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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 27 19
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 +1
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 195 141 231
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 8.22% 6.80% 7.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.89% 7.78% 9.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 83 158
10th Percentile £400 £413 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £554
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -5.19% +5.48%
75th Percentile £725 £650 £650
90th Percentile £775 £701 £725
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 16
10th Percentile £57.13 £37.02 £23.52
25th Percentile - £40.00 £33.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £57.50 £41.20
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +39.58% -28.05%
75th Percentile £85.31 £75.00 £61.44
90th Percentile £94.00 £78.00 £78.58
England median hourly rate £47.48 £60.00 £51.06
% change year-on-year -20.88% +17.52% +0.33%

All Process and 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 1,972 1,813 2,549
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.10% 87.37% 86.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,156 1,113 1,682
10th Percentile £263 £271 £300
25th Percentile £413 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £733 £713
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 116 275
10th Percentile £15.31 £17.73 £20.35
25th Percentile £20.00 £47.50 £45.00
Median hourly rate £33.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.23% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £74.22 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.09%

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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 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
Bristol +9 90 £550 +15.79% 64
Wiltshire -6 46 £594 -5.00% 50
Gloucestershire +11 26 £500 +29.03% 92
Somerset +4 16 £500 +5.26% 48
Devon +8 10 £575 +25.68% 69
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 12 (6.15%) Confluence
2 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (6.15%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.54%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.54%) iTrent
2 3 (1.54%) Primavera
2 3 (1.54%) SAP EWM
2 3 (1.54%) SAP WM
3 2 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (1.03%) SAP PM
3 2 (1.03%) SAP PP
3 2 (1.03%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.51%) Lorenzo
4 1 (0.51%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 27 (13.85%) Azure
2 19 (9.74%) AWS
3 10 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (4.62%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.08%) GCP
6 5 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.05%) npm
7 4 (2.05%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.54%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.54%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.54%) SaaS
8 3 (1.54%) ShareGate
8 3 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (1.03%) GitHub
10 1 (0.51%) Asana
10 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.51%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.51%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.56%) Firewall
2 4 (2.05%) AMQP
3 2 (1.03%) Network Security
3 2 (1.03%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.03%) WAN
4 1 (0.51%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.62%) Power BI
2 4 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.05%) RDBMS
2 4 (2.05%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.03%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.03%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (1.03%) Metadata
4 1 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.51%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (12.31%) JIRA
2 6 (3.08%) Git
3 4 (2.05%) Maven
4 2 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.03%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
General
1 87 (44.62%) Social Skills
2 37 (18.97%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (17.95%) Finance
4 31 (15.90%) Public Sector
5 18 (9.23%) Telecoms
6 12 (6.15%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (6.15%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.08%) Electronics
8 6 (3.08%) Local Government
8 6 (3.08%) Marketing
8 6 (3.08%) Military
9 5 (2.56%) Legal
10 4 (2.05%) Aviation
11 3 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.03%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.51%) Law
Job Titles
1 38 (19.49%) Architect
2 28 (14.36%) Analyst
3 19 (9.74%) Project Manager
4 18 (9.23%) Business Analyst
5 17 (8.72%) Integration Architect
6 14 (7.18%) Consultant
6 14 (7.18%) Lead
7 10 (5.13%) IT Manager
8 9 (4.62%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.10%) Senior
10 7 (3.59%) Programme Manager
11 6 (3.08%) IT Services Manager
11 6 (3.08%) Service Manager
11 6 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (3.08%) Technical Manager
12 5 (2.56%) Applications Support
12 5 (2.56%) Incident Manager
12 5 (2.56%) ITIL Incident Manager
12 5 (2.56%) ITIL Manager
12 5 (2.56%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.56%) OpenID
1 5 (2.56%) SAML
2 4 (2.05%) JDO
2 4 (2.05%) LDAP
3 2 (1.03%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.03%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.03%) Bootstrap
3 2 (1.03%) CSS
3 2 (1.03%) HTML
3 2 (1.03%) JSON
3 2 (1.03%) REST
3 2 (1.03%) SOAP
3 2 (1.03%) XML
4 1 (0.51%) ADO
4 1 (0.51%) OAuth
4 1 (0.51%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.51%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 12 (6.15%) CMDB
3 11 (5.64%) Product Ownership
4 10 (5.13%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.59%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.08%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.54%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.54%) FMCG
9 3 (1.54%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.03%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 2 (1.03%) NHS
10 2 (1.03%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.03%) PKI
10 2 (1.03%) PMI
11 1 (0.51%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.51%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.10%) Linux
2 5 (2.56%) Windows
3 4 (2.05%) CentOS
3 4 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (2.05%) VMS
4 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (25.13%) Agile
2 46 (23.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 31 (15.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 30 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (14.36%) Change Management
5 28 (14.36%) ITIL
6 27 (13.85%) Project Management
7 26 (13.33%) Service Management
8 23 (11.79%) Migration
9 22 (11.28%) Roadmaps
10 21 (10.77%) Service Delivery
11 20 (10.26%) Decision-Making
11 20 (10.26%) Logistics
12 18 (9.23%) Identity Management
12 18 (9.23%) Visualisation
13 17 (8.72%) Project Delivery
14 15 (7.69%) Business Analysis
14 15 (7.69%) Process Improvement
15 14 (7.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 14 (7.18%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.59%) PowerShell
2 5 (2.56%) Java
3 4 (2.05%) Python
3 4 (2.05%) SQL
4 3 (1.54%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 103 (52.82%) Security Cleared
2 85 (43.59%) SC Cleared
3 16 (8.21%) Degree
4 14 (7.18%) DV Cleared
5 8 (4.10%) APMP
6 5 (2.56%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.54%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.54%) PMP
8 2 (1.03%) ACCA
8 2 (1.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (1.03%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.51%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.51%) CISM
9 1 (0.51%) CISSP
9 1 (0.51%) CITP
9 1 (0.51%) CRISC
9 1 (0.51%) CSPO
9 1 (0.51%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.69%) GDPR
2 12 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (4.62%) NIST
4 6 (3.08%) Data Quality
4 6 (3.08%) SLA
5 5 (2.56%) PMO
6 4 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.54%) NCSC
7 3 (1.54%) QA
8 2 (1.03%) GAAP
8 2 (1.03%) GRC
8 2 (1.03%) IFRS
8 2 (1.03%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.51%) COBIT
9 1 (0.51%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.51%) PSD2
9 1 (0.51%) RMADS
9 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (2.56%) Docker
2 4 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.54%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (4.10%) Terraform
2 6 (3.08%) Ansible
2 6 (3.08%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (2.56%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.05%) Grafana
4 4 (2.05%) PingFederate
5 2 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.03%) Puppet
5 2 (1.03%) SCCM
6 1 (0.51%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 22 (11.28%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.67%) SAP
2 13 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 8 (4.10%) Atlassian
4 7 (3.59%) Oracle
4 7 (3.59%) Remedy
5 5 (2.56%) Ping Identity
6 4 (2.05%) IBM
7 3 (1.54%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.03%) Cerner
8 2 (1.03%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.03%) NetApp
9 1 (0.51%) BMC
9 1 (0.51%) Databricks
9 1 (0.51%) F5
9 1 (0.51%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.51%) Informatica
9 1 (0.51%) Liquidlogic
9 1 (0.51%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.51%) Zscaler