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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 40 21
Rank change year-on-year +21 -19 -1
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 240 82 213
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 7.23% 4.85% 6.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.25% 5.36% 8.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 58 130
10th Percentile £375 £375 £363
25th Percentile £463 £416 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £541 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% +3.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £634 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £775
England median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 12
10th Percentile - - £11.87
25th Percentile £31.25 £65.00 £29.22
Median hourly rate £33.75 £70.00 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year -51.79% +9.80% +13.23%
75th Percentile £37.50 £76.25 £85.00
90th Percentile £79.63 £78.50 -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £60.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -17.69% +1.25% +6.57%

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 2,595 1,529 2,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 78.16% 90.42% 83.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,424 969 1,687
10th Percentile £317 £235 £220
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £516 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -1.73% -4.55%
75th Percentile £607 £623 £625
90th Percentile £715 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 453 151 335
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.51 £13.86
25th Percentile £26.25 £18.87 £28.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -9.39%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -0.96%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +9 90 £500 +11.11% 30
Wiltshire +21 72 £550 -4.35% 17
Gloucestershire +19 30 £500 -9.18% 21
Somerset -2 21 £525 -2.33% 23
Devon -4 15 £550 -4.35% 14
Cornwall - 1 £350 - 1
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 16 (6.67%) Confluence
2 3 (1.25%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.83%) CMS
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 11 (4.58%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.25%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.83%) Trello
6 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.67%) NEC Housing
2 4 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.83%) SAP EWM
3 2 (0.83%) SAP PM
3 2 (0.83%) SAP PP
3 2 (0.83%) SAP QM
3 2 (0.83%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.42%) Lorenzo
4 1 (0.42%) Magento
4 1 (0.42%) Maximo
4 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.42%) Primavera
4 1 (0.42%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 23 (9.58%) Azure
2 12 (5.00%) AWS
3 8 (3.33%) Power Platform
4 6 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.08%) GCP
6 4 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.67%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.83%) Asana
7 2 (0.83%) Figma
7 2 (0.83%) npm
7 2 (0.83%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.42%) GitHub
8 1 (0.42%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.42%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.42%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.42%) Miro
8 1 (0.42%) SaaS
8 1 (0.42%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.08%) 3G
1 5 (2.08%) 4G
1 5 (2.08%) 5G
2 2 (0.83%) AMQP
2 2 (0.83%) Firewall
2 2 (0.83%) Network Security
2 2 (0.83%) NGFW
3 1 (0.42%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.42%) Internet
3 1 (0.42%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.33%) Power BI
2 5 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.67%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.83%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.83%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.42%) GIS
5 1 (0.42%) Looker
5 1 (0.42%) Metadata
5 1 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (13.75%) JIRA
2 2 (0.83%) AdminStudio
2 2 (0.83%) Git
2 2 (0.83%) InstallShield
2 2 (0.83%) Maven
3 1 (0.42%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.42%) GitLab
3 1 (0.42%) HP UFT
3 1 (0.42%) Selenium
3 1 (0.42%) WebDriver
General
1 120 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 49 (20.42%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (19.17%) Finance
4 29 (12.08%) Public Sector
5 18 (7.50%) Telecoms
6 12 (5.00%) Legal
7 11 (4.58%) Manufacturing
8 10 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (3.75%) Banking
9 9 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (3.33%) Aerospace
11 7 (2.92%) Local Government
11 7 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (2.08%) Retail
13 4 (1.67%) Military
14 2 (0.83%) Digital Healthcare
14 2 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.83%) Law
14 2 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 36 (15.00%) Analyst
2 33 (13.75%) Project Manager
3 29 (12.08%) Architect
3 29 (12.08%) Lead
4 24 (10.00%) Business Analyst
5 19 (7.92%) Senior
6 15 (6.25%) Programme Manager
7 11 (4.58%) Delivery Manager
7 11 (4.58%) Telecoms Manager
8 9 (3.75%) Service Manager
9 8 (3.33%) Consultant
9 8 (3.33%) Data Architect
9 8 (3.33%) Site Manager
9 8 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.92%) Change Manager
10 7 (2.92%) Product Owner
11 6 (2.50%) IT Manager
11 6 (2.50%) Technical Manager
11 6 (2.50%) Telecoms Project Manager
12 5 (2.08%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.50%) Leaflet
2 3 (1.25%) .NET
2 3 (1.25%) JDO
3 2 (0.83%) Android Jetpack
3 2 (0.83%) Android SDK
3 2 (0.83%) FHIR
3 2 (0.83%) Jetpack Compose
3 2 (0.83%) LDAP
3 2 (0.83%) OAuth
3 2 (0.83%) OpenID
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.83%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.83%) SAML
4 1 (0.42%) OLE
4 1 (0.42%) React
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.92%) Product Ownership
2 18 (7.50%) Onboarding
3 14 (5.83%) Blackberry
4 13 (5.42%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (4.58%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.92%) Operational Technology
6 7 (2.92%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.08%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.67%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.67%) e-Learning
9 4 (1.67%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.25%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.25%) NHS
10 3 (1.25%) PMI
11 2 (0.83%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.83%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.50%) Android
2 16 (6.67%) Windows
3 14 (5.83%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.08%) Linux
4 5 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.67%) VMS
6 2 (0.83%) CentOS
6 2 (0.83%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (36.25%) Agile
2 57 (23.75%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 42 (17.50%) Project Management
5 39 (16.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 36 (15.00%) Roadmaps
7 32 (13.33%) PRINCE2
8 29 (12.08%) Decision-Making
9 28 (11.67%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (11.67%) ITIL
9 28 (11.67%) Risk Management
9 28 (11.67%) Service Management
10 25 (10.42%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 24 (10.00%) Change Management
11 24 (10.00%) Project Delivery
12 23 (9.58%) Change Control
12 23 (9.58%) Process Improvement
12 23 (9.58%) Scrum
13 19 (7.92%) Migration
14 17 (7.08%) AI
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.17%) SQL
2 6 (2.50%) Java
3 4 (1.67%) Kotlin
3 4 (1.67%) Python
4 3 (1.25%) C#
5 2 (0.83%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.42%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 116 (48.33%) Security Cleared
2 101 (42.08%) SC Cleared
3 23 (9.58%) Degree
4 15 (6.25%) PMP
5 10 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.17%) PMI Certification
6 8 (3.33%) APMP
7 6 (2.50%) CISM
7 6 (2.50%) CISSP
7 6 (2.50%) CRISC
8 5 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.83%) CBAP
10 2 (0.83%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.42%) CIMA
11 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.42%) IIBA
11 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.67%) GDPR
2 12 (5.00%) QA
3 9 (3.75%) NIST
4 8 (3.33%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.33%) JSP 440
5 5 (2.08%) PMO
5 5 (2.08%) SLA
6 4 (1.67%) NCSC
7 3 (1.25%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.83%) COBIT
8 2 (0.83%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.83%) GRC
8 2 (0.83%) HL7
8 2 (0.83%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (1.25%) Docker
2 2 (0.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.50%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.83%) Ansible
3 2 (0.83%) Computer Incident Response Team
3 2 (0.83%) Grafana
3 2 (0.83%) SCCM
3 2 (0.83%) Terraform
4 1 (0.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (12.92%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.83%) Citrix
2 14 (5.83%) MobileIron
2 14 (5.83%) VMware
3 13 (5.42%) SAP
4 9 (3.75%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.92%) Atlassian
6 6 (2.50%) Oracle
6 6 (2.50%) Remedy
7 4 (1.67%) Google
7 4 (1.67%) NEC
7 4 (1.67%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.25%) F5
8 3 (1.25%) IBM
9 2 (0.83%) Cerner
9 2 (0.83%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.83%) Databricks
9 2 (0.83%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.83%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.42%) Liquidlogic