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

6 months to
30 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 2,578 1,396 1,254
As % of all contract jobs in London 13.38% 10.88% 7.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.05% 11.79% 8.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,714 941 928
10th Percentile £400 £379 £367
25th Percentile £468 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
England median daily rate £545 £538 £540
% change year-on-year +1.40% -0.46% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 20 13
10th Percentile £21.34 £28.25 £23.51
25th Percentile £34.53 £35.66 £30.16
Median hourly rate £41.06 £49.25 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.62% +31.33% -36.42%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.25 £46.50
90th Percentile £80.99 £65.25 £58.50
England median hourly rate £58.50 £54.01 £60.00
% change year-on-year +8.32% -9.99% +12.53%

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 17,127 11,843 15,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.91% 92.34% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,395 7,916 11,030
10th Percentile £360 £336 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.64% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £687
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 223 303
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.59
25th Percentile £25.18 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.89 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.02% +9.63% -25.93%
75th Percentile £59.18 £49.88 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.20 £68.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.23 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.32% -33.83% +1.65%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +8 349 £600 - 97
West London +16 75 £484 +7.50% 23
South London 0 22 £550 -15.38% 8
East London -2 9 £638 +1.19% 19
North London +4 7 £450 -10.00% 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
1 130 (5.04%) Confluence
2 69 (2.68%) SharePoint
3 43 (1.67%) CMS
4 17 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.47%) Apache
6 9 (0.35%) Appian
7 8 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.31%) SAS
8 7 (0.27%) WordPress
9 6 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.19%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.19%) Kentico
10 5 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
12 2 (0.078%) IBM HTTP Server
12 2 (0.078%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.078%) nginx
12 2 (0.078%) Sitefinity
12 2 (0.078%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.039%) OpenStack
Applications
1 118 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 71 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 57 (2.21%) Microsoft Project
4 53 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
5 45 (1.75%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.39%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.31%) Revit
8 7 (0.27%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.12%) Notion
11 2 (0.078%) EPLAN
11 2 (0.078%) Sketch
12 1 (0.039%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.039%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.039%) CPLEX
12 1 (0.039%) PlantUML
12 1 (0.039%) Trello
12 1 (0.039%) UserZoom
12 1 (0.039%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 68 (2.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 36 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.70%) Aladdin
4 16 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
5 13 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.39%) Finacle
6 10 (0.39%) Loan IQ
6 10 (0.39%) NetSuite
7 9 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
8 8 (0.31%) Endur
8 8 (0.31%) SAP ERP
8 8 (0.31%) SAP HCM
8 8 (0.31%) SAP SD
8 8 (0.31%) Workday HCM
9 7 (0.27%) Magento
9 7 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
10 6 (0.23%) SAP PM
10 6 (0.23%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 425 (16.49%) Azure
2 302 (11.71%) AWS
3 144 (5.59%) Power Platform
4 106 (4.11%) SaaS
5 100 (3.88%) GCP
6 91 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
7 81 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
8 60 (2.33%) Entra ID
9 50 (1.94%) Snowflake
10 48 (1.86%) GitHub
11 33 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
12 32 (1.24%) AWS CloudFormation
12 32 (1.24%) Serverless
13 31 (1.20%) Amazon S3
13 31 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
14 30 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
15 27 (1.05%) Figma
16 26 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
16 26 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
17 25 (0.97%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (1.67%) Firewall
2 28 (1.09%) Network Security
3 27 (1.05%) WAN
4 22 (0.85%) DNS
5 20 (0.78%) LAN
6 17 (0.66%) VPN
7 14 (0.54%) SD-WAN
8 12 (0.47%) BGP
9 11 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.39%) TCP/IP
11 9 (0.35%) OSPF
12 7 (0.27%) DHCP
12 7 (0.27%) Intranet
12 7 (0.27%) VLAN
13 6 (0.23%) Internet
13 6 (0.23%) MPLS
13 6 (0.23%) NGFW
13 6 (0.23%) Wireless
14 5 (0.19%) HTTP
14 5 (0.19%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (4.54%) Power BI
2 66 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 57 (2.21%) Metadata
4 42 (1.63%) Data Lake
5 39 (1.51%) Tableau
6 35 (1.36%) SQL Server
7 26 (1.01%) Relational Database
8 19 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
8 19 (0.74%) Delta Lake
8 19 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (0.70%) NoSQL
10 17 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
11 16 (0.62%) Big Data
12 15 (0.58%) Oracle Database
13 11 (0.43%) RDBMS
14 10 (0.39%) DynamoDB
15 9 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
16 8 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
16 8 (0.31%) Power Query
17 7 (0.27%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 279 (10.82%) JIRA
2 41 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 29 (1.12%) Git
4 19 (0.74%) GitLab
5 16 (0.62%) Postman
6 13 (0.50%) Selenium
7 9 (0.35%) MLflow
7 9 (0.35%) Zephyr
8 8 (0.31%) PowerDesigner
9 7 (0.27%) JMeter
10 6 (0.23%) JUnit
10 6 (0.23%) Maven
10 6 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (0.19%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.19%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.19%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.19%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.16%) ERwin
12 4 (0.16%) LoadRunner
12 4 (0.16%) Snyk
General
1 1,274 (49.42%) Social Skills
2 1,019 (39.53%) Finance
3 402 (15.59%) Analytical Skills
4 313 (12.14%) Banking
5 256 (9.93%) Public Sector
6 169 (6.56%) Retail
7 153 (5.93%) Influencing Skills
8 139 (5.39%) Legal
9 126 (4.89%) Marketing
10 100 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
11 98 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
12 75 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
13 68 (2.64%) Front Office
14 59 (2.29%) Financial Institution
15 57 (2.21%) Manufacturing
16 55 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 49 (1.90%) Investment Banking
18 48 (1.86%) Telecoms
19 40 (1.55%) Local Government
20 36 (1.40%) Law
Job Titles
1 436 (16.91%) Analyst
2 343 (13.30%) Lead
3 339 (13.15%) Project Manager
4 318 (12.34%) Business Analyst
5 292 (11.33%) Architect
6 247 (9.58%) Senior
7 132 (5.12%) Consultant
8 109 (4.23%) Senior Manager
9 101 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
10 92 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
11 89 (3.45%) Programme Manager
12 69 (2.68%) IT Manager
13 54 (2.09%) Product Owner
14 53 (2.06%) Senior Project Manager
15 52 (2.02%) Change Manager
15 52 (2.02%) Product Manager
16 51 (1.98%) Data Analyst
16 51 (1.98%) Technical Manager
17 47 (1.82%) Senior Analyst
18 43 (1.67%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (2.44%) REST
2 51 (1.98%) Middleware
3 36 (1.40%) SOAP
4 30 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
5 24 (0.93%) OAuth
6 23 (0.89%) PySpark
7 22 (0.85%) .NET
7 22 (0.85%) XML
8 20 (0.78%) OpenID
8 20 (0.78%) SAML
9 19 (0.74%) Kafka
9 19 (0.74%) Web Services
10 18 (0.70%) JSON
10 18 (0.70%) RESTful
11 17 (0.66%) HTML
11 17 (0.66%) SailPoint
12 16 (0.62%) CSS
12 16 (0.62%) LDAP
13 13 (0.50%) AngularJS
14 12 (0.47%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 192 (7.45%) Product Ownership
2 149 (5.78%) Onboarding
3 104 (4.03%) Cloud Native
4 79 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
5 65 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 57 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
7 55 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 53 (2.06%) Data Structures
9 48 (1.86%) Data Centre
10 42 (1.63%) Virtual Team
11 36 (1.40%) NHS
12 35 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
13 32 (1.24%) FMCG
14 28 (1.09%) AI Agents
14 28 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
15 26 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
16 24 (0.93%) CMDB
16 24 (0.93%) Fixed Income
16 24 (0.93%) Security Posture
17 22 (0.85%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 81 (3.14%) Windows
2 37 (1.44%) Linux
3 19 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.39%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.35%) Android
6 8 (0.31%) Unix
7 7 (0.27%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.19%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.16%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.12%) VMS
11 2 (0.078%) AIX
11 2 (0.078%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.039%) CentOS
12 1 (0.039%) Solaris
12 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 835 (32.39%) Agile
2 377 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
3 373 (14.47%) Migration
4 368 (14.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 352 (13.65%) Roadmaps
6 333 (12.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 322 (12.49%) Project Management
8 317 (12.30%) Decision-Making
9 305 (11.83%) DevOps
10 296 (11.48%) AI
11 280 (10.86%) Analytics
12 264 (10.24%) User Acceptance Testing
13 262 (10.16%) Project Delivery
14 236 (9.15%) Change Management
15 234 (9.08%) Validation
16 229 (8.88%) Risk Management
17 206 (7.99%) CI/CD
18 202 (7.84%) Workshop Facilitation
19 199 (7.72%) Requirements Gathering
20 197 (7.64%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 240 (9.31%) SQL
2 162 (6.28%) Python
3 38 (1.47%) Java
4 34 (1.32%) PowerShell
5 25 (0.97%) JavaScript
6 24 (0.93%) C#
7 14 (0.54%) Korn
7 14 (0.54%) TypeScript
8 12 (0.47%) Bash
9 11 (0.43%) Bicep
9 11 (0.43%) R
10 8 (0.31%) PL/SQL
10 8 (0.31%) Shell Script
10 8 (0.31%) VBA
11 6 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.19%) ABAP
12 5 (0.19%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.19%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.19%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.16%) XPath
Qualifications
1 389 (15.09%) Security Cleared
2 326 (12.65%) SC Cleared
3 154 (5.97%) Degree
4 133 (5.16%) PMP
5 118 (4.58%) PMI Certification
6 55 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 49 (1.90%) CISSP
8 36 (1.40%) Azure Certification
9 33 (1.28%) DV Cleared
10 29 (1.12%) CISM
11 23 (0.89%) AWS Certification
12 19 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
13 18 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
13 18 (0.70%) Master's Degree
14 15 (0.58%) CBAP
14 15 (0.58%) ISTQB
15 14 (0.54%) IIBA
15 14 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.50%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (6.87%) Data Quality
2 158 (6.13%) QA
3 119 (4.62%) PMO
4 104 (4.03%) GDPR
5 79 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 78 (3.03%) NIST
7 48 (1.86%) GRC
8 47 (1.82%) SLA
9 34 (1.32%) Accessibility
10 29 (1.12%) NCSC
11 25 (0.97%) PCI DSS
12 22 (0.85%) COBIT
13 16 (0.62%) IFRS
14 15 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 14 (0.54%) Solvency II
16 12 (0.47%) MiFID
17 11 (0.43%) SOC 2
18 10 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
19 9 (0.35%) ISO 20022
19 9 (0.35%) PSD2
System Software
1 56 (2.17%) Docker
2 48 (1.86%) Active Directory
3 14 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.31%) NFS
5 8 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.23%) Postfix
7 4 (0.16%) Varnish
7 4 (0.16%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.12%) Sendmail
9 2 (0.078%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.039%) NLBS
10 1 (0.039%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.039%) RACF
10 1 (0.039%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 79 (3.06%) Terraform
2 77 (2.99%) Kubernetes
3 28 (1.09%) Ansible
4 15 (0.58%) Grafana
5 13 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 11 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.31%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.27%) RSA Archer
9 7 (0.27%) SCCM
9 7 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 5 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.16%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.12%) HAProxy
13 2 (0.078%) CA Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.078%) EMC VPLEX
13 2 (0.078%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.078%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.078%) Puppet
13 2 (0.078%) vMotion
Vendors
1 300 (11.64%) Microsoft
2 198 (7.68%) SAP
3 141 (5.47%) Oracle
4 128 (4.97%) Salesforce
5 127 (4.93%) ServiceNow
6 59 (2.29%) Databricks
7 47 (1.82%) Google
8 45 (1.75%) Workday
9 39 (1.51%) CyberArk
10 28 (1.09%) Splunk
11 27 (1.05%) Adobe
12 23 (0.89%) Cisco
13 22 (0.85%) OpenAI
14 20 (0.78%) Ariba
14 20 (0.78%) Informatica
14 20 (0.78%) VMware
15 18 (0.70%) MuleSoft
16 17 (0.66%) IBM
16 17 (0.66%) Murex
17 16 (0.62%) Okta