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 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 23 21
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 1,922 1,179 1,465
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.88% 8.59% 7.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.17% 9.49% 8.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,285 733 1,064
10th Percentile £371 £381 £408
25th Percentile £463 £463 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £671 £669 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 17 15
10th Percentile £17.00 £32.15 £23.70
25th Percentile £20.82 - £27.58
Median hourly rate £40.50 £35.00 £46.06
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -24.00% -31.77%
75th Percentile £56.96 £39.04 £55.63
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.25 £63.00
England median hourly rate £45.23 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -24.62% +20.00% -8.81%

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 13,562 12,418 16,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.85% 90.52% 88.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,022 7,884 11,754
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 154 346
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.08 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.04 £25.48 £19.10
Median hourly rate £34.00 £36.65 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.23% +22.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £55.75 £53.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £70.25 £79.63 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -1.41% +2.66%

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 6 February 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 6 February 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 6 February 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 +12 275 £575 -4.17% 198
West London -2 26 £500 +19.05% 29
South London -32 6 £600 - 4
East London - 5 £675 - 13
North London +4 4 £500 +23.46% 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
1 116 (6.04%) Confluence
2 39 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.88%) CMS
4 15 (0.78%) Appian
5 12 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.31%) Camunda
7 5 (0.26%) Apache
7 5 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.16%) nginx
9 3 (0.16%) SAS
9 3 (0.16%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.10%) Kentico
10 2 (0.10%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.10%) Sitefinity
10 2 (0.10%) WordPress
11 1 (0.052%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 84 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
3 45 (2.34%) MS Visio
4 41 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
5 39 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.62%) Trello
7 8 (0.42%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.26%) Sketch
10 4 (0.21%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.10%) Autodesk Smoke
11 2 (0.10%) InVision
12 1 (0.052%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 63 (3.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (1.14%) Aladdin
4 19 (0.99%) Endur
5 12 (0.62%) Loan IQ
6 11 (0.57%) NetSuite
7 9 (0.47%) Workday HCM
8 8 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
8 8 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 8 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
8 8 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
8 8 (0.42%) SAP CO
9 6 (0.31%) SAP FI
9 6 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 4 (0.21%) SAP IBP
11 4 (0.21%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 303 (15.76%) Azure
2 167 (8.69%) AWS
3 142 (7.39%) Power Platform
4 67 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
5 55 (2.86%) SaaS
6 54 (2.81%) GCP
7 46 (2.39%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (1.72%) Entra ID
9 31 (1.61%) Snowflake
10 30 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
10 30 (1.56%) Power Automate
11 29 (1.51%) Azure Data Factory
12 27 (1.40%) GitHub
13 24 (1.25%) OpenShift
14 23 (1.20%) PowerApps
15 22 (1.14%) Serverless
16 19 (0.99%) Azure AI
16 19 (0.99%) Figma
17 17 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
18 16 (0.83%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.19%) Firewall
2 27 (1.40%) WAN
3 19 (0.99%) LAN
4 17 (0.88%) SD-WAN
5 14 (0.73%) DNS
5 14 (0.73%) Network Security
5 14 (0.73%) VPN
6 13 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (0.57%) BGP
8 10 (0.52%) MPLS
9 7 (0.36%) Broadband
9 7 (0.36%) Intranet
9 7 (0.36%) OSPF
9 7 (0.36%) VoIP
10 6 (0.31%) Internet
11 5 (0.26%) CTI
11 5 (0.26%) DHCP
11 5 (0.26%) Ethernet
11 5 (0.26%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (6.50%) Power BI
2 48 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (2.24%) Metadata
4 39 (2.03%) Tableau
5 24 (1.25%) Data Lake
6 19 (0.99%) SQL Server
7 12 (0.62%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.52%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.42%) Big Data
10 8 (0.42%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.36%) Pinecone
12 6 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.31%) Power Query
12 6 (0.31%) Redis
13 5 (0.26%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.26%) MySQL
14 4 (0.21%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 222 (11.55%) JIRA
2 29 (1.51%) Jenkins
3 19 (0.99%) GitLab
4 17 (0.88%) Git
5 8 (0.42%) MLflow
5 8 (0.42%) SpecFlow
6 5 (0.26%) Axure RP
7 4 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.21%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.16%) TestRail
9 2 (0.10%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.10%) ERwin
9 2 (0.10%) LSMW
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.10%) Selenium
10 1 (0.052%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.052%) HP UFT
10 1 (0.052%) JUnit
10 1 (0.052%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.052%) PowerBuilder
General
1 1,026 (53.38%) Social Skills
2 756 (39.33%) Finance
3 306 (15.92%) Analytical Skills
4 227 (11.81%) Banking
5 179 (9.31%) Public Sector
6 95 (4.94%) Retail
7 90 (4.68%) Influencing Skills
8 87 (4.53%) Marketing
9 79 (4.11%) Legal
10 72 (3.75%) Front Office
11 65 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
12 62 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
13 48 (2.50%) Investment Banking
14 45 (2.34%) Telecoms
15 44 (2.29%) Financial Institution
16 43 (2.24%) Manufacturing
17 35 (1.82%) Law
18 32 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 27 (1.40%) Billing
Job Titles
1 419 (21.80%) Analyst
2 321 (16.70%) Business Analyst
3 287 (14.93%) Project Manager
4 242 (12.59%) Lead
5 188 (9.78%) Architect
6 184 (9.57%) Senior
7 125 (6.50%) Consultant
8 78 (4.06%) Senior Manager
9 64 (3.33%) Programme Manager
10 59 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
11 58 (3.02%) Senior Analyst
12 57 (2.97%) Delivery Manager
13 54 (2.81%) Data Analyst
14 50 (2.60%) IT Manager
15 49 (2.55%) Senior Business Analyst
16 44 (2.29%) Change Manager
16 44 (2.29%) Developer
17 41 (2.13%) Senior Project Manager
18 39 (2.03%) Product Manager
19 36 (1.87%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.08%) REST
2 23 (1.20%) Kafka
3 21 (1.09%) .NET
3 21 (1.09%) Middleware
4 19 (0.99%) OpenID
5 17 (0.88%) OAuth
5 17 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
5 17 (0.88%) RESTful
5 17 (0.88%) SAML
6 16 (0.83%) Pandas
6 16 (0.83%) Web Services
7 15 (0.78%) LDAP
7 15 (0.78%) NumPy
8 14 (0.73%) SOAP
9 13 (0.68%) PyTorch
9 13 (0.68%) scikit-learn
9 13 (0.68%) TensorFlow
10 12 (0.62%) HTML
10 12 (0.62%) Hugging Face
11 11 (0.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 138 (7.18%) Product Ownership
2 86 (4.47%) Onboarding
3 57 (2.97%) Cloud Native
3 57 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
4 56 (2.91%) Analytical Mindset
4 56 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
5 50 (2.60%) Management Information System
6 37 (1.93%) Data Centre
7 29 (1.51%) PMI
8 24 (1.25%) Reinsurance
9 23 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
10 22 (1.14%) Derivative
10 22 (1.14%) Fixed Income
10 22 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
11 21 (1.09%) NHS
12 20 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 19 (0.99%) Data Structures
14 18 (0.94%) Life Science
15 16 (0.83%) Virtual Team
16 15 (0.78%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 41 (2.13%) Windows
2 17 (0.88%) Linux
3 16 (0.83%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.47%) Unix
5 7 (0.36%) VMS
6 3 (0.16%) Android
6 3 (0.16%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.052%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.052%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.052%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 637 (33.14%) Agile
2 336 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
3 316 (16.44%) Project Management
4 261 (13.58%) Migration
5 252 (13.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 244 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 221 (11.50%) Roadmaps
8 205 (10.67%) Project Delivery
9 202 (10.51%) Change Management
10 188 (9.78%) Analytics
11 187 (9.73%) Risk Management
12 181 (9.42%) Decision-Making
12 181 (9.42%) Requirements Gathering
13 173 (9.00%) DevOps
14 167 (8.69%) AI
14 167 (8.69%) Workshop Facilitation
15 165 (8.58%) User Acceptance Testing
16 161 (8.38%) Data Modelling
17 156 (8.12%) Scrum
18 148 (7.70%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 188 (9.78%) SQL
2 135 (7.02%) Python
3 35 (1.82%) C#
4 33 (1.72%) Java
5 30 (1.56%) JavaScript
6 27 (1.40%) PowerShell
7 17 (0.88%) TypeScript
8 13 (0.68%) R
9 10 (0.52%) Korn
10 8 (0.42%) Bash
10 8 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (0.31%) C++
11 6 (0.31%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.31%) VBA
12 5 (0.26%) Bicep
13 2 (0.10%) Perl
13 2 (0.10%) Ruby
13 2 (0.10%) VB
14 1 (0.052%) Scala
14 1 (0.052%) X++
Qualifications
1 254 (13.22%) Security Cleared
2 205 (10.67%) SC Cleared
3 171 (8.90%) Degree
4 114 (5.93%) PMI Certification
5 104 (5.41%) PMP
6 41 (2.13%) Master's Degree
7 31 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 29 (1.51%) CBAP
9 25 (1.30%) CISSP
10 24 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (0.78%) CISM
11 15 (0.78%) ISTQB
12 14 (0.73%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.68%) IIBA
14 12 (0.62%) DV Cleared
15 11 (0.57%) APMP
15 11 (0.57%) AWS Certification
15 11 (0.57%) CIMA
16 10 (0.52%) ACCA
16 10 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (7.49%) QA
2 113 (5.88%) GDPR
3 109 (5.67%) Data Quality
4 70 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 61 (3.17%) PMO
6 53 (2.76%) NIST
7 36 (1.87%) GRC
8 34 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 28 (1.46%) NCSC
10 27 (1.40%) Accessibility
11 25 (1.30%) PCI DSS
12 19 (0.99%) SLA
13 16 (0.83%) IFRS
14 11 (0.57%) MiFID
15 10 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 10 (0.52%) IFRS 17
15 10 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 9 (0.47%) ISO 20022
17 8 (0.42%) HIPAA
17 8 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 32 (1.66%) Docker
2 22 (1.14%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.10%) NFS
6 1 (0.052%) Firmware
6 1 (0.052%) IAG
6 1 (0.052%) NLBS
6 1 (0.052%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 52 (2.71%) Kubernetes
2 35 (1.82%) Terraform
3 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (0.57%) FortiGate
5 8 (0.42%) Ansible
6 7 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.26%) RSA Archer
8 4 (0.21%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.10%) Consul
9 2 (0.10%) Control-M
9 2 (0.10%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.10%) Packer
9 2 (0.10%) SCCM
9 2 (0.10%) vMotion
10 1 (0.052%) Grafana
10 1 (0.052%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.052%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.052%) QRadar
10 1 (0.052%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 231 (12.02%) Microsoft
2 162 (8.43%) SAP
3 81 (4.21%) Oracle
3 81 (4.21%) ServiceNow
4 80 (4.16%) Salesforce
5 48 (2.50%) Databricks
5 48 (2.50%) Workday
6 28 (1.46%) CyberArk
6 28 (1.46%) Google
7 22 (1.14%) OpenAI
8 20 (1.04%) Cisco
9 19 (0.99%) Informatica
10 17 (0.88%) Ariba
10 17 (0.88%) Fortinet
11 16 (0.83%) Murex
11 16 (0.83%) Splunk
12 15 (0.78%) Adobe
13 14 (0.73%) Guidewire
14 13 (0.68%) Nokia
14 13 (0.68%) Planview