Stakeholder Engagement Contracts

Stakeholder Engagement
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 154 154
Rank change year-on-year +87 0 +38
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 1,045 698 1,026
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.57% 1.60% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 1.86% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 700 490 737
10th Percentile £375 £363 £381
25th Percentile £450 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -0.49% - +4.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 36 9
10th Percentile £22.97 £18.35 £19.00
25th Percentile £31.26 £27.81 £20.25
Median hourly rate £48.50 £35.96 £21.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.87% +68.83% -27.50%
75th Percentile £73.13 £57.33 £39.38
90th Percentile £77.79 £75.00 £56.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £56.49 £20.50
% change year-on-year +1.79% +175.56% -42.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the UK

Stakeholder Engagement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the UK

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the UK

Stakeholder Engagement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the UK

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the UK

Stakeholder Engagement
Top 18 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +82 891 £525 -4.55% 738
London +62 476 £550 -4.35% 321
UK excluding London +88 445 £510 -0.49% 440
Work from Home +96 317 £520 -5.45% 354
South East +81 110 £500 -4.76% 108
North of England +59 109 £502 +0.40% 122
Midlands +39 71 £500 -4.76% 68
South West +59 67 £550 - 72
North West +35 61 £500 +17.65% 83
Scotland +23 51 £550 +4.76% 22
West Midlands +18 46 £525 +6.33% 55
Yorkshire +32 40 £500 - 36
East of England +33 24 £500 +33.33% 30
East Midlands +25 23 £425 -19.05% 11
Wales +15 11 £343 +71.25% 12
North East +2 8 £641 +8.69% 5
Northern Ireland -7 2 £563 +55.17% 6
Channel Islands - 1 £463 - 1

Stakeholder Engagement
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 36 (3.44%) Confluence
2 24 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.15%) CMS
4 6 (0.57%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.48%) Drupal
5 5 (0.48%) SAS
6 3 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.19%) Appian
7 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.096%) Apache
8 1 (0.096%) TPMS
8 1 (0.096%) Umbraco
Applications
1 43 (4.11%) Microsoft Project
2 29 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (2.39%) MS Visio
4 23 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.77%) Trello
7 5 (0.48%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.38%) Sketch
9 3 (0.29%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.096%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.096%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 43 (4.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.48%) Maximo
3 5 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.48%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.38%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 4 (0.38%) SAP SD
4 4 (0.38%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.29%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.29%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.29%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.19%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.19%) SAP GTS
6 2 (0.19%) SAP PLM
6 2 (0.19%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 133 (12.73%) Azure
2 77 (7.37%) AWS
3 64 (6.12%) Power Platform
4 25 (2.39%) SaaS
5 24 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (2.20%) GCP
7 21 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (2.01%) Entra ID
8 18 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.15%) GitHub
10 11 (1.05%) Figma
10 11 (1.05%) Lucidchart
10 11 (1.05%) Serverless
11 10 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (0.86%) Snowflake
13 8 (0.77%) Google Workspace
13 8 (0.77%) IaaS
13 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (0.77%) PaaS
13 8 (0.77%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.82%) Firewall
2 9 (0.86%) 5G
2 9 (0.86%) VPN
3 8 (0.77%) WAN
4 7 (0.67%) DNS
4 7 (0.67%) Network Security
5 6 (0.57%) DHCP
5 6 (0.57%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.38%) Intranet
6 4 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
6 4 (0.38%) VoIP
6 4 (0.38%) WebEx
7 3 (0.29%) 4G
7 3 (0.29%) Cisco Firepower
7 3 (0.29%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (0.29%) Internet
7 3 (0.29%) LAN
7 3 (0.29%) SSL
7 3 (0.29%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.29%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (5.26%) Power BI
2 26 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (1.53%) Metadata
4 11 (1.05%) SQL Server
4 11 (1.05%) Tableau
5 10 (0.96%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.67%) Delta Lake
7 7 (0.67%) Oracle Database
7 7 (0.67%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.48%) Data Mining
9 5 (0.48%) Data Vault
10 4 (0.38%) Airbyte
11 3 (0.29%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.29%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.29%) MySQL
11 3 (0.29%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 73 (6.99%) JIRA
2 9 (0.86%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.48%) Axure RP
3 5 (0.48%) Git
3 5 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.38%) Cypress.io
4 4 (0.38%) GitLab
4 4 (0.38%) TestRail
5 3 (0.29%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.29%) JMeter
5 3 (0.29%) Postman
5 3 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.29%) REST Assured
5 3 (0.29%) Selenium
5 3 (0.29%) Terragrunt
6 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.19%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.19%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.19%) ScriptRunner
6 2 (0.19%) TestDirector
General
1 441 (42.20%) Social Skills
2 301 (28.80%) Finance
3 197 (18.85%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (14.74%) Public Sector
5 65 (6.22%) Banking
6 46 (4.40%) Retail
7 45 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
8 41 (3.92%) Marketing
8 41 (3.92%) Telecoms
9 40 (3.83%) Legal
9 40 (3.83%) Local Government
10 35 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
11 30 (2.87%) Manufacturing
12 28 (2.68%) Law
13 26 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 18 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
16 16 (1.53%) Financial Institution
17 11 (1.05%) Billing
17 11 (1.05%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 192 (18.37%) Analyst
2 145 (13.88%) Project Manager
3 130 (12.44%) Business Analyst
4 119 (11.39%) Architect
5 113 (10.81%) Lead
6 106 (10.14%) Senior
7 71 (6.79%) Consultant
8 41 (3.92%) Change Manager
9 40 (3.83%) Senior Manager
9 40 (3.83%) Solutions Architect
10 35 (3.35%) Programme Manager
11 30 (2.87%) IT Manager
12 26 (2.49%) Senior Project Manager
13 25 (2.39%) Delivery Manager
14 23 (2.20%) Senior Analyst
15 21 (2.01%) Data Analyst
15 21 (2.01%) Product Manager
15 21 (2.01%) Technical Architect
16 20 (1.91%) Service Manager
16 20 (1.91%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.72%) REST
2 17 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
3 14 (1.34%) Middleware
4 11 (1.05%) Web Services
5 9 (0.86%) JSON
6 8 (0.77%) .NET
7 7 (0.67%) OAuth
7 7 (0.67%) SailPoint
7 7 (0.67%) SAML
8 6 (0.57%) LDAP
9 5 (0.48%) CSS
9 5 (0.48%) HTML
9 5 (0.48%) Kafka
9 5 (0.48%) PyTorch
9 5 (0.48%) TensorFlow
10 4 (0.38%) OpenID
10 4 (0.38%) React
10 4 (0.38%) SAP Fiori
11 3 (0.29%) SAP PI
11 3 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (4.69%) Product Ownership
2 37 (3.54%) Data Centre
3 31 (2.97%) Management Information System
3 31 (2.97%) Onboarding
4 20 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (1.72%) CMDB
7 17 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (1.44%) FMCG
8 15 (1.44%) NHS
8 15 (1.44%) Security Posture
9 14 (1.34%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.05%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
11 10 (0.96%) Operational Technology
11 10 (0.96%) PMI
12 9 (0.86%) e-Learning
12 9 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (3.06%) Windows
2 16 (1.53%) Linux
3 11 (1.05%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.67%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.57%) Unix
6 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.29%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.19%) AIX
8 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (27.94%) Agile
2 252 (24.11%) Problem-Solving
3 248 (23.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 204 (19.52%) Project Management
5 184 (17.61%) Risk Management
6 172 (16.46%) Change Management
7 171 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
8 135 (12.92%) Migration
9 127 (12.15%) Decision-Making
10 118 (11.29%) Project Delivery
11 113 (10.81%) Analytics
12 112 (10.72%) Roadmaps
13 97 (9.28%) Workshop Facilitation
14 90 (8.61%) Requirements Gathering
15 77 (7.37%) Business Intelligence
16 75 (7.18%) ITIL
17 73 (6.99%) ERP
18 72 (6.89%) Business Analysis
19 71 (6.79%) Artificial Intelligence
20 70 (6.70%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 72 (6.89%) SQL
2 39 (3.73%) Python
3 12 (1.15%) JavaScript
4 10 (0.96%) Java
5 9 (0.86%) PowerShell
6 6 (0.57%) R
6 6 (0.57%) TypeScript
7 5 (0.48%) Groovy
8 4 (0.38%) C#
8 4 (0.38%) SPARQL
8 4 (0.38%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.19%) Bash
10 2 (0.19%) Bicep
10 2 (0.19%) Go
10 2 (0.19%) PHP
10 2 (0.19%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.19%) PROC SQL
11 1 (0.096%) ABAP
11 1 (0.096%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 181 (17.32%) Security Cleared
2 143 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 114 (10.91%) Degree
4 48 (4.59%) PMI Certification
5 44 (4.21%) PMP
6 32 (3.06%) DV Cleared
7 23 (2.20%) CISSP
8 18 (1.72%) Azure Certification
9 14 (1.34%) CISM
10 13 (1.24%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.24%) Master's Degree
11 12 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (1.05%) CISA
12 11 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (0.86%) CBAP
15 8 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
16 7 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
16 7 (0.67%) RIBA
17 6 (0.57%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (6.79%) QA
2 46 (4.40%) GDPR
3 44 (4.21%) Data Quality
4 38 (3.64%) Accessibility
5 33 (3.16%) PMO
6 31 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 27 (2.58%) NIST
8 12 (1.15%) GRC
9 10 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.67%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.48%) IFRS
12 5 (0.48%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.38%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.38%) P3O
13 4 (0.38%) PMBOK
14 3 (0.29%) PSD2
14 3 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (3.73%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.67%) Docker
3 6 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.19%) NFS
6 1 (0.096%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.096%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (2.01%) Terraform
2 17 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (1.53%) Kubernetes
4 12 (1.15%) SCCM
5 10 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.57%) Amdocs OSS
7 5 (0.48%) Ansible
8 3 (0.29%) AirWatch
8 3 (0.29%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.29%) OPNET
9 2 (0.19%) HP Data Protector
9 2 (0.19%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.19%) Puppet
9 2 (0.19%) SCOM
9 2 (0.19%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.096%) CASB
10 1 (0.096%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.096%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.096%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 132 (12.63%) Microsoft
2 87 (8.33%) SAP
3 57 (5.45%) Oracle
4 56 (5.36%) ServiceNow
5 40 (3.83%) Salesforce
6 24 (2.30%) Google
7 23 (2.20%) Cisco
8 22 (2.11%) Workday
9 17 (1.63%) Databricks
10 12 (1.15%) MuleSoft
11 10 (0.96%) Ariba
11 10 (0.96%) Informatica
12 9 (0.86%) Adobe
13 7 (0.67%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.67%) Nokia
13 7 (0.67%) Palo Alto
14 6 (0.57%) CyberArk
14 6 (0.57%) VMware
15 5 (0.48%) IBM
15 5 (0.48%) Planview