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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 21 28
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 -8
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 300 127 197
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 8.43% 6.78% 6.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.47% 7.57% 7.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 80 135
10th Percentile £363 £308 £363
25th Percentile £466 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.15% +3.57% -6.87%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £715 £739 £788
England median daily rate £550 £538 £533
% change year-on-year +2.33% +0.89% -3.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 9
10th Percentile - £53.45 £39.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £56.63 £53.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £63.84 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.17% -20.21% +49.07%
75th Percentile £49.06 £71.63 £85.00
90th Percentile £80.30 £75.15 £86.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £54.01 £61.60
% change year-on-year +15.73% -12.33% +14.79%

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 2,865 1,678 2,591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 80.50% 89.64% 83.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,566 995 1,644
10th Percentile £325 £220 £263
25th Percentile £418 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £608 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 445 198 356
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.25 £14.47
25th Percentile £32.50 £18.51 £34.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £25.15 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +128.63% -58.08% -7.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 18 July 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 +2 102 £518 +15.11% 63
Wiltshire +22 86 £550 -8.33% 19
Somerset -1 39 £550 +27.54% 18
Gloucestershire +2 32 £525 +2.94% 36
Devon -4 19 £560 -2.61% 5
Dorset -7 2 £450 -10.45% 12
Cornwall - 1 - - 2
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 16 (5.33%) Confluence
2 8 (2.67%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.67%) CMS
3 2 (0.67%) Jupyter
3 2 (0.67%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 9 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.67%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.67%) Trello
5 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (2.67%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.33%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (2.33%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (2.00%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (1.33%) NEC Housing
4 4 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.67%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.67%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.67%) Sprinklr
5 2 (0.67%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.33%) Magento
6 1 (0.33%) Maximo
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.33%) Sage 50
6 1 (0.33%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.33%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.33%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 48 (16.00%) Azure
2 30 (10.00%) AWS
3 14 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (3.33%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.00%) GCP
6 6 (2.00%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.67%) Snowflake
8 4 (1.33%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.33%) GitHub
8 4 (1.33%) SaaS
9 3 (1.00%) OCI
10 2 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.67%) dbt
10 2 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.67%) Google Sheets
10 2 (0.67%) Intacct
10 2 (0.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.33%) Firewall
2 5 (1.67%) 3G
2 5 (1.67%) 4G
2 5 (1.67%) 5G
3 2 (0.67%) LAN
3 2 (0.67%) Network Security
3 2 (0.67%) NGFW
3 2 (0.67%) WAN
4 1 (0.33%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.33%) CTI
4 1 (0.33%) DHCP
4 1 (0.33%) DMVPN
4 1 (0.33%) DNS
4 1 (0.33%) Internet
4 1 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.33%) Multicast
4 1 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.33%) Power BI
2 5 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.67%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.67%) Metadata
3 2 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.67%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.33%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.33%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.33%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.33%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.33%) GIS
4 1 (0.33%) Looker
4 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.33%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (11.00%) JIRA
2 2 (0.67%) AdminStudio
2 2 (0.67%) InstallShield
2 2 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.33%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.33%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.33%) Gatling
3 1 (0.33%) HP UFT
3 1 (0.33%) Selenium
3 1 (0.33%) Snyk
3 1 (0.33%) WebDriver
General
1 161 (53.67%) Social Skills
2 69 (23.00%) Finance
3 53 (17.67%) Public Sector
4 43 (14.33%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.67%) Aerospace
5 14 (4.67%) Manufacturing
5 14 (4.67%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (3.67%) Banking
8 9 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.00%) Legal
9 8 (2.67%) General Ledger
9 8 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.33%) Military
11 6 (2.00%) Retail
12 5 (1.67%) Aviation
12 5 (1.67%) Publishing
13 4 (1.33%) Local Government
14 3 (1.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 52 (17.33%) Lead
2 37 (12.33%) Analyst
2 37 (12.33%) Architect
3 36 (12.00%) Project Manager
4 25 (8.33%) Senior
5 19 (6.33%) Business Analyst
6 15 (5.00%) Delivery Manager
7 13 (4.33%) Programme Manager
8 12 (4.00%) Consultant
9 11 (3.67%) Product Manager
9 11 (3.67%) Scrum Master
9 11 (3.67%) Service Manager
9 11 (3.67%) Telecoms Manager
10 10 (3.33%) IT Manager
11 9 (3.00%) Data Architect
12 8 (2.67%) Digital Product Manager
12 8 (2.67%) SC Cleared Project Manager
12 8 (2.67%) Site Manager
13 7 (2.33%) Change Manager
13 7 (2.33%) Transformation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.00%) Leaflet
2 5 (1.67%) .NET
3 4 (1.33%) REST
4 3 (1.00%) JDO
4 3 (1.00%) Middleware
4 3 (1.00%) SOAP
5 2 (0.67%) Android Jetpack
5 2 (0.67%) Android SDK
5 2 (0.67%) FHIR
5 2 (0.67%) Jetpack Compose
5 2 (0.67%) LDAP
5 2 (0.67%) Loki
5 2 (0.67%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.67%) OAuth
5 2 (0.67%) OpenID
5 2 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.67%) React
5 2 (0.67%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.67%) SAML
6 1 (0.33%) Quarkus
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.67%) Onboarding
2 28 (9.33%) Product Ownership
3 23 (7.67%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (4.67%) Blackberry
5 11 (3.67%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.67%) Security Posture
7 7 (2.33%) Cyber Security Posture
7 7 (2.33%) Operational Technology
7 7 (2.33%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.00%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.00%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.67%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.33%) CMDB
10 4 (1.33%) CSOC
10 4 (1.33%) FMCG
11 3 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.00%) IVR
11 3 (1.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 25 (8.33%) Windows
2 19 (6.33%) Android
3 15 (5.00%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.33%) Linux
5 3 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.00%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.67%) VMS
7 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (32.67%) Agile
2 63 (21.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 61 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (16.33%) Roadmaps
5 43 (14.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 42 (14.00%) Project Delivery
7 39 (13.00%) ITIL
8 38 (12.67%) Project Management
9 35 (11.67%) Cybersecurity
10 34 (11.33%) PRINCE2
11 33 (11.00%) DevOps
11 33 (11.00%) Risk Management
12 32 (10.67%) Decision-Making
13 31 (10.33%) Scrum
14 30 (10.00%) Service Management
15 26 (8.67%) User Stories
16 25 (8.33%) ERP
17 23 (7.67%) AI
17 23 (7.67%) Change Management
17 23 (7.67%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.67%) SQL
2 12 (4.00%) Python
3 8 (2.67%) Java
4 5 (1.67%) Kotlin
5 3 (1.00%) Bash
5 3 (1.00%) C#
5 3 (1.00%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.67%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 136 (45.33%) Security Cleared
2 107 (35.67%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.33%) DV Cleared
3 19 (6.33%) PMP
4 18 (6.00%) Degree
5 10 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.67%) CISSP
6 8 (2.67%) PMI Certification
7 7 (2.33%) ACCA
7 7 (2.33%) CIMA
7 7 (2.33%) CISM
8 6 (2.00%) CRISC
9 5 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.00%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.67%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.33%) QA
2 17 (5.67%) GDPR
3 13 (4.33%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.00%) JSP 440
5 8 (2.67%) NIST
6 7 (2.33%) SLA
7 6 (2.00%) GRC
7 6 (2.00%) NCSC
8 5 (1.67%) PMO
9 3 (1.00%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.67%) HL7
10 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.67%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.33%) ITGC
11 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.33%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.33%) Docker
2 2 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (5.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.67%) SCCM
3 7 (2.33%) Terraform
4 3 (1.00%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.67%) Argo
5 2 (0.67%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 2 (0.67%) Grafana
6 1 (0.33%) Ansible
6 1 (0.33%) CASB
6 1 (0.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.33%) Nessus
Vendors
1 56 (18.67%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.33%) VMware
3 15 (5.00%) SAP
4 14 (4.67%) Citrix
4 14 (4.67%) MobileIron
5 13 (4.33%) Oracle
6 11 (3.67%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.00%) Google
7 6 (2.00%) Remedy
8 4 (1.33%) Databricks
8 4 (1.33%) NEC
8 4 (1.33%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.00%) CyberArk
9 3 (1.00%) F5
9 3 (1.00%) Workday
10 2 (0.67%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.67%) Foundry
10 2 (0.67%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.67%) Palantir
10 2 (0.67%) Palo Alto