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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 17 26
Rank change year-on-year +8 +9 -8
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 377 173 175
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 10.06% 8.95% 6.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.93% 9.87% 7.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 112 91
10th Percentile £400 £361 £363
25th Percentile £485 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £750 £669
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
England median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 6 10
10th Percentile £17.17 £41.29 £35.03
25th Percentile £31.56 £53.50 £43.44
Median hourly rate £48.75 £60.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -25.00% +56.61%
75th Percentile £77.50 - £85.00
90th Percentile £78.88 £68.75 £85.50
England median hourly rate £60.50 £49.00 £61.33
% change year-on-year +23.47% -20.10% +22.76%

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 2,915 1,752 2,190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 77.82% 90.64% 84.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,638 1,009 1,299
10th Percentile £325 £213 £292
25th Percentile £440 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £619 £638
90th Percentile £725 £708 £708
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 474 248 209
10th Percentile £14.60 £15.00 £21.96
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.51 £50.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +146.52% -62.74% +5.23%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.75 £72.50
90th Percentile £77.85 £68.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -2.95%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +1 143 £550 - 82
Wiltshire +14 113 £548 -4.78% 45
Somerset -4 39 £525 +64.71% 52
Gloucestershire +8 31 £550 +10.00% 71
Devon -5 25 £560 -2.61% 19
Dorset -9 5 £375 -25.37% 36
Cornwall - 1 - - 4
Avon - 1 - - 41
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 (4.51%) Confluence
2 12 (3.18%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.80%) CMS
5 2 (0.53%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.53%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.27%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.27%) Moodle
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.27%) Totara
Applications
1 16 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.86%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.80%) Trello
6 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.12%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.86%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (1.86%) Oracle Receivables
2 7 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (1.33%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.80%) Primavera
5 3 (0.80%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.53%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.53%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.53%) Sprinklr
6 2 (0.53%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.27%) Magento
7 1 (0.27%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.27%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 52 (13.79%) Azure
2 40 (10.61%) AWS
3 19 (5.04%) Power Platform
4 17 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (3.45%) GCP
6 9 (2.39%) Entra ID
7 7 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.86%) Snowflake
8 5 (1.33%) Amazon S3
8 5 (1.33%) SaaS
9 4 (1.06%) Cloud Composer
9 4 (1.06%) dbt
9 4 (1.06%) GitHub
9 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (1.06%) Miro
9 4 (1.06%) Vertex AI
10 3 (0.80%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (0.80%) OCI
10 3 (0.80%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.92%) Firewall
2 4 (1.06%) 3G
2 4 (1.06%) 4G
2 4 (1.06%) 5G
2 4 (1.06%) DNS
3 3 (0.80%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (0.80%) DHCP
3 3 (0.80%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (0.80%) Network Security
3 3 (0.80%) WAN
3 3 (0.80%) Wireless
4 2 (0.53%) Asterisk PBX
4 2 (0.53%) ATM
4 2 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (0.53%) LAN
4 2 (0.53%) NX-OS
4 2 (0.53%) PABX
5 1 (0.27%) DMVPN
5 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.27%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.71%) Power BI
2 7 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (1.86%) Metadata
3 5 (1.33%) Looker
3 5 (1.33%) Tableau
4 4 (1.06%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.06%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.80%) EDRMS
5 3 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.80%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.53%) GIS
6 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 36 (9.55%) JIRA
2 3 (0.80%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.27%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.27%) Gatling
4 1 (0.27%) Git
4 1 (0.27%) GitLab
4 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.27%) Maven
4 1 (0.27%) Postman
4 1 (0.27%) Selenium
4 1 (0.27%) Snyk
4 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 222 (58.89%) Social Skills
2 70 (18.57%) Finance
2 70 (18.57%) Public Sector
3 42 (11.14%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (6.37%) Influencing Skills
5 21 (5.57%) Manufacturing
6 20 (5.31%) Aerospace
7 16 (4.24%) Military
8 15 (3.98%) Telecoms
9 14 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (3.18%) Banking
11 10 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.65%) Retail
12 9 (2.39%) General Ledger
13 8 (2.12%) Legal
13 8 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.86%) Aviation
14 7 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.33%) Marketing
15 5 (1.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 63 (16.71%) Architect
2 61 (16.18%) Lead
3 46 (12.20%) Analyst
4 43 (11.41%) Project Manager
5 33 (8.75%) Senior
6 28 (7.43%) Business Analyst
7 20 (5.31%) Consultant
8 14 (3.71%) Senior Manager
9 13 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
9 13 (3.45%) Product Manager
9 13 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
10 11 (2.92%) Product Owner
11 10 (2.65%) IT Manager
11 10 (2.65%) Programme Manager
12 9 (2.39%) Change Manager
12 9 (2.39%) Digital Product Manager
12 9 (2.39%) Scrum Master
13 8 (2.12%) Coordinator
13 8 (2.12%) Telecoms Manager
14 7 (1.86%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.37%) LDAP
2 15 (3.98%) Terraform
3 5 (1.33%) .NET
3 5 (1.33%) REST
4 4 (1.06%) ADO
4 4 (1.06%) OpenID
4 4 (1.06%) React
4 4 (1.06%) SAML
4 4 (1.06%) SOAP
5 3 (0.80%) HTML
5 3 (0.80%) Middleware
5 3 (0.80%) OAuth
5 3 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.80%) Spring
5 3 (0.80%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.53%) EDI
6 2 (0.53%) JDO
6 2 (0.53%) ModSecurity
6 2 (0.53%) Playwright
6 2 (0.53%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.28%) Product Ownership
2 34 (9.02%) Onboarding
3 25 (6.63%) Legacy Systems
4 19 (5.04%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.92%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.12%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (1.86%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.59%) Cyber Security Posture
8 6 (1.59%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.33%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.06%) CSOC
10 4 (1.06%) FMCG
10 4 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.06%) Life Science
11 3 (0.80%) CMDB
11 3 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.80%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.98%) Windows
2 10 (2.65%) Linux
3 5 (1.33%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.80%) Unix
5 2 (0.53%) VMS
6 1 (0.27%) Android
6 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (28.12%) Agile
2 94 (24.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 62 (16.45%) Roadmaps
4 61 (16.18%) Decision-Making
5 54 (14.32%) Project Delivery
5 54 (14.32%) Technical Leadership
6 52 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 45 (11.94%) Project Management
8 44 (11.67%) DevOps
8 44 (11.67%) Mentoring
8 44 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
9 43 (11.41%) AI
10 40 (10.61%) Analytics
10 40 (10.61%) PRINCE2
11 39 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
11 39 (10.34%) ITSM
12 38 (10.08%) Migration
13 36 (9.55%) ITIL
14 33 (8.75%) Service Management
15 31 (8.22%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 24 (6.37%) SQL
2 17 (4.51%) Python
3 7 (1.86%) Java
4 5 (1.33%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.06%) Bash
5 4 (1.06%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.06%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.80%) C#
7 2 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.53%) PHP
8 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.27%) LookML
Qualifications
1 165 (43.77%) Security Cleared
2 93 (24.67%) SC Cleared
3 60 (15.92%) DV Cleared
4 19 (5.04%) Degree
5 14 (3.71%) PMP
6 13 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.65%) CISSP
8 7 (1.86%) ACCA
8 7 (1.86%) CIMA
8 7 (1.86%) CISM
9 6 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 5 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.06%) CIPD
12 3 (0.80%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.80%) CCNP
12 3 (0.80%) CRISC
12 3 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.80%) SnowPro
12 3 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.43%) NIST
2 24 (6.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (6.10%) QA
4 22 (5.84%) Data Quality
5 15 (3.98%) GDPR
6 14 (3.71%) PMO
7 8 (2.12%) NCSC
8 7 (1.86%) JSP 440
8 7 (1.86%) SLA
9 6 (1.59%) GRC
10 4 (1.06%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.53%) DICOM
11 2 (0.53%) HL7
11 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 1 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 1 (0.27%) GAMP
12 1 (0.27%) GMP
12 1 (0.27%) ITGC
12 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (7.16%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.59%) Docker
2 6 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.53%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.53%) vSphere
4 1 (0.27%) Firmware
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (1.59%) SCCM
2 5 (1.33%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.80%) Ansible
4 2 (0.53%) Argo
4 2 (0.53%) BMC PATROL
4 2 (0.53%) BMC Performance Manager
4 2 (0.53%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 2 (0.53%) Grafana
4 2 (0.53%) 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%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.27%) Nessus
5 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 68 (18.04%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.63%) CyberArk
2 25 (6.63%) Oracle
3 19 (5.04%) SAP
4 10 (2.65%) ServiceNow
5 7 (1.86%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.86%) Workday
6 6 (1.59%) Cisco
6 6 (1.59%) Databricks
6 6 (1.59%) Google
6 6 (1.59%) Remedy
6 6 (1.59%) VMware
7 5 (1.33%) Pega
8 4 (1.06%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.53%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.53%) Instagram
9 2 (0.53%) Sage
9 2 (0.53%) Sparx
9 2 (0.53%) TikTok
9 2 (0.53%) YouTube