Stakeholder Engagement Contracts in the South East

Stakeholder Engagement
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 128 125
Rank change year-on-year +75 -3 -3
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 112 63 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.74% 1.14% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.09% 1.35% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 29 79
10th Percentile £350 £363 £400
25th Percentile £403 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% +3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £609 £650
90th Percentile £678 £721 £803
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 1
10th Percentile £29.32 - -
25th Percentile - - £53.50
Median hourly rate £32.05 £18.35 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.66% -66.64% -
75th Percentile £71.25 £48.75 £56.50
90th Percentile £72.75 £61.73 -
England median hourly rate £48.50 £35.96 £21.30
% change year-on-year +34.87% +68.83% -13.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,741 4,675 5,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.49% 84.68% 89.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,750 2,738 3,584
10th Percentile £256 £250 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -1.91% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 434 223
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £17.10
25th Percentile £15.25 £18.20 £22.16
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -3.06% +123.23%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £64.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.96
England median hourly rate £29.80 £36.33 £36.40
% change year-on-year -17.97% -0.18% +49.47%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the South East

Stakeholder Engagement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the South East

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the South East

Stakeholder Engagement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the South East

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the South East over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the South East

Stakeholder Engagement
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 6 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
Thames Valley +56 77 £475 -9.52% 43
Berkshire +45 54 £456 -13.10% 26
Hampshire +44 21 £550 -15.38% 21
Oxfordshire +15 12 £625 - 9
Buckinghamshire +17 11 £475 +10.47% 12
Surrey +9 6 £420 -30.00% 8
East Sussex - 3 £650 - 5
West Sussex - 2 £550 - 17
Home Counties - 2 - -
Kent +9 1 £360 -20.00% 12
Stakeholder Engagement
England

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.68%) CMS
3 1 (0.89%) Appian
3 1 (0.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.79%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.57%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 3 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.89%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 17 (15.18%) Azure
2 7 (6.25%) AWS
2 7 (6.25%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.68%) Adobe Analytics
3 3 (2.68%) AWS KMS
3 3 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.79%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.79%) GCP
4 2 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.79%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.89%) Figma
5 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (0.89%) Oracle CX
5 1 (0.89%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.89%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.89%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (0.89%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (0.89%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (0.89%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.57%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (2.68%) SSL
3 2 (1.79%) 2G
3 2 (1.79%) 3G
3 2 (1.79%) 4G
3 2 (1.79%) 5G
3 2 (1.79%) DHCP
3 2 (1.79%) DNS
3 2 (1.79%) FTP
3 2 (1.79%) Intranet
3 2 (1.79%) SMTP
3 2 (1.79%) Telnet
4 1 (0.89%) PSTN
4 1 (0.89%) VoIP
4 1 (0.89%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.57%) Power BI
2 2 (1.79%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.79%) Qlik Sense
2 2 (1.79%) Tableau
3 1 (0.89%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (3.57%) JIRA
2 1 (0.89%) Axure RP
General
1 43 (38.39%) Social Skills
2 25 (22.32%) Finance
3 22 (19.64%) Telecoms
4 19 (16.96%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.93%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (8.04%) Manufacturing
6 9 (8.04%) Public Sector
7 6 (5.36%) Marketing
7 6 (5.36%) Retail
8 5 (4.46%) Billing
9 4 (3.57%) Legal
9 4 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.68%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.79%) Law
11 2 (1.79%) Local Government
12 1 (0.89%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.89%) Banking
12 1 (0.89%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 19 (16.96%) Analyst
1 19 (16.96%) Project Manager
2 13 (11.61%) Architect
2 13 (11.61%) Business Analyst
3 9 (8.04%) Senior
4 7 (6.25%) Consultant
4 7 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (5.36%) Designer
5 6 (5.36%) Lead
6 5 (4.46%) Senior Manager
6 5 (4.46%) Service Manager
6 5 (4.46%) Solutions Designer
7 4 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (3.57%) PMO Specialist
7 4 (3.57%) Product Owner
7 4 (3.57%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (3.57%) SAP Manager
7 4 (3.57%) SAP Project Manager
8 3 (2.68%) Relationships Manager
8 3 (2.68%) Service Relationship Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.14%) Web Services
2 5 (4.46%) JSON
2 5 (4.46%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.36%) Life Science
2 6 (5.36%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (4.46%) CMDB
3 5 (4.46%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.46%) Frameworx
3 5 (4.46%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.46%) TM Forum
4 3 (2.68%) e-Learning
4 3 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.68%) PKI
5 2 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.79%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.79%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.79%) Podcast
5 2 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.79%) Social Media
6 1 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.89%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.89%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.36%) Windows
2 4 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (30.36%) Agile
2 29 (25.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 24 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (21.43%) Project Management
4 20 (17.86%) Change Management
5 19 (16.96%) Migration
6 16 (14.29%) PRINCE2
6 16 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 14 (12.50%) Risk Management
8 13 (11.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (10.71%) Service Delivery
10 11 (9.82%) CRM
10 11 (9.82%) Decision-Making
10 11 (9.82%) Service Management
11 10 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (8.93%) ITIL
11 10 (8.93%) Process Improvement
11 10 (8.93%) Project Delivery
11 10 (8.93%) Project Planning
12 9 (8.04%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.57%) SQL
2 1 (0.89%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.89%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (29.46%) Security Cleared
2 20 (17.86%) SC Cleared
3 15 (13.39%) Degree
4 12 (10.71%) DV Cleared
5 7 (6.25%) PMI Certification
5 7 (6.25%) PMP
6 3 (2.68%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.79%) ACCA
7 2 (1.79%) APMP
7 2 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.89%) CISM
8 1 (0.89%) CISSP
8 1 (0.89%) IIBA
8 1 (0.89%) ISEB
8 1 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.89%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.89%) PhD
8 1 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.25%) PMO
1 7 (6.25%) QA
2 5 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.57%) GDPR
3 4 (3.57%) NIST
3 4 (3.57%) P3O
3 4 (3.57%) PMBOK
4 2 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.79%) GRC
4 2 (1.79%) IFRS
5 1 (0.89%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.89%) COBIT
5 1 (0.89%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (0.89%) NCSC
5 1 (0.89%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.89%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.79%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.79%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (1.79%) SCCM
2 2 (1.79%) SCOM
2 2 (1.79%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.89%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 16 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.82%) Salesforce
3 10 (8.93%) SAP
4 9 (8.04%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.46%) Oracle
6 4 (3.57%) OpenAI
7 3 (2.68%) Adobe
7 3 (2.68%) Thales
8 2 (1.79%) Ariba
8 2 (1.79%) Cramer
8 2 (1.79%) Databricks
8 2 (1.79%) Google
8 2 (1.79%) Infoblox
8 2 (1.79%) McAfee
8 2 (1.79%) Remedy
8 2 (1.79%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.89%) Rakuten
9 1 (0.89%) Snow
9 1 (0.89%) Tenable
9 1 (0.89%) Workday