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

6 months to
14 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 2,435 1,332 1,271
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.91% 10.82% 7.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.54% 11.72% 8.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,616 894 940
10th Percentile £400 £388 £381
25th Percentile £469 £465 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +4.55% -7.95%
75th Percentile £675 £681 £650
90th Percentile £784 £775 £775
England median daily rate £540 £530 £540
% change year-on-year +1.89% -1.85% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 20 14
10th Percentile £19.62 £28.25 £23.61
25th Percentile £34.53 £35.66 £30.16
Median hourly rate £41.06 £49.25 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.62% +23.13% -30.83%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.25 £51.00
90th Percentile £76.45 £65.25 £57.75
England median hourly rate £53.50 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -10.83% - +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 16,752 11,363 15,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.81% 92.32% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,163 7,612 11,136
10th Percentile £360 £345 £343
25th Percentile £433 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £516 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.77% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 204 315
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% +13.33% -23.90%
75th Percentile £58.88 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.53 £37.50
% change year-on-year +70.72% -26.59% +5.63%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +9 349 £600 - 264
West London +13 66 £488 +23.81% 22
South London +2 25 £550 -15.38% 5
East London -4 9 £638 +1.19% 19
North London +3 5 £495 -1.00% 3
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
1 131 (5.38%) Confluence
2 65 (2.67%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.56%) CMS
4 14 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.49%) Apache
5 12 (0.49%) Appian
6 8 (0.33%) SAS
7 6 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.25%) WordPress
8 5 (0.21%) Kentico
8 5 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.12%) nginx
10 3 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.082%) IBM HTTP Server
11 2 (0.082%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.082%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.082%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 109 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 54 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
4 48 (1.97%) MS Visio
5 40 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
6 9 (0.37%) AutoCAD
7 7 (0.29%) Revit
8 6 (0.25%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.12%) Notion
11 2 (0.082%) EPLAN
11 2 (0.082%) Sketch
12 1 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.041%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.041%) PlantUML
12 1 (0.041%) Trello
12 1 (0.041%) UserZoom
12 1 (0.041%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 67 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 36 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (0.86%) Aladdin
4 14 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
5 13 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.45%) NetSuite
7 10 (0.41%) Loan IQ
8 9 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
8 9 (0.37%) SAP ERP
8 9 (0.37%) SAP HCM
9 7 (0.29%) Endur
9 7 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
10 6 (0.25%) Finacle
10 6 (0.25%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 6 (0.25%) Magento
10 6 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (0.25%) SAP SD
11 5 (0.21%) SAP BRIM
11 5 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 401 (16.47%) Azure
2 277 (11.38%) AWS
3 132 (5.42%) Power Platform
4 93 (3.82%) GCP
5 88 (3.61%) SaaS
6 86 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
7 77 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
8 56 (2.30%) Entra ID
9 48 (1.97%) Snowflake
10 43 (1.77%) GitHub
11 34 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
12 30 (1.23%) SuccessFactors
13 29 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
13 29 (1.19%) Serverless
14 28 (1.15%) Amazon S3
15 27 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
16 26 (1.07%) OCI
17 24 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
17 24 (0.99%) Figma
17 24 (0.99%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 38 (1.56%) Firewall
2 25 (1.03%) WAN
3 23 (0.94%) Network Security
4 19 (0.78%) LAN
5 14 (0.57%) DNS
5 14 (0.57%) VPN
6 12 (0.49%) BGP
6 12 (0.49%) SD-WAN
7 11 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.37%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.33%) Intranet
9 8 (0.33%) MPLS
9 8 (0.33%) OSPF
9 8 (0.33%) VLAN
10 7 (0.29%) NGFW
10 7 (0.29%) Wireless
11 5 (0.21%) HTTP
11 5 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.21%) Unified Communications
12 4 (0.16%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (4.44%) Power BI
2 59 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
3 58 (2.38%) Metadata
4 39 (1.60%) Data Lake
4 39 (1.60%) Tableau
5 36 (1.48%) SQL Server
6 22 (0.90%) Relational Database
7 18 (0.74%) Delta Lake
7 18 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (0.70%) NoSQL
9 16 (0.66%) Big Data
10 12 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (0.41%) DynamoDB
11 10 (0.41%) Oracle Database
12 9 (0.37%) Amazon Aurora
12 9 (0.37%) Pinecone
13 8 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
13 8 (0.33%) Power Query
14 7 (0.29%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 267 (10.97%) JIRA
2 38 (1.56%) Jenkins
3 30 (1.23%) Git
4 20 (0.82%) GitLab
5 14 (0.57%) Postman
6 11 (0.45%) MLflow
6 11 (0.45%) Selenium
7 8 (0.33%) Zephyr
8 7 (0.29%) JMeter
8 7 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
8 7 (0.29%) SpecFlow
9 6 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.21%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.21%) JUnit
10 5 (0.21%) Maven
10 5 (0.21%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.16%) ERwin
11 4 (0.16%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.16%) Snyk
12 3 (0.12%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 1,183 (48.58%) Social Skills
2 972 (39.92%) Finance
3 372 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
4 308 (12.65%) Banking
5 240 (9.86%) Public Sector
6 150 (6.16%) Retail
7 140 (5.75%) Influencing Skills
8 128 (5.26%) Legal
9 107 (4.39%) Marketing
10 100 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
11 91 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
12 71 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
13 62 (2.55%) Financial Institution
14 59 (2.42%) Front Office
15 53 (2.18%) Investment Banking
16 49 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 45 (1.85%) Telecoms
18 44 (1.81%) Manufacturing
19 38 (1.56%) Law
20 36 (1.48%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 417 (17.13%) Analyst
2 341 (14.00%) Project Manager
3 328 (13.47%) Lead
4 314 (12.90%) Business Analyst
5 262 (10.76%) Architect
6 229 (9.40%) Senior
7 121 (4.97%) Consultant
8 104 (4.27%) Senior Manager
9 94 (3.86%) Delivery Manager
10 91 (3.74%) Solutions Architect
11 85 (3.49%) Programme Manager
12 70 (2.87%) IT Manager
13 53 (2.18%) Change Manager
14 52 (2.14%) Product Owner
14 52 (2.14%) Senior Project Manager
15 51 (2.09%) Senior Analyst
16 49 (2.01%) Product Manager
17 48 (1.97%) Technical Manager
18 47 (1.93%) Data Analyst
19 44 (1.81%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (2.67%) REST
2 47 (1.93%) Middleware
3 36 (1.48%) SOAP
4 31 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
5 25 (1.03%) OAuth
6 22 (0.90%) Web Services
7 21 (0.86%) .NET
7 21 (0.86%) XML
8 20 (0.82%) RESTful
9 19 (0.78%) OpenID
9 19 (0.78%) SAML
10 18 (0.74%) Kafka
11 17 (0.70%) JSON
11 17 (0.70%) PySpark
11 17 (0.70%) SailPoint
12 14 (0.57%) CSS
12 14 (0.57%) HTML
12 14 (0.57%) LDAP
13 13 (0.53%) AngularJS
13 13 (0.53%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 186 (7.64%) Product Ownership
2 136 (5.59%) Onboarding
3 102 (4.19%) Cloud Native
4 82 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
5 60 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
6 58 (2.38%) Management Information System
7 49 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
8 48 (1.97%) Data Structures
9 43 (1.77%) Data Centre
9 43 (1.77%) Virtual Team
10 32 (1.31%) NHS
11 29 (1.19%) FMCG
12 28 (1.15%) AI Agents
12 28 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
13 23 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
13 23 (0.94%) Fixed Income
13 23 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (0.82%) Derivative
15 19 (0.78%) Equities
15 19 (0.78%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 69 (2.83%) Windows
2 37 (1.52%) Linux
3 19 (0.78%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.33%) Android
6 8 (0.33%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.25%) Unix
8 5 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
10 3 (0.12%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.12%) VMS
11 2 (0.082%) AIX
11 2 (0.082%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.041%) CentOS
12 1 (0.041%) Solaris
12 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 793 (32.57%) Agile
2 365 (14.99%) Migration
3 350 (14.37%) Problem-Solving
4 334 (13.72%) Project Management
5 332 (13.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 312 (12.81%) Roadmaps
7 296 (12.16%) Decision-Making
8 294 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 281 (11.54%) DevOps
10 264 (10.84%) AI
11 255 (10.47%) Project Delivery
12 249 (10.23%) Analytics
13 247 (10.14%) User Acceptance Testing
14 227 (9.32%) Change Management
15 223 (9.16%) Validation
16 208 (8.54%) Risk Management
17 199 (8.17%) User Stories
18 193 (7.93%) CI/CD
19 191 (7.84%) Scrum
20 187 (7.68%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 226 (9.28%) SQL
2 148 (6.08%) Python
3 38 (1.56%) Java
4 29 (1.19%) PowerShell
5 27 (1.11%) C#
6 22 (0.90%) JavaScript
7 14 (0.57%) TypeScript
8 12 (0.49%) Bash
8 12 (0.49%) Korn
9 10 (0.41%) Bicep
10 9 (0.37%) PL/SQL
10 9 (0.37%) R
11 8 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.33%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.25%) Apex Code
13 5 (0.21%) ABAP
13 5 (0.21%) VBA
14 3 (0.12%) Groovy
14 3 (0.12%) Perl
14 3 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 382 (15.69%) Security Cleared
2 320 (13.14%) SC Cleared
3 145 (5.95%) Degree
4 128 (5.26%) PMP
5 115 (4.72%) PMI Certification
6 52 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 44 (1.81%) CISSP
8 32 (1.31%) Azure Certification
9 28 (1.15%) CISM
10 27 (1.11%) DV Cleared
11 22 (0.90%) AWS Certification
12 20 (0.82%) CBAP
13 18 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
14 17 (0.70%) Master's Degree
15 16 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
15 16 (0.66%) IIBA
16 15 (0.62%) APMP
17 13 (0.53%) CRISC
17 13 (0.53%) ISTQB
18 12 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (6.86%) Data Quality
2 157 (6.45%) QA
3 121 (4.97%) PMO
4 98 (4.02%) GDPR
5 79 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 76 (3.12%) NIST
7 45 (1.85%) GRC
8 42 (1.72%) SLA
9 29 (1.19%) NCSC
10 28 (1.15%) Accessibility
11 25 (1.03%) PCI DSS
12 21 (0.86%) COBIT
13 17 (0.70%) IFRS
13 17 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 13 (0.53%) Solvency II
15 12 (0.49%) ISO 20022
15 12 (0.49%) MiFID
16 10 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
16 10 (0.41%) SOC 2
17 9 (0.37%) PSD2
System Software
1 54 (2.22%) Docker
2 42 (1.72%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.25%) NFS
6 6 (0.25%) Postfix
7 4 (0.16%) Varnish
8 3 (0.12%) Sendmail
8 3 (0.12%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.041%) NLBS
10 1 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.041%) RACF
10 1 (0.041%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 74 (3.04%) Kubernetes
2 73 (3.00%) Terraform
3 23 (0.94%) Ansible
4 13 (0.53%) Grafana
5 11 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.41%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.29%) FortiGate
7 7 (0.29%) RSA Archer
8 6 (0.25%) SCCM
9 5 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 4 (0.16%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.12%) HAProxy
12 2 (0.082%) Argo
12 2 (0.082%) Control-M
12 2 (0.082%) EMC VPLEX
12 2 (0.082%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.082%) vMotion
13 1 (0.041%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 276 (11.33%) Microsoft
2 190 (7.80%) SAP
3 138 (5.67%) Oracle
4 127 (5.22%) Salesforce
5 118 (4.85%) ServiceNow
6 55 (2.26%) Databricks
7 46 (1.89%) Workday
8 45 (1.85%) Google
9 39 (1.60%) CyberArk
10 26 (1.07%) Splunk
11 22 (0.90%) OpenAI
12 21 (0.86%) Adobe
13 20 (0.82%) Cisco
14 19 (0.78%) Ariba
14 19 (0.78%) Informatica
15 17 (0.70%) MuleSoft
16 16 (0.66%) Conga
16 16 (0.66%) VMware
17 15 (0.62%) Okta
17 15 (0.62%) Tenable