Stakeholder Manager Contracts

Stakeholder Manager
UK

The median Stakeholder Manager daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 556 580 674
Rank change year-on-year +24 +94 +182
Contract jobs requiring a Stakeholder Manager 2 6 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.014% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.015% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 7
10th Percentile - - £299
25th Percentile £563 £563 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £594 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% +3.26% +9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £631 £609
90th Percentile - - £697
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 - £620
% change year-on-year - - +30.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 29,839 39,768 53,460
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.80% 93.03% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,985 25,591 37,093
10th Percentile £288 £288 £310
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,399 2,720 1,582
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.00 £14.26
25th Percentile £17.39 £17.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.45 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.88% -5.88% +65.50%
75th Percentile £56.13 £63.41 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £73.78 £77.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% +6.67% +78.57%

Stakeholder Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Stakeholder Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Stakeholder Manager in the UK

Stakeholder Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Stakeholder Manager in the UK

Stakeholder Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Stakeholder Manager in the UK

Stakeholder Manager
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 +33 2 £575 - 1
London +28 1 - - 1
South East - 1 £575 -
UK excluding London - 1 £575 -

Stakeholder Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 July 2025, Stakeholder Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Stakeholder Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Smartcard
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing

Stakeholder Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS