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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 23 20
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 -3
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 1,777 1,178 1,486
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.54% 8.50% 8.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.74% 9.42% 9.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,184 729 1,064
10th Percentile £382 £392 £411
25th Percentile £463 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
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 23 16 12
10th Percentile £17.64 £31.25 £25.54
25th Percentile £27.75 £34.31 £39.86
Median hourly rate £40.50 £35.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -31.71% -18.24%
75th Percentile £56.48 £39.01 £61.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £59.88 £71.75
England median hourly rate £45.46 £56.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -19.54% +13.00% -4.39%

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 12,937 12,504 16,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.29% 90.26% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,531 7,979 11,519
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 152 259
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.44 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £69.30 £80.68 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +11 262 £550 -8.33% 113
West London +5 26 £500 +10.50% 24
South London -27 6 £600 - 18
North London +7 4 £600 +48.15% 1
East London - 4 £765 - 24
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 (5.80%) Confluence
2 34 (1.91%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.79%) CMS
4 12 (0.68%) Appian
5 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.34%) Camunda
7 5 (0.28%) Apache
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.23%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.17%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.17%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.17%) nginx
9 3 (0.17%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.11%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.11%) SAS
10 2 (0.11%) WordPress
11 1 (0.056%) Documentum
Applications
1 87 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 42 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (2.36%) Microsoft Project
4 41 (2.31%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.73%) Trello
6 8 (0.45%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.23%) Sketch
9 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.11%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.11%) InVision
10 1 (0.056%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 71 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.13%) Endur
4 18 (1.01%) Aladdin
5 10 (0.56%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (0.45%) Loan IQ
7 8 (0.45%) SAP CO
7 8 (0.45%) Workday HCM
8 7 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
9 6 (0.34%) SAP FI
9 6 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
9 6 (0.34%) SAP HCM
10 5 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
10 5 (0.28%) SAP IBP
11 4 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 4 (0.23%) SAP MDG
11 4 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 268 (15.08%) Azure
2 160 (9.00%) AWS
3 140 (7.88%) Power Platform
4 56 (3.15%) GCP
5 55 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
6 53 (2.98%) SaaS
7 40 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (1.58%) Power Automate
8 28 (1.58%) Snowflake
9 26 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (1.35%) Entra ID
11 21 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
11 21 (1.18%) GitHub
12 20 (1.13%) PowerApps
12 20 (1.13%) Serverless
13 16 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
14 15 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
14 15 (0.84%) OCI
15 14 (0.79%) Collibra
15 14 (0.79%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.31%) Firewall
2 20 (1.13%) WAN
3 14 (0.79%) SD-WAN
4 13 (0.73%) LAN
5 12 (0.68%) DNS
5 12 (0.68%) Network Security
6 11 (0.62%) VPN
7 10 (0.56%) BGP
8 8 (0.45%) MPLS
8 8 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.39%) Broadband
9 7 (0.39%) VoIP
10 6 (0.34%) Internet
10 6 (0.34%) OSPF
11 5 (0.28%) CTI
11 5 (0.28%) DHCP
11 5 (0.28%) Intranet
12 4 (0.23%) 5G
12 4 (0.23%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (7.20%) Power BI
2 42 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
3 40 (2.25%) Metadata
4 37 (2.08%) Tableau
5 19 (1.07%) Data Lake
6 14 (0.79%) SQL Server
7 10 (0.56%) NoSQL
7 10 (0.56%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (0.45%) Big Data
9 8 (0.45%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.34%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (0.34%) Redis
11 5 (0.28%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.28%) MySQL
11 5 (0.28%) SAP BW
12 4 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.23%) DB2
Development Applications
1 203 (11.42%) JIRA
2 19 (1.07%) GitLab
2 19 (1.07%) Jenkins
3 16 (0.90%) Git
4 7 (0.39%) MLflow
4 7 (0.39%) SpecFlow
5 4 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (0.23%) Axure RP
5 4 (0.23%) REST Assured
5 4 (0.23%) Selenium
6 3 (0.17%) Gradle
6 3 (0.17%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.17%) TestRail
7 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.11%) ERwin
7 2 (0.11%) LSMW
7 2 (0.11%) Maven
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.056%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.056%) JMeter
General
1 943 (53.07%) Social Skills
2 687 (38.66%) Finance
3 286 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
4 206 (11.59%) Banking
5 159 (8.95%) Public Sector
6 89 (5.01%) Marketing
7 86 (4.84%) Retail
8 80 (4.50%) Influencing Skills
9 71 (4.00%) Legal
10 68 (3.83%) Front Office
11 59 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
12 57 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
13 46 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
13 46 (2.59%) Investment Banking
14 44 (2.48%) Financial Institution
15 42 (2.36%) Manufacturing
16 40 (2.25%) Telecoms
17 30 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 30 (1.69%) Law
18 26 (1.46%) Billing
Job Titles
1 387 (21.78%) Analyst
2 294 (16.54%) Business Analyst
3 272 (15.31%) Project Manager
4 206 (11.59%) Lead
5 164 (9.23%) Architect
6 160 (9.00%) Senior
7 132 (7.43%) Consultant
8 68 (3.83%) Senior Manager
9 66 (3.71%) Programme Manager
10 59 (3.32%) Solutions Architect
11 55 (3.10%) Senior Analyst
12 51 (2.87%) Data Analyst
13 47 (2.64%) Developer
13 47 (2.64%) Senior Business Analyst
14 45 (2.53%) IT Manager
15 44 (2.48%) Delivery Manager
16 41 (2.31%) Change Manager
17 39 (2.19%) Product Manager
18 38 (2.14%) Technical Analyst
19 35 (1.97%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (1.86%) REST
2 22 (1.24%) Kafka
2 22 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
3 19 (1.07%) .NET
4 18 (1.01%) Middleware
5 14 (0.79%) OAuth
6 13 (0.73%) HTML
6 13 (0.73%) Pandas
6 13 (0.73%) RESTful
6 13 (0.73%) Web Services
7 11 (0.62%) NumPy
7 11 (0.62%) scikit-learn
7 11 (0.62%) SOAP
8 9 (0.51%) OpenID
8 9 (0.51%) Playwright
8 9 (0.51%) PyTorch
8 9 (0.51%) TensorFlow
8 9 (0.51%) XML
9 8 (0.45%) ADO
9 8 (0.45%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 128 (7.20%) Product Ownership
2 74 (4.16%) Onboarding
3 50 (2.81%) Analytical Mindset
3 50 (2.81%) Data Protection Act
3 50 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
4 49 (2.76%) Management Information System
5 44 (2.48%) Cloud Native
6 37 (2.08%) Data Centre
7 33 (1.86%) PMI
8 25 (1.41%) Reinsurance
9 23 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
10 22 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
11 21 (1.18%) Fixed Income
12 20 (1.13%) Derivative
12 20 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 19 (1.07%) Life Science
14 18 (1.01%) Virtual Team
15 17 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
16 16 (0.90%) NHS
17 15 (0.84%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 38 (2.14%) Windows
2 15 (0.84%) Linux
2 15 (0.84%) Windows Server
3 9 (0.51%) Unix
4 5 (0.28%) VMS
5 3 (0.17%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.11%) Android
7 1 (0.056%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.056%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.056%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 580 (32.64%) Agile
2 325 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
3 309 (17.39%) Project Management
4 233 (13.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 226 (12.72%) Migration
6 216 (12.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 209 (11.76%) Roadmaps
8 189 (10.64%) Project Delivery
9 187 (10.52%) Change Management
10 171 (9.62%) Analytics
11 168 (9.45%) Decision-Making
12 164 (9.23%) Risk Management
13 158 (8.89%) Workshop Facilitation
14 155 (8.72%) Requirements Gathering
15 152 (8.55%) Business Intelligence
16 150 (8.44%) AI
17 144 (8.10%) Data Modelling
18 142 (7.99%) Scrum
19 141 (7.93%) DevOps
20 135 (7.60%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 173 (9.74%) SQL
2 129 (7.26%) Python
3 39 (2.19%) Java
4 30 (1.69%) C#
5 27 (1.52%) JavaScript
6 23 (1.29%) PowerShell
7 15 (0.84%) R
7 15 (0.84%) TypeScript
8 9 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 9 (0.51%) Korn
9 8 (0.45%) Bash
10 7 (0.39%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.34%) C++
11 6 (0.34%) VBA
12 5 (0.28%) Bicep
13 3 (0.17%) ABAP
13 3 (0.17%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.17%) VB
14 2 (0.11%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 219 (12.32%) Security Cleared
2 172 (9.68%) SC Cleared
3 165 (9.29%) Degree
4 113 (6.36%) PMI Certification
5 95 (5.35%) PMP
6 37 (2.08%) Master's Degree
7 28 (1.58%) CISSP
8 25 (1.41%) CBAP
9 24 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (0.79%) CISM
10 14 (0.79%) DV Cleared
11 13 (0.73%) Azure Certification
11 13 (0.73%) ISTQB
12 11 (0.62%) CIMA
13 10 (0.56%) ACCA
13 10 (0.56%) AWS Certification
13 10 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
13 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.45%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (7.09%) QA
2 107 (6.02%) GDPR
3 89 (5.01%) Data Quality
4 65 (3.66%) PMO
5 56 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.31%) NIST
7 33 (1.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 32 (1.80%) GRC
9 23 (1.29%) PCI DSS
10 22 (1.24%) Accessibility
11 16 (0.90%) NCSC
11 16 (0.90%) SLA
12 12 (0.68%) IFRS
12 12 (0.68%) MiFID
13 10 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 8 (0.45%) EMIR
14 8 (0.45%) HIPAA
15 7 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 7 (0.39%) ISO 20022
15 7 (0.39%) Solvency II
System Software
1 28 (1.58%) Docker
2 20 (1.13%) 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 36 (2.03%) Kubernetes
2 34 (1.91%) Terraform
3 9 (0.51%) FortiGate
4 8 (0.45%) Ansible
4 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.23%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.17%) RSA Archer
8 2 (0.11%) Argo
8 2 (0.11%) Consul
8 2 (0.11%) Control-M
8 2 (0.11%) Packer
9 1 (0.056%) Grafana
9 1 (0.056%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.056%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.056%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.056%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 212 (11.93%) Microsoft
2 164 (9.23%) SAP
3 80 (4.50%) Oracle
4 78 (4.39%) Salesforce
5 67 (3.77%) ServiceNow
6 50 (2.81%) Workday
7 45 (2.53%) Databricks
8 31 (1.74%) Google
9 20 (1.13%) Ariba
10 18 (1.01%) Cisco
11 17 (0.96%) Adobe
12 15 (0.84%) Bloomberg
12 15 (0.84%) Informatica
12 15 (0.84%) OpenAI
13 14 (0.79%) CyberArk
13 14 (0.79%) Fortinet
13 14 (0.79%) IBM
13 14 (0.79%) Planview
14 13 (0.73%) Guidewire
15 12 (0.68%) MuleSoft