Stakeholder and Relationship Management Contract Job Trends in the South West

Stakeholder and Relationship Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Stakeholder and Relationship Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 119 144
Rank change year-on-year -19 +25 +25
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder and Relationship Management 3 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.11% 0.22% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.25% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 7
10th Percentile - £531 -
25th Percentile £319 £559 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £339 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -43.58% +2.13% +15.20%
75th Percentile £358 £650 £731
90th Percentile - £673 £825
England median daily rate £520 £580 £575
% change year-on-year -10.34% +0.87% +4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Stakeholder and Relationship Management 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,247 1,632 2,596
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 81.44% 89.08% 84.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,242 1,010 1,654
10th Percentile £275 £225 £275
25th Percentile £409 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% -3.11%
75th Percentile £612 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £720
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 398 99 335
10th Percentile £16.44 £20.35 £14.54
25th Percentile £22.84 £47.75 £31.60
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +30.00% -18.70%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £68.75
90th Percentile - £70.00 £78.22
England median hourly rate £26.78 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.49% - -

Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stakeholder and Relationship Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Stakeholder and Relationship Management job vacancy trend in the South West

Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Stakeholder and Relationship Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Stakeholder and Relationship Management

Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Stakeholder and Relationship Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Stakeholder and Relationship Management

Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder and Relationship Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 19 February 2026. 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
Wiltshire - 2 - -
Somerset - 1 £339 - 1
Stakeholder and Relationship Management
England

Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Services Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Economics
3 1 (33.33%) Information Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CBAP
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) IIBA
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Databricks
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft