Stakeholder Engagement Contracts in the Thames Valley

Stakeholder Engagement
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Stakeholder Engagement over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 101 85
Rank change year-on-year +66 -16 +8
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 77 44 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.10% 1.64% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.49% 1.88% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 15 57
10th Percentile £338 £378 £400
25th Percentile £404 £415 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £525 £505
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% +3.96% +1.00%
75th Percentile £606 £544 £650
90th Percentile £694 £686 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - £48.66 -
25th Percentile - £52.29 £53.50
Median hourly rate £32.05 £58.95 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.63% +7.17% -
75th Percentile - £64.98 £56.50
90th Percentile - £68.23 -
South East median hourly rate £32.05 £18.35 £55.00
% change year-on-year +74.66% -66.64% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Stakeholder Engagement 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the Thames Valley

Stakeholder Engagement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the Thames Valley

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the Thames Valley

Stakeholder Engagement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the Thames Valley

Stakeholder Engagement
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +47 53 £463 -11.90% 33
Buckinghamshire +21 12 £500 +16.28% 16
Oxfordshire +16 12 £625 - 11
Stakeholder Engagement
South East

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (3.90%) CMS
2 2 (2.60%) Appian
2 2 (2.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (5.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (1.30%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.58%) Azure
2 5 (6.49%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.19%) AWS
4 2 (2.60%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.60%) GCP
4 2 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.60%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.30%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.30%) Figma
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.30%) Oracle CX
5 1 (1.30%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.30%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.30%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (1.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (1.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.19%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (2.60%) 2G
2 2 (2.60%) 3G
2 2 (2.60%) 4G
2 2 (2.60%) 5G
2 2 (2.60%) DHCP
2 2 (2.60%) DNS
2 2 (2.60%) FTP
2 2 (2.60%) SMTP
2 2 (2.60%) Telnet
3 1 (1.30%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) Data Lake
1 2 (2.60%) Power BI
2 1 (1.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Axure RP
General
1 26 (33.77%) Social Skills
2 19 (24.68%) Telecoms
3 18 (23.38%) Finance
4 16 (20.78%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.79%) Manufacturing
6 5 (6.49%) Billing
6 5 (6.49%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.90%) General Ledger
8 3 (3.90%) Legal
8 3 (3.90%) Marketing
8 3 (3.90%) Retail
9 2 (2.60%) Local Government
10 1 (1.30%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.30%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.30%) Law
10 1 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (22.08%) Project Manager
2 9 (11.69%) Analyst
2 9 (11.69%) Architect
3 8 (10.39%) Senior
4 7 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 7 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (7.79%) Designer
5 6 (7.79%) Lead
6 5 (6.49%) Senior Manager
6 5 (6.49%) Service Manager
6 5 (6.49%) Solutions Designer
7 4 (5.19%) Product Owner
7 4 (5.19%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (5.19%) SAP Manager
7 4 (5.19%) SAP Project Manager
8 3 (3.90%) Consultant
8 3 (3.90%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (3.90%) Relationships Manager
8 3 (3.90%) Service Relationship Manager
8 3 (3.90%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.49%) JSON
1 5 (6.49%) REST
1 5 (6.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 6 (7.79%) CMDB
2 6 (7.79%) Life Science
2 6 (7.79%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (6.49%) Frameworx
3 5 (6.49%) TM Forum
4 4 (5.19%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.60%) Learning Management System
6 2 (2.60%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.60%) Podcast
6 2 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.60%) Social Media
7 1 (1.30%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.30%) FMCG
7 1 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.30%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.30%) SCADA
7 1 (1.30%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.90%) Windows
2 2 (2.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (40.26%) Agile
2 19 (24.68%) Project Management
3 18 (23.38%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (23.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (22.08%) Roadmaps
5 14 (18.18%) Risk Management
6 11 (14.29%) Migration
6 11 (14.29%) PRINCE2
6 11 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 10 (12.99%) Change Management
8 9 (11.69%) ITIL
9 8 (10.39%) CRM
9 8 (10.39%) Customer Experience
9 8 (10.39%) Decision-Making
9 8 (10.39%) Project Delivery
9 8 (10.39%) Project Planning
9 8 (10.39%) Service Management
9 8 (10.39%) Strategic Thinking
10 7 (9.09%) Process Improvement
11 6 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (24.68%) Security Cleared
2 17 (22.08%) SC Cleared
3 9 (11.69%) Degree
4 6 (7.79%) PMI Certification
4 6 (7.79%) PMP
5 3 (3.90%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.90%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.60%) ACCA
6 2 (2.60%) APMP
6 2 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.30%) CISM
7 1 (1.30%) CISSP
7 1 (1.30%) IIBA
7 1 (1.30%) ISEB
7 1 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.30%) PhD
7 1 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) GDPR
1 4 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (5.19%) PMBOK
1 4 (5.19%) QA
2 3 (3.90%) NIST
3 2 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.60%) GRC
3 2 (2.60%) IFRS
4 1 (1.30%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.30%) COBIT
4 1 (1.30%) NCSC
4 1 (1.30%) P3O
4 1 (1.30%) PMO
4 1 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.60%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.60%) NFS
Systems Management
1 2 (2.60%) Amdocs OSS
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.30%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 11 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 9 (11.69%) ServiceNow
3 8 (10.39%) Microsoft
3 8 (10.39%) SAP
4 4 (5.19%) OpenAI
5 3 (3.90%) Oracle
6 2 (2.60%) Ariba
6 2 (2.60%) Blue Prism
6 2 (2.60%) Cisco
6 2 (2.60%) Cramer
6 2 (2.60%) Databricks
6 2 (2.60%) Google
6 2 (2.60%) Infoblox
6 2 (2.60%) Nokia
6 2 (2.60%) Rakuten
6 2 (2.60%) Remedy
7 1 (1.30%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.30%) Genesys
7 1 (1.30%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.30%) Snow