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 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 81 110
Rank change year-on-year +34 +29 -26
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 79 37 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 4.86% 1.99% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.33% 2.29% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 22 29
10th Percentile £354 £383 £290
25th Percentile £400 £414 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £530 £657 £554
90th Percentile £575 £833 £653
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £26.21 £26.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% - -
75th Percentile £38.47 £26.75 -
90th Percentile £60.53 - -
UK median hourly rate £44.91 £58.17 £56.49
% change year-on-year -22.80% +2.98% +105.42%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,481 1,614 2,349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 91.03% 86.82% 92.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 792 991 1,560
10th Percentile £263 £206 £247
25th Percentile £368 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £598 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 49 56
10th Percentile £16.84 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £13.50 £13.03
Median hourly rate £20.00 £18.38 £19.06
Median % change year-on-year +8.84% -3.57% -4.01%
75th Percentile £25.15 £27.50 £58.75
90th Percentile £29.60 £57.50 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.90% -4.71% +54.55%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in Scotland

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in Scotland

Stakeholder Engagement
DemandTrendContract 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 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +30 36 £463 -2.63% 19
Glasgow +7 35 £450 -19.25% 17
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 3 (3.80%) Confluence
1 3 (3.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (8.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Adobe Campaign
1 1 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.13%) Azure
2 5 (6.33%) AWS
3 4 (5.06%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (3.80%) GCP
5 2 (2.53%) Azure AI
5 2 (2.53%) Azure Cognitive Search
5 2 (2.53%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 2 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (1.27%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (1.27%) IaaS
6 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.27%) SaaS
6 1 (1.27%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (1.27%) Serverless
6 1 (1.27%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.27%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.27%) ADSL
1 1 (1.27%) Firewall
1 1 (1.27%) LAN
1 1 (1.27%) PSTN
1 1 (1.27%) SDH
1 1 (1.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.06%) Metadata
2 3 (3.80%) Power BI
3 2 (2.53%) BigQuery
3 2 (2.53%) Looker
3 2 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.27%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.27%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (5.06%) JIRA
2 2 (2.53%) ER Studio
3 1 (1.27%) Appium
3 1 (1.27%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.27%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.27%) Selenium
General
1 43 (54.43%) Social Skills
2 34 (43.04%) Finance
3 15 (18.99%) Banking
4 14 (17.72%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (17.72%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.33%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (6.33%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (6.33%) Retail Banking
6 4 (5.06%) Legal
7 2 (2.53%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (2.53%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Dutch Language
8 1 (1.27%) Electronics
8 1 (1.27%) French Language
8 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.27%) Marketing
8 1 (1.27%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (27.85%) Analyst
2 18 (22.78%) Business Analyst
3 11 (13.92%) Senior
4 9 (11.39%) Architect
4 9 (11.39%) Project Manager
5 5 (6.33%) Senior Business Analyst
6 4 (5.06%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (5.06%) Technical Manager
7 3 (3.80%) Administrator
7 3 (3.80%) Business Manager
7 3 (3.80%) Data Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (3.80%) Lead
7 3 (3.80%) Programme Manager
7 3 (3.80%) Project Administrator
7 3 (3.80%) Systems Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) Technical Architect
8 2 (2.53%) Consultant
8 2 (2.53%) Data Architect
8 2 (2.53%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.80%) .NET
2 2 (2.53%) Kafka
2 2 (2.53%) React
2 2 (2.53%) RESTful
3 1 (1.27%) Middleware
3 1 (1.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.86%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.33%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (5.06%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (5.06%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.80%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.80%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.80%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.80%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (2.53%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.27%) CMDB
6 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.27%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.27%) NHS
6 1 (1.27%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.27%) PMI
6 1 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.06%) Unix
1 4 (5.06%) Windows
2 1 (1.27%) Linux
2 1 (1.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (36.71%) Agile
2 18 (22.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (17.72%) Business Analysis
3 14 (17.72%) Migration
4 13 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (16.46%) Project Management
4 13 (16.46%) Risk Management
5 12 (15.19%) Decision-Making
6 9 (11.39%) Change Management
6 9 (11.39%) Data Governance
6 9 (11.39%) Data Protection
6 9 (11.39%) ERP
6 9 (11.39%) Project Delivery
7 8 (10.13%) Data Migration
7 8 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (8.86%) CI/CD
8 7 (8.86%) Data Transformation
8 7 (8.86%) DevOps
8 7 (8.86%) Process Improvement
8 7 (8.86%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.86%) Python
1 7 (8.86%) SQL
2 2 (2.53%) C#
2 2 (2.53%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.27%) Bash
3 1 (1.27%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (13.92%) Degree
2 3 (3.80%) HND
2 3 (3.80%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.53%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (2.53%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (2.53%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.27%) HNC
4 1 (1.27%) ISEB
4 1 (1.27%) PMP
4 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.13%) GDPR
2 5 (6.33%) Data Quality
2 5 (6.33%) QA
3 4 (5.06%) Accessibility
3 4 (5.06%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.27%) NIST
4 1 (1.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.27%) SCCM
1 1 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (22.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.33%) ServiceNow
3 4 (5.06%) SAP
4 3 (3.80%) Cisco
4 3 (3.80%) Google
4 3 (3.80%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.53%) OpenAI
5 2 (2.53%) Oracle
6 1 (1.27%) Adobe
6 1 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.27%) Dundas
6 1 (1.27%) Fiserv
6 1 (1.27%) Meraki
6 1 (1.27%) Nokia
6 1 (1.27%) Pega
6 1 (1.27%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.27%) Teradata
6 1 (1.27%) Workday