Stakeholder and Relationship Management Contracts

Stakeholder and Relationship Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Stakeholder and Relationship Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Stakeholder and Relationship Management over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 490 528
Rank change year-on-year -20 +38 +101
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder and Relationship Management 43 90 158
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.21% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.25% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 69 116
10th Percentile £378 £430 £419
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £575 £627 £681
90th Percentile £638 £785 £821
UK excluding London median daily rate £523 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 4
10th Percentile - £13.70 -
25th Percentile - £14.57 £12.50
Median hourly rate - £15.90 £21.77
Median % change year-on-year - -26.96% -
75th Percentile - £46.41 £31.66
90th Percentile - £57.83 £33.68
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £15.90 £21.77
% change year-on-year - -26.96% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Stakeholder and Relationship 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,443 36,038 50,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.37% 85.40% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,490 23,058 34,451
10th Percentile £300 £303 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,553 2,324 1,670
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -5.29% +52.19%
75th Percentile £51.65 £61.70 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.75 £73.43 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £38.12 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.04% -4.70% +86.05%

Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Stakeholder and Relationship Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Stakeholder and Relationship Management in the UK

Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Stakeholder and Relationship Management.

Daily rate trend for Stakeholder and Relationship Management in the UK

Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder and Relationship Management over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder and Relationship Management in the UK

Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Stakeholder and Relationship Management.

Hourly rate trend for Stakeholder and Relationship Management in the UK

Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder and Relationship Management within the UK over the 6 months to 17 July 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
England +12 36 £523 -5.00% 59
London +30 22 £514 -7.39% 26
UK excluding London -19 21 £523 -5.00% 40
Work from Home +16 17 £550 - 34
North of England -11 9 £514 -6.59% 13
Scotland -1 6 £463 -42.13% 9
North West -15 6 £490 -10.91% 9
Midlands +1 5 £550 +8.91% 4
West Midlands -3 5 £550 +8.91% 3
Yorkshire - 2 £549 - 3
Northern Ireland - 2 £600 - 1
North East - 1 - - 1

Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (4.65%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.65%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.28%) AWS
2 4 (9.30%) Google Play
3 2 (4.65%) GCP
4 1 (2.33%) Amazon EMR
4 1 (2.33%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.33%) Azure
4 1 (2.33%) Azure Stack
4 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.33%) Google Drive
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.33%) Miro
4 1 (2.33%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.65%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.33%) Firewall
2 1 (2.33%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (2.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) JIRA
General
1 23 (53.49%) Social Skills
2 13 (30.23%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (23.26%) Public Sector
4 7 (16.28%) Marketing
5 6 (13.95%) Finance
6 4 (9.30%) Legal
7 2 (4.65%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.65%) Retail
8 1 (2.33%) Advertising
8 1 (2.33%) Electronics
8 1 (2.33%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.33%) Local Government
8 1 (2.33%) Military
8 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Analyst
2 10 (23.26%) Business Analyst
3 7 (16.28%) Senior
4 5 (11.63%) Consultant
4 5 (11.63%) Security Consultant
5 4 (9.30%) Lead
5 4 (9.30%) Senior Manager
6 3 (6.98%) Marketing Manager
6 3 (6.98%) Project Manager
6 3 (6.98%) Senior Marketing Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Change Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Procurement Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Programme Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Business Analyst
8 1 (2.33%) Business Project Manager
8 1 (2.33%) Contracts Manager
8 1 (2.33%) Data Manager
8 1 (2.33%) Programme Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) Redux
1 4 (9.30%) RESTful
2 3 (6.98%) React Native
3 2 (4.65%) Next.js
3 2 (4.65%) React
4 1 (2.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Data Structures
1 5 (11.63%) Onboarding
2 4 (9.30%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.65%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.33%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.33%) NHS
4 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) Android
1 2 (4.65%) Apple iOS
1 2 (4.65%) Windows
2 1 (2.33%) Linux
2 1 (2.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (88.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (46.51%) Agile
3 11 (25.58%) Business Analysis
4 8 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (16.28%) Business Case
5 7 (16.28%) Change Control
5 7 (16.28%) Change Management
5 7 (16.28%) Roadmaps
6 6 (13.95%) Analytics
6 6 (13.95%) Business Process Modelling
6 6 (13.95%) Business Strategy
6 6 (13.95%) Cost Reduction
6 6 (13.95%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (13.95%) Decision-Making
6 6 (13.95%) DevOps
6 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (13.95%) Waterfall
7 5 (11.63%) Data Modelling
7 5 (11.63%) Risk Management
7 5 (11.63%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.30%) JavaScript
1 4 (9.30%) TypeScript
2 2 (4.65%) Java
3 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.95%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.98%) Degree
4 2 (4.65%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) NIST
2 4 (9.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (9.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 4 (9.30%) PCI DSS
3 2 (4.65%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.65%) PMO
3 2 (4.65%) SLA
4 1 (2.33%) GDPR
4 1 (2.33%) NCSC
4 1 (2.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (18.60%) Google
2 7 (16.28%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.98%) SAP
4 2 (4.65%) Adobe
4 2 (4.65%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.33%) Ariba
5 1 (2.33%) IBM
5 1 (2.33%) Oracle
5 1 (2.33%) StreamSets
5 1 (2.33%) Workday