query
11 6 (0.28%) Snowflake Schema
11 6 (0.28%) Star Schema
12 5 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.23%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.23%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 244 (11.42%) JIRA
2 36 (1.68%) Jenkins
3 21 (0.98%) Git
4 20 (0.94%) GitLab
5 10 (0.47%) MLflow
6 9 (0.42%) SpecFlow
7 8 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
7 8 (0.37%) Selenium
8 6 (0.28%) ERwin
8 6 (0.28%) JMeter
8 6 (0.28%) REST Assured
8 6 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (0.23%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.23%) Postman
10 4 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.19%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.19%) Snyk
11 3 (0.14%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.14%) JUnit
11 3 (0.14%) LSMW
General
1 1,075 (50.30%) Social Skills
2 852 (39.87%) Finance
3 338 (15.82%) Analytical Skills
4 256 (11.98%) Banking
5 215 (10.06%) Public Sector
6 112 (5.24%) Influencing Skills
7 99 (4.63%) Retail
8 92 (4.31%) Marketing
9 88 (4.12%) Legal
10 83 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
11 75 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
12 73 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
13 65 (3.04%) Financial Institution
14 62 (2.90%) Front Office
15 49 (2.29%) Investment Banking
16 43 (2.01%) Manufacturing
16 43 (2.01%) Telecoms
17 40 (1.87%) Law
18 29 (1.36%) Billing
19 26 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 425 (19.89%) Analyst
2 336 (15.72%) Business Analyst
3 325 (15.21%) Project Manager
4 275 (12.87%) Lead
5 213 (9.97%) Senior
6 207 (9.69%) Architect
7 129 (6.04%) Consultant
8 91 (4.26%) Senior Manager
9 82 (3.84%) Programme Manager
10 76 (3.56%) Delivery Manager
11 63 (2.95%) Senior Analyst
11 63 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
12 60 (2.81%) IT Manager
13 58 (2.71%) Data Analyst
14 51 (2.39%) Senior Business Analyst
15 50 (2.34%) Change Manager
16 45 (2.11%) Test Manager
17 44 (2.06%) Developer
17 44 (2.06%) Product Manager
17 44 (2.06%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.39%) REST
2 38 (1.78%) Middleware
3 25 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
4 24 (1.12%) SOAP
5 23 (1.08%) Kafka
6 19 (0.89%) OpenID
6 19 (0.89%) Web Services
7 18 (0.84%) OAuth
7 18 (0.84%) Pandas
8 17 (0.80%) RESTful
8 17 (0.80%) SAML
9 16 (0.75%) .NET
9 16 (0.75%) NumPy
9 16 (0.75%) PyTorch
9 16 (0.75%) TensorFlow
10 15 (0.70%) Hugging Face
11 14 (0.66%) LDAP
11 14 (0.66%) Playwright
11 14 (0.66%) scikit-learn
12 13 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 151 (7.07%) Product Ownership
2 111 (5.19%) Onboarding
3 83 (3.88%) Legacy Systems
4 66 (3.09%) Cloud Native
5 55 (2.57%) Data Protection Act
6 53 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
7 45 (2.11%) Data Centre
8 40 (1.87%) Management Information System
9 36 (1.68%) Data Structures
10 25 (1.17%) NHS
10 25 (1.17%) PMI
11 23 (1.08%) Virtual Team
12 22 (1.03%) Derivative
12 22 (1.03%) Reinsurance
13 21 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 21 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
14 20 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
15 19 (0.89%) Fixed Income
16 17 (0.80%) e-Learning
16 17 (0.80%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 52 (2.43%) Windows
2 24 (1.12%) Linux
3 13 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.47%) Unix
5 8 (0.37%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.33%) VMS
7 6 (0.28%) Android
7 6 (0.28%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.047%) AIX
10 1 (0.047%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 701 (32.80%) Agile
2 339 (15.86%) Problem-Solving
2 339 (15.86%) Project Management
3 310 (14.51%) Migration
4 298 (13.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 263 (12.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 259 (12.12%) Roadmaps
7 231 (10.81%) Decision-Making
8 227 (10.62%) Project Delivery
9 224 (10.48%) DevOps
10 219 (10.25%) Change Management
11 196 (9.17%) Analytics
12 194 (9.08%) Risk Management
13 191 (8.94%) AI
13 191 (8.94%) User Acceptance Testing
14 180 (8.42%) Requirements Gathering
15 178 (8.33%) Data Modelling
16 176 (8.24%) Validation
17 174 (8.14%) Scrum
18 173 (8.10%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 195 (9.12%) SQL
2 140 (6.55%) Python
3 35 (1.64%) Java
4 33 (1.54%) C#
5 27 (1.26%) PowerShell
6 26 (1.22%) JavaScript
7 18 (0.84%) TypeScript
8 14 (0.66%) R
9 11 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 10 (0.47%) Korn
11 8 (0.37%) Bash
12 7 (0.33%) VBA
13 5 (0.23%) C++
13 5 (0.23%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.23%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.19%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.14%) ABAP
15 3 (0.14%) Bicep
15 3 (0.14%) Ruby
16 2 (0.094%) C
Qualifications
1 333 (15.58%) Security Cleared
2 277 (12.96%) SC Cleared
3 163 (7.63%) Degree
4 123 (5.76%) PMP
5 121 (5.66%) PMI Certification
6 42 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 32 (1.50%) Master's Degree
8 31 (1.45%) CISSP
9 24 (1.12%) CBAP
10 22 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (0.94%) CISM
12 18 (0.84%) DV Cleared
13 17 (0.80%) Azure Certification
14 15 (0.70%) ISTQB
15 14 (0.66%) IIBA
16 13 (0.61%) ACCA
17 12 (0.56%) APMP
17 12 (0.56%) CIMA
17 12 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
18 11 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (7.25%) QA
2 145 (6.79%) Data Quality
3 114 (5.33%) GDPR
4 82 (3.84%) PMO
5 68 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 63 (2.95%) NIST
7 41 (1.92%) GRC
8 34 (1.59%) SLA
9 32 (1.50%) NCSC
9 32 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 25 (1.17%) PCI DSS
11 24 (1.12%) Accessibility
12 18 (0.84%) IFRS
13 12 (0.56%) COBIT
13 12 (0.56%) MiFID
14 11 (0.51%) Solvency II
15 10 (0.47%) IFRS 17
15 10 (0.47%) ISO 20022
15 10 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 8 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 42 (1.97%) Docker
2 27 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.19%) NFS
5 3 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.094%) Postfix
6 2 (0.094%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.094%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.047%) Firmware
7 1 (0.047%) NLBS
7 1 (0.047%) RACF
7 1 (0.047%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.047%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 63 (2.95%) Kubernetes
2 45 (2.11%) Terraform
3 13 (0.61%) FortiGate
3 13 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.47%) Ansible
5 7 (0.33%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.23%) Grafana
6 5 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (0.23%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.19%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.19%) SCCM
7 4 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.094%) Consul
8 2 (0.094%) Control-M
8 2 (0.094%) EMC VPLEX
8 2 (0.094%) Packer
8 2 (0.094%) vMotion
9 1 (0.047%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.047%) Opsview
9 1 (0.047%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 228 (10.67%) Microsoft
2 169 (7.91%) SAP
3 111 (5.19%) ServiceNow
4 98 (4.59%) Oracle
4 98 (4.59%) Salesforce
5 54 (2.53%) Workday
6 47 (2.20%) Databricks
7 33 (1.54%) CyberArk
8 32 (1.50%) Google
9 22 (1.03%) Cisco
10 21 (0.98%) Splunk
11 20 (0.94%) OpenAI
12 19 (0.89%) Ariba
12 19 (0.89%) Informatica
13 18 (0.84%) IBM
14 17 (0.80%) Adobe
14 17 (0.80%) Murex
15 16 (0.75%) VMware
16 13 (0.61%) Bloomberg
16 13 (0.61%) Conga