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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 38 23
Rank change year-on-year +18 -15 -3
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 234 79 205
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 7.24% 4.61% 6.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.22% 5.09% 7.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 56 132
10th Percentile £363 £383 £363
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £541 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% +3.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £602 £628 £638
90th Percentile £725 £694 £773
England median daily rate £530 £539 £540
% change year-on-year -1.62% -0.23% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 11
10th Percentile - - £11.87
25th Percentile £31.25 £65.00 £23.44
Median hourly rate £33.75 £70.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.79% +47.37% -23.57%
75th Percentile £37.50 £76.25 £85.00
90th Percentile £79.63 £78.50 -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £60.00 £56.89
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.48% +0.86%

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 2,539 1,551 2,650
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 78.56% 90.54% 82.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,388 993 1,714
10th Percentile £313 £240 £223
25th Percentile £410 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -3.67%
75th Percentile £606 £623 £625
90th Percentile £713 £688 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 444 142 324
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.23 £13.86
25th Percentile £25.15 £20.61 £26.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £63.50 £47.83
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% +32.76% -22.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £42.69 £30.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year +40.18% -13.00% -8.74%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +5 87 £500 +11.11% 23
Wiltshire +22 73 £550 -2.22% 10
Gloucestershire +18 30 £488 -11.36% 14
Somerset -2 20 £525 -4.55% 10
Devon -6 12 £519 -9.78% 7
Cornwall - 1 £350 - 1
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 13 (5.56%) Confluence
2 3 (1.28%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.43%) CMS
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (4.70%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.28%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.85%) Trello
6 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (2.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.71%) NEC Housing
4 3 (1.28%) SAP EWM
4 3 (1.28%) SAP WM
5 2 (0.85%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.85%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.85%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.85%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.43%) Lorenzo
6 1 (0.43%) Maximo
6 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.43%) Primavera
6 1 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.55%) Azure
2 9 (3.85%) AWS
3 7 (2.99%) Power Platform
4 6 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.14%) GCP
6 4 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.71%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.85%) Asana
7 2 (0.85%) Figma
7 2 (0.85%) npm
7 2 (0.85%) OpenShift
7 2 (0.85%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.43%) GitHub
8 1 (0.43%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.43%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.43%) Matillion
8 1 (0.43%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.43%) Miro
8 1 (0.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.14%) 3G
1 5 (2.14%) 4G
1 5 (2.14%) 5G
2 2 (0.85%) AMQP
2 2 (0.85%) Firewall
2 2 (0.85%) Network Security
2 2 (0.85%) NGFW
3 1 (0.43%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.43%) Internet
3 1 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.99%) Power BI
2 6 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.71%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.85%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.85%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.43%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.43%) GIS
5 1 (0.43%) Looker
5 1 (0.43%) Metadata
5 1 (0.43%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (12.82%) JIRA
2 2 (0.85%) AdminStudio
2 2 (0.85%) Git
2 2 (0.85%) InstallShield
2 2 (0.85%) Maven
3 1 (0.43%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.43%) GitLab
3 1 (0.43%) HP UFT
3 1 (0.43%) Selenium
3 1 (0.43%) WebDriver
General
1 114 (48.72%) Social Skills
2 48 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (19.23%) Finance
4 29 (12.39%) Public Sector
5 18 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 12 (5.13%) Legal
6 12 (5.13%) Manufacturing
7 11 (4.70%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.42%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.99%) Banking
10 7 (2.99%) Local Government
11 6 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.14%) Retail
13 4 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.28%) Military
15 2 (0.85%) Digital Healthcare
15 2 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.85%) Law
15 2 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 36 (15.38%) Analyst
2 33 (14.10%) Project Manager
3 30 (12.82%) Architect
4 28 (11.97%) Lead
5 24 (10.26%) Business Analyst
6 19 (8.12%) Senior
7 15 (6.41%) Programme Manager
8 11 (4.70%) Telecoms Manager
9 10 (4.27%) Delivery Manager
9 10 (4.27%) Service Manager
10 9 (3.85%) Consultant
10 9 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.42%) Data Architect
11 8 (3.42%) Site Manager
12 7 (2.99%) IT Manager
13 6 (2.56%) Change Manager
13 6 (2.56%) Data Analyst
13 6 (2.56%) Technical Manager
13 6 (2.56%) Telecoms Project Manager
14 5 (2.14%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.56%) Leaflet
2 3 (1.28%) .NET
2 3 (1.28%) JDO
3 2 (0.85%) Android Jetpack
3 2 (0.85%) Android SDK
3 2 (0.85%) FHIR
3 2 (0.85%) Jetpack Compose
3 2 (0.85%) LDAP
3 2 (0.85%) OAuth
3 2 (0.85%) OpenID
3 2 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.85%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.85%) SAML
4 1 (0.43%) OLE
4 1 (0.43%) React
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.26%) Onboarding
2 16 (6.84%) Product Ownership
3 14 (5.98%) Blackberry
4 10 (4.27%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (4.27%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.42%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.99%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.14%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.71%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (1.71%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.71%) e-Learning
9 4 (1.71%) PMI
9 4 (1.71%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.28%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.28%) NHS
11 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.85%) FMCG
11 2 (0.85%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.69%) Android
2 16 (6.84%) Windows
3 14 (5.98%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.14%) Linux
4 5 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.71%) VMS
6 2 (0.85%) CentOS
6 2 (0.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (34.19%) Agile
2 55 (23.50%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 42 (17.95%) Project Management
5 38 (16.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 33 (14.10%) PRINCE2
7 31 (13.25%) Roadmaps
8 29 (12.39%) ITIL
8 29 (12.39%) Service Management
9 28 (11.97%) Decision-Making
10 27 (11.54%) Risk Management
11 25 (10.68%) Cybersecurity
12 24 (10.26%) Change Control
12 24 (10.26%) Change Management
12 24 (10.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 24 (10.26%) Scrum
13 23 (9.83%) Project Delivery
14 22 (9.40%) Process Improvement
15 18 (7.69%) Migration
16 17 (7.26%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.70%) SQL
2 6 (2.56%) Java
3 4 (1.71%) Kotlin
3 4 (1.71%) Python
4 3 (1.28%) C#
5 2 (0.85%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.43%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 119 (50.85%) Security Cleared
2 101 (43.16%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.40%) Degree
4 15 (6.41%) PMP
5 12 (5.13%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.70%) PMI Certification
7 8 (3.42%) APMP
8 6 (2.56%) CISM
8 6 (2.56%) CISSP
8 6 (2.56%) CRISC
9 5 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.85%) CBAP
11 2 (0.85%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.43%) CSPO
12 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.43%) IIBA
12 1 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.84%) GDPR
2 12 (5.13%) QA
3 9 (3.85%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.85%) NIST
4 6 (2.56%) JSP 440
5 5 (2.14%) PMO
5 5 (2.14%) SLA
6 4 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.28%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.28%) NCSC
8 2 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.85%) COBIT
8 2 (0.85%) GRC
8 2 (0.85%) HL7
8 2 (0.85%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.43%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (1.28%) Docker
2 2 (0.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (6.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.85%) Ansible
3 2 (0.85%) Grafana
3 2 (0.85%) SCCM
3 2 (0.85%) Terraform
4 1 (0.43%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (13.25%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.98%) Citrix
2 14 (5.98%) MobileIron
2 14 (5.98%) VMware
3 13 (5.56%) SAP
4 8 (3.42%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.99%) Atlassian
6 6 (2.56%) Oracle
6 6 (2.56%) Remedy
7 4 (1.71%) Google
7 4 (1.71%) NEC
8 3 (1.28%) F5
8 3 (1.28%) IBM
8 3 (1.28%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.85%) Cerner
9 2 (0.85%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.85%) Databricks
9 2 (0.85%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.85%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.43%) Liquidlogic