Stakeholder Management Contract Job Trends in the South West

Stakeholder Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Stakeholder Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 26 27
Rank change year-on-year +13 +1 -7
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 288 109 203
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 8.09% 6.19% 6.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.14% 6.83% 7.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 69 139
10th Percentile £372 £306 £363
25th Percentile £463 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £788
England median daily rate £549 £538 £539
% change year-on-year +2.19% -0.23% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 4 9
10th Percentile - £55.43 £11.87
25th Percentile £31.25 £61.58 £35.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £65.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.15% -18.75% +45.50%
75th Percentile £49.06 £68.13 £85.00
90th Percentile £80.30 £73.75 £86.00
England median hourly rate £58.75 £54.01 £60.00
% change year-on-year +8.79% -9.99% +12.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Stakeholder 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 2,839 1,596 2,718
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 79.75% 90.63% 82.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,531 962 1,709
10th Percentile £325 £217 £260
25th Percentile £413 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £687 £700
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 476 177 380
10th Percentile £16.62 £16.48 £13.86
25th Percentile £32.19 £18.51 £29.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £28.55 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +101.40% -48.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £70.25
90th Percentile £72.54 £70.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.65%

Stakeholder Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Stakeholder Management job vacancy trend in the South West

Stakeholder Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Stakeholder Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Management in the South West over the 6 months to 29 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Management in the South West

Stakeholder Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Stakeholder Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Stakeholder Management in the South West over the 6 months to 29 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Stakeholder Management in the South West

Stakeholder 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 Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 29 June 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
Bristol +1 102 £511 +13.56% 44
Wiltshire +29 88 £550 -8.33% 18
Gloucestershire +6 32 £488 -7.14% 37
Somerset 0 28 £524 +21.45% 17
Devon -3 20 £560 +17.28% 1
Cornwall - 2 £350 - 1
Dorset -10 1 £450 -10.45% 7
Stakeholder Management
England

Stakeholder 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.13%) Confluence
2 6 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.69%) CMS
3 2 (0.69%) Jupyter
3 2 (0.69%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 8 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.04%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.69%) Trello
5 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (2.78%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.43%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (2.43%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (2.08%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (1.39%) NEC Housing
5 3 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.69%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.69%) Sprinklr
6 2 (0.69%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.35%) Magento
7 1 (0.35%) Maximo
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.35%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.35%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.35%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 35 (12.15%) Azure
2 23 (7.99%) AWS
3 10 (3.47%) Power Platform
4 8 (2.78%) GCP
5 7 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.08%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.04%) GitHub
9 3 (1.04%) SaaS
9 3 (1.04%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.69%) dbt
10 2 (0.69%) Figma
10 2 (0.69%) Intacct
11 1 (0.35%) Asana
11 1 (0.35%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.35%) Serverless
11 1 (0.35%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.74%) 3G
1 5 (1.74%) 4G
1 5 (1.74%) 5G
1 5 (1.74%) Firewall
2 2 (0.69%) Network Security
2 2 (0.69%) NGFW
3 1 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.35%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.35%) DMVPN
3 1 (0.35%) Internet
3 1 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.35%) LAN
3 1 (0.35%) Multicast
3 1 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.35%) VXLAN
3 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.47%) Power BI
2 5 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.69%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.69%) Metadata
3 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.35%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.35%) GIS
4 1 (0.35%) Looker
4 1 (0.35%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (10.07%) JIRA
2 2 (0.69%) AdminStudio
2 2 (0.69%) InstallShield
2 2 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.35%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.35%) Gatling
3 1 (0.35%) GitLab
3 1 (0.35%) HP UFT
3 1 (0.35%) Selenium
3 1 (0.35%) WebDriver
General
1 147 (51.04%) Social Skills
2 63 (21.88%) Finance
3 44 (15.28%) Public Sector
4 40 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.86%) Manufacturing
5 14 (4.86%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.17%) Aerospace
6 12 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (3.47%) Banking
7 10 (3.47%) Legal
8 8 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.78%) Retail
9 7 (2.43%) General Ledger
9 7 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.43%) Military
10 6 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.74%) Local Government
11 5 (1.74%) Publishing
12 4 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.04%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 47 (16.32%) Lead
2 36 (12.50%) Architect
3 35 (12.15%) Analyst
4 34 (11.81%) Project Manager
5 24 (8.33%) Senior
6 17 (5.90%) Business Analyst
7 14 (4.86%) Delivery Manager
7 14 (4.86%) Programme Manager
8 12 (4.17%) Consultant
9 11 (3.82%) Scrum Master
9 11 (3.82%) Service Manager
9 11 (3.82%) Telecoms Manager
10 10 (3.47%) Product Manager
11 9 (3.13%) Change Manager
11 9 (3.13%) IT Manager
12 8 (2.78%) Data Architect
12 8 (2.78%) Digital Product Manager
12 8 (2.78%) Site Manager
13 7 (2.43%) Data Analyst
13 7 (2.43%) Transformation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.08%) Leaflet
2 5 (1.74%) .NET
3 3 (1.04%) JDO
3 3 (1.04%) REST
3 3 (1.04%) SOAP
4 2 (0.69%) Android Jetpack
4 2 (0.69%) Android SDK
4 2 (0.69%) FHIR
4 2 (0.69%) Jetpack Compose
4 2 (0.69%) LDAP
4 2 (0.69%) Middleware
4 2 (0.69%) OAuth
4 2 (0.69%) OpenID
4 2 (0.69%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.69%) SAML
5 1 (0.35%) EDI
5 1 (0.35%) OLE
5 1 (0.35%) React
5 1 (0.35%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.03%) Product Ownership
2 25 (8.68%) Onboarding
3 24 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (4.86%) Blackberry
5 11 (3.82%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.43%) Operational Technology
6 7 (2.43%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.08%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.08%) Cyber Security Posture
7 6 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.08%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.74%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.39%) CMDB
9 4 (1.39%) CSOC
9 4 (1.39%) FMCG
10 3 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.04%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.69%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.64%) Windows
2 19 (6.60%) Android
3 15 (5.21%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.04%) Linux
4 3 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.04%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (32.29%) Agile
2 61 (21.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (16.32%) Roadmaps
5 41 (14.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 36 (12.50%) ITIL
6 36 (12.50%) Project Management
7 34 (11.81%) Risk Management
8 33 (11.46%) Cybersecurity
9 32 (11.11%) Decision-Making
9 32 (11.11%) PRINCE2
9 32 (11.11%) Project Delivery
10 29 (10.07%) Scrum
11 28 (9.72%) Service Management
12 27 (9.38%) DevOps
13 22 (7.64%) AI
13 22 (7.64%) ERP
13 22 (7.64%) Migration
14 21 (7.29%) Change Management
14 21 (7.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.21%) SQL
2 8 (2.78%) Java
3 7 (2.43%) Python
4 5 (1.74%) Kotlin
5 3 (1.04%) C#
6 2 (0.69%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 130 (45.14%) Security Cleared
2 108 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.60%) PMP
4 17 (5.90%) Degree
5 14 (4.86%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.78%) CISSP
7 7 (2.43%) ACCA
7 7 (2.43%) CIMA
7 7 (2.43%) CISM
7 7 (2.43%) PMI Certification
8 6 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.08%) CRISC
9 5 (1.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.69%) APMP
11 2 (0.69%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.69%) CBAP
11 2 (0.69%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.69%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.25%) GDPR
1 18 (6.25%) QA
2 11 (3.82%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.13%) JSP 440
4 8 (2.78%) NIST
5 7 (2.43%) NCSC
5 7 (2.43%) SLA
6 5 (1.74%) PMO
7 3 (1.04%) Def Stans
7 3 (1.04%) GRC
8 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.69%) HL7
8 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.69%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.35%) COBIT
9 1 (0.35%) ITGC
9 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (1.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (5.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.08%) SCCM
3 3 (1.04%) Terraform
4 2 (0.69%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 2 (0.69%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.35%) CASB
5 1 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 48 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.21%) VMware
3 14 (4.86%) Citrix
3 14 (4.86%) MobileIron
3 14 (4.86%) SAP
4 12 (4.17%) ServiceNow
5 9 (3.13%) Oracle
6 6 (2.08%) Remedy
7 4 (1.39%) Databricks
7 4 (1.39%) Google
7 4 (1.39%) NEC
7 4 (1.39%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.04%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.04%) F5
9 2 (0.69%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.69%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.69%) Foundry
9 2 (0.69%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.69%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.69%) Virgin Media