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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 21 26
Rank change year-on-year +9 +5 -7
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 319 133 180
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 8.98% 6.99% 6.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.19% 7.80% 7.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 84 115
10th Percentile £363 £308 £363
25th Percentile £472 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £634 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £783
England median daily rate £550 £535 £538
% change year-on-year +2.80% -0.47% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 2 10
10th Percentile - £53.45 £35.03
25th Percentile £31.25 £56.63 £43.44
Median hourly rate £35.00 £63.84 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.17% -20.21% +49.07%
75th Percentile £50.00 £71.63 £85.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.15 £85.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £53.50 £61.33
% change year-on-year +16.82% -12.77% +31.89%

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 2,850 1,706 2,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 80.21% 89.70% 83.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,584 1,005 1,560
10th Percentile £325 £220 £263
25th Percentile £418 £363 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £610 £613 £630
90th Percentile £703 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 433 201 312
10th Percentile £16.13 £15.25 £14.42
25th Percentile £32.50 £18.51 £39.79
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 £78.75 £70.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -39.40% -2.35%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +3 107 £525 +16.67% 80
Wiltshire +22 92 £550 -8.33% 28
Somerset +3 43 £550 +41.94% 20
Gloucestershire +4 35 £538 +5.39% 43
Devon -7 19 £560 -2.61% 16
Dorset -5 2 £450 -10.45% 15
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 (5.64%) Confluence
2 9 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.94%) CMS
4 2 (0.63%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.63%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.31%) Moodle
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.31%) Totara
Applications
1 13 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.19%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.57%) Trello
6 2 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.51%) NetSuite
2 7 (2.19%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (2.19%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (1.88%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.94%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.63%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.63%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.63%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.63%) Sprinklr
6 2 (0.63%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.31%) Magento
7 1 (0.31%) Maximo
7 1 (0.31%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.31%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 52 (16.30%) Azure
2 33 (10.34%) AWS
3 14 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (3.76%) Power Platform
5 9 (2.82%) GCP
6 7 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.88%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.88%) Snowflake
8 5 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.57%) SaaS
9 4 (1.25%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.25%) GitHub
10 3 (0.94%) OCI
11 2 (0.63%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.63%) dbt
11 2 (0.63%) Figma
11 2 (0.63%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.63%) Intacct
11 2 (0.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.51%) Firewall
2 5 (1.57%) 3G
2 5 (1.57%) 4G
2 5 (1.57%) 5G
3 2 (0.63%) ATM
3 2 (0.63%) DNS
3 2 (0.63%) LAN
3 2 (0.63%) Network Security
3 2 (0.63%) NGFW
3 2 (0.63%) WAN
4 1 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.31%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.31%) CTI
4 1 (0.31%) DHCP
4 1 (0.31%) DMVPN
4 1 (0.31%) Internet
4 1 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.31%) Multicast
4 1 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.45%) Power BI
2 5 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.63%) Metadata
3 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.63%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.31%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.31%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.31%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.31%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.31%) GIS
4 1 (0.31%) Looker
4 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.31%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (10.34%) JIRA
2 2 (0.63%) AdminStudio
2 2 (0.63%) InstallShield
2 2 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.31%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.31%) Gatling
3 1 (0.31%) GitLab
3 1 (0.31%) HP UFT
3 1 (0.31%) Selenium
3 1 (0.31%) Snyk
3 1 (0.31%) WebDriver
General
1 175 (54.86%) Social Skills
2 71 (22.26%) Finance
3 58 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 46 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.02%) Manufacturing
6 15 (4.70%) Aerospace
6 15 (4.70%) Telecoms
7 14 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.76%) Banking
8 12 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (3.13%) Military
11 9 (2.82%) General Ledger
11 9 (2.82%) Legal
12 8 (2.51%) Retail
13 6 (1.88%) Aviation
14 5 (1.57%) Publishing
15 3 (0.94%) Local Government
15 3 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 58 (18.18%) Lead
2 40 (12.54%) Analyst
2 40 (12.54%) Project Manager
3 37 (11.60%) Architect
4 27 (8.46%) Senior
5 22 (6.90%) Business Analyst
6 16 (5.02%) Consultant
7 15 (4.70%) Delivery Manager
8 12 (3.76%) Programme Manager
9 11 (3.45%) Product Manager
9 11 (3.45%) Service Manager
9 11 (3.45%) Telecoms Manager
10 10 (3.13%) Scrum Master
11 9 (2.82%) Data Architect
11 9 (2.82%) IT Manager
12 8 (2.51%) Digital Product Manager
12 8 (2.51%) SC Cleared Project Manager
12 8 (2.51%) Site Manager
13 7 (2.19%) Senior Manager
13 7 (2.19%) Transformation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.88%) Leaflet
2 5 (1.57%) .NET
3 4 (1.25%) REST
4 3 (0.94%) JDO
4 3 (0.94%) Middleware
4 3 (0.94%) OAuth
4 3 (0.94%) OpenID
4 3 (0.94%) React
4 3 (0.94%) SAML
4 3 (0.94%) SOAP
5 2 (0.63%) ADO
5 2 (0.63%) Android Jetpack
5 2 (0.63%) Android SDK
5 2 (0.63%) FHIR
5 2 (0.63%) Jetpack Compose
5 2 (0.63%) LDAP
5 2 (0.63%) Loki
5 2 (0.63%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.63%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.40%) Onboarding
2 29 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 25 (7.84%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (3.76%) Blackberry
5 10 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.51%) Security Posture
7 7 (2.19%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.19%) Cyber Security Posture
7 7 (2.19%) Operational Technology
7 7 (2.19%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.88%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.57%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.25%) CMDB
10 4 (1.25%) CSOC
10 4 (1.25%) FMCG
11 3 (0.94%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.94%) IVR
11 3 (0.94%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.52%) Windows
2 17 (5.33%) Android
3 13 (4.08%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.88%) Linux
5 3 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.94%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.63%) VMS
6 2 (0.63%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (30.72%) Agile
2 65 (20.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 60 (18.81%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (15.99%) Roadmaps
5 49 (15.36%) Project Delivery
6 45 (14.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 41 (12.85%) Project Management
8 40 (12.54%) ITIL
9 37 (11.60%) Decision-Making
9 37 (11.60%) DevOps
9 37 (11.60%) PRINCE2
9 37 (11.60%) Risk Management
10 36 (11.29%) Cybersecurity
11 30 (9.40%) Scrum
11 30 (9.40%) Service Management
12 28 (8.78%) User Stories
13 27 (8.46%) ERP
14 26 (8.15%) AI
14 26 (8.15%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 25 (7.84%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.08%) Python
1 13 (4.08%) SQL
2 9 (2.82%) Java
3 5 (1.57%) Kotlin
3 5 (1.57%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.25%) Bash
5 3 (0.94%) C#
5 3 (0.94%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.31%) PHP
7 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 148 (46.39%) Security Cleared
2 111 (34.80%) SC Cleared
3 25 (7.84%) DV Cleared
4 20 (6.27%) Degree
5 19 (5.96%) PMP
6 12 (3.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.82%) CISSP
8 8 (2.51%) CISM
9 7 (2.19%) ACCA
9 7 (2.19%) CIMA
9 7 (2.19%) CRISC
9 7 (2.19%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.94%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.63%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.63%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.90%) QA
2 16 (5.02%) GDPR
3 13 (4.08%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.82%) JSP 440
4 9 (2.82%) NIST
5 8 (2.51%) GRC
5 8 (2.51%) PMO
6 7 (2.19%) SLA
7 6 (1.88%) NCSC
8 3 (0.94%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.63%) HL7
9 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.63%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.31%) ITGC
10 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (1.57%) Active Directory
1 5 (1.57%) Docker
2 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (4.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.13%) Terraform
3 8 (2.51%) SCCM
4 4 (1.25%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.94%) Ansible
6 2 (0.63%) Argo
6 2 (0.63%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 2 (0.63%) Grafana
7 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.31%) CASB
7 1 (0.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.31%) Nessus
7 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (18.81%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.33%) SAP
3 15 (4.70%) Oracle
4 14 (4.39%) VMware
5 12 (3.76%) Citrix
5 12 (3.76%) MobileIron
6 11 (3.45%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.88%) Google
7 6 (1.88%) Remedy
8 4 (1.25%) Databricks
8 4 (1.25%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.94%) Cisco
9 3 (0.94%) CyberArk
9 3 (0.94%) F5
9 3 (0.94%) Workday
10 2 (0.63%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.63%) Foundry
10 2 (0.63%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.63%) Palantir
10 2 (0.63%) Red Hat