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 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 22 21
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 2,067 1,187 1,403
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.87% 9.02% 7.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.26% 9.92% 8.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,396 765 1,023
10th Percentile £386 £386 £410
25th Percentile £463 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £675
90th Percentile £778 £799 £775
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 14
10th Percentile £20.24 £33.80 £23.61
25th Percentile £34.56 £35.00 £30.16
Median hourly rate £53.25 £39.04 £45.03
Median % change year-on-year +36.40% -13.30% -34.51%
75th Percentile £72.50 £55.25 £53.44
90th Percentile £76.74 £65.25 £59.25
England median hourly rate £59.50 £60.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -0.83% +23.08% -12.36%

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 14,498 11,963 16,063
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.24% 90.92% 88.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,728 7,826 11,476
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% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 155 344
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.45 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.56 £24.66 £19.29
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.38 £52.88 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.94 £78.04 £71.75
England median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £33.78
% change year-on-year -17.14% +3.63% -6.18%

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 4 March 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 4 March 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 4 March 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 +10 291 £575 -4.60% 184
West London -10 22 £575 +27.07% 16
South London -28 15 £570 -5.00% 6
East London +4 5 £675 +7.14% 15
North London +1 4 £500 +23.46% 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
1 121 (5.85%) Confluence
2 46 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 20 (0.97%) CMS
4 16 (0.77%) Appian
5 13 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.29%) Apache
6 6 (0.29%) Camunda
7 5 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.24%) SAS
8 4 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.15%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.15%) nginx
9 3 (0.15%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.097%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.097%) Kentico
10 2 (0.097%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.097%) Sitefinity
10 2 (0.097%) WordPress
11 1 (0.048%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.048%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 84 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (2.90%) Microsoft Project
3 46 (2.23%) MS Visio
4 37 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
4 37 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.53%) Trello
6 7 (0.34%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.24%) Sketch
8 4 (0.19%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.097%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.097%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.097%) InVision
10 1 (0.048%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 61 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (1.06%) Aladdin
4 18 (0.87%) Endur
5 14 (0.68%) Loan IQ
6 10 (0.48%) NetSuite
7 9 (0.44%) Workday HCM
8 8 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
8 8 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 8 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
8 8 (0.39%) SAP CO
9 7 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
10 6 (0.29%) SAP FI
10 6 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
11 5 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
11 5 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
11 5 (0.24%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.24%) SAP IBP
12 4 (0.19%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 328 (15.87%) Azure
2 192 (9.29%) AWS
3 137 (6.63%) Power Platform
4 76 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
5 65 (3.14%) GCP
6 58 (2.81%) SaaS
7 56 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
8 39 (1.89%) Entra ID
9 37 (1.79%) Snowflake
10 35 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
11 30 (1.45%) GitHub
11 30 (1.45%) Power Automate
12 27 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
13 23 (1.11%) Serverless
14 22 (1.06%) OpenShift
15 20 (0.97%) Figma
15 20 (0.97%) PowerApps
16 19 (0.92%) Azure AI
17 18 (0.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 18 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.23%) Firewall
2 29 (1.40%) WAN
3 21 (1.02%) LAN
3 21 (1.02%) Network Security
4 20 (0.97%) SD-WAN
5 15 (0.73%) DNS
6 14 (0.68%) VPN
7 13 (0.63%) BGP
7 13 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.44%) MPLS
8 9 (0.44%) OSPF
9 7 (0.34%) Broadband
9 7 (0.34%) VoIP
10 6 (0.29%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (0.29%) Intranet
10 6 (0.29%) NX-OS
11 5 (0.24%) 5G
11 5 (0.24%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.24%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (5.66%) Power BI
2 53 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 44 (2.13%) Metadata
4 38 (1.84%) Tableau
5 28 (1.35%) Data Lake
6 22 (1.06%) SQL Server
7 14 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 13 (0.63%) NoSQL
8 13 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (0.58%) Big Data
10 9 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (0.44%) BigQuery
10 9 (0.44%) Pinecone
11 7 (0.34%) Power Query
12 6 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.29%) DB2
12 6 (0.29%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.29%) Redis
13 5 (0.24%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 230 (11.13%) JIRA
2 33 (1.60%) Jenkins
3 20 (0.97%) Git
4 19 (0.92%) GitLab
5 10 (0.48%) MLflow
6 9 (0.44%) SpecFlow
7 6 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
8 5 (0.24%) Axure RP
9 4 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.19%) ERwin
9 4 (0.19%) JUnit
9 4 (0.19%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.19%) Selenium
10 3 (0.15%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.15%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.15%) JMeter
10 3 (0.15%) LSMW
10 3 (0.15%) Snyk
10 3 (0.15%) TestRail
11 2 (0.097%) SonarQube
General
1 1,075 (52.01%) Social Skills
2 822 (39.77%) Finance
3 325 (15.72%) Analytical Skills
4 240 (11.61%) Banking
5 206 (9.97%) Public Sector
6 105 (5.08%) Influencing Skills
7 96 (4.64%) Retail
8 90 (4.35%) Legal
9 84 (4.06%) Marketing
10 75 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
11 73 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
11 73 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
12 69 (3.34%) Front Office
13 57 (2.76%) Financial Institution
14 49 (2.37%) Investment Banking
15 47 (2.27%) Manufacturing
16 43 (2.08%) Telecoms
17 38 (1.84%) Law
18 29 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 27 (1.31%) Billing
Job Titles
1 437 (21.14%) Analyst
2 337 (16.30%) Business Analyst
3 321 (15.53%) Project Manager
4 257 (12.43%) Lead
5 201 (9.72%) Architect
6 197 (9.53%) Senior
7 132 (6.39%) Consultant
8 88 (4.26%) Senior Manager
9 72 (3.48%) Programme Manager
10 68 (3.29%) Delivery Manager
11 63 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
12 60 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
13 56 (2.71%) Data Analyst
13 56 (2.71%) IT Manager
14 49 (2.37%) Change Manager
14 49 (2.37%) Senior Business Analyst
15 46 (2.23%) Senior Project Manager
16 44 (2.13%) Developer
17 43 (2.08%) Product Manager
18 38 (1.84%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.32%) REST
2 30 (1.45%) Middleware
3 24 (1.16%) Kafka
4 20 (0.97%) .NET
4 20 (0.97%) OpenID
4 20 (0.97%) SOAP
5 19 (0.92%) RESTful
6 18 (0.87%) OAuth
6 18 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
6 18 (0.87%) Web Services
7 17 (0.82%) Pandas
7 17 (0.82%) PyTorch
7 17 (0.82%) SAML
7 17 (0.82%) TensorFlow
8 16 (0.77%) LDAP
8 16 (0.77%) NumPy
9 15 (0.73%) Hugging Face
10 14 (0.68%) scikit-learn
11 13 (0.63%) AngularJS
12 12 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 150 (7.26%) Product Ownership
2 103 (4.98%) Onboarding
3 72 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
4 57 (2.76%) Cloud Native
5 56 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
6 55 (2.66%) Analytical Mindset
7 44 (2.13%) Management Information System
8 40 (1.94%) Data Centre
9 30 (1.45%) Data Structures
10 27 (1.31%) NHS
11 24 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
11 24 (1.16%) PMI
11 24 (1.16%) Virtual Team
12 23 (1.11%) Derivative
12 23 (1.11%) Reinsurance
13 20 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
14 19 (0.92%) Fixed Income
14 19 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 18 (0.87%) Life Science
16 16 (0.77%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 48 (2.32%) Windows
2 22 (1.06%) Linux
3 14 (0.68%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.44%) Unix
5 7 (0.34%) VMS
5 7 (0.34%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.29%) Android
7 5 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.048%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.048%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.048%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 683 (33.04%) Agile
2 346 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
3 331 (16.01%) Project Management
4 291 (14.08%) Migration
5 273 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 257 (12.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 251 (12.14%) Roadmaps
8 213 (10.30%) Change Management
8 213 (10.30%) Decision-Making
8 213 (10.30%) Project Delivery
9 203 (9.82%) DevOps
10 194 (9.39%) Analytics
10 194 (9.39%) Risk Management
11 189 (9.14%) Requirements Gathering
12 179 (8.66%) AI
13 175 (8.47%) User Acceptance Testing
14 172 (8.32%) Workshop Facilitation
15 166 (8.03%) Scrum
16 165 (7.98%) Validation
17 164 (7.93%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 197 (9.53%) SQL
2 139 (6.72%) Python
3 37 (1.79%) C#
4 34 (1.64%) Java
5 30 (1.45%) JavaScript
6 28 (1.35%) PowerShell
7 19 (0.92%) TypeScript
8 12 (0.58%) R
9 11 (0.53%) Korn
10 9 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (0.34%) Bash
12 6 (0.29%) Bicep
12 6 (0.29%) C++
12 6 (0.29%) VBA
13 5 (0.24%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.19%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.15%) ABAP
15 3 (0.15%) Ruby
16 2 (0.097%) VB
16 2 (0.097%) X++
Qualifications
1 302 (14.61%) Security Cleared
2 244 (11.80%) SC Cleared
3 169 (8.18%) Degree
4 112 (5.42%) PMI Certification
5 110 (5.32%) PMP
6 41 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 39 (1.89%) Master's Degree
8 31 (1.50%) CISSP
9 24 (1.16%) CBAP
10 22 (1.06%) CISM
10 22 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (0.77%) Azure Certification
12 15 (0.73%) DV Cleared
12 15 (0.73%) ISTQB
13 14 (0.68%) IIBA
14 12 (0.58%) APMP
15 11 (0.53%) ACCA
15 11 (0.53%) AWS Certification
15 11 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
16 10 (0.48%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (7.35%) QA
2 131 (6.34%) Data Quality
3 115 (5.56%) GDPR
4 78 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 74 (3.58%) PMO
6 65 (3.14%) NIST
7 47 (2.27%) GRC
8 39 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 32 (1.55%) NCSC
10 29 (1.40%) SLA
11 28 (1.35%) PCI DSS
12 23 (1.11%) Accessibility
13 17 (0.82%) IFRS
14 12 (0.58%) COBIT
14 12 (0.58%) MiFID
15 10 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 10 (0.48%) IFRS 17
15 10 (0.48%) ISO 20022
15 10 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 9 (0.44%) Solvency II
System Software
1 40 (1.94%) Docker
2 27 (1.31%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.097%) NFS
6 1 (0.048%) Firmware
6 1 (0.048%) IAG
6 1 (0.048%) NLBS
6 1 (0.048%) Postfix
6 1 (0.048%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (2.85%) Kubernetes
2 39 (1.89%) Terraform
3 16 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (0.68%) FortiGate
5 8 (0.39%) Ansible
6 6 (0.29%) RSA Archer
6 6 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.15%) Grafana
8 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.15%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.15%) SCCM
9 2 (0.097%) Consul
9 2 (0.097%) Control-M
9 2 (0.097%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.097%) Packer
9 2 (0.097%) vMotion
10 1 (0.048%) Opsview
10 1 (0.048%) QRadar
10 1 (0.048%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 235 (11.37%) Microsoft
2 173 (8.37%) SAP
3 101 (4.89%) ServiceNow
4 83 (4.02%) Oracle
5 81 (3.92%) Salesforce
6 54 (2.61%) Workday
7 48 (2.32%) Databricks
8 31 (1.50%) CyberArk
9 30 (1.45%) Google
10 24 (1.16%) Cisco
11 21 (1.02%) OpenAI
12 20 (0.97%) Splunk
13 19 (0.92%) Murex
14 18 (0.87%) Ariba
14 18 (0.87%) Informatica
15 17 (0.82%) Fortinet
16 16 (0.77%) IBM
17 15 (0.73%) Adobe
17 15 (0.73%) Guidewire
18 14 (0.68%) Bloomberg