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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 26 18
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 -3
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 173 180 265
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 8.84% 6.79% 8.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.77% 8.09% 9.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 96 187
10th Percentile £362 £363 £363
25th Percentile £416 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +6.78%
75th Percentile £750 £675 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £725
England median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 20
10th Percentile £39.28 £35.03 -
25th Percentile £51.34 £43.44 £33.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £80.00 £51.08
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +56.61% -4.52%
75th Percentile - £85.00 £70.94
90th Percentile £70.50 £85.50 £76.54
England median hourly rate £49.00 £61.06 £49.96
% change year-on-year -19.75% +22.22% -0.28%

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 1,771 2,226 2,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.50% 83.94% 87.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,325 1,968
10th Percentile £213 £286 £311
25th Percentile £363 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £706 £710 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 214 257
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.20 £20.40
25th Percentile £18.51 £48.50 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +3.85% +12.17%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £68.45 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.98%

Stakeholder Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Stakeholder Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Stakeholder Management 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 20 September 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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +17 96 £544 +8.75% 47
Wiltshire -1 33 £575 -8.00% 13
Gloucestershire -5 22 £500 -4.76% 27
Somerset +5 11 £319 -44.57% 21
Devon +13 10 £575 +35.29% 6
Dorset -2 2 £503 -1.95% 9
Stakeholder Management
England

Stakeholder Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.89%) Confluence
2 1 (0.58%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.73%) iTrent
2 2 (1.16%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.16%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.58%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.58%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 18 (10.40%) Azure
2 15 (8.67%) AWS
3 7 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.89%) GCP
4 5 (2.89%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.73%) Akamai
6 3 (1.73%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.16%) GitHub
7 2 (1.16%) npm
7 2 (1.16%) OpenShift
7 2 (1.16%) SaaS
7 2 (1.16%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.58%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.58%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.47%) 5G
1 6 (3.47%) Network Security
2 5 (2.89%) Firewall
3 4 (2.31%) SD-WAN
3 4 (2.31%) VoIP
3 4 (2.31%) WAN
4 3 (1.73%) Wireshark
5 2 (1.16%) AMQP
5 2 (1.16%) VPN
6 1 (0.58%) BGP
6 1 (0.58%) LAN
6 1 (0.58%) MPLS
6 1 (0.58%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.58%) OSPF
6 1 (0.58%) VLAN
6 1 (0.58%) Wireless
6 1 (0.58%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.89%) Power BI
2 2 (1.16%) Oracle Database
2 2 (1.16%) RDBMS
2 2 (1.16%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (4.62%) JIRA
2 3 (1.73%) Git
3 2 (1.16%) Maven
4 1 (0.58%) GitLab
4 1 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
General
1 54 (31.21%) Social Skills
2 42 (24.28%) Finance
3 26 (15.03%) Public Sector
3 26 (15.03%) Telecoms
4 23 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.36%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.62%) Marketing
6 8 (4.62%) Military
7 7 (4.05%) Electronics
7 7 (4.05%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.47%) Billing
8 6 (3.47%) Local Government
9 5 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.31%) Banking
10 4 (2.31%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.73%) Legal
12 2 (1.16%) Police
13 1 (0.58%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (24.28%) Architect
2 27 (15.61%) Project Manager
3 19 (10.98%) Lead
4 17 (9.83%) Integration Architect
5 16 (9.25%) Analyst
6 8 (4.62%) Network Manager
6 8 (4.62%) Network Project Manager
6 8 (4.62%) Senior
6 8 (4.62%) Support Engineer
7 7 (4.05%) IT Manager
8 6 (3.47%) Business Analyst
8 6 (3.47%) Consultant
8 6 (3.47%) OSS Project Manager
8 6 (3.47%) Telecoms Manager
8 6 (3.47%) Telecoms Project Manager
9 5 (2.89%) ITIL Incident Manager
9 5 (2.89%) ITIL Service Architect
9 5 (2.89%) Service Architect
9 5 (2.89%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (2.89%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.73%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.58%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.58%) JDO
2 1 (0.58%) Kafka
2 1 (0.58%) Next.js
2 1 (0.58%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.94%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.78%) CMDB
2 10 (5.78%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.89%) Data Centre
3 5 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.31%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.73%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.16%) FMCG
6 2 (1.16%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 2 (1.16%) PKI
6 2 (1.16%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.58%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.58%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.58%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.58%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.94%) Windows
2 5 (2.89%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.73%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.16%) CentOS
4 2 (1.16%) Linux
4 2 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.58%) Unix
5 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (20.23%) Project Management
2 32 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (18.50%) Service Management
3 27 (15.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 26 (15.03%) Agile
5 24 (13.87%) Risk Management
6 23 (13.29%) Decision-Making
6 23 (13.29%) ITIL
6 23 (13.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 22 (12.72%) Service Delivery
8 18 (10.40%) Visualisation
9 17 (9.83%) Identity Management
9 17 (9.83%) Logistics
10 15 (8.67%) Migration
10 15 (8.67%) Project Delivery
11 14 (8.09%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (7.51%) PRINCE2
12 13 (7.51%) Roadmaps
13 12 (6.94%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (6.94%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.89%) SQL
2 4 (2.31%) Java
3 3 (1.73%) Python
4 2 (1.16%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.58%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 89 (51.45%) Security Cleared
2 71 (41.04%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.67%) DV Cleared
4 7 (4.05%) PMI Certification
4 7 (4.05%) PMP
5 5 (2.89%) Degree
6 4 (2.31%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.73%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.16%) CCIE
8 2 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.16%) SAFe Agilist
9 1 (0.58%) CCNP
9 1 (0.58%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.58%) CISSP
9 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.78%) SLA
2 7 (4.05%) PMO
3 5 (2.89%) GRC
4 4 (2.31%) NCSC
5 3 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.73%) JSP 440
5 3 (1.73%) NIST
6 2 (1.16%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.16%) QA
7 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.58%) GDPR
7 1 (0.58%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.58%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.58%) RMADS
System Software
1 5 (2.89%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.31%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.16%) Docker
4 1 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.58%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (4.62%) NSN NetAct
2 6 (3.47%) Amdocs OSS
3 5 (2.89%) Terraform
4 4 (2.31%) Ansible
5 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.73%) SCCM
6 2 (1.16%) Grafana
6 2 (1.16%) Puppet
7 1 (0.58%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.58%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 14 (8.09%) Ericsson
1 14 (8.09%) Microsoft
1 14 (8.09%) Nokia
2 13 (7.51%) ServiceNow
3 11 (6.36%) Remedy
4 10 (5.78%) SAP
5 8 (4.62%) Oracle
6 6 (3.47%) Amdocs
6 6 (3.47%) Ciena
6 6 (3.47%) NetCracker
7 4 (2.31%) F5
7 4 (2.31%) Google
8 2 (1.16%) Cisco
8 2 (1.16%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.16%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.58%) Citrix
9 1 (0.58%) IBM
9 1 (0.58%) Juniper
9 1 (0.58%) NetApp
9 1 (0.58%) VMware