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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 19 26
Rank change year-on-year +9 +7 -8
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 334 137 180
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 9.30% 7.25% 6.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.64% 8.09% 7.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 87 111
10th Percentile £363 £308 £363
25th Percentile £475 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £603 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £775
England median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 2 10
10th Percentile - £53.45 £35.03
25th Percentile £31.25 £56.63 £43.44
Median hourly rate £38.00 £63.84 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.47% -20.21% +49.07%
75th Percentile £50.88 £71.63 £85.00
90th Percentile £79.75 £75.15 £85.50
England median hourly rate £62.25 £53.09 £61.60
% change year-on-year +17.26% -13.82% +35.56%

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 2,870 1,693 2,353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 79.88% 89.58% 83.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,603 999 1,502
10th Percentile £325 £220 £263
25th Percentile £425 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £619 £630
90th Percentile £718 £694 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 429 201 285
10th Percentile £14.84 £15.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £29.25 £18.51 £40.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £25.15 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +128.63% -61.31% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 8 August 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 +3 112 £525 +17.71% 101
Wiltshire +21 99 £550 -6.38% 27
Somerset +3 42 £550 +41.94% 19
Gloucestershire +3 36 £538 +7.50% 37
Devon -6 21 £560 -2.61% 11
Dorset -5 3 £500 -0.50% 22
Cornwall - 1 - - 4
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 17 (5.09%) Confluence
2 9 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.90%) CMS
4 2 (0.60%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.60%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.30%) Moodle
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.30%) Totara
Applications
1 12 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.10%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (1.20%) Trello
7 2 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.40%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.10%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (2.10%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (1.80%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.90%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.60%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.60%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.60%) Sprinklr
6 2 (0.60%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.30%) Maximo
7 1 (0.30%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.30%) Primavera
7 1 (0.30%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.30%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 56 (16.77%) Azure
2 36 (10.78%) AWS
3 15 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (3.89%) Power Platform
5 10 (2.99%) GCP
6 8 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.10%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.80%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.50%) SaaS
10 4 (1.20%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.20%) GitHub
11 3 (0.90%) OCI
12 2 (0.60%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.60%) dbt
12 2 (0.60%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.60%) Miro
12 2 (0.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.40%) Firewall
2 5 (1.50%) 3G
2 5 (1.50%) 4G
2 5 (1.50%) 5G
3 2 (0.60%) ATM
3 2 (0.60%) DNS
3 2 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.60%) LAN
3 2 (0.60%) WAN
4 1 (0.30%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.30%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.30%) CTI
4 1 (0.30%) DHCP
4 1 (0.30%) DMVPN
4 1 (0.30%) Internet
4 1 (0.30%) Multicast
4 1 (0.30%) Network Security
4 1 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.30%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.59%) Power BI
2 6 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.90%) Metadata
4 2 (0.60%) EDRMS
4 2 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.60%) GIS
4 2 (0.60%) Looker
4 2 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
4 2 (0.60%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.30%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.30%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (9.88%) JIRA
2 2 (0.60%) AdminStudio
2 2 (0.60%) InstallShield
2 2 (0.60%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.30%) Gatling
3 1 (0.30%) GitLab
3 1 (0.30%) HP UFT
3 1 (0.30%) Selenium
3 1 (0.30%) Snyk
3 1 (0.30%) WebDriver
General
1 185 (55.39%) Social Skills
2 70 (20.96%) Finance
3 61 (18.26%) Public Sector
4 48 (14.37%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.39%) Manufacturing
6 16 (4.79%) Aerospace
7 15 (4.49%) Telecoms
8 14 (4.19%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (3.59%) Banking
10 11 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.99%) Military
12 9 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (2.69%) General Ledger
12 9 (2.69%) Legal
13 8 (2.40%) Retail
14 7 (2.10%) Aviation
15 5 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.50%) Publishing
16 4 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 59 (17.66%) Lead
2 42 (12.57%) Architect
3 41 (12.28%) Analyst
3 41 (12.28%) Project Manager
4 29 (8.68%) Senior
5 24 (7.19%) Business Analyst
6 16 (4.79%) Consultant
6 16 (4.79%) Delivery Manager
7 12 (3.59%) Programme Manager
8 11 (3.29%) Product Manager
8 11 (3.29%) Service Manager
8 11 (3.29%) Telecoms Manager
9 10 (2.99%) IT Manager
9 10 (2.99%) Scrum Master
10 9 (2.69%) Data Architect
10 9 (2.69%) Senior Manager
11 8 (2.40%) Digital Product Manager
11 8 (2.40%) Product Owner
11 8 (2.40%) Site Manager
11 8 (2.40%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.80%) Leaflet
2 5 (1.50%) .NET
3 4 (1.20%) FHIR
3 4 (1.20%) REST
4 3 (0.90%) JDO
4 3 (0.90%) Middleware
4 3 (0.90%) OAuth
4 3 (0.90%) OpenID
4 3 (0.90%) React
4 3 (0.90%) SAML
4 3 (0.90%) SOAP
5 2 (0.60%) ADO
5 2 (0.60%) Android Jetpack
5 2 (0.60%) Android SDK
5 2 (0.60%) HTML
5 2 (0.60%) Jetpack Compose
5 2 (0.60%) LDAP
5 2 (0.60%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.60%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.28%) Onboarding
2 30 (8.98%) Product Ownership
3 25 (7.49%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (3.29%) Blackberry
5 9 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.40%) Operational Technology
7 7 (2.10%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.10%) Cyber Security Posture
7 7 (2.10%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (2.10%) Security Posture
7 7 (2.10%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.50%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.20%) CSOC
10 4 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.20%) FMCG
10 4 (1.20%) Life Science
11 3 (0.90%) CMDB
11 3 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.89%) Windows
2 16 (4.79%) Android
3 12 (3.59%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.10%) Linux
5 3 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.90%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.60%) VMS
6 2 (0.60%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (30.24%) Agile
2 64 (19.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 56 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (15.57%) Roadmaps
5 50 (14.97%) Project Delivery
6 46 (13.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 42 (12.57%) Project Management
8 41 (12.28%) Decision-Making
9 40 (11.98%) DevOps
9 40 (11.98%) ITIL
9 40 (11.98%) PRINCE2
10 39 (11.68%) Cybersecurity
11 37 (11.08%) Risk Management
12 31 (9.28%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 31 (9.28%) Migration
12 31 (9.28%) Service Management
13 29 (8.68%) AI
14 28 (8.38%) ERP
14 28 (8.38%) Scrum
15 27 (8.08%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 16 (4.79%) SQL
2 13 (3.89%) Python
3 9 (2.69%) Java
4 5 (1.50%) Kotlin
4 5 (1.50%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.20%) Bash
5 4 (1.20%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.90%) C#
7 2 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.60%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.30%) PHP
8 1 (0.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 149 (44.61%) Security Cleared
2 111 (33.23%) SC Cleared
3 27 (8.08%) DV Cleared
4 20 (5.99%) Degree
5 17 (5.09%) PMP
6 12 (3.59%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.99%) CISSP
8 9 (2.69%) CISM
9 7 (2.10%) ACCA
9 7 (2.10%) CIMA
9 7 (2.10%) CRISC
10 5 (1.50%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.60%) CCNA
13 2 (0.60%) CCNP
13 2 (0.60%) MCSE
13 2 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.59%) QA
2 14 (4.19%) GDPR
3 13 (3.89%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.99%) PMO
5 9 (2.69%) JSP 440
6 8 (2.40%) NIST
7 7 (2.10%) GRC
7 7 (2.10%) SLA
8 6 (1.80%) NCSC
9 4 (1.20%) HL7
10 3 (0.90%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.60%) DICOM
11 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.60%) SNOMED CT
12 1 (0.30%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 1 (0.30%) GAMP
12 1 (0.30%) GMP
12 1 (0.30%) ITGC
12 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (1.50%) Active Directory
1 5 (1.50%) Docker
2 3 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.59%) Terraform
3 8 (2.40%) SCCM
4 4 (1.20%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.90%) Ansible
6 2 (0.60%) Argo
6 2 (0.60%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 2 (0.60%) Grafana
7 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.30%) CASB
7 1 (0.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.30%) Nessus
7 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (18.86%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.09%) SAP
3 15 (4.49%) Oracle
4 14 (4.19%) VMware
5 11 (3.29%) Citrix
5 11 (3.29%) MobileIron
6 9 (2.69%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.80%) Google
7 6 (1.80%) Remedy
8 5 (1.50%) Databricks
9 4 (1.20%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.20%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.90%) Cisco
10 3 (0.90%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.90%) F5
10 3 (0.90%) Workday
11 2 (0.60%) Instagram
11 2 (0.60%) Sparx
11 2 (0.60%) Virgin Media
11 2 (0.60%) YouTube