Stakeholder Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Stakeholder Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Stakeholder Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Stakeholder Management 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 17 17 17
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -4
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 1,147 1,640 2,128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.98% 7.90% 8.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.94% 9.32% 9.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 798 1,118 1,594
10th Percentile £350 £350 £369
25th Percentile £425 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £614 £613
90th Percentile £693 £725 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 72 52
10th Percentile £34.33 £14.11 £20.80
25th Percentile £53.50 £22.62 £31.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £55.57
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +7.98% +40.67%
75th Percentile £75.00 £83.45 £70.20
90th Percentile £80.12 £85.65 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £58.44 £56.30
% change year-on-year +2.67% +3.81% +36.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Stakeholder Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Stakeholder Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Stakeholder Management in the UK excluding London

Stakeholder Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Stakeholder Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Stakeholder Management in the UK excluding London

Stakeholder Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Management in the UK excluding London

Stakeholder Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Stakeholder Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Stakeholder Management in the UK excluding London

Stakeholder Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Stakeholder Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Stakeholder Management in the UK excluding London

Stakeholder Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
North of England -2 332 £506 -3.62% 359
South East +9 267 £500 - 546
Midlands +4 233 £501 -8.54% 212
North West +3 205 £512 -2.50% 238
West Midlands 0 173 £525 -4.55% 131
Scotland +2 147 £475 -5.00% 85
Yorkshire -10 91 £500 - 100
East of England -11 77 £600 +20.00% 125
South West -19 77 £545 +3.81% 155
East Midlands +17 56 £449 -9.39% 70
North East +11 33 £545 -5.22% 25
Northern Ireland +1 12 £375 - 16
Wales -25 6 £454 -14.39% 13
Channel Islands - 1 - -
Stakeholder Management
UK

Stakeholder Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 47 (4.10%) Confluence
2 25 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.52%) SAS
5 4 (0.35%) CMS
6 3 (0.26%) JBoss
7 2 (0.17%) CICS
7 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.087%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.087%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.087%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.087%) IIS
8 1 (0.087%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.087%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.087%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.087%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
4 30 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (1.92%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.35%) Trello
8 3 (0.26%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (0.17%) InVision
9 2 (0.17%) Open Workbench
9 2 (0.17%) UserZoom
10 1 (0.087%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 60 (5.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.87%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 7 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.52%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.26%) Eloqua
7 3 (0.26%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.17%) Maximo
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.17%) Primavera
8 2 (0.17%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.17%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.17%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 98 (8.54%) Azure
2 74 (6.45%) AWS
3 49 (4.27%) Power Platform
4 30 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (2.62%) SaaS
5 25 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (1.48%) GCP
7 12 (1.05%) Entra ID
8 11 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (0.96%) Serverless
9 10 (0.87%) Amazon S3
10 9 (0.78%) Asana
10 9 (0.78%) PowerApps
11 8 (0.70%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (0.70%) GitHub
11 8 (0.70%) OpenShift
12 7 (0.61%) PaaS
13 6 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
14 5 (0.44%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.57%) SD-WAN
1 18 (1.57%) WAN
2 16 (1.39%) Firewall
3 14 (1.22%) Network Security
4 9 (0.78%) LAN
4 9 (0.78%) VPN
5 7 (0.61%) BGP
5 7 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (0.52%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (0.44%) DNS
7 5 (0.44%) MPLS
7 5 (0.44%) OSPF
8 4 (0.35%) 5G
8 4 (0.35%) DHCP
8 4 (0.35%) SDH
8 4 (0.35%) Skype
8 4 (0.35%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.26%) Broadband
9 3 (0.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (3.75%) Power BI
2 22 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.05%) Tableau
4 9 (0.78%) SQL Server
5 8 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (0.61%) Data Lake
6 7 (0.61%) DynamoDB
6 7 (0.61%) Hadoop
6 7 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (0.61%) RDBMS
6 7 (0.61%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (0.44%) Amazon Aurora
8 5 (0.44%) Metadata
8 5 (0.44%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.44%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.35%) Big Data
9 4 (0.35%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 111 (9.68%) JIRA
2 22 (1.92%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.22%) Git
4 11 (0.96%) Selenium
5 10 (0.87%) GitLab
6 9 (0.78%) ERwin
7 7 (0.61%) Bitbucket Server
7 7 (0.61%) PowerDesigner
7 7 (0.61%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.52%) LoadRunner
8 6 (0.52%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.44%) Subversion
10 4 (0.35%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.35%) DbUnit
10 4 (0.35%) jMock
10 4 (0.35%) JUnit
10 4 (0.35%) Maven
10 4 (0.35%) Mockito
10 4 (0.35%) NeoLoad
10 4 (0.35%) WebDriver
General
1 563 (49.08%) Social Skills
2 353 (30.78%) Finance
3 182 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (11.33%) Public Sector
5 63 (5.49%) Banking
6 58 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
7 53 (4.62%) Manufacturing
8 52 (4.53%) Telecoms
9 44 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
10 40 (3.49%) Legal
11 36 (3.14%) Marketing
12 33 (2.88%) Retail
13 32 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
14 29 (2.53%) Pharmaceutical
15 19 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 17 (1.48%) Electronics
17 15 (1.31%) Law
17 15 (1.31%) Retail Banking
18 13 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
18 13 (1.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 219 (19.09%) Analyst
2 185 (16.13%) Project Manager
3 138 (12.03%) Business Analyst
4 129 (11.25%) Architect
5 112 (9.76%) Senior
6 107 (9.33%) Lead
7 54 (4.71%) Programme Manager
8 52 (4.53%) Consultant
9 45 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
10 39 (3.40%) IT Manager
11 32 (2.79%) Delivery Manager
12 29 (2.53%) IT Project Manager
13 27 (2.35%) Data Analyst
14 26 (2.27%) Senior Analyst
14 26 (2.27%) Senior Manager
15 25 (2.18%) Service Manager
16 23 (2.01%) Technical Manager
17 20 (1.74%) Change Manager
17 20 (1.74%) Product Manager
18 19 (1.66%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.13%) .NET
1 13 (1.13%) Kafka
2 10 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
3 9 (0.78%) Middleware
4 8 (0.70%) AngularJS
5 7 (0.61%) REST
5 7 (0.61%) Spring Boot
5 7 (0.61%) Web Services
6 6 (0.52%) React
7 5 (0.44%) SOAP
7 5 (0.44%) XML
8 4 (0.35%) ActiveMQ
8 4 (0.35%) ADO
8 4 (0.35%) Hibernate
8 4 (0.35%) OpenID
8 4 (0.35%) PowerMock
8 4 (0.35%) SAML
8 4 (0.35%) Spring
8 4 (0.35%) Spring Batch
8 4 (0.35%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 44 (3.84%) Product Ownership
2 43 (3.75%) Management Information System
3 32 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
3 32 (2.79%) Life Science
4 26 (2.27%) Operational Technology
5 25 (2.18%) Data Centre
6 19 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (1.66%) NHS
6 19 (1.66%) Onboarding
7 14 (1.22%) Cloud Native
7 14 (1.22%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.13%) PMI
8 13 (1.13%) Renewable Energy
8 13 (1.13%) Virtual Team
9 12 (1.05%) FMCG
10 11 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (0.87%) CMDB
11 10 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.61%) SCADA
12 7 (0.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.44%) Windows
2 18 (1.57%) Linux
3 9 (0.78%) Unix
4 8 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.52%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.35%) Android
6 4 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.26%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.26%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.26%) Windows XP
8 2 (0.17%) Solaris
9 1 (0.087%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (30.60%) Agile
2 258 (22.49%) Problem-Solving
3 255 (22.23%) Project Management
4 169 (14.73%) Risk Management
5 150 (13.08%) Project Delivery
6 149 (12.99%) Change Management
7 136 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 123 (10.72%) Decision-Making
9 122 (10.64%) Migration
10 109 (9.50%) Analytics
11 108 (9.42%) Roadmaps
12 104 (9.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 100 (8.72%) Waterfall
14 88 (7.67%) PRINCE2
15 81 (7.06%) Business Analysis
16 75 (6.54%) Programme Management
16 75 (6.54%) Scrum
17 70 (6.10%) ITIL
18 69 (6.02%) DevOps
19 67 (5.84%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 61 (5.32%) SQL
2 33 (2.88%) Python
3 16 (1.39%) Java
4 15 (1.31%) JavaScript
5 9 (0.78%) PowerShell
6 7 (0.61%) C#
6 7 (0.61%) VBA
7 5 (0.44%) Perl
7 5 (0.44%) PHP
7 5 (0.44%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.35%) Bash
8 4 (0.35%) C++
9 3 (0.26%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.26%) VB
9 3 (0.26%) VBScript
10 2 (0.17%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.17%) COBOL
10 2 (0.17%) JCL
10 2 (0.17%) REXX
10 2 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 147 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 102 (8.89%) SC Cleared
3 101 (8.81%) Degree
4 58 (5.06%) PMP
5 54 (4.71%) PMI Certification
6 29 (2.53%) DV Cleared
7 20 (1.74%) CISM
8 18 (1.57%) CISSP
9 17 (1.48%) Master's Degree
10 15 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (0.78%) APMP
12 9 (0.78%) CISA
12 9 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (0.78%) ISTQB
13 8 (0.70%) CCNP
13 8 (0.70%) DBS Check
13 8 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 7 (0.61%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (6.89%) PMO
2 68 (5.93%) QA
3 36 (3.14%) Data Quality
4 35 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (2.53%) GDPR
6 22 (1.92%) NIST
7 12 (1.05%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.96%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.87%) GRC
10 9 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.70%) NCSC
12 6 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
12 6 (0.52%) SLA
13 5 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.44%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.44%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.44%) PMBOK
14 4 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.35%) GxP
14 4 (0.35%) P3O
System Software
1 23 (2.01%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.96%) Docker
4 5 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.35%) Postfix
6 3 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.17%) vSphere
8 1 (0.087%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (2.01%) Terraform
2 16 (1.39%) Ansible
3 15 (1.31%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.61%) Progress Chef
5 6 (0.52%) Amdocs OSS
5 6 (0.52%) Grafana
6 5 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.35%) SCCM
8 3 (0.26%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.26%) Kibana
8 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.17%) CASB
9 2 (0.17%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.17%) NSN NetAct
9 2 (0.17%) Packer
9 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.17%) SELinux
10 1 (0.087%) HP Data Protector
10 1 (0.087%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 124 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 111 (9.68%) SAP
3 52 (4.53%) ServiceNow
4 38 (3.31%) Oracle
5 23 (2.01%) Cisco
5 23 (2.01%) VMware
6 18 (1.57%) Atlassian
7 13 (1.13%) Ariba
7 13 (1.13%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.05%) Databricks
8 12 (1.05%) Google
9 10 (0.87%) Adobe
9 10 (0.87%) Workday
10 9 (0.78%) Splunk
11 8 (0.70%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.61%) Fortinet
12 7 (0.61%) Nokia
12 7 (0.61%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.61%) Sparx
12 7 (0.61%) Virgin Media