Stakeholder Engagement Contracts in the Midlands

Stakeholder Engagement
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Stakeholder Engagement over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 77 78
Rank change year-on-year +42 +1 +59
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 130 56 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.24% 2.12% 2.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.97% 2.61% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 42 68
10th Percentile £357 £312 £412
25th Percentile £413 £411 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £516 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% -1.67% -
75th Percentile £600 £630 £625
90th Percentile £725 £659 £685
England median daily rate £550 £561 £550
% change year-on-year -2.00% +2.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £21.64 - -
25th Percentile £22.15 - -
Median hourly rate £23.00 £18.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% - -
75th Percentile £24.08 - -
90th Percentile £24.72 - -
England median hourly rate £46.16 £58.17 £54.33
% change year-on-year -20.65% +7.07% +84.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Stakeholder Engagement 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,178 2,142 2,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.75% 81.14% 85.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,397 1,471 1,874
10th Percentile £219 £275 £254
25th Percentile £355 £366 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £606 £600
90th Percentile £644 £711 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 100 79
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.74 £13.59
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.22 £20.49
Median hourly rate £21.04 £18.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.73% -32.73% +44.74%
75th Percentile £26.51 £37.50 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +62.40%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the Midlands

Stakeholder Engagement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the Midlands

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the Midlands

Stakeholder Engagement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the Midlands

Stakeholder Engagement
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 August 2025. 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
West Midlands +34 101 £501 -4.11% 94
East Midlands +13 27 £475 -3.80% 28
Stakeholder Engagement
England

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.08%) Confluence
1 4 (3.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.77%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.77%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.54%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.77%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.77%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.77%) Azure
2 9 (6.92%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.31%) AWS
3 3 (2.31%) Azure Stack
3 3 (2.31%) Entra ID
3 3 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.31%) SaaS
4 2 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.54%) GitHub
4 2 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (1.54%) IaaS
4 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (1.54%) PaaS
5 1 (0.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (0.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.77%) Figma
5 1 (0.77%) Miro
5 1 (0.77%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.77%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.38%) Firewall
2 3 (2.31%) SD-WAN
2 3 (2.31%) WAN
3 2 (1.54%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (1.54%) Network Security
4 1 (0.77%) 5G
4 1 (0.77%) Internet
4 1 (0.77%) LAN
4 1 (0.77%) LoRaWAN
4 1 (0.77%) MPLS
4 1 (0.77%) VoIP
4 1 (0.77%) VPN
4 1 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.15%) Power BI
2 3 (2.31%) Metadata
3 1 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.77%) Big Data
3 1 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.77%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.77%) DataStage
3 1 (0.77%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.77%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.77%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.77%) QlikView
3 1 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.77%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (6.15%) JIRA
2 1 (0.77%) Android Studio
2 1 (0.77%) Gradle
2 1 (0.77%) Selenium
2 1 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (0.77%) Xcode
2 1 (0.77%) Zephyr
General
1 59 (45.38%) Social Skills
2 28 (21.54%) Finance
3 21 (16.15%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.23%) Legal
5 11 (8.46%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.92%) Banking
7 5 (3.85%) Law
7 5 (3.85%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.31%) Local Government
9 3 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.31%) Retail
10 2 (1.54%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.54%) Automotive
10 2 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.54%) Marketing
10 2 (1.54%) Military
10 2 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (27.69%) Project Manager
2 27 (20.77%) Analyst
3 12 (9.23%) Business Analyst
4 10 (7.69%) Technical Manager
5 9 (6.92%) Architect
5 9 (6.92%) Consultant
5 9 (6.92%) Senior
5 9 (6.92%) Technical Project Manager
6 7 (5.38%) Lead
7 6 (4.62%) Service Manager
8 5 (3.85%) Data Analyst
8 5 (3.85%) IT Manager
8 5 (3.85%) Sustainability Analyst
9 4 (3.08%) Change Manager
9 4 (3.08%) Programme Director
9 4 (3.08%) Programme Manager
9 4 (3.08%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (2.31%) Delivery Manager
10 3 (2.31%) Senior Business Analyst
10 3 (2.31%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.31%) RFC 2544
2 2 (1.54%) Middleware
3 1 (0.77%) .NET
3 1 (0.77%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.77%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.77%) Jest
3 1 (0.77%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.77%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.77%) Playwright
3 1 (0.77%) React
3 1 (0.77%) React Native
3 1 (0.77%) Redux
3 1 (0.77%) REST
3 1 (0.77%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.08%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 8 (6.15%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.85%) SCADA
5 4 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (3.08%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.31%) Educational Technology
6 3 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.31%) Learning Management System
6 3 (2.31%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 3 (2.31%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.31%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.31%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.54%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.54%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.54%) IoT
7 2 (1.54%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.77%) Android
1 1 (0.77%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (26.15%) Agile
2 30 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (21.54%) Project Management
4 21 (16.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (13.85%) Change Management
6 16 (12.31%) Migration
7 15 (11.54%) Decision-Making
7 15 (11.54%) Project Delivery
7 15 (11.54%) Risk Management
8 14 (10.77%) Data Analysis
8 14 (10.77%) Time Management
9 13 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (9.23%) Analytics
11 11 (8.46%) Artificial Intelligence
11 11 (8.46%) Business Analysis
11 11 (8.46%) PRINCE2
11 11 (8.46%) Roadmaps
11 11 (8.46%) Validation
11 11 (8.46%) Waterfall
12 10 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.15%) SQL
2 2 (1.54%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.54%) Python
2 2 (1.54%) R
3 1 (0.77%) Apex Code
3 1 (0.77%) Bicep
3 1 (0.77%) C#
3 1 (0.77%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.77%) JSX
3 1 (0.77%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.77%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (10.77%) Security Cleared
2 13 (10.00%) Degree
3 10 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.92%) PMP
5 7 (5.38%) PMI Certification
6 4 (3.08%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.31%) CISM
7 3 (2.31%) CISSP
8 2 (1.54%) CISA
8 2 (1.54%) GIAC
8 2 (1.54%) ISACA
8 2 (1.54%) SANS
9 1 (0.77%) APMG
9 1 (0.77%) CBAP
9 1 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.77%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.38%) QA
2 5 (3.85%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.08%) PMO
4 3 (2.31%) NIST
5 2 (1.54%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.54%) GDPR
5 2 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.54%) MiFID
5 2 (1.54%) SLA
6 1 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.77%) EMIR
6 1 (0.77%) GRC
6 1 (0.77%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.54%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.31%) AirWatch
2 3 (2.31%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (2.31%) SCCM
3 2 (1.54%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.77%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.77%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.38%) SAP
3 5 (3.85%) Cisco
4 3 (2.31%) Progress
5 2 (1.54%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.54%) Tenable
5 2 (1.54%) VMware
5 2 (1.54%) Workday
6 1 (0.77%) Adobe
6 1 (0.77%) Ariba
6 1 (0.77%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.77%) CenturyLink
6 1 (0.77%) Civica
6 1 (0.77%) Databricks
6 1 (0.77%) IBM
6 1 (0.77%) iManage
6 1 (0.77%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.77%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.77%) Trayport
6 1 (0.77%) Verint