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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 23 21
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 -4
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 1,791 1,223 1,489
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.44% 8.30% 8.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.59% 9.21% 9.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,212 765 1,062
10th Percentile £390 £396 £411
25th Percentile £463 £463 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £669 £680
90th Percentile £775 £778 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 17 12
10th Percentile £17.64 £31.40 £25.54
25th Percentile £27.75 - £39.86
Median hourly rate £40.50 £35.00 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -34.88% -14.25%
75th Percentile £56.48 £39.04 £65.03
90th Percentile £72.50 £62.25 £71.76
England median hourly rate £47.48 £60.00 £51.24
% change year-on-year -20.88% +17.10% -0.64%

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 13,174 13,286 16,213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.50% 90.14% 89.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,690 8,522 11,607
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £758 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 164 241
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.15 £17.75
25th Percentile £24.65 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £31.58 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.79% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 £55.06 £58.75
90th Percentile £69.06 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +25.00%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025. 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 +11 264 £560 -6.67% 277
West London +6 29 £500 +10.50% 11
East London +7 7 £675 +26.17% 18
South London -31 6 £600 - 70
North London +5 4 £600 +48.15% 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
1 103 (5.75%) Confluence
2 36 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.78%) CMS
4 10 (0.56%) Appian
5 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.34%) Anypoint
6 6 (0.34%) Camunda
7 4 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.22%) Apache
8 3 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.17%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.17%) nginx
8 3 (0.17%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.17%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.11%) SAS
9 2 (0.11%) WordPress
10 1 (0.056%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 85 (4.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 43 (2.40%) Microsoft Project
3 40 (2.23%) MS Visio
4 13 (0.73%) Trello
5 8 (0.45%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.22%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.22%) Sketch
8 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.11%) Autodesk Smoke
8 2 (0.11%) InVision
9 1 (0.056%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.056%) Notion
Business Applications
1 79 (4.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 25 (1.40%) Endur
4 17 (0.95%) Aladdin
5 10 (0.56%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (0.45%) SAP CO
6 8 (0.45%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.39%) Loan IQ
8 6 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.34%) SAP FI
8 6 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
9 5 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 5 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
9 5 (0.28%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.28%) SAP HCM
9 5 (0.28%) SAP IBP
9 5 (0.28%) SAP MDG
10 4 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 266 (14.85%) Azure
2 159 (8.88%) AWS
3 143 (7.98%) Power Platform
4 60 (3.35%) SaaS
5 56 (3.13%) GCP
6 53 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
9 28 (1.56%) Snowflake
10 26 (1.45%) Power Automate
11 24 (1.34%) Entra ID
12 21 (1.17%) GitHub
13 20 (1.12%) PowerApps
13 20 (1.12%) Serverless
14 19 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
15 17 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
15 17 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
16 15 (0.84%) OCI
17 14 (0.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 14 (0.78%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.23%) Firewall
2 18 (1.01%) WAN
3 13 (0.73%) LAN
3 13 (0.73%) Network Security
4 12 (0.67%) SD-WAN
4 12 (0.67%) VPN
5 11 (0.61%) DNS
6 8 (0.45%) BGP
6 8 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.39%) Broadband
7 7 (0.39%) VoIP
8 6 (0.34%) Internet
8 6 (0.34%) OSPF
9 5 (0.28%) CTI
9 5 (0.28%) DHCP
9 5 (0.28%) MPLS
10 4 (0.22%) 5G
10 4 (0.22%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.22%) Intranet
10 4 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (7.20%) Power BI
2 40 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
2 40 (2.23%) Metadata
3 39 (2.18%) Tableau
4 22 (1.23%) Data Lake
5 12 (0.67%) SQL Server
6 10 (0.56%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.50%) BigQuery
8 8 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (0.45%) Big Data
8 8 (0.45%) NoSQL
9 7 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.34%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (0.28%) Power Query
11 5 (0.28%) Redis
11 5 (0.28%) SAP BW
12 4 (0.22%) DB2
12 4 (0.22%) MySQL
12 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 201 (11.22%) JIRA
2 20 (1.12%) GitLab
3 19 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 15 (0.84%) Git
5 7 (0.39%) SpecFlow
6 5 (0.28%) MLflow
6 5 (0.28%) Selenium
7 4 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.22%) Axure RP
7 4 (0.22%) Gradle
7 4 (0.22%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.22%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.17%) Maven
8 3 (0.17%) TestRail
9 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.11%) ERwin
9 2 (0.11%) GCC
9 2 (0.11%) LSMW
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.056%) Eclipse
General
1 943 (52.65%) Social Skills
2 693 (38.69%) Finance
3 291 (16.25%) Analytical Skills
4 197 (11.00%) Banking
5 156 (8.71%) Public Sector
6 94 (5.25%) Marketing
7 89 (4.97%) Retail
8 77 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
8 77 (4.30%) Legal
9 67 (3.74%) Front Office
10 57 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
11 55 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
12 47 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
13 46 (2.57%) Investment Banking
14 42 (2.35%) Financial Institution
15 38 (2.12%) Manufacturing
15 38 (2.12%) Telecoms
16 31 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 29 (1.62%) Law
18 28 (1.56%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 380 (21.22%) Analyst
2 289 (16.14%) Business Analyst
3 271 (15.13%) Project Manager
4 199 (11.11%) Lead
5 170 (9.49%) Architect
6 154 (8.60%) Senior
7 132 (7.37%) Consultant
8 66 (3.69%) Programme Manager
9 65 (3.63%) Senior Manager
10 63 (3.52%) Solutions Architect
11 50 (2.79%) Developer
12 48 (2.68%) Data Analyst
13 47 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
14 42 (2.35%) Delivery Manager
15 41 (2.29%) IT Manager
15 41 (2.29%) Senior Business Analyst
16 38 (2.12%) Product Manager
17 35 (1.95%) Change Manager
17 35 (1.95%) Product Owner
17 35 (1.95%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.51%) REST
2 21 (1.17%) Kafka
2 21 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
3 19 (1.06%) .NET
3 19 (1.06%) Middleware
4 13 (0.73%) HTML
5 11 (0.61%) OAuth
5 11 (0.61%) Pandas
6 10 (0.56%) RESTful
6 10 (0.56%) Web Services
7 9 (0.50%) NumPy
7 9 (0.50%) scikit-learn
7 9 (0.50%) SOAP
8 8 (0.45%) CSS
8 8 (0.45%) Playwright
9 7 (0.39%) AngularJS
9 7 (0.39%) JSON
9 7 (0.39%) OpenID
9 7 (0.39%) PyTorch
9 7 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 129 (7.20%) Product Ownership
2 73 (4.08%) Onboarding
3 49 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
3 49 (2.74%) Management Information System
4 48 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
5 47 (2.62%) Data Protection Act
6 44 (2.46%) Cloud Native
7 35 (1.95%) Data Centre
8 30 (1.68%) PMI
9 29 (1.62%) Reinsurance
10 23 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
11 22 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
12 21 (1.17%) Derivative
12 21 (1.17%) Fixed Income
12 21 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 19 (1.06%) Life Science
14 18 (1.01%) Virtual Team
15 17 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
16 16 (0.89%) Equities
16 16 (0.89%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 33 (1.84%) Windows
2 14 (0.78%) Linux
3 13 (0.73%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.50%) Unix
5 5 (0.28%) VMS
6 3 (0.17%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.11%) Android
8 1 (0.056%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.056%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.056%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 579 (32.33%) Agile
2 329 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
3 297 (16.58%) Project Management
4 237 (13.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 230 (12.84%) Migration
6 220 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 214 (11.95%) Roadmaps
8 195 (10.89%) Project Delivery
9 186 (10.39%) Change Management
10 177 (9.88%) Analytics
11 166 (9.27%) Risk Management
12 164 (9.16%) Decision-Making
13 156 (8.71%) Workshop Facilitation
14 152 (8.49%) Business Intelligence
15 151 (8.43%) AI
15 151 (8.43%) Requirements Gathering
16 144 (8.04%) Scrum
17 140 (7.82%) Data Modelling
18 138 (7.71%) DevOps
19 133 (7.43%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 172 (9.60%) SQL
2 130 (7.26%) Python
3 39 (2.18%) Java
4 31 (1.73%) C#
5 26 (1.45%) JavaScript
6 23 (1.28%) PowerShell
7 16 (0.89%) R
8 14 (0.78%) TypeScript
9 9 (0.50%) Korn
10 8 (0.45%) Bash
10 8 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (0.34%) C++
11 6 (0.34%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.34%) VBA
12 5 (0.28%) Bicep
13 3 (0.17%) ABAP
13 3 (0.17%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.17%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.17%) VB
14 2 (0.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 208 (11.61%) Security Cleared
2 164 (9.16%) Degree
3 163 (9.10%) SC Cleared
4 108 (6.03%) PMI Certification
5 93 (5.19%) PMP
6 37 (2.07%) Master's Degree
7 29 (1.62%) CISSP
8 25 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.17%) CBAP
11 15 (0.84%) CISM
12 14 (0.78%) DV Cleared
13 13 (0.73%) Azure Certification
14 12 (0.67%) CIMA
14 12 (0.67%) ISTQB
15 10 (0.56%) ACCA
15 10 (0.56%) AWS Certification
15 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
16 9 (0.50%) CFA
16 9 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (7.15%) QA
2 103 (5.75%) GDPR
3 87 (4.86%) Data Quality
4 63 (3.52%) PMO
5 45 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 36 (2.01%) NIST
7 31 (1.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 30 (1.68%) GRC
9 22 (1.23%) Accessibility
10 20 (1.12%) PCI DSS
11 16 (0.89%) SLA
12 15 (0.84%) IFRS
13 14 (0.78%) MiFID
14 12 (0.67%) NCSC
15 10 (0.56%) EMIR
16 9 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 8 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
17 8 (0.45%) HIPAA
17 8 (0.45%) Solvency II
18 6 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 26 (1.45%) Docker
2 18 (1.01%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.056%) Firmware
4 1 (0.056%) IAG
4 1 (0.056%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 34 (1.90%) Terraform
2 33 (1.84%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.45%) Ansible
3 8 (0.45%) FortiGate
3 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.22%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.17%) Argo
6 3 (0.17%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.11%) Consul
7 2 (0.11%) Control-M
7 2 (0.11%) Packer
8 1 (0.056%) Grafana
8 1 (0.056%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.056%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.056%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.056%) SCCM
8 1 (0.056%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 221 (12.34%) Microsoft
2 165 (9.21%) SAP
3 79 (4.41%) Salesforce
4 77 (4.30%) Oracle
5 62 (3.46%) ServiceNow
6 52 (2.90%) Workday
7 48 (2.68%) Databricks
8 34 (1.90%) Google
9 20 (1.12%) Ariba
10 17 (0.95%) Adobe
11 15 (0.84%) Bloomberg
11 15 (0.84%) Cisco
11 15 (0.84%) Informatica
11 15 (0.84%) MuleSoft
12 14 (0.78%) Fortinet
12 14 (0.78%) IBM
13 13 (0.73%) OpenAI
13 13 (0.73%) Planview
14 11 (0.61%) CyberArk
14 11 (0.61%) Guidewire