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

6 months to
8 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 3,116 1,514 1,171
As % of all contract jobs in London 15.36% 11.15% 7.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.23% 12.08% 8.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,051 1,028 833
10th Percentile £400 £388 £388
25th Percentile £469 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £574 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +4.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £763 £775
England median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 23 8
10th Percentile £28.00 £28.25 £30.13
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.00 £34.73
Median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +19.85%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.25 £60.31
90th Percentile £76.75 £65.00 £66.50
England median hourly rate £62.25 £53.09 £61.60
% change year-on-year +17.26% -13.82% +35.56%

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 18,082 12,534 14,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.16% 92.32% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,899 8,375 10,138
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 £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 298 249 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.05
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £30.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.68% -14.89% -15.06%
75th Percentile £56.81 £48.75 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.05 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 +9 403 £600 +4.35% 376
West London +17 108 £520 -0.95% 78
South London -1 31 £590 -4.20% 31
North London +4 10 £450 -17.43% 1
East London -6 8 £675 +3.45% 34
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
1 160 (5.13%) Confluence
2 83 (2.66%) SharePoint
3 46 (1.48%) CMS
4 23 (0.74%) Apache
5 20 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.42%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 7 (0.22%) SAS
10 6 (0.19%) WordPress
11 5 (0.16%) Appian
12 4 (0.13%) Kentico
13 3 (0.096%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.096%) Moodle
13 3 (0.096%) Oracle Workflow
13 3 (0.096%) Palantir Foundry
14 2 (0.064%) Camunda
14 2 (0.064%) Drupal
14 2 (0.064%) JBoss
14 2 (0.064%) Mendix
Applications
1 144 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 67 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
4 62 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
5 44 (1.41%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.32%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.32%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.32%) Revit
6 10 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.16%) Trello
8 4 (0.13%) Notion
9 3 (0.096%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.096%) Sketch
10 2 (0.064%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.064%) CPLEX
10 2 (0.064%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.064%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.032%) Gliffy
11 1 (0.032%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.032%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 91 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
4 14 (0.45%) Finacle
5 13 (0.42%) Aladdin
5 13 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 13 (0.42%) Workday HCM
6 12 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 11 (0.35%) Endur
7 11 (0.35%) NetSuite
7 11 (0.35%) SAP SD
8 10 (0.32%) Magento
8 10 (0.32%) SAP ERP
9 9 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
10 8 (0.26%) SAP FI
10 8 (0.26%) SAP HCM
11 7 (0.22%) Loan IQ
11 7 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
11 7 (0.22%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 563 (18.07%) Azure
2 385 (12.36%) AWS
3 204 (6.55%) Power Platform
4 134 (4.30%) SaaS
5 126 (4.04%) GCP
6 122 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
7 99 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
8 96 (3.08%) Entra ID
9 77 (2.47%) GitHub
10 74 (2.37%) Snowflake
11 43 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
12 38 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
12 38 (1.22%) SuccessFactors
13 36 (1.16%) Amazon S3
14 35 (1.12%) Figma
14 35 (1.12%) OCI
15 34 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
16 33 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
16 33 (1.06%) Power Automate
16 33 (1.06%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 49 (1.57%) Firewall
2 38 (1.22%) Network Security
3 32 (1.03%) DNS
4 26 (0.83%) WAN
5 19 (0.61%) VPN
6 17 (0.55%) LAN
7 16 (0.51%) DHCP
8 13 (0.42%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.42%) TCP/IP
9 11 (0.35%) BGP
9 11 (0.35%) Internet
10 9 (0.29%) OSPF
10 9 (0.29%) SSL
10 9 (0.29%) Wireless
11 8 (0.26%) HTTP
11 8 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
11 8 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (0.22%) 4G
12 7 (0.22%) 5G
12 7 (0.22%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (5.39%) Power BI
2 95 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
3 77 (2.47%) Metadata
4 57 (1.83%) Tableau
5 47 (1.51%) Data Lake
6 44 (1.41%) SQL Server
7 35 (1.12%) Delta Lake
8 28 (0.90%) Relational Database
9 23 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
10 22 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
11 21 (0.67%) Big Data
12 20 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
13 17 (0.55%) Oracle Database
14 14 (0.45%) BigQuery
14 14 (0.45%) NoSQL
15 11 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
15 11 (0.35%) Parquet
15 11 (0.35%) Power Query
15 11 (0.35%) RDBMS
16 10 (0.32%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 327 (10.49%) JIRA
2 48 (1.54%) Jenkins
3 45 (1.44%) Git
4 29 (0.93%) GitLab
5 19 (0.61%) Selenium
6 16 (0.51%) Postman
7 13 (0.42%) Zephyr
8 10 (0.32%) JMeter
8 10 (0.32%) SonarQube
9 9 (0.29%) ERwin
9 9 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
10 8 (0.26%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.26%) Maven
10 8 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
11 7 (0.22%) Appium
12 6 (0.19%) JUnit
12 6 (0.19%) LoadRunner
13 5 (0.16%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.16%) REST Assured
13 5 (0.16%) Snyk
General
1 1,560 (50.06%) Social Skills
2 1,210 (38.83%) Finance
3 542 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 428 (13.74%) Banking
5 321 (10.30%) Public Sector
6 219 (7.03%) Retail
7 187 (6.00%) Influencing Skills
8 163 (5.23%) Legal
9 158 (5.07%) Marketing
10 120 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
11 109 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
12 82 (2.63%) Front Office
13 80 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
14 67 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 66 (2.12%) Manufacturing
16 65 (2.09%) Investment Banking
17 64 (2.05%) Financial Institution
18 59 (1.89%) Telecoms
19 58 (1.86%) Local Government
20 47 (1.51%) Billing
Job Titles
1 514 (16.50%) Analyst
2 400 (12.84%) Lead
3 370 (11.87%) Project Manager
4 367 (11.78%) Architect
5 362 (11.62%) Business Analyst
6 318 (10.21%) Senior
7 189 (6.07%) Consultant
8 149 (4.78%) Solutions Architect
9 124 (3.98%) Senior Manager
10 111 (3.56%) Programme Manager
11 91 (2.92%) Delivery Manager
12 79 (2.54%) IT Manager
13 75 (2.41%) Developer
14 72 (2.31%) Technical Manager
15 71 (2.28%) Product Manager
16 67 (2.15%) Product Owner
17 65 (2.09%) Data Analyst
18 57 (1.83%) Senior Project Manager
19 56 (1.80%) Senior Analyst
20 48 (1.54%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (2.89%) REST
2 71 (2.28%) Middleware
3 44 (1.41%) SOAP
4 34 (1.09%) Kafka
4 34 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
5 30 (0.96%) .NET
5 30 (0.96%) PySpark
6 27 (0.87%) HTML
7 24 (0.77%) CSS
7 24 (0.77%) JSON
8 23 (0.74%) SailPoint
8 23 (0.74%) XML
9 21 (0.67%) Web Services
10 20 (0.64%) OAuth
11 15 (0.48%) AngularJS
11 15 (0.48%) React
12 14 (0.45%) Playwright
13 13 (0.42%) Spring
14 12 (0.39%) Node.js
14 12 (0.39%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 268 (8.60%) Product Ownership
2 202 (6.48%) Onboarding
3 111 (3.56%) Cloud Native
4 82 (2.63%) Management Information System
5 78 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
6 65 (2.09%) Data Structures
7 62 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
8 61 (1.96%) Data Centre
9 57 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 54 (1.73%) Virtual Team
11 51 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
12 50 (1.60%) AI Agents
13 45 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
14 44 (1.41%) FMCG
15 39 (1.25%) NHS
16 35 (1.12%) CMDB
17 34 (1.09%) Operational Technology
18 33 (1.06%) Security Posture
18 33 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
19 28 (0.90%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 100 (3.21%) Windows
2 51 (1.64%) Linux
3 22 (0.71%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.45%) Unix
5 13 (0.42%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (0.35%) Android
7 9 (0.29%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.19%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.13%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.13%) VMS
11 3 (0.096%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.064%) AIX
12 2 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.064%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.032%) CentOS
13 1 (0.032%) Solaris
13 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,011 (32.45%) Agile
2 508 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
3 479 (15.37%) Roadmaps
4 474 (15.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 436 (13.99%) Migration
6 421 (13.51%) Decision-Making
7 411 (13.19%) AI
8 403 (12.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 381 (12.23%) Analytics
9 381 (12.23%) Project Management
10 376 (12.07%) DevOps
11 338 (10.85%) Project Delivery
12 323 (10.37%) User Acceptance Testing
13 292 (9.37%) Change Management
14 282 (9.05%) Workshop Facilitation
15 273 (8.76%) CI/CD
15 273 (8.76%) Risk Management
16 264 (8.47%) Validation
17 248 (7.96%) User Stories
18 247 (7.93%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 319 (10.24%) SQL
2 202 (6.48%) Python
3 58 (1.86%) Java
4 53 (1.70%) PowerShell
5 47 (1.51%) JavaScript
6 31 (0.99%) C#
7 22 (0.71%) Bash
8 19 (0.61%) Bicep
9 17 (0.55%) Korn
9 17 (0.55%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.45%) R
11 13 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (0.35%) Shell Script
13 9 (0.29%) PL/SQL
13 9 (0.29%) VBA
14 8 (0.26%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.26%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.22%) Perl
16 5 (0.16%) C++
16 5 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 456 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 383 (12.29%) SC Cleared
3 187 (6.00%) Degree
4 163 (5.23%) PMP
5 140 (4.49%) PMI Certification
6 64 (2.05%) CISSP
7 56 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 51 (1.64%) Azure Certification
9 44 (1.41%) DV Cleared
10 43 (1.38%) CISM
11 31 (0.99%) AWS Certification
12 29 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
13 28 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
14 23 (0.74%) Master's Degree
15 19 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
16 16 (0.51%) CRISC
17 15 (0.48%) ACCA
17 15 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
18 14 (0.45%) CIMA
19 13 (0.42%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 231 (7.41%) Data Quality
2 183 (5.87%) QA
3 146 (4.69%) PMO
4 100 (3.21%) GDPR
5 74 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 72 (2.31%) NIST
7 61 (1.96%) Accessibility
8 55 (1.77%) GRC
9 49 (1.57%) SLA
10 24 (0.77%) NCSC
11 19 (0.61%) COBIT
12 18 (0.58%) WCAG
13 17 (0.55%) PCI DSS
14 16 (0.51%) ISO 20022
14 16 (0.51%) SEPA
15 14 (0.45%) SOC 2
16 13 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
16 13 (0.42%) MiFID
16 13 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 13 (0.42%) Solvency II
System Software
1 81 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 73 (2.34%) Docker
3 21 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.26%) NFS
7 6 (0.19%) Postfix
8 5 (0.16%) vSphere
9 4 (0.13%) Varnish
9 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.096%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.096%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.032%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.032%) RACF
Systems Management
1 116 (3.72%) Terraform
2 78 (2.50%) Kubernetes
3 35 (1.12%) Ansible
4 25 (0.80%) Grafana
5 18 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.42%) SCCM
8 8 (0.26%) Argo
9 7 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 6 (0.19%) Control-M
11 5 (0.16%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.16%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.13%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.13%) HP ALM
12 4 (0.13%) Puppet
13 3 (0.096%) HAProxy
14 2 (0.064%) ITRS Geneos
14 2 (0.064%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.064%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 424 (13.61%) Microsoft
2 228 (7.32%) SAP
3 162 (5.20%) Oracle
4 149 (4.78%) ServiceNow
5 145 (4.65%) Salesforce
6 91 (2.92%) Databricks
7 61 (1.96%) Google
8 53 (1.70%) Workday
9 34 (1.09%) Adobe
10 33 (1.06%) IBM
11 30 (0.96%) CyberArk
11 30 (0.96%) Splunk
12 28 (0.90%) Cisco
12 28 (0.90%) VMware
13 21 (0.67%) Ariba
13 21 (0.67%) Okta
14 20 (0.64%) Guidewire
14 20 (0.64%) MuleSoft
15 19 (0.61%) Zscaler
16 18 (0.58%) Informatica