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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 16 23
Rank change year-on-year +8 +7 -5
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 366 183 186
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 9.87% 9.32% 7.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.67% 10.33% 8.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 111 98
10th Percentile £411 £363 £363
25th Percentile £500 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £750 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
England median daily rate £550 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 10
10th Percentile £17.17 £47.32 £35.03
25th Percentile £38.02 - £43.44
Median hourly rate £50.00 £60.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -25.00% +89.35%
75th Percentile £77.50 - £85.00
90th Percentile £78.46 £63.50 £85.50
England median hourly rate £61.25 £48.25 £61.33
% change year-on-year +26.94% -21.33% +26.45%

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 2,888 1,771 2,141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 77.91% 90.22% 83.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,602 1,000 1,237
10th Percentile £338 £213 £300
25th Percentile £457 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £509 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.55% -3.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £717 £725
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 481 265 206
10th Percentile £14.31 £15.00 £22.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £18.51 £46.69
Median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +146.52% -62.74% +9.15%
75th Percentile £68.75 £60.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £76.75 £68.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.69
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.09% -4.07%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 +1 151 £550 - 71
Wiltshire +15 106 £535 -6.96% 53
Somerset -7 37 £525 +35.48% 55
Gloucestershire -2 24 £575 +39.39% 70
Devon +2 23 £560 -2.61% 25
Dorset -7 5 £375 -25.37% 51
Cornwall - 2 - - 7
Avon - 1 - - 42
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 19 (5.19%) Confluence
2 10 (2.73%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.55%) CMS
4 2 (0.55%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.27%) Apache
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.27%) Moodle
5 1 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.27%) Totara
Applications
1 17 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.91%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.82%) Trello
6 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.91%) NetSuite
1 7 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.64%) Oracle Payables
2 6 (1.64%) Oracle Receivables
2 6 (1.64%) SAP HR
3 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.82%) Primavera
3 3 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.82%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.55%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.55%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.55%) Sprinklr
4 2 (0.55%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.27%) Magento
5 1 (0.27%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.27%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (14.48%) Azure
2 39 (10.66%) AWS
3 20 (5.46%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (4.92%) Power Platform
5 14 (3.83%) GCP
6 12 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.73%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.91%) SaaS
8 7 (1.91%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.37%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.37%) Cloud Composer
9 5 (1.37%) Vertex AI
10 4 (1.09%) Cloud Functions
10 4 (1.09%) Cloud Run
10 4 (1.09%) dbt
10 4 (1.09%) GitHub
10 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.09%) Miro
11 3 (0.82%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.55%) Firewall
2 5 (1.37%) DNS
3 4 (1.09%) Network Security
3 4 (1.09%) WAN
4 3 (0.82%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (0.82%) DHCP
4 3 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (0.82%) Wireless
5 2 (0.55%) 3G
5 2 (0.55%) 4G
5 2 (0.55%) 5G
5 2 (0.55%) Asterisk PBX
5 2 (0.55%) ATM
5 2 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (0.55%) Internet
5 2 (0.55%) LAN
5 2 (0.55%) NX-OS
5 2 (0.55%) PABX
5 2 (0.55%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.55%) Power BI
2 9 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.19%) Metadata
4 7 (1.91%) Tableau
5 6 (1.64%) Looker
6 5 (1.37%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.37%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (1.09%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.82%) EDRMS
8 3 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.55%) GIS
9 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.27%) MySQL
10 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.27%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (9.56%) JIRA
2 3 (0.82%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.55%) 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
1 218 (59.56%) Social Skills
2 68 (18.58%) Finance
3 67 (18.31%) Public Sector
4 41 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (7.38%) Influencing Skills
6 18 (4.92%) Manufacturing
7 16 (4.37%) Aerospace
8 15 (4.10%) Military
9 14 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (3.55%) Banking
11 12 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (2.73%) Telecoms
13 9 (2.46%) Retail
14 8 (2.19%) General Ledger
15 7 (1.91%) Aviation
15 7 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 6 (1.64%) Legal
16 6 (1.64%) Marketing
17 5 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (1.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 66 (18.03%) Architect
2 56 (15.30%) Lead
3 43 (11.75%) Analyst
4 39 (10.66%) Project Manager
5 34 (9.29%) Senior
6 29 (7.92%) Business Analyst
7 19 (5.19%) Consultant
8 14 (3.83%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (3.55%) Product Manager
9 13 (3.55%) Product Owner
9 13 (3.55%) Senior Manager
10 12 (3.28%) Delivery Manager
11 9 (2.46%) Change Manager
11 9 (2.46%) Digital Product Manager
11 9 (2.46%) IT Manager
11 9 (2.46%) Scrum Master
12 8 (2.19%) Coordinator
12 8 (2.19%) Programme Manager
13 7 (1.91%) Technical Leader
14 6 (1.64%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.28%) LDAP
2 16 (4.37%) Terraform
3 5 (1.37%) REST
4 4 (1.09%) ADO
4 4 (1.09%) React
4 4 (1.09%) SOAP
5 3 (0.82%) HTML
5 3 (0.82%) Middleware
5 3 (0.82%) OpenID
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.82%) SAML
5 3 (0.82%) Spring
5 3 (0.82%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.55%) .NET
6 2 (0.55%) EDI
6 2 (0.55%) FHIR
6 2 (0.55%) Loki
6 2 (0.55%) ModSecurity
6 2 (0.55%) OAuth
6 2 (0.55%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.84%) Onboarding
1 36 (9.84%) Product Ownership
2 24 (6.56%) Legacy Systems
3 21 (5.74%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.28%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.19%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (1.64%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.64%) Security Posture
6 6 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.09%) CSOC
8 4 (1.09%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (1.09%) FMCG
8 4 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.09%) Life Science
8 4 (1.09%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.82%) CMDB
9 3 (0.82%) IVR
9 3 (0.82%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.37%) Windows
2 8 (2.19%) Linux
3 5 (1.37%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.09%) Unix
5 2 (0.55%) 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
1 100 (27.32%) Agile
2 88 (24.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 65 (17.76%) Decision-Making
4 59 (16.12%) Roadmaps
5 55 (15.03%) Project Delivery
6 53 (14.48%) Technical Leadership
7 50 (13.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 49 (13.39%) AI
9 45 (12.30%) Mentoring
9 45 (12.30%) Project Management
10 44 (12.02%) DevOps
11 43 (11.75%) Migration
12 41 (11.20%) Problem-Solving
13 40 (10.93%) Analytics
14 37 (10.11%) Cybersecurity
15 35 (9.56%) ITIL
15 35 (9.56%) ITSM
16 33 (9.02%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 33 (9.02%) PRINCE2
17 31 (8.47%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (7.65%) SQL
2 15 (4.10%) Python
3 8 (2.19%) Java
4 5 (1.37%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.09%) Bash
5 4 (1.09%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.09%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.55%) PHP
7 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.27%) LookML
Qualifications
1 153 (41.80%) Security Cleared
2 81 (22.13%) SC Cleared
3 62 (16.94%) DV Cleared
4 17 (4.64%) Degree
5 11 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (3.01%) PMP
6 10 (2.73%) CISSP
7 7 (1.91%) ACCA
7 7 (1.91%) CIMA
7 7 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.64%) CISM
9 5 (1.37%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.37%) CCNP
9 5 (1.37%) CIPD
10 4 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.82%) APMG
11 3 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.82%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.38%) Data Quality
2 26 (7.10%) NIST
3 25 (6.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (6.01%) QA
5 16 (4.37%) GDPR
6 15 (4.10%) PMO
7 7 (1.91%) GRC
7 7 (1.91%) NCSC
8 5 (1.37%) JSP 440
9 4 (1.09%) Def Stans
9 4 (1.09%) SLA
10 2 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.55%) DICOM
10 2 (0.55%) HL7
10 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.27%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.27%) ITGC
11 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.27%) SEPA
System Software
1 27 (7.38%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.64%) Docker
4 2 (0.55%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.55%) vSphere
5 1 (0.27%) Firmware
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 6 (1.64%) SCCM
2 5 (1.37%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.82%) Ansible
3 3 (0.82%) BMC PATROL
3 3 (0.82%) BMC Performance Manager
3 3 (0.82%) Perfmon
4 2 (0.55%) Argo
4 2 (0.55%) CASB
4 2 (0.55%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 2 (0.55%) Grafana
4 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.27%) Nessus
5 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (18.85%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.38%) Oracle
3 24 (6.56%) CyberArk
4 16 (4.37%) SAP
5 9 (2.46%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.19%) Google
6 8 (2.19%) Workday
7 7 (1.91%) Cisco
7 7 (1.91%) Databricks
7 7 (1.91%) Pega
7 7 (1.91%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.91%) VMware
8 5 (1.37%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.82%) AppDynamics
9 3 (0.82%) BMC
9 3 (0.82%) Remedy
9 3 (0.82%) Splunk
10 2 (0.55%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.55%) Palantir
10 2 (0.55%) Sage