Stakeholder Engagement Contracts in the West Midlands

Stakeholder Engagement
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 62 78
Rank change year-on-year +32 +16 +38
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 109 48 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.32% 2.52% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.15% 3.10% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 34 37
10th Percentile £400 £249 £413
25th Percentile £425 £372 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £516 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% -10.22% +4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £583 £675
90th Percentile £693 £657 £768
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,525 1,549 1,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.41% 81.23% 85.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 973 1,033 1,243
10th Percentile £235 £250 £263
25th Percentile £388 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
75th Percentile £584 £625 £606
90th Percentile £650 £735 £730
England median daily rate £511 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 55 46
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.07 £14.93
25th Percentile £14.70 £14.85 £21.26
Median hourly rate £24.34 £21.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.90% -23.64% +63.45%
75th Percentile £34.98 £36.25 £42.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £54.00 £69.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +54.55%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the West Midlands

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the West Midlands

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 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
Birmingham +31 46 £475 -6.17% 38
Warwickshire +6 23 £563 -6.25% 22
Coventry +6 11 £569 -0.39% 7
Shropshire - 9 £526 - 4
Worcestershire +2 8 £850 +63.46% 5
Solihull - 4 £588 - 2
Herefordshire - 3 £900 - 1
Stakeholder Engagement
England

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (3.67%) Apache Airflow
1 4 (3.67%) SAS
1 4 (3.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.92%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.92%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 14 (12.84%) Azure
2 6 (5.50%) AWS
2 6 (5.50%) PaaS
3 5 (4.59%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.75%) Azure Stack
4 3 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.75%) SaaS
5 2 (1.83%) GitHub
5 2 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (1.83%) IaaS
5 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (0.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.92%) Figma
6 1 (0.92%) GCP
6 1 (0.92%) Lucidchart
6 1 (0.92%) Miro
6 1 (0.92%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.92%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.92%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.42%) Firewall
2 3 (2.75%) SD-WAN
2 3 (2.75%) WAN
3 2 (1.83%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (1.83%) Network Security
4 1 (0.92%) 5G
4 1 (0.92%) Internet
4 1 (0.92%) LAN
4 1 (0.92%) LoRaWAN
4 1 (0.92%) MPLS
4 1 (0.92%) VoIP
4 1 (0.92%) VPN
4 1 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.59%) Power BI
2 4 (3.67%) Oracle Database
2 4 (3.67%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 4 (3.67%) SAS Visual Analytics
3 3 (2.75%) Metadata
4 1 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.92%) DataStage
4 1 (0.92%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.92%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.92%) QlikView
4 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (6.42%) JIRA
2 1 (0.92%) Android Studio
2 1 (0.92%) Gradle
2 1 (0.92%) Selenium
2 1 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (0.92%) Xcode
2 1 (0.92%) Zephyr
General
1 45 (41.28%) Social Skills
2 17 (15.60%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (14.68%) Finance
4 13 (11.93%) Public Sector
5 11 (10.09%) Legal
6 6 (5.50%) Banking
7 5 (4.59%) Law
8 4 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.83%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.83%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.83%) Local Government
9 2 (1.83%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.83%) Marketing
9 2 (1.83%) Military
9 2 (1.83%) Police
9 2 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.83%) Retail
10 1 (0.92%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 29 (26.61%) Project Manager
2 20 (18.35%) Analyst
3 11 (10.09%) Architect
4 10 (9.17%) Technical Manager
5 9 (8.26%) Technical Project Manager
6 8 (7.34%) Business Analyst
7 7 (6.42%) Senior
8 6 (5.50%) Consultant
9 5 (4.59%) Lead
9 5 (4.59%) Sustainability Analyst
10 4 (3.67%) Delivery Manager
10 4 (3.67%) IT Manager
10 4 (3.67%) Programme Director
10 4 (3.67%) Release Manager
10 4 (3.67%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (3.67%) Service Manager
11 3 (2.75%) Data Manager
11 3 (2.75%) IT Project Manager
11 3 (2.75%) Service Delivery Manager
11 3 (2.75%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.75%) RFC 2544
2 2 (1.83%) .NET
3 1 (0.92%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.92%) EDI
3 1 (0.92%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.92%) Jest
3 1 (0.92%) Middleware
3 1 (0.92%) Playwright
3 1 (0.92%) React
3 1 (0.92%) React Native
3 1 (0.92%) Redux
3 1 (0.92%) REST
3 1 (0.92%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.92%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.51%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (8.26%) Data Centre
3 8 (7.34%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.67%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.67%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.75%) Educational Technology
5 3 (2.75%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.75%) Learning Management System
5 3 (2.75%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.75%) Private Cloud
5 3 (2.75%) SCADA
6 2 (1.83%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.83%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.92%) CMDB
7 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.92%) NB-IoT
7 1 (0.92%) NHS
7 1 (0.92%) SCORM
7 1 (0.92%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.92%) Android
1 1 (0.92%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (22.94%) Agile
2 23 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (16.51%) Project Management
4 17 (15.60%) Migration
5 16 (14.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (13.76%) Time Management
7 14 (12.84%) Risk Management
8 12 (11.01%) Analytics
9 11 (10.09%) Artificial Intelligence
9 11 (10.09%) Conflict Management
9 11 (10.09%) Project Delivery
10 10 (9.17%) Business Analysis
10 10 (9.17%) Change Management
10 10 (9.17%) CI/CD
10 10 (9.17%) Data Analysis
10 10 (9.17%) Data Migration
10 10 (9.17%) Decision-Making
10 10 (9.17%) Roadmaps
11 9 (8.26%) PRINCE2
11 9 (8.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.67%) SQL
2 1 (0.92%) Bicep
2 1 (0.92%) C#
2 1 (0.92%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.92%) JSX
2 1 (0.92%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.92%) TypeScript
2 1 (0.92%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (14.68%) Security Cleared
2 13 (11.93%) SC Cleared
3 9 (8.26%) Degree
4 7 (6.42%) PMP
5 5 (4.59%) PMI Certification
6 4 (3.67%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.83%) CISA
7 2 (1.83%) CISM
7 2 (1.83%) CISSP
7 2 (1.83%) GIAC
7 2 (1.83%) ISACA
7 2 (1.83%) SANS
8 1 (0.92%) APMG
8 1 (0.92%) CBAP
8 1 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.92%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.92%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.42%) QA
2 4 (3.67%) PMO
3 3 (2.75%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.83%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.83%) GDPR
4 2 (1.83%) NIST
4 2 (1.83%) SLA
5 1 (0.92%) GRC
5 1 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.92%) MiFID
5 1 (0.92%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (1.83%) Hyper-V
1 2 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.83%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.92%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (18.35%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.59%) Cisco
2 5 (4.59%) SAP
3 4 (3.67%) Oracle
4 3 (2.75%) Progress
4 3 (2.75%) VMware
5 2 (1.83%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.83%) Tenable
5 2 (1.83%) Workday
6 1 (0.92%) Adobe
6 1 (0.92%) Apple
6 1 (0.92%) BT
6 1 (0.92%) CenturyLink
6 1 (0.92%) Databricks
6 1 (0.92%) Genesys
6 1 (0.92%) IBM
6 1 (0.92%) iManage
6 1 (0.92%) JD Edwards
6 1 (0.92%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.92%) QAD