Stakeholder Management Contracts in the North West

Stakeholder Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Stakeholder Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Stakeholder Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 14 14
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 205 267 315
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 10.42% 9.69% 9.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.54% 11.23% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 217 248
10th Percentile £363 £354 £398
25th Percentile £438 £419 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £625
90th Percentile £668 £700 £680
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 8
10th Percentile £37.80 £14.00 -
25th Percentile £49.08 £18.87 £30.54
Median hourly rate £60.00 £35.95 £35.07
Median % change year-on-year +66.90% +2.51% -16.50%
75th Percentile £76.25 £70.05 £43.03
90th Percentile £80.22 £82.07 £53.41
England median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £56.30
% change year-on-year - +6.57% +42.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Stakeholder Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Stakeholder Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Stakeholder Management in the North West

Stakeholder Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Stakeholder Management in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Stakeholder Management in the North West

Stakeholder Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Management in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Management in the North West

Stakeholder Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Stakeholder Management in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Stakeholder Management in the North West

Stakeholder Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Stakeholder Management in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Stakeholder Management in the North West

Stakeholder Management
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Manchester +11 95 £520 -0.95% 139
Cheshire -5 71 £500 +2.25% 33
Cumbria -10 21 £625 -3.85% 17
Lancashire -12 10 £523 -2.79% 92
Merseyside -5 3 £523 -9.13% 14
Stakeholder Management
England

Stakeholder Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 9 (4.39%) Confluence
2 5 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.95%) SAS
4 3 (1.46%) JBoss
5 2 (0.98%) CICS
5 2 (0.98%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.49%) CMS
6 1 (0.49%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (3.41%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (2.44%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.98%) InVision
5 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.98%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (5.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.98%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.49%) Maximo
3 1 (0.49%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.49%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.27%) AWS
2 16 (7.80%) Azure
3 7 (3.41%) OpenShift
4 6 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.44%) Amazon EKS
5 5 (2.44%) GitHub
5 5 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (1.95%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.46%) GCP
7 3 (1.46%) SaaS
8 2 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.98%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.98%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.98%) Serverless
8 2 (0.98%) ShareGate
9 1 (0.49%) Asana
9 1 (0.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.95%) Skype
2 1 (0.49%) Firewall
2 1 (0.49%) Network Security
2 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.49%) VPN
2 1 (0.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (1.46%) Hadoop
2 3 (1.46%) Power BI
2 3 (1.46%) RDBMS
2 3 (1.46%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.98%) DB2
3 2 (0.98%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.49%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.49%) Big Data
4 1 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.49%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.49%) HBase
4 1 (0.49%) Metadata
4 1 (0.49%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.49%) Pentaho
4 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (11.22%) JIRA
2 10 (4.88%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.44%) GitLab
4 3 (1.46%) Bitbucket Server
4 3 (1.46%) CA Release Automation
4 3 (1.46%) Git
4 3 (1.46%) Selenium
4 3 (1.46%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.46%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.46%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.98%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.98%) SOAtest
6 1 (0.49%) Appium
6 1 (0.49%) ERwin
6 1 (0.49%) Postman
6 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.49%) WebDriver
General
1 97 (47.32%) Social Skills
2 43 (20.98%) Finance
3 26 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.32%) Banking
4 15 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.37%) Pharmaceutical
6 10 (4.88%) Legal
7 7 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.44%) Automotive
8 5 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.44%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.95%) Marketing
9 4 (1.95%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.46%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.46%) Corporate Banking
10 3 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.46%) Military
11 2 (0.98%) Aviation
11 2 (0.98%) Law
Job Titles
1 42 (20.49%) Architect
2 30 (14.63%) Analyst
3 28 (13.66%) Business Analyst
4 27 (13.17%) Project Manager
5 23 (11.22%) Senior
6 16 (7.80%) Change Manager
7 14 (6.83%) Lead
7 14 (6.83%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (3.90%) Programme Manager
9 7 (3.41%) Network Architect
9 7 (3.41%) Senior Architect
10 6 (2.93%) Domain Architect
10 6 (2.93%) Product Manager
10 6 (2.93%) Release Manager
10 6 (2.93%) Senior Network Architect
10 6 (2.93%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
11 5 (2.44%) Implementation Manager
11 5 (2.44%) IT Manager
11 5 (2.44%) SAP Architect
11 5 (2.44%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.88%) Kafka
2 4 (1.95%) Middleware
2 4 (1.95%) OAuth
2 4 (1.95%) OAuth2
2 4 (1.95%) OpenID
2 4 (1.95%) SAML
3 3 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.46%) JSON
3 3 (1.46%) Spring Boot
4 2 (0.98%) .NET
4 2 (0.98%) CSS
4 2 (0.98%) HTML
4 2 (0.98%) J2EE
4 2 (0.98%) SAP PI
4 2 (0.98%) Web Services
4 2 (0.98%) XML
5 1 (0.49%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.49%) RAML
5 1 (0.49%) REST
5 1 (0.49%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.34%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.37%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.41%) Cloud Native
3 7 (3.41%) CMDB
4 6 (2.93%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.93%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.46%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.98%) FMCG
6 2 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (0.98%) Life Science
6 2 (0.98%) Low-Code
6 2 (0.98%) Mainframe
6 2 (0.98%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.98%) Mobile Payment
6 2 (0.98%) Replication
6 2 (0.98%) VSAM
7 1 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.49%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.93%) Windows
2 5 (2.44%) Linux
3 3 (1.46%) Android
3 3 (1.46%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.46%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (32.68%) Agile
2 49 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (18.54%) Change Management
4 32 (15.61%) Project Management
5 28 (13.66%) Migration
5 28 (13.66%) Risk Management
6 27 (13.17%) Decision-Making
6 27 (13.17%) Roadmaps
7 25 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (11.71%) Business Strategy
9 22 (10.73%) Project Delivery
10 20 (9.76%) Analytics
11 18 (8.78%) Service Delivery
11 18 (8.78%) Service Management
11 18 (8.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (8.29%) ITIL
12 17 (8.29%) Waterfall
13 15 (7.32%) ITSM
13 15 (7.32%) Technical Leadership
14 14 (6.83%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.41%) Python
2 5 (2.44%) Java
2 5 (2.44%) SQL
3 3 (1.46%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.46%) Perl
4 2 (0.98%) COBOL
4 2 (0.98%) JCL
4 2 (0.98%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.98%) REXX
5 1 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (17.56%) Security Cleared
2 28 (13.66%) SC Cleared
3 16 (7.80%) Degree
4 9 (4.39%) PMI Certification
4 9 (4.39%) PMP
5 7 (3.41%) DBS Check
6 5 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.98%) CISM
8 2 (0.98%) CISSP
8 2 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.98%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.49%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.49%) APMG
9 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.49%) CIMA
9 1 (0.49%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.49%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.39%) PMO
2 7 (3.41%) QA
3 5 (2.44%) GDPR
4 4 (1.95%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.95%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.98%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.98%) ISO 31000
5 2 (0.98%) NIST
6 1 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.49%) COBIT
6 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.49%) GRC
6 1 (0.49%) GxP
6 1 (0.49%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.49%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (2.44%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.95%) Docker
3 2 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (5.37%) Terraform
2 8 (3.90%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.41%) Progress Chef
4 6 (2.93%) Ansible
5 3 (1.46%) Kibana
5 3 (1.46%) SCCM
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.49%) SCSM
6 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.76%) ServiceNow
3 17 (8.29%) SAP
4 7 (3.41%) VMware
5 6 (2.93%) Splunk
6 5 (2.44%) MuleSoft
6 5 (2.44%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.95%) Ariba
8 3 (1.46%) AppDynamics
8 3 (1.46%) Cloudera
8 3 (1.46%) Informatica
8 3 (1.46%) Oracle
8 3 (1.46%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.46%) Wyse
9 2 (0.98%) Ab Initio
9 2 (0.98%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.98%) Nintex
9 2 (0.98%) Parasoft
9 2 (0.98%) Remedy
9 2 (0.98%) TOWER Software