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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 17 26
Rank change year-on-year +8 +9 -9
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 373 158 177
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 10.04% 8.05% 6.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.82% 8.91% 7.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 105 97
10th Percentile £393 £329 £363
25th Percentile £481 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £716 £775 £775
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 2 10
10th Percentile £24.75 £53.45 £35.03
25th Percentile £31.25 £56.63 £43.44
Median hourly rate £39.53 £63.84 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.07% -20.21% +49.07%
75th Percentile £58.19 £71.63 £85.00
90th Percentile £79.13 £75.15 £85.50
England median hourly rate £57.50 £48.25 £61.60
% change year-on-year +19.17% -21.67% +27.01%

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 2,909 1,774 2,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 78.28% 90.37% 83.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,645 1,026 1,339
10th Percentile £325 £220 £281
25th Percentile £428 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £634
90th Percentile £725 £700 £703
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 461 229 222
10th Percentile £14.85 £14.77 £15.62
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.51 £44.38
Median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +146.52% -62.74% +6.18%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.75 £72.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +1 145 £550 +7.84% 84
Wiltshire +18 108 £570 -1.94% 35
Somerset 0 41 £525 +64.71% 26
Gloucestershire +9 34 £525 +27.27% 34
Devon -5 23 £560 -2.61% 14
Dorset -7 3 £500 -0.50% 24
Cornwall - 1 - - 3
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 18 (4.83%) Confluence
2 12 (3.22%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.80%) CMS
3 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.54%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.54%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.27%) Moodle
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.27%) Totara
Applications
1 16 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.41%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.80%) Trello
6 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.14%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.88%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (1.88%) Oracle Receivables
2 7 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (1.07%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.80%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.54%) Primavera
6 2 (0.54%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.54%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.54%) Sprinklr
6 2 (0.54%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.27%) Magento
7 1 (0.27%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (15.01%) Azure
2 39 (10.46%) AWS
3 19 (5.09%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (2.95%) Entra ID
6 11 (2.95%) GCP
7 8 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.61%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.34%) SaaS
10 4 (1.07%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.07%) GitHub
10 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.07%) Miro
11 3 (0.80%) OCI
11 3 (0.80%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.80%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.54%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.68%) Firewall
2 5 (1.34%) 3G
2 5 (1.34%) 4G
2 5 (1.34%) 5G
3 3 (0.80%) DNS
3 3 (0.80%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (0.80%) Network Security
3 3 (0.80%) WAN
4 2 (0.54%) ATM
4 2 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.54%) DHCP
4 2 (0.54%) LAN
5 1 (0.27%) Asterisk PBX
5 1 (0.27%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.27%) CTI
5 1 (0.27%) Internet
5 1 (0.27%) MPLS
5 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.75%) Power BI
2 6 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.07%) Looker
3 4 (1.07%) Metadata
4 3 (0.80%) EDRMS
4 3 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.80%) Snowflake Schema
4 3 (0.80%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.80%) Tableau
5 2 (0.54%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.54%) GIS
5 2 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.27%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.27%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 35 (9.38%) JIRA
2 2 (0.54%) AdminStudio
2 2 (0.54%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.54%) InstallShield
2 2 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.27%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.27%) Gatling
3 1 (0.27%) GitLab
3 1 (0.27%) HP UFT
3 1 (0.27%) Postman
3 1 (0.27%) Selenium
3 1 (0.27%) Snyk
3 1 (0.27%) WebDriver
General
1 215 (57.64%) Social Skills
2 74 (19.84%) Public Sector
3 71 (19.03%) Finance
4 42 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (5.90%) Influencing Skills
5 22 (5.90%) Manufacturing
6 20 (5.36%) Aerospace
7 18 (4.83%) Telecoms
8 16 (4.29%) Military
9 15 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (3.49%) Banking
11 11 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (2.68%) Retail
13 9 (2.41%) General Ledger
14 8 (2.14%) Legal
15 7 (1.88%) Aviation
15 7 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (1.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 62 (16.62%) Lead
2 53 (14.21%) Architect
3 50 (13.40%) Analyst
4 43 (11.53%) Project Manager
5 32 (8.58%) Business Analyst
5 32 (8.58%) Senior
6 19 (5.09%) Consultant
7 13 (3.49%) Delivery Manager
8 12 (3.22%) Product Manager
8 12 (3.22%) Programme Manager
8 12 (3.22%) Senior Manager
9 11 (2.95%) Telecoms Manager
10 10 (2.68%) IT Manager
10 10 (2.68%) Product Owner
10 10 (2.68%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (2.41%) Digital Product Manager
11 9 (2.41%) Scrum Master
12 8 (2.14%) Change Manager
12 8 (2.14%) Coordinator
13 7 (1.88%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.83%) LDAP
2 13 (3.49%) Terraform
3 5 (1.34%) .NET
4 4 (1.07%) ADO
4 4 (1.07%) FHIR
4 4 (1.07%) OpenID
4 4 (1.07%) REST
4 4 (1.07%) SAML
5 3 (0.80%) JDO
5 3 (0.80%) Leaflet
5 3 (0.80%) Middleware
5 3 (0.80%) OAuth
5 3 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.80%) React
5 3 (0.80%) SOAP
6 2 (0.54%) HTML
6 2 (0.54%) Loki
6 2 (0.54%) ModSecurity
6 2 (0.54%) Playwright
6 2 (0.54%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.19%) Onboarding
2 37 (9.92%) Product Ownership
3 26 (6.97%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (4.02%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.41%) Cloud Native
5 9 (2.41%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.14%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (1.88%) Cyber Security Posture
7 7 (1.88%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.61%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.07%) CSOC
10 4 (1.07%) FMCG
10 4 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.07%) Life Science
11 3 (0.80%) CMDB
11 3 (0.80%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.29%) Windows
2 10 (2.68%) Linux
3 4 (1.07%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.80%) Unix
4 3 (0.80%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.54%) Android
5 2 (0.54%) VMS
6 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (28.69%) Agile
2 87 (23.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 65 (17.43%) Roadmaps
4 54 (14.48%) Decision-Making
5 52 (13.94%) Project Delivery
5 52 (13.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 48 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (12.60%) Project Management
8 44 (11.80%) Technical Leadership
9 43 (11.53%) DevOps
9 43 (11.53%) PRINCE2
10 42 (11.26%) Cybersecurity
11 39 (10.46%) ITIL
12 38 (10.19%) AI
12 38 (10.19%) Mentoring
13 36 (9.65%) Analytics
14 34 (9.12%) ITSM
14 34 (9.12%) Migration
15 33 (8.85%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 33 (8.85%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (5.36%) SQL
2 15 (4.02%) Python
3 7 (1.88%) Java
4 6 (1.61%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.07%) Bash
5 4 (1.07%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.80%) C#
6 3 (0.80%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.54%) Kotlin
7 2 (0.54%) PHP
8 1 (0.27%) LookML
8 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 161 (43.16%) Security Cleared
2 100 (26.81%) SC Cleared
3 48 (12.87%) DV Cleared
4 18 (4.83%) Degree
5 16 (4.29%) PMP
6 13 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.68%) CISSP
8 8 (2.14%) CISM
9 7 (1.88%) ACCA
9 7 (1.88%) CIMA
10 5 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.07%) CRISC
12 3 (0.80%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.80%) CCNP
12 3 (0.80%) CIPD
12 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.80%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.80%) SnowPro
12 3 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.43%) QA
2 22 (5.90%) NIST
3 19 (5.09%) Data Quality
4 18 (4.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (4.02%) GDPR
6 12 (3.22%) PMO
7 7 (1.88%) JSP 440
7 7 (1.88%) NCSC
7 7 (1.88%) SLA
8 6 (1.61%) GRC
9 4 (1.07%) Def Stans
9 4 (1.07%) HL7
10 2 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.54%) DICOM
10 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 2 (0.54%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.27%) GAMP
11 1 (0.27%) ITGC
11 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (5.90%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.34%) Docker
4 2 (0.54%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.54%) vSphere
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (2.14%) SCCM
2 4 (1.07%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.80%) Ansible
3 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.54%) Argo
4 2 (0.54%) BMC PATROL
4 2 (0.54%) BMC Performance Manager
4 2 (0.54%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 2 (0.54%) Grafana
4 2 (0.54%) Perfmon
5 1 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.27%) CASB
5 1 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.27%) Nessus
5 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (18.77%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.17%) Oracle
3 21 (5.63%) SAP
4 19 (5.09%) CyberArk
5 10 (2.68%) ServiceNow
6 7 (1.88%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.61%) Databricks
7 6 (1.61%) Remedy
7 6 (1.61%) VMware
7 6 (1.61%) Workday
8 5 (1.34%) Cisco
8 5 (1.34%) Google
9 4 (1.07%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.80%) F5
10 3 (0.80%) Pega
11 2 (0.54%) AppDynamics
11 2 (0.54%) Foundry
11 2 (0.54%) Palantir
11 2 (0.54%) Sage
11 2 (0.54%) Splunk