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 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 63 75
Rank change year-on-year +40 +12 -2
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 119 59 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.22% 2.62% 2.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.90% 3.10% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 31 51
10th Percentile £341 £375 £450
25th Percentile £406 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £570
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -12.28% -0.87%
75th Percentile £652 £600 £650
90th Percentile £700 £743 £700
South East median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 3
10th Percentile £31.08 £56.57 £24.17
25th Percentile £32.05 £56.65 £35.17
Median hourly rate £47.28 £60.60 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.99% +10.18% +125.23%
75th Percentile £69.56 £61.06 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.75 £66.66 £64.10
South East median hourly rate £62.00 £58.17 £55.00
% change year-on-year +6.58% +5.77% +410.92%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,507 1,906 2,539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 91.39% 84.64% 90.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 901 1,084 1,714
10th Percentile £300 £269 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £519 £518
% change year-on-year -3.66% +0.11% +2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 102 86
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.70 £16.33
25th Percentile £15.12 £23.37 £24.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +15.00% +156.41%
75th Percentile £46.30 £67.38 £66.00
90th Percentile £78.00 £85.61 £74.90
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -58.15% +14.70% +80.31%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Stakeholder Engagement

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 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the Thames Valley

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the Thames Valley

Stakeholder Engagement
DemandTrendContract 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 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +38 88 £586 +14.80% 122
Buckinghamshire +10 16 £420 -16.00% 24
Oxfordshire - 15 £538 - 18
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 5 (4.20%) CMS
1 5 (4.20%) Confluence
2 4 (3.36%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.84%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.84%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.84%) Appian
Applications
1 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (7.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (5.04%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 5 (4.20%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.68%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (1.68%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.84%) Avolution ABACUS
5 1 (0.84%) Primavera
5 1 (0.84%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 17 (14.29%) Azure
2 9 (7.56%) AWS
2 9 (7.56%) OCI
2 9 (7.56%) Power Platform
3 5 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (3.36%) Oracle CX
5 3 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.52%) Serverless
6 2 (1.68%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.68%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.68%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.84%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (0.84%) Amazon Bedrock
7 1 (0.84%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.84%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.84%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.84%) Textract
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.36%) SD-WAN
2 2 (1.68%) IPsec
2 2 (1.68%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.84%) Intranet
3 1 (0.84%) Network Security
3 1 (0.84%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.88%) Power BI
2 6 (5.04%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 4 (3.36%) Metadata
3 4 (3.36%) Oracle BI EE
4 3 (2.52%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.68%) Big Data
6 1 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.84%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.84%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.84%) DTS
6 1 (0.84%) MySQL
6 1 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.84%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.84%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.84%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (6.72%) JIRA
2 1 (0.84%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.84%) Git
2 1 (0.84%) GitLab
2 1 (0.84%) Robot Framework
2 1 (0.84%) Selenium
2 1 (0.84%) SonarQube
General
1 54 (45.38%) Social Skills
2 19 (15.97%) Finance
3 17 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 10 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.40%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.20%) Billing
7 4 (3.36%) Legal
7 4 (3.36%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.68%) Automotive
8 2 (1.68%) Law
8 2 (1.68%) Marketing
8 2 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.68%) Retail
9 1 (0.84%) Back Office
9 1 (0.84%) Banking
9 1 (0.84%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.84%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.84%) Police
Job Titles
1 28 (23.53%) Project Manager
2 16 (13.45%) Analyst
3 15 (12.61%) Lead
4 10 (8.40%) Architect
4 10 (8.40%) Business Analyst
5 9 (7.56%) Programme Manager
6 8 (6.72%) Senior
7 7 (5.88%) Developer
7 7 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (5.04%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
9 5 (4.20%) Designer
9 5 (4.20%) Information Manager
9 5 (4.20%) Solutions Designer
10 4 (3.36%) Information Security Specialist
10 4 (3.36%) Information Specialist
10 4 (3.36%) IT Manager
10 4 (3.36%) Release Manager
10 4 (3.36%) SAP Manager
10 4 (3.36%) SAP Project Manager
10 4 (3.36%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.04%) JSON
2 5 (4.20%) REST
2 5 (4.20%) Web Services
3 3 (2.52%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.68%) ADO
5 1 (0.84%) Hugging Face
5 1 (0.84%) Jinja
5 1 (0.84%) Kafka
5 1 (0.84%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.84%) NumPy
5 1 (0.84%) Pandas
5 1 (0.84%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.84%) RAML
5 1 (0.84%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.84%) XML
5 1 (0.84%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.08%) Life Science
2 10 (8.40%) Renewable Energy
3 9 (7.56%) Data Structures
4 7 (5.88%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.20%) CMDB
5 5 (4.20%) Frameworx
5 5 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (4.20%) Onboarding
5 5 (4.20%) TM Forum
6 4 (3.36%) Algorithms
6 4 (3.36%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.36%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (3.36%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.52%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.68%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.68%) Learning Management System
8 2 (1.68%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.68%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.68%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.97%) Agile
2 29 (24.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (22.69%) Change Management
4 24 (20.17%) Migration
5 19 (15.97%) Project Management
6 16 (13.45%) PRINCE2
6 16 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (13.45%) Project Delivery
7 15 (12.61%) Business Intelligence
8 14 (11.76%) Data Modelling
9 13 (10.92%) DevOps
9 13 (10.92%) Risk Management
9 13 (10.92%) Strategic Thinking
10 12 (10.08%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (10.08%) Process Improvement
10 12 (10.08%) Roadmaps
11 11 (9.24%) Project Planning
12 10 (8.40%) Analytics
12 10 (8.40%) Customer Experience
12 10 (8.40%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.52%) JavaScript
1 3 (2.52%) Python
2 2 (1.68%) SQL
3 1 (0.84%) Java
3 1 (0.84%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (16.81%) Security Cleared
2 11 (9.24%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.04%) PMI Certification
3 6 (5.04%) PMP
4 5 (4.20%) Degree
5 4 (3.36%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.68%) CISSP
7 1 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.84%) ACCA
7 1 (0.84%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.84%) CCSP
7 1 (0.84%) CIMA
7 1 (0.84%) CIPFA
7 1 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.84%) CISM
7 1 (0.84%) IIBA
7 1 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.84%) PgMP
7 1 (0.84%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.92%) GDPR
2 6 (5.04%) PMBOK
3 4 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.36%) NIST
3 4 (3.36%) QA
4 3 (2.52%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.52%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.52%) NCSC
4 3 (2.52%) PMO
5 2 (1.68%) COBIT
6 1 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.84%) GRC
6 1 (0.84%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.84%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (1.68%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.68%) Docker
2 1 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.68%) Amdocs OSS
1 2 (1.68%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.84%) Ansible
2 1 (0.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (15.13%) Oracle
2 14 (11.76%) ServiceNow
3 13 (10.92%) Salesforce
4 12 (10.08%) Microsoft
4 12 (10.08%) SAP
5 4 (3.36%) Remedy
6 2 (1.68%) Ariba
6 2 (1.68%) Cramer
6 2 (1.68%) HP
6 2 (1.68%) Infoblox
6 2 (1.68%) JDA
6 2 (1.68%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.68%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.68%) Workday
7 1 (0.84%) Adobe
7 1 (0.84%) Cisco
7 1 (0.84%) Databricks
7 1 (0.84%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.84%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.84%) Veracode