Stakeholder Engagement Contract Job Trends in Preston

Stakeholder Engagement
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 13 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 10 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 11.24% 4.00% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.99% 4.35% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - £517 -
25th Percentile £500 £531 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £558 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% - -
75th Percentile £550 £581 -
90th Percentile - £592 -
Lancashire median daily rate £538 £558 -
% change year-on-year -3.59% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 77 46 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 86.52% 92.00% 98.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 23 22
10th Percentile £240 £343 £328
25th Percentile £401 £488 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% +26.59% -3.97%
75th Percentile £572 £559 £498
90th Percentile £680 £600 £500
Lancashire median daily rate £455 £516 £623
% change year-on-year -11.86% -17.07% +19.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 36
10th Percentile £30.68 £24.43 £20.58
25th Percentile £39.53 £25.17 £33.66
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.96 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +35.47% -32.96% +15.33%
75th Percentile £45.84 £44.63 £51.63
90th Percentile £71.18 £67.70 £74.37
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year -1.56% - +15.39%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in Preston

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (10.00%) Primavera
2 1 (10.00%) SAP IBP
2 1 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) BGP
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) Network Security
1 2 (20.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 2 (20.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SAP BW
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Local Government
4 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Payroll Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) SAP Manager
2 2 (20.00%) SAP Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Data Architect
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Architect
3 1 (10.00%) SAP BW Architect
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Data Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
1 2 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) ERP
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Cutover Planning
3 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (30.00%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (30.00%) Data Extraction
3 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Project Governance
3 3 (30.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (20.00%) Containerisation
4 2 (20.00%) ITSM
4 2 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Bash
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) APMG
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (10.00%) PMP
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) P3O
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) SAP
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (10.00%) Ariba
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft