Stakeholder Engagement Contracts in the South West

Stakeholder Engagement
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 100 107
Rank change year-on-year +54 +7 -25
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 68 49 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 4.03% 1.53% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.46% 1.85% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 31 50
10th Percentile £410 £400 £374
25th Percentile £444 £433 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £519
Median % change year-on-year - +6.02% -1.19%
75th Percentile £620 £678 £599
90th Percentile £638 £775 £701
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 0
10th Percentile - £56.49 -
25th Percentile £81.25 £57.33 -
Median hourly rate £82.50 £57.44 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.63% - -
75th Percentile £83.75 £75.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,524 2,653 3,256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.34% 83.09% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 968 1,693 2,396
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £723
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 336 334
10th Percentile £18.48 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.27 £29.19 £16.32
Median hourly rate £62.75 £55.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.09% -10.57% +26.52%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.37
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.33 £36.77
% change year-on-year -19.99% -1.19% +51.01%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the South West

Stakeholder Engagement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the South West

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the South West over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the South West

Stakeholder Engagement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the South West

Stakeholder Engagement
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 Engagement within the South West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Wiltshire +43 26 £600 -11.11% 6
Bristol +27 20 £425 -18.07% 34
Gloucestershire +19 13 £550 +33.33% 29
Somerset - 8 £600 - 11
Dorset -2 1 £475 - 4
Stakeholder Engagement
England

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (5.88%) Confluence
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.94%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.24%) Azure
2 4 (5.88%) AWS
3 3 (4.41%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.41%) GCP
4 1 (1.47%) Akamai
4 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.35%) 5G
2 4 (5.88%) VPN
3 3 (4.41%) SD-WAN
3 3 (4.41%) WAN
4 2 (2.94%) BGP
4 2 (2.94%) DHCP
4 2 (2.94%) DNS
4 2 (2.94%) Firewall
4 2 (2.94%) MPLS
4 2 (2.94%) OSPF
4 2 (2.94%) Skype
4 2 (2.94%) VLAN
4 2 (2.94%) VoIP
4 2 (2.94%) WebEx
5 1 (1.47%) LAN
5 1 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.88%) Metadata
2 2 (2.94%) Oracle Database
2 2 (2.94%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.88%) JIRA
2 2 (2.94%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (2.94%) Rational DOORS
General
1 47 (69.12%) Social Skills
2 13 (19.12%) Public Sector
3 12 (17.65%) Finance
4 8 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.76%) Telecoms
5 7 (10.29%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (10.29%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (7.35%) Billing
7 3 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.94%) Electronics
8 2 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.94%) Local Government
8 2 (2.94%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.94%) Marketing
9 1 (1.47%) Back Office
9 1 (1.47%) Military
9 1 (1.47%) Police
9 1 (1.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (20.59%) Architect
1 14 (20.59%) Lead
2 12 (17.65%) Project Manager
3 6 (8.82%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (8.82%) Technical Architect
4 5 (7.35%) OSS Project Manager
4 5 (7.35%) Service Manager
4 5 (7.35%) Telecoms Manager
4 5 (7.35%) Telecoms Project Manager
5 4 (5.88%) Report Manager
5 4 (5.88%) Service Level Manager
5 4 (5.88%) Service Owner
6 3 (4.41%) Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) IT Manager
6 3 (4.41%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Product Lead
6 3 (4.41%) Project Planner
7 2 (2.94%) Business Analyst
7 2 (2.94%) Coordinator
7 2 (2.94%) Database Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.94%) Middleware
3 1 (1.47%) OAuth
3 1 (1.47%) OpenID
3 1 (1.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.29%) Cloud Native
2 5 (7.35%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (7.35%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.94%) PKI
3 2 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.47%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.47%) EPoS
4 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.47%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.88%) Windows
2 2 (2.94%) AIX
2 2 (2.94%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.94%) Linux
2 2 (2.94%) Unix
2 2 (2.94%) Windows 10
2 2 (2.94%) Windows Server
2 2 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (33.82%) Project Management
2 20 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (23.53%) Agile
4 16 (23.53%) Risk Management
5 15 (22.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (14.71%) Roadmaps
6 10 (14.71%) Scrum
7 9 (13.24%) Change Management
7 9 (13.24%) PRINCE2
8 8 (11.76%) Regulatory Compliance
8 8 (11.76%) Risk Assessment
8 8 (11.76%) Waterfall
9 7 (10.29%) Budget Management
9 7 (10.29%) Business Case
9 7 (10.29%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (10.29%) ITIL
9 7 (10.29%) Project Delivery
9 7 (10.29%) Service Management
9 7 (10.29%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 31 (45.59%) Security Cleared
2 22 (32.35%) SC Cleared
3 14 (20.59%) DV Cleared
4 7 (10.29%) PMI Certification
4 7 (10.29%) PMP
5 3 (4.41%) Degree
6 2 (2.94%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (2.94%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.94%) CCIE
6 2 (2.94%) CCNP
6 2 (2.94%) CISA
6 2 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.94%) CISSP
6 2 (2.94%) JNCIE
6 2 (2.94%) JNCIP
6 2 (2.94%) MCSA
6 2 (2.94%) MCSE
6 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.94%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.88%) Data Quality
1 4 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.94%) GRC
2 2 (2.94%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.47%) NIST
3 1 (1.47%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.47%) PMO
3 1 (1.47%) QA
3 1 (1.47%) RMADS
System Software
1 5 (7.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (7.35%) Amdocs OSS
1 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.41%) OPNET
3 2 (2.94%) Ansible
3 2 (2.94%) SCCM
4 1 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (13.24%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.76%) Oracle
3 5 (7.35%) Amdocs
3 5 (7.35%) Ciena
3 5 (7.35%) Cisco
3 5 (7.35%) Ericsson
3 5 (7.35%) NetCracker
3 5 (7.35%) Nokia
4 3 (4.41%) Atlassian
4 3 (4.41%) Google
4 3 (4.41%) Juniper
5 2 (2.94%) Apple
5 2 (2.94%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.94%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.94%) SAP
6 1 (1.47%) Aruba
6 1 (1.47%) HP
6 1 (1.47%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.47%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.47%) SolarWinds