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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 17 24
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 -4
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 2,190 1,290 1,267
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.16% 10.40% 7.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.77% 11.27% 8.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,453 878 929
10th Percentile £397 £388 £400
25th Percentile £472 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £669
90th Percentile £786 £775 £776
England median daily rate £534 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -0.73% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 21 14
10th Percentile £22.11 £35.00 £23.61
25th Percentile £36.50 £39.04 £30.16
Median hourly rate £48.00 £49.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +23.75% -30.42%
75th Percentile £68.13 £55.25 £51.00
90th Percentile £76.73 £67.50 £57.75
England median hourly rate £50.00 £58.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -14.89% -2.08% +13.27%

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 15,904 11,443 15,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.34% 92.27% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,637 7,743 11,096
10th Percentile £356 £350 £343
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £756 £806 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 176 307
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.17 £15.77
25th Percentile £25.16 £22.86 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% +22.13% -27.22%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £74.88 £63.75 £66.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.07% -20.55% -2.14%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 16 May 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 +8 317 £600 -2.44% 235
West London +6 49 £535 +17.58% 20
South London -6 22 £570 -21.86% 13
East London -6 9 £638 +1.19% 16
North London +1 5 £498 +13.07%
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 (6.16%) Confluence
2 49 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.05%) CMS
4 13 (0.59%) Apache
4 13 (0.59%) Appian
4 13 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.32%) SAS
6 5 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.18%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.14%) Camunda
8 3 (0.14%) nginx
8 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.091%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.091%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.091%) Kentico
9 2 (0.091%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.091%) Sitefinity
9 2 (0.091%) WordPress
10 1 (0.046%) OpenStack
Applications
1 94 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (2.60%) Microsoft Project
3 51 (2.33%) MS Visio
4 50 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 37 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.23%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.23%) Sketch
8 4 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.18%) Trello
9 3 (0.14%) Revit
10 2 (0.091%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.091%) Notion
11 1 (0.046%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.046%) Autodesk Smoke
11 1 (0.046%) InVision
11 1 (0.046%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.046%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 54 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (1.00%) Aladdin
4 15 (0.68%) NetSuite
5 13 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 12 (0.55%) Loan IQ
7 11 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
8 8 (0.37%) Endur
8 8 (0.37%) SAP ERP
8 8 (0.37%) SAP HCM
9 7 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
9 7 (0.32%) Workday HCM
10 6 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 6 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
10 6 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
10 6 (0.27%) SAP FI
11 5 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
11 5 (0.23%) SAP CO
11 5 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
11 5 (0.23%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 336 (15.34%) Azure
2 242 (11.05%) AWS
3 107 (4.89%) Power Platform
4 83 (3.79%) GCP
5 72 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
5 72 (3.29%) SaaS
6 58 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
7 44 (2.01%) Snowflake
8 38 (1.74%) Entra ID
9 35 (1.60%) GitHub
10 31 (1.42%) Figma
11 28 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
12 27 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
13 26 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
13 26 (1.19%) Power Automate
14 24 (1.10%) Amazon S3
14 24 (1.10%) Serverless
15 23 (1.05%) OpenShift
16 21 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
16 21 (0.96%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.32%) Firewall
2 23 (1.05%) WAN
3 21 (0.96%) Network Security
4 17 (0.78%) LAN
5 13 (0.59%) DNS
5 13 (0.59%) SD-WAN
6 12 (0.55%) VPN
7 11 (0.50%) BGP
8 9 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.37%) MPLS
9 8 (0.37%) OSPF
9 8 (0.37%) VLAN
10 7 (0.32%) Intranet
11 6 (0.27%) NGFW
12 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.23%) Wireless
13 4 (0.18%) 3GPP
13 4 (0.18%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.18%) NAS
13 4 (0.18%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (3.79%) Power BI
2 54 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
3 51 (2.33%) Metadata
4 34 (1.55%) Tableau
5 28 (1.28%) Data Lake
6 27 (1.23%) SQL Server
7 19 (0.87%) Relational Database
8 17 (0.78%) Delta Lake
9 15 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (0.68%) Big Data
9 15 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (0.50%) NoSQL
12 9 (0.41%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.41%) Pinecone
13 8 (0.37%) Amazon Aurora
13 8 (0.37%) Power Query
14 7 (0.32%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
15 6 (0.27%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 248 (11.32%) JIRA
2 39 (1.78%) Jenkins
3 24 (1.10%) Git
4 20 (0.91%) GitLab
5 12 (0.55%) MLflow
6 11 (0.50%) Postman
7 10 (0.46%) Selenium
7 10 (0.46%) SpecFlow
8 7 (0.32%) PowerDesigner
8 7 (0.32%) Zephyr
9 6 (0.27%) JMeter
9 6 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.23%) ERwin
10 5 (0.23%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.18%) Axure RP
11 4 (0.18%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.18%) Maven
11 4 (0.18%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.18%) Snyk
11 4 (0.18%) TestRail
General
1 1,032 (47.12%) Social Skills
2 894 (40.82%) Finance
3 317 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
4 270 (12.33%) Banking
5 223 (10.18%) Public Sector
6 129 (5.89%) Influencing Skills
7 119 (5.43%) Retail
8 100 (4.57%) Legal
9 95 (4.34%) Marketing
10 87 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
11 67 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
12 65 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
13 59 (2.69%) Financial Institution
14 51 (2.33%) Front Office
15 45 (2.05%) Investment Banking
15 45 (2.05%) Manufacturing
15 45 (2.05%) Telecoms
16 33 (1.51%) Billing
17 29 (1.32%) Law
18 27 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 394 (17.99%) Analyst
2 316 (14.43%) Project Manager
3 309 (14.11%) Business Analyst
4 289 (13.20%) Lead
5 234 (10.68%) Architect
6 226 (10.32%) Senior
7 118 (5.39%) Consultant
8 95 (4.34%) Senior Manager
9 84 (3.84%) Programme Manager
10 81 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
11 70 (3.20%) Solutions Architect
12 61 (2.79%) IT Manager
13 58 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
14 51 (2.33%) Product Manager
15 48 (2.19%) Data Analyst
15 48 (2.19%) Technical Manager
16 46 (2.10%) Senior Business Analyst
16 46 (2.10%) Senior Project Manager
17 44 (2.01%) Test Manager
18 43 (1.96%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.33%) REST
2 39 (1.78%) Middleware
3 28 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
4 26 (1.19%) SOAP
5 19 (0.87%) OpenID
5 19 (0.87%) Web Services
6 18 (0.82%) Kafka
6 18 (0.82%) RESTful
7 17 (0.78%) OAuth
7 17 (0.78%) PyTorch
7 17 (0.78%) TensorFlow
8 16 (0.73%) .NET
9 15 (0.68%) Hugging Face
9 15 (0.68%) Pandas
9 15 (0.68%) Playwright
9 15 (0.68%) SAML
9 15 (0.68%) XML
10 14 (0.64%) LDAP
10 14 (0.64%) NumPy
11 11 (0.50%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 160 (7.31%) Product Ownership
2 117 (5.34%) Onboarding
3 84 (3.84%) Cloud Native
3 84 (3.84%) Legacy Systems
4 61 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
5 48 (2.19%) Management Information System
6 47 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
7 44 (2.01%) Data Structures
8 38 (1.74%) Data Centre
9 32 (1.46%) Virtual Team
10 22 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
10 22 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
10 22 (1.00%) NHS
11 21 (0.96%) AI Agents
11 21 (0.96%) Derivative
11 21 (0.96%) PMI
12 20 (0.91%) FMCG
13 19 (0.87%) Fixed Income
14 17 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 17 (0.78%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 53 (2.42%) Windows
2 23 (1.05%) Linux
3 12 (0.55%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.37%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.32%) Android
5 7 (0.32%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.23%) Unix
6 5 (0.23%) VMS
7 3 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.091%) AIX
8 2 (0.091%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.046%) Solaris
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 712 (32.51%) Agile
2 332 (15.16%) Project Management
3 327 (14.93%) Migration
4 308 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
5 290 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 286 (13.06%) Roadmaps
7 261 (11.92%) Decision-Making
8 238 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 234 (10.68%) DevOps
10 219 (10.00%) Project Delivery
11 213 (9.73%) AI
12 206 (9.41%) Analytics
13 205 (9.36%) User Acceptance Testing
14 201 (9.18%) Change Management
15 196 (8.95%) Validation
16 184 (8.40%) Risk Management
17 179 (8.17%) Data Modelling
17 179 (8.17%) Scrum
18 175 (7.99%) Data Governance
19 173 (7.90%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 198 (9.04%) SQL
2 127 (5.80%) Python
3 36 (1.64%) Java
4 30 (1.37%) C#
5 21 (0.96%) JavaScript
6 18 (0.82%) PowerShell
6 18 (0.82%) TypeScript
7 11 (0.50%) R
8 9 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 9 (0.41%) Korn
9 8 (0.37%) Bash
9 8 (0.37%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.32%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.23%) ABAP
11 5 (0.23%) VBA
12 4 (0.18%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.14%) Perl
14 2 (0.091%) C
14 2 (0.091%) C++
14 2 (0.091%) PHP
Qualifications
1 356 (16.26%) Security Cleared
2 296 (13.52%) SC Cleared
3 140 (6.39%) Degree
4 116 (5.30%) PMP
5 108 (4.93%) PMI Certification
6 44 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
7 30 (1.37%) CISSP
8 24 (1.10%) CBAP
9 21 (0.96%) Azure Certification
9 21 (0.96%) DV Cleared
9 21 (0.96%) Master's Degree
10 20 (0.91%) AWS Certification
11 18 (0.82%) CISM
12 17 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (0.73%) IIBA
14 15 (0.68%) ISTQB
15 14 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
16 13 (0.59%) APMP
17 11 (0.50%) ACCA
17 11 (0.50%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (7.21%) QA
2 155 (7.08%) Data Quality
3 102 (4.66%) GDPR
4 97 (4.43%) PMO
5 69 (3.15%) NIST
6 67 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 40 (1.83%) GRC
8 37 (1.69%) SLA
9 29 (1.32%) NCSC
10 25 (1.14%) Accessibility
11 23 (1.05%) PCI DSS
12 20 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 18 (0.82%) IFRS
14 15 (0.68%) COBIT
15 11 (0.50%) ISO 20022
15 11 (0.50%) MiFID
16 10 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
17 9 (0.41%) HL7
17 9 (0.41%) IFRS 17
17 9 (0.41%) Solvency II
System Software
1 51 (2.33%) Docker
2 29 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.27%) NFS
6 5 (0.23%) Postfix
7 4 (0.18%) Varnish
7 4 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.14%) Sendmail
9 2 (0.091%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.046%) NLBS
10 1 (0.046%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.046%) RACF
10 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 69 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 53 (2.42%) Terraform
3 10 (0.46%) Ansible
3 10 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.41%) Grafana
5 7 (0.32%) FortiGate
5 7 (0.32%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.27%) SCCM
7 5 (0.23%) HP ALM
7 5 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.23%) RSA Archer
8 3 (0.14%) HAProxy
9 2 (0.091%) Argo
9 2 (0.091%) Control-M
9 2 (0.091%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.091%) vMotion
10 1 (0.046%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.046%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.046%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 218 (9.95%) Microsoft
2 179 (8.17%) SAP
3 121 (5.53%) Oracle
4 109 (4.98%) Salesforce
5 102 (4.66%) ServiceNow
6 52 (2.37%) Databricks
7 51 (2.33%) Workday
8 34 (1.55%) CyberArk
8 34 (1.55%) Google
9 22 (1.00%) Ariba
9 22 (1.00%) OpenAI
9 22 (1.00%) Splunk
10 17 (0.78%) Informatica
11 16 (0.73%) Murex
12 15 (0.68%) Cisco
12 15 (0.68%) Guidewire
12 15 (0.68%) VMware
13 14 (0.64%) Adobe
13 14 (0.64%) IBM
14 12 (0.55%) Bloomberg