Stakeholder Engagement Contract Job Trends in Reading

Stakeholder Engagement
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 19 67
Rank change year-on-year +9 +48 -2
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 141 54 25
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 12.84% 9.31% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.68% 10.09% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 40 8
10th Percentile £425 £395 £459
25th Percentile £500 £523 £546
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £579
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +3.63% -14.22%
75th Percentile £650 £664 £600
90th Percentile £734 £707 -
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £560 £550
% change year-on-year +2.68% +1.82% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 0 2
10th Percentile £66.61 - £60.65
25th Percentile £80.75 - £60.72
Median hourly rate £85.00 - £60.83
75th Percentile £100.85 - £60.95
90th Percentile £102.50 - £61.01
Berkshire median hourly rate £85.00 £47.28 £60.60
% change year-on-year +79.80% -21.99% +10.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 899 535 952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 81.88% 92.24% 86.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 336 508
10th Percentile £375 £350 £356
25th Percentile £458 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £537 £582
Median % change year-on-year +2.93% -7.77% +5.82%
75th Percentile £650 £613 £650
90th Percentile £738 £650 £712
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £508 £550
% change year-on-year +8.37% -7.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 21 32
10th Percentile £35.22 - £15.13
25th Percentile £71.00 £14.75 £55.41
Median hourly rate £85.00 £27.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +209.09% -55.36% -6.04%
75th Percentile £101.92 £55.00 £75.40
90th Percentile £105.50 £58.00 £87.46
Berkshire median hourly rate £80.00 £32.31 £61.60
% change year-on-year +147.60% -47.55% +2.67%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in Reading

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in Reading over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in Reading

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in Reading over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in Reading

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 4 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.71%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (5.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.42%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.71%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 23 (16.31%) Azure
2 9 (6.38%) AWS
2 9 (6.38%) Power Platform
3 8 (5.67%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (5.67%) GCP
4 5 (3.55%) SaaS
5 4 (2.84%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.42%) dbt
7 2 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.42%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.71%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.71%) Collibra
8 1 (0.71%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.71%) Miro
8 1 (0.71%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.71%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.84%) Unified Communications
1 4 (2.84%) VoIP
2 2 (1.42%) Network Security
3 1 (0.71%) DHCP
3 1 (0.71%) DNS
3 1 (0.71%) ISDN
3 1 (0.71%) PBX
3 1 (0.71%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.09%) Metadata
2 5 (3.55%) Power BI
3 4 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.84%) Tableau
4 2 (1.42%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.42%) Tableau Desktop
5 1 (0.71%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.71%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.71%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.42%) Git
1 2 (1.42%) JIRA
2 1 (0.71%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.71%) GitLab
2 1 (0.71%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.71%) JMeter
2 1 (0.71%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.71%) NeoLoad
2 1 (0.71%) Postman
2 1 (0.71%) REST Assured
General
1 64 (45.39%) Social Skills
2 29 (20.57%) Aerospace
3 26 (18.44%) Finance
4 21 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.80%) Manufacturing
6 10 (7.09%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (7.09%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (7.09%) Public Sector
7 9 (6.38%) Legal
8 8 (5.67%) Telecoms
9 6 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.13%) Local Government
10 3 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.42%) Aviation
11 2 (1.42%) Billing
11 2 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.42%) Publishing
11 2 (1.42%) Retail
12 1 (0.71%) Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (24.11%) Analyst
2 23 (16.31%) Lead
3 17 (12.06%) Business Analyst
3 17 (12.06%) Project Manager
4 16 (11.35%) Architect
5 12 (8.51%) Delivery Manager
5 12 (8.51%) Senior
6 10 (7.09%) Consultant
6 10 (7.09%) Product Manager
7 9 (6.38%) Product Delivery Manager
8 8 (5.67%) Security Manager
8 8 (5.67%) Security Project Manager
8 8 (5.67%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (5.67%) Transformation Manager
9 7 (4.96%) Change Manager
9 7 (4.96%) Security Analyst
10 6 (4.26%) Engineering Manager
11 5 (3.55%) Change Analyst
11 5 (3.55%) Product Owner
12 4 (2.84%) Operations Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.84%) OAuth
1 4 (2.84%) SAML
2 3 (2.13%) LDAP
2 3 (2.13%) OpenID
3 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.42%) Terraform
4 1 (0.71%) .NET
4 1 (0.71%) ADO
4 1 (0.71%) Playwright
4 1 (0.71%) React
4 1 (0.71%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.71%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.71%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.80%) Virtual Team
2 8 (5.67%) Operational Technology
3 7 (4.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (4.96%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (4.96%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (4.26%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.13%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.13%) Enterprise Cloud
6 3 (2.13%) SCADA
7 2 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.42%) IoT
7 2 (1.42%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.71%) CMDB
8 1 (0.71%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.71%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.71%) Linux
1 1 (0.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (31.91%) Change Management
2 39 (27.66%) Agile
3 38 (26.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (22.70%) Cybersecurity
5 31 (21.99%) Roadmaps
6 30 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 23 (16.31%) Service Management
8 20 (14.18%) DevOps
8 20 (14.18%) ITIL
9 19 (13.48%) Decision-Making
10 18 (12.77%) Workshop Facilitation
11 16 (11.35%) Business Analysis
11 16 (11.35%) Computer Science
12 15 (10.64%) Analytics
12 15 (10.64%) Backlog Prioritisation
12 15 (10.64%) Data Modelling
13 14 (9.93%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 14 (9.93%) Mentoring
13 14 (9.93%) PRINCE2
14 13 (9.22%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.80%) SQL
2 8 (5.67%) Python
3 4 (2.84%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.42%) Bash
4 2 (1.42%) Java
5 1 (0.71%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.71%) Bicep
5 1 (0.71%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 69 (48.94%) Security Cleared
2 65 (46.10%) SC Cleared
3 23 (16.31%) Degree
4 14 (9.93%) PMP
5 13 (9.22%) PMI Certification
6 10 (7.09%) CISSP
7 7 (4.96%) CISM
7 7 (4.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (2.84%) Azure Certification
8 4 (2.84%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.13%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.42%) CISA
10 2 (1.42%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.42%) Tableau Certification
10 2 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.71%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.71%) CSPO
11 1 (0.71%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (0.71%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (11.35%) NIST
3 13 (9.22%) GDPR
4 8 (5.67%) Data Quality
4 8 (5.67%) PMO
4 8 (5.67%) SOC 2
5 6 (4.26%) GRC
6 3 (2.13%) EU AI Act
7 2 (1.42%) NCSC
7 2 (1.42%) QA
7 2 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.71%) COBIT
8 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.71%) ITGC
8 1 (0.71%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.71%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (2.84%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.13%) Docker
3 1 (0.71%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.84%) Cisco CUCM
1 4 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.42%) MOM
2 2 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.71%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.71%) QRadar
3 1 (0.71%) SCCM
3 1 (0.71%) SCOM
Vendors
1 22 (15.60%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.22%) SAP
3 6 (4.26%) Google
3 6 (4.26%) Oracle
3 6 (4.26%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.84%) Cisco
5 3 (2.13%) Workday
6 2 (1.42%) CyberArk
6 2 (1.42%) Databricks
6 2 (1.42%) EMC
6 2 (1.42%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.42%) Splunk
7 1 (0.71%) Ariba
7 1 (0.71%) Avaya
7 1 (0.71%) BMC
7 1 (0.71%) Citrix
7 1 (0.71%) Planview
7 1 (0.71%) Qualys
7 1 (0.71%) Remedy
7 1 (0.71%) SolarWinds