Stakeholder Engagement Contracts in Scotland

Stakeholder Engagement
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Stakeholder Engagement 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 67 92 110
Rank change year-on-year +25 +18 -29
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 51 37 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.14% 1.67% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.36% 1.88% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 19 34
10th Percentile £413 £425 £242
25th Percentile £463 £500 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £434
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +21.04% +15.67%
75th Percentile £624 £632 £529
90th Percentile £675 £798 £600
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.39 - -
Median hourly rate £71.32 £38.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +87.67% - -
75th Percentile £75.24 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £48.50 £35.96 £21.30
% change year-on-year +34.87% +68.83% -27.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Stakeholder Engagement in Scotland

Stakeholder Engagement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Stakeholder Engagement in Scotland

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in Scotland

Stakeholder Engagement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Stakeholder Engagement in Scotland

Stakeholder Engagement
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the Scotland 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
Glasgow +10 24 £541 +13.79% 8
Edinburgh +15 20 £625 +16.28% 13
Perthshire -1 1 £600 +14.29%
Argyll and Bute - 1 - -
Stakeholder Engagement
UK

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.96%) TPMS
Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.76%) Azure
2 2 (3.92%) AWS
2 2 (3.92%) IBM Blueworks
3 1 (1.96%) Amazon S3
3 1 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.96%) SaaS
3 1 (1.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (1.96%) Serverless
3 1 (1.96%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) ADSL
1 1 (1.96%) DHCP
1 1 (1.96%) DNS
1 1 (1.96%) LAN
1 1 (1.96%) PSTN
1 1 (1.96%) SDH
1 1 (1.96%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.96%) WAN
1 1 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.96%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.96%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.96%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) JIRA
2 1 (1.96%) TestRail
General
1 22 (43.14%) Finance
2 19 (37.25%) Social Skills
3 12 (23.53%) Public Sector
4 9 (17.65%) Banking
5 8 (15.69%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (5.88%) Multimedia
7 3 (5.88%) Retail Banking
8 2 (3.92%) Legal
9 1 (1.96%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.96%) Electronics
9 1 (1.96%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.96%) Retail
9 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (17.65%) Analyst
1 9 (17.65%) Project Manager
2 7 (13.73%) Business Analyst
2 7 (13.73%) Senior
3 6 (11.76%) Programme Manager
4 5 (9.80%) Architect
4 5 (9.80%) Lead
5 4 (7.84%) Senior Manager
5 4 (7.84%) Technical Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Fraud Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (3.92%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
7 2 (3.92%) Security Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Security Project Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Service Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.92%) Technical Architect
7 2 (3.92%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.96%) AWS CDK
2 1 (1.96%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.84%) Data Structures
2 3 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.88%) PMI
3 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.96%) CMDB
4 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.96%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.96%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.80%) Windows
2 3 (5.88%) Linux
3 2 (3.92%) Unix
3 2 (3.92%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (25.49%) Project Delivery
1 13 (25.49%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (21.57%) Project Management
3 10 (19.61%) Risk Management
4 9 (17.65%) Agile
4 9 (17.65%) Programme Management
4 9 (17.65%) Roadmaps
5 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (13.73%) Change Management
6 7 (13.73%) Decision-Making
6 7 (13.73%) Workshop Facilitation
7 6 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (11.76%) Resource Allocation
8 5 (9.80%) Business Analysis
8 5 (9.80%) Business Case
8 5 (9.80%) Project Planning
8 5 (9.80%) Strategic Planning
9 4 (7.84%) ERP
9 4 (7.84%) ITIL
9 4 (7.84%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.92%) Python
1 2 (3.92%) SQL
2 1 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.96%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (19.61%) Degree
2 3 (5.88%) PMI Certification
2 3 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.92%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.96%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.96%) CRISC
4 1 (1.96%) HNC
4 1 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) QA
2 3 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.88%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (3.92%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.92%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.96%) GDPR
4 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.96%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.80%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.88%) Cisco
3 3 (5.88%) Oracle
4 2 (3.92%) IBM
5 1 (1.96%) BT
5 1 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.96%) Fiserv
5 1 (1.96%) Nokia
5 1 (1.96%) Pega
5 1 (1.96%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.96%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.96%) Sage
5 1 (1.96%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.96%) VMware