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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 21 25
Rank change year-on-year +10 +4 -8
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 332 133 181
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 9.30% 6.98% 6.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.62% 7.78% 7.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 82 113
10th Percentile £363 £308 £363
25th Percentile £474 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £620 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £775
England median daily rate £550 £537 £550
% change year-on-year +2.42% -2.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 2 10
10th Percentile - £53.45 £35.03
25th Percentile £31.25 £56.63 £43.44
Median hourly rate £38.03 £63.84 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.42% -20.21% +49.07%
75th Percentile £51.31 £71.63 £85.00
90th Percentile £79.88 £75.15 £85.50
England median hourly rate £62.25 £53.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +16.36% -13.15% +34.26%

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 2,856 1,710 2,369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 80.04% 89.72% 83.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,594 1,002 1,514
10th Percentile £325 £220 £263
25th Percentile £419 £363 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £613 £630
90th Percentile £705 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 429 203 298
10th Percentile £14.97 £15.17 £15.58
25th Percentile £31.25 £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 £79.20 £70.00 £75.75
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +3 115 £525 +18.78% 90
Wiltshire +25 95 £550 -8.33% 29
Somerset +1 44 £550 +41.94% 22
Gloucestershire +3 35 £538 +5.39% 41
Devon -7 19 £560 -2.61% 11
Dorset -7 3 £500 -0.50% 24
Cornwall - 1 - - 5
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 18 (5.42%) Confluence
2 9 (2.71%) 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 14 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.11%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.51%) Trello
6 2 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.41%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.11%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (2.11%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (1.81%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (1.51%) 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%) NEC Housing
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%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.30%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.30%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 54 (16.27%) Azure
2 34 (10.24%) AWS
3 15 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (4.22%) Power Platform
5 10 (3.01%) GCP
6 8 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.81%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.81%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.51%) 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%) Intacct
12 2 (0.60%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.11%) Firewall
2 5 (1.51%) 3G
2 5 (1.51%) 4G
2 5 (1.51%) 5G
3 2 (0.60%) ATM
3 2 (0.60%) DNS
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%) Intrusion Detection
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 13 (3.92%) Power BI
2 6 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.60%) GIS
3 2 (0.60%) Looker
3 2 (0.60%) Metadata
3 2 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.30%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.30%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.30%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.30%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (10.54%) 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
1 181 (54.52%) Social Skills
2 72 (21.69%) Finance
3 60 (18.07%) Public Sector
4 47 (14.16%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (4.82%) Manufacturing
6 15 (4.52%) Aerospace
6 15 (4.52%) Telecoms
7 14 (4.22%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.22%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.61%) Banking
9 11 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (3.01%) Legal
10 10 (3.01%) Military
11 9 (2.71%) General Ledger
12 8 (2.41%) Retail
13 6 (1.81%) Aviation
14 5 (1.51%) Publishing
15 3 (0.90%) Local Government
15 3 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 58 (17.47%) Lead
2 42 (12.65%) Project Manager
3 41 (12.35%) Analyst
3 41 (12.35%) Architect
4 30 (9.04%) Senior
5 23 (6.93%) Business Analyst
6 17 (5.12%) Delivery Manager
7 16 (4.82%) Consultant
8 12 (3.61%) Programme Manager
9 11 (3.31%) Product Manager
9 11 (3.31%) Service Manager
9 11 (3.31%) Telecoms Manager
10 10 (3.01%) IT Manager
10 10 (3.01%) Scrum Master
11 9 (2.71%) Data Architect
11 9 (2.71%) Senior Manager
12 8 (2.41%) Digital Product Manager
12 8 (2.41%) Product Owner
12 8 (2.41%) SC Cleared Project Manager
12 8 (2.41%) Site Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.81%) Leaflet
2 5 (1.51%) .NET
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%) FHIR
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 (9.34%) Onboarding
1 31 (9.34%) Product Ownership
2 26 (7.83%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (3.61%) Blackberry
4 10 (3.01%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.11%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.11%) Cyber Security Posture
5 7 (2.11%) Operational Technology
5 7 (2.11%) Security Posture
5 7 (2.11%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.81%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.51%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.20%) CMDB
8 4 (1.20%) CSOC
8 4 (1.20%) FMCG
9 3 (0.90%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.90%) Life Science
9 3 (0.90%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.23%) Windows
2 17 (5.12%) Android
3 13 (3.92%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.11%) 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
1 105 (31.63%) Agile
2 64 (19.28%) Continuous Improvement
3 60 (18.07%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (15.36%) Roadmaps
5 50 (15.06%) Project Delivery
6 44 (13.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 43 (12.95%) Project Management
8 41 (12.35%) Decision-Making
9 40 (12.05%) DevOps
9 40 (12.05%) ITIL
10 39 (11.75%) PRINCE2
11 38 (11.45%) Risk Management
12 37 (11.14%) Cybersecurity
13 31 (9.34%) Scrum
13 31 (9.34%) Service Management
14 29 (8.73%) AI
14 29 (8.73%) Migration
14 29 (8.73%) User Stories
15 28 (8.43%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 27 (8.13%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.52%) SQL
2 13 (3.92%) Python
3 9 (2.71%) Java
4 5 (1.51%) Kotlin
4 5 (1.51%) 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
1 150 (45.18%) Security Cleared
2 112 (33.73%) SC Cleared
3 27 (8.13%) DV Cleared
4 21 (6.33%) Degree
5 19 (5.72%) PMP
6 12 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.71%) CISSP
8 8 (2.41%) CISM
9 7 (2.11%) ACCA
9 7 (2.11%) CIMA
9 7 (2.11%) CRISC
9 7 (2.11%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.90%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.93%) QA
2 16 (4.82%) GDPR
3 13 (3.92%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.71%) JSP 440
4 9 (2.71%) PMO
5 8 (2.41%) NIST
6 7 (2.11%) GRC
6 7 (2.11%) SLA
7 6 (1.81%) NCSC
8 3 (0.90%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.60%) HL7
9 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.60%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.30%) ITGC
10 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (1.51%) Active Directory
1 5 (1.51%) 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 15 (4.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (3.31%) Terraform
3 8 (2.41%) 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 64 (19.28%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.12%) SAP
3 15 (4.52%) Oracle
3 15 (4.52%) VMware
4 12 (3.61%) Citrix
4 12 (3.61%) MobileIron
5 11 (3.31%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.11%) Google
7 6 (1.81%) Remedy
8 4 (1.20%) Databricks
8 4 (1.20%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.90%) Cisco
9 3 (0.90%) CyberArk
9 3 (0.90%) F5
9 3 (0.90%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.90%) Workday
10 2 (0.60%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.60%) Foundry
10 2 (0.60%) Palantir
10 2 (0.60%) Red Hat