Stakeholder Map Contract Job Trends in the North West

Stakeholder Mapping
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Stakeholder Map skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 117 133
Rank change year-on-year -25 +16 +39
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Map 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.12% 0.097% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.11% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.86%
75th Percentile £488 £488 £488
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £484 £375 £475
% change year-on-year +29.00% -21.05% -17.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Stakeholder Map 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 2,204 1,808 2,345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.74% 87.89% 87.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 1,028 1,593
10th Percentile £213 £274 £306
25th Percentile £358 £390 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £683
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 91 155
10th Percentile £16.32 £16.00 £14.01
25th Percentile £21.60 £21.05 £18.70
Median hourly rate £41.77 £30.40 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +37.39% -24.47% +11.81%
75th Percentile £57.50 £48.59 £47.67
90th Percentile £69.61 £73.56 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.10% -18.82% +21.43%

Stakeholder Map
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Stakeholder Map job vacancy trend in the North West

Stakeholder Map
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Stakeholder Map.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Stakeholder Map

Stakeholder Map
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 Map within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Cheshire -17 3 £475 -
Stakeholder Map
England

Stakeholder Map
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Change Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Transformation Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Critical Success Factor
1 3 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management