Stakeholder Management Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Stakeholder Management
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Stakeholder Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 19 14
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 0
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 479 324 446
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 11.57% 7.78% 8.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.04% 9.21% 9.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 201 316
10th Percentile £354 £359 £375
25th Percentile £423 £425 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £673
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 14
10th Percentile £38.03 £29.40 £18.50
25th Percentile £44.88 £39.13 £20.52
Median hourly rate £55.00 £75.40 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -27.05% +146.87% -29.56%
75th Percentile £65.08 £84.67 £35.02
90th Percentile £71.45 £88.67 £45.88
England median hourly rate £48.25 £61.33 £48.50
% change year-on-year -21.33% +26.45% -3.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,672 3,519 4,464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.72% 84.47% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,405 1,933 2,977
10th Percentile £250 £294 £281
25th Percentile £369 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £555 £575 £600
90th Percentile £671 £656 £683
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 179 207
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.75 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.47 £17.25 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.38 £35.00 £27.20
Median % change year-on-year -30.34% +28.68% +29.00%
75th Percentile £41.94 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £64.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% -4.49% +36.92%

Stakeholder Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stakeholder Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Stakeholder Management job vacancy trend in the North of England

Stakeholder Management
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Stakeholder Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Stakeholder Management

Stakeholder Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Management in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Management in the North of England

Stakeholder Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Stakeholder Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Stakeholder Management

Stakeholder Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Stakeholder Management in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Stakeholder Management in the North of England

Stakeholder Management
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 9 October 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
North West +8 265 £500 - 204
Yorkshire +8 196 £488 -7.14% 97
North East -6 19 £515 -9.25% 29
Stakeholder Management
England

Stakeholder Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 47 (9.81%) Confluence
2 25 (5.22%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.25%) CICS
3 6 (1.25%) CMS
4 4 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.84%) JBoss
4 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.63%) IIS
6 2 (0.42%) NetWeaver
6 2 (0.42%) SAS
6 2 (0.42%) TPMS
6 2 (0.42%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.21%) Apache
7 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (7.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (6.05%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (3.55%) MS Visio
4 13 (2.71%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.84%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (6.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.84%) VisionPLUS
3 3 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.63%) SAP EWM
3 3 (0.63%) SAP PP
3 3 (0.63%) SAP VC
4 1 (0.21%) Magento
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.21%) Primavera
4 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.21%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.21%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.21%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.21%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 66 (13.78%) Azure
2 63 (13.15%) AWS
3 40 (8.35%) GCP
4 25 (5.22%) SaaS
5 19 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (3.34%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.92%) Serverless
8 12 (2.51%) Entra ID
8 12 (2.51%) GitHub
9 11 (2.30%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (2.09%) Amazon SQS
11 9 (1.88%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (1.67%) Azure AKS
12 8 (1.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 7 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (1.46%) Amazon EventBridge
13 7 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (1.25%) Amazon EMR
14 6 (1.25%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.71%) SSH
2 11 (2.30%) Firewall
3 6 (1.25%) Network Security
4 3 (0.63%) HTTP
4 3 (0.63%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.63%) LAN
5 2 (0.42%) FlexRay
5 2 (0.42%) Internet
5 2 (0.42%) IPsec
5 2 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.42%) SNMP
5 2 (0.42%) SSL
5 2 (0.42%) VPN
5 2 (0.42%) Wireless
6 1 (0.21%) ATM
6 1 (0.21%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.21%) SMS
6 1 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.92%) NoSQL
2 13 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (2.71%) Power BI
3 10 (2.09%) DynamoDB
3 10 (2.09%) Relational Database
4 9 (1.88%) Amazon Aurora
4 9 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.88%) MySQL
4 9 (1.88%) RDBMS
5 7 (1.46%) BigQuery
5 7 (1.46%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.46%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.04%) Delta Lake
7 5 (1.04%) Redis
8 4 (0.84%) DataStage
8 4 (0.84%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.84%) Power Query
8 4 (0.84%) SQL Server
8 4 (0.84%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 61 (12.73%) JIRA
2 24 (5.01%) Jenkins
3 18 (3.76%) Git
4 10 (2.09%) SonarQube
5 5 (1.04%) GitLab
5 5 (1.04%) Gradle
5 5 (1.04%) Maven
5 5 (1.04%) SonarLint
6 4 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.84%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.63%) Bitbucket Server
7 3 (0.63%) CA Release Automation
8 2 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.42%) Selenium
8 2 (0.42%) SOAtest
9 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.21%) Hudson
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 271 (56.58%) Social Skills
2 149 (31.11%) Finance
3 71 (14.82%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (13.36%) Banking
5 47 (9.81%) Public Sector
6 35 (7.31%) Influencing Skills
7 26 (5.43%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (4.59%) Retail
9 17 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (3.13%) Legal
10 15 (3.13%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.88%) Retail Banking
13 6 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.25%) Publishing
14 5 (1.04%) Automotive
14 5 (1.04%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.84%) Marketing
16 3 (0.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 97 (20.25%) Analyst
2 61 (12.73%) Architect
3 60 (12.53%) Business Analyst
4 53 (11.06%) Project Manager
5 48 (10.02%) Lead
5 48 (10.02%) Senior
6 31 (6.47%) Consultant
7 21 (4.38%) Programme Manager
8 19 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (3.76%) Service Manager
10 16 (3.34%) Delivery Manager
10 16 (3.34%) Senior Manager
11 13 (2.71%) IT Manager
12 11 (2.30%) Senior Architect
12 11 (2.30%) Service Transition Manager
12 11 (2.30%) Technical Architect
12 11 (2.30%) Transition Manager
13 10 (2.09%) Data Analyst
14 9 (1.88%) Domain Architect
14 9 (1.88%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.71%) JSON
2 12 (2.51%) RESTful
3 11 (2.30%) Spring Boot
4 9 (1.88%) REST
5 8 (1.67%) .NET
5 8 (1.67%) Celery
5 8 (1.67%) J2EE
5 8 (1.67%) Kafka
5 8 (1.67%) OAuth
5 8 (1.67%) SAML
5 8 (1.67%) XML
6 7 (1.46%) OpenID
7 6 (1.25%) Dropwizard
7 6 (1.25%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (1.25%) GraphQL
7 6 (1.25%) Micronaut
7 6 (1.25%) OAuth2
7 6 (1.25%) PySpark
7 6 (1.25%) SailPoint
7 6 (1.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.56%) Product Ownership
2 24 (5.01%) Cloud Native
3 20 (4.18%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.97%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (2.71%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.30%) Tandem
7 9 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (1.88%) N-Tier
8 7 (1.46%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.46%) Mainframe
9 6 (1.25%) CMDB
9 6 (1.25%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.25%) Fibre Optics
9 6 (1.25%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.25%) VSAM
10 5 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.04%) Learning Management System
10 5 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (1.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.05%) Windows
2 16 (3.34%) Unix
3 10 (2.09%) Linux
4 4 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (30.06%) Agile
2 82 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (15.45%) Project Management
4 70 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 69 (14.41%) Change Management
6 60 (12.53%) ITIL
6 60 (12.53%) Project Delivery
7 59 (12.32%) Roadmaps
8 58 (12.11%) Risk Management
9 54 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 53 (11.06%) Cybersecurity
10 53 (11.06%) DevOps
11 51 (10.65%) Migration
12 41 (8.56%) Service Management
13 38 (7.93%) Decision-Making
14 37 (7.72%) ITSM
15 33 (6.89%) Analytics
16 32 (6.68%) Scrum
16 32 (6.68%) Waterfall
16 32 (6.68%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 38 (7.93%) Python
2 29 (6.05%) SQL
3 14 (2.92%) Java
4 6 (1.25%) COBOL
4 6 (1.25%) JCL
4 6 (1.25%) VB
5 4 (0.84%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.84%) Perl
5 4 (0.84%) PowerShell
5 4 (0.84%) Scala
6 3 (0.63%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.63%) VB.NET
6 3 (0.63%) VBA
7 2 (0.42%) C#
7 2 (0.42%) Go
7 2 (0.42%) REXX
8 1 (0.21%) ABAP
8 1 (0.21%) Bash
8 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 59 (12.32%) Degree
2 55 (11.48%) Security Cleared
3 37 (7.72%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.64%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.71%) PMP
7 10 (2.09%) ITIL Certification
7 10 (2.09%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.46%) CISM
8 7 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (1.25%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.25%) CISSP
9 6 (1.25%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.04%) CBAP
11 4 (0.84%) BC Cleared
11 4 (0.84%) CISA
11 4 (0.84%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.63%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.63%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.38%) PMO
2 18 (3.76%) GDPR
3 13 (2.71%) NIST
4 12 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.09%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.67%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.67%) QA
7 7 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (1.25%) Accessibility
9 5 (1.04%) GRC
9 5 (1.04%) GxP
10 4 (0.84%) COBIT
10 4 (0.84%) P3O
10 4 (0.84%) SLA
11 3 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.42%) GLBA
12 2 (0.42%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.42%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.42%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 20 (4.18%) Docker
2 17 (3.55%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.21%) XenApp
4 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (5.43%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.01%) Terraform
3 8 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.46%) Ansible
5 4 (0.84%) Kibana
5 4 (0.84%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.63%) Grafana
6 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.63%) Nessus
6 3 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.42%) SCCM
8 1 (0.21%) Control-M
8 1 (0.21%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.21%) QRadar
Vendors
1 79 (16.49%) Microsoft
2 44 (9.19%) SAP
3 38 (7.93%) ServiceNow
4 16 (3.34%) Oracle
5 15 (3.13%) IBM
6 11 (2.30%) Google
7 10 (2.09%) Splunk
8 7 (1.46%) Alibaba
8 7 (1.46%) Thales
9 6 (1.25%) F5
9 6 (1.25%) Gemalto
9 6 (1.25%) Informatica
9 6 (1.25%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.04%) Databricks
10 5 (1.04%) Gigya
10 5 (1.04%) Planview
11 4 (0.84%) AppDynamics
11 4 (0.84%) Axway
11 4 (0.84%) Cloudera
11 4 (0.84%) Talend