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 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 16 23
Rank change year-on-year +10 +7 -2
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 3,212 1,496 1,170
As % of all contract jobs in London 15.91% 11.07% 7.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.84% 11.98% 8.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,102 1,020 822
10th Percentile £400 £385 £381
25th Percentile £469 £457 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £567 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +3.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £763 £775
England median daily rate £550 £537 £550
% change year-on-year +2.42% -2.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 21 7
10th Percentile £27.55 £28.25 £33.77
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.00 £38.75
Median hourly rate £41.81 £44.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +4.71% +33.15%
75th Percentile £61.25 £55.25 £60.63
90th Percentile £73.75 £65.00 £68.25
England median hourly rate £60.50 £51.84 £61.60
% change year-on-year +16.72% -15.85% +34.26%

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 18,004 12,485 14,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 92.37% 88.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,831 8,318 10,069
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £661 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 284 253 197
10th Percentile £17.10 £16.50 £16.99
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -13.04%
75th Percentile £57.13 £48.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.50
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.61%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 15 August 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 +9 409 £600 +4.35% 329
West London +16 110 £520 -0.95% 83
South London +7 34 £550 -10.70% 31
East London -2 11 £638 -5.56% 32
North London +4 10 £450 -17.43% 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
1 162 (5.04%) Confluence
2 83 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 47 (1.46%) CMS
4 24 (0.75%) Apache
5 23 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (0.44%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (0.25%) SAS
10 6 (0.19%) WordPress
11 4 (0.12%) Appian
11 4 (0.12%) Kentico
12 3 (0.093%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.093%) Moodle
12 3 (0.093%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.093%) Palantir Foundry
13 2 (0.062%) Drupal
13 2 (0.062%) JBoss
13 2 (0.062%) nginx
13 2 (0.062%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 146 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 85 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 66 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
4 65 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
5 42 (1.31%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.31%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.31%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.31%) Revit
6 10 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.16%) Trello
8 4 (0.12%) Notion
9 3 (0.093%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.093%) Sketch
10 2 (0.062%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.062%) CPLEX
10 2 (0.062%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.062%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.031%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.031%) UserZoom
11 1 (0.031%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 92 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
4 14 (0.44%) Aladdin
4 14 (0.44%) Finacle
5 13 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 13 (0.40%) Workday HCM
6 12 (0.37%) NetSuite
6 12 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 11 (0.34%) Endur
7 11 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
8 10 (0.31%) Magento
8 10 (0.31%) SAP ERP
8 10 (0.31%) SAP SD
9 9 (0.28%) SAP FI
10 8 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
10 8 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
10 8 (0.25%) SAP HCM
11 7 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
11 7 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 592 (18.43%) Azure
2 414 (12.89%) AWS
3 215 (6.69%) Power Platform
4 139 (4.33%) SaaS
5 132 (4.11%) GCP
6 128 (3.99%) Azure DevOps
7 103 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
8 99 (3.08%) Entra ID
9 81 (2.52%) Snowflake
10 80 (2.49%) GitHub
11 46 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
12 40 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
13 37 (1.15%) SuccessFactors
14 36 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
14 36 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
15 35 (1.09%) Amazon S3
16 34 (1.06%) Figma
16 34 (1.06%) OCI
17 33 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
17 33 (1.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 54 (1.68%) Firewall
2 43 (1.34%) Network Security
3 32 (1.00%) DNS
4 28 (0.87%) WAN
5 20 (0.62%) LAN
6 19 (0.59%) VPN
7 16 (0.50%) DHCP
8 15 (0.47%) SD-WAN
9 13 (0.40%) TCP/IP
10 11 (0.34%) BGP
10 11 (0.34%) Internet
10 11 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.34%) Wireless
11 10 (0.31%) SSL
12 9 (0.28%) OSPF
13 8 (0.25%) 4G
13 8 (0.25%) 5G
13 8 (0.25%) SAN
13 8 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
14 7 (0.22%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (5.51%) Power BI
2 99 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
3 87 (2.71%) Metadata
4 58 (1.81%) Tableau
5 50 (1.56%) SQL Server
6 49 (1.53%) Data Lake
7 36 (1.12%) Delta Lake
8 35 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (0.87%) Relational Database
10 27 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
11 24 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
12 21 (0.65%) Big Data
13 19 (0.59%) Oracle Database
14 18 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
15 17 (0.53%) NoSQL
16 15 (0.47%) MongoDB
17 14 (0.44%) BigQuery
18 12 (0.37%) Amazon Athena
18 12 (0.37%) Data Vault
18 12 (0.37%) Redis
Development Applications
1 330 (10.27%) JIRA
2 51 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 49 (1.53%) Git
4 30 (0.93%) GitLab
5 22 (0.68%) Selenium
6 17 (0.53%) Postman
7 12 (0.37%) Zephyr
8 11 (0.34%) SonarQube
9 10 (0.31%) JMeter
10 9 (0.28%) ERwin
11 8 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.25%) Maven
12 7 (0.22%) Appium
12 7 (0.22%) JUnit
12 7 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
12 7 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (0.19%) LoadRunner
14 5 (0.16%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.16%) REST Assured
14 5 (0.16%) Snyk
General
1 1,612 (50.19%) Social Skills
2 1,230 (38.29%) Finance
3 559 (17.40%) Analytical Skills
4 436 (13.57%) Banking
5 334 (10.40%) Public Sector
6 225 (7.00%) Retail
7 193 (6.01%) Influencing Skills
8 163 (5.07%) Legal
9 162 (5.04%) Marketing
10 127 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
11 119 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
12 84 (2.62%) Front Office
13 80 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
14 70 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 70 (2.18%) Manufacturing
15 66 (2.05%) Telecoms
16 65 (2.02%) Investment Banking
17 59 (1.84%) Financial Institution
18 57 (1.77%) Local Government
19 47 (1.46%) Billing
Job Titles
1 525 (16.34%) Analyst
2 410 (12.76%) Lead
3 386 (12.02%) Architect
4 368 (11.46%) Business Analyst
5 366 (11.39%) Project Manager
6 335 (10.43%) Senior
7 195 (6.07%) Consultant
8 147 (4.58%) Solutions Architect
9 123 (3.83%) Senior Manager
10 114 (3.55%) Programme Manager
11 90 (2.80%) Delivery Manager
12 83 (2.58%) Developer
13 79 (2.46%) IT Manager
14 75 (2.33%) Product Manager
15 74 (2.30%) Technical Manager
16 68 (2.12%) Product Owner
17 67 (2.09%) Data Analyst
18 60 (1.87%) Senior Analyst
19 55 (1.71%) Senior Project Manager
20 52 (1.62%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (3.11%) REST
2 71 (2.21%) Middleware
3 47 (1.46%) SOAP
4 44 (1.37%) Kafka
5 34 (1.06%) .NET
5 34 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
6 31 (0.97%) PySpark
7 28 (0.87%) HTML
8 26 (0.81%) JSON
8 26 (0.81%) XML
9 25 (0.78%) CSS
10 23 (0.72%) SailPoint
11 22 (0.68%) OAuth
11 22 (0.68%) Web Services
12 16 (0.50%) React
12 16 (0.50%) Spring
13 15 (0.47%) Node.js
13 15 (0.47%) Spring Boot
14 14 (0.44%) Playwright
15 13 (0.40%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 271 (8.44%) Product Ownership
2 209 (6.51%) Onboarding
3 128 (3.99%) Cloud Native
4 84 (2.62%) Management Information System
5 74 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
6 67 (2.09%) Data Structures
7 66 (2.05%) Data Centre
7 66 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
8 60 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
8 60 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
9 54 (1.68%) AI Agents
10 53 (1.65%) Virtual Team
11 51 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
12 45 (1.40%) FMCG
13 38 (1.18%) NHS
14 37 (1.15%) CMDB
15 36 (1.12%) Security Posture
16 34 (1.06%) Operational Technology
17 33 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
18 28 (0.87%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 104 (3.24%) Windows
2 57 (1.77%) Linux
3 23 (0.72%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.56%) Unix
5 14 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.34%) Android
8 9 (0.28%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.19%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.16%) VMS
11 4 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
11 4 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.062%) AIX
12 2 (0.062%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.062%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.031%) CentOS
13 1 (0.031%) Solaris
13 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,043 (32.47%) Agile
2 528 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
3 502 (15.63%) Roadmaps
4 485 (15.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 454 (14.13%) Migration
6 438 (13.64%) AI
7 424 (13.20%) Decision-Making
8 409 (12.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 401 (12.48%) DevOps
10 393 (12.24%) Project Management
11 390 (12.14%) Analytics
12 349 (10.87%) Project Delivery
13 333 (10.37%) User Acceptance Testing
14 303 (9.43%) Workshop Facilitation
15 302 (9.40%) Change Management
16 295 (9.18%) CI/CD
17 281 (8.75%) Risk Management
18 268 (8.34%) Validation
19 264 (8.22%) Data Modelling
20 258 (8.03%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 332 (10.34%) SQL
2 208 (6.48%) Python
3 70 (2.18%) Java
4 58 (1.81%) PowerShell
5 52 (1.62%) JavaScript
6 32 (1.00%) C#
7 23 (0.72%) Bash
8 21 (0.65%) Bicep
9 20 (0.62%) TypeScript
10 19 (0.59%) Korn
11 15 (0.47%) R
12 13 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 12 (0.37%) Shell Script
14 10 (0.31%) Apex Code
15 9 (0.28%) PL/SQL
15 9 (0.28%) VBA
16 8 (0.25%) Perl
16 8 (0.25%) T-SQL
17 7 (0.22%) C++
18 5 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 493 (15.35%) Security Cleared
2 412 (12.83%) SC Cleared
3 188 (5.85%) Degree
4 167 (5.20%) PMP
5 141 (4.39%) PMI Certification
6 63 (1.96%) CISSP
7 54 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 52 (1.62%) Azure Certification
9 48 (1.49%) DV Cleared
10 44 (1.37%) CISM
11 37 (1.15%) AWS Certification
12 33 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
13 30 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
14 22 (0.68%) Master's Degree
15 20 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
16 18 (0.56%) ISTQB
17 16 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
18 15 (0.47%) ACCA
19 14 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 14 (0.44%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 238 (7.41%) Data Quality
2 196 (6.10%) QA
3 149 (4.64%) PMO
4 101 (3.14%) GDPR
5 76 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 72 (2.24%) NIST
7 64 (1.99%) Accessibility
8 52 (1.62%) GRC
9 45 (1.40%) SLA
10 25 (0.78%) NCSC
11 18 (0.56%) WCAG
12 17 (0.53%) ISO 20022
13 16 (0.50%) COBIT
13 16 (0.50%) SEPA
14 15 (0.47%) PCI DSS
15 14 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 13 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
16 13 (0.40%) SOC 2
17 12 (0.37%) IFRS
17 12 (0.37%) PSD2
System Software
1 82 (2.55%) Active Directory
2 70 (2.18%) Docker
3 24 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.25%) NFS
6 6 (0.19%) Postfix
6 6 (0.19%) vSphere
7 4 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.12%) Varnish
7 4 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.093%) Sendmail
8 3 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.031%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.031%) oVirt
10 1 (0.031%) RACF
10 1 (0.031%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 127 (3.95%) Terraform
2 83 (2.58%) Kubernetes
3 38 (1.18%) Ansible
4 29 (0.90%) Grafana
5 19 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.40%) SCCM
8 8 (0.25%) Argo
8 8 (0.25%) Control-M
9 7 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 6 (0.19%) HP ALM
11 5 (0.16%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.12%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.12%) Puppet
13 3 (0.093%) HAProxy
13 3 (0.093%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.062%) ITRS Geneos
14 2 (0.062%) QRadar
Vendors
1 451 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 228 (7.10%) SAP
3 172 (5.35%) Oracle
4 155 (4.83%) ServiceNow
5 146 (4.55%) Salesforce
6 100 (3.11%) Databricks
7 62 (1.93%) Google
8 52 (1.62%) Workday
9 36 (1.12%) IBM
9 36 (1.12%) Splunk
10 34 (1.06%) Adobe
11 33 (1.03%) Cisco
12 32 (1.00%) CyberArk
13 29 (0.90%) VMware
14 22 (0.68%) Informatica
14 22 (0.68%) Okta
15 21 (0.65%) Guidewire
16 20 (0.62%) Ariba
17 19 (0.59%) Bloomberg
17 19 (0.59%) Zscaler