Stakeholder Engagement Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Stakeholder Engagement
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 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 72 165 136
Rank change year-on-year +93 -29 +30
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 321 194 462
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.24% 1.26% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.56% 1.44% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 142 318
10th Percentile £350 £363 £396
25th Percentile £450 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £648
90th Percentile £704 £742 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 8
10th Percentile - - £19.00
25th Percentile £32.05 - £19.94
Median hourly rate £43.28 £27.81 £20.90
Median % change year-on-year +55.61% +33.06% +15.47%
75th Percentile £60.00 - £37.75
90th Percentile £66.75 - £56.50
UK median hourly rate £48.50 £35.96 £21.30
% change year-on-year +34.87% +68.83% -27.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Stakeholder Engagement
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Stakeholder Engagement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Stakeholder Engagement trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Stakeholder Engagement daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Stakeholder Engagement over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Stakeholder Engagement daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Stakeholder Engagement hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Stakeholder Engagement over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Stakeholder Engagement hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 15 (4.67%) Confluence
1 15 (4.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.56%) CMS
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.62%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.31%) SAS
5 1 (0.31%) TPMS
Applications
1 11 (3.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.93%) Trello
5 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.31%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (2.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.25%) Workday HCM
3 3 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.62%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.62%) OPENHousing
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.31%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.31%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.31%) Primavera
5 1 (0.31%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.31%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.31%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.31%) SessionCam
Cloud Services
1 48 (14.95%) Azure
2 27 (8.41%) Power Platform
3 20 (6.23%) AWS
4 11 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (3.12%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.12%) GCP
6 8 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.49%) SaaS
7 6 (1.87%) GitHub
8 4 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (1.25%) Snowflake
9 3 (0.93%) Smartsheet
9 3 (0.93%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (0.93%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.62%) Amazon SageMaker
10 2 (0.62%) Figma
10 2 (0.62%) IaaS
10 2 (0.62%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.62%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.49%) Firewall
2 6 (1.87%) DHCP
2 6 (1.87%) DNS
3 5 (1.56%) 5G
4 4 (1.25%) Network Security
5 3 (0.93%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.93%) VPN
6 2 (0.62%) 4G
6 2 (0.62%) FTP
6 2 (0.62%) Internet
6 2 (0.62%) LAN
6 2 (0.62%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.62%) Skype
6 2 (0.62%) SMTP
6 2 (0.62%) Telnet
6 2 (0.62%) WAN
7 1 (0.31%) 3G
7 1 (0.31%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.31%) MQTT
7 1 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.17%) Power BI
2 12 (3.74%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.87%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.56%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.56%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.25%) Data Vault
6 3 (0.93%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.62%) Big Data
7 2 (0.62%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.62%) Metadata
7 2 (0.62%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.62%) Tableau
8 1 (0.31%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.31%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (9.97%) JIRA
2 4 (1.25%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.93%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.93%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.93%) REST Assured
3 3 (0.93%) TestRail
4 2 (0.62%) Gatling
4 2 (0.62%) Git
4 2 (0.62%) JMeter
4 2 (0.62%) Postman
4 2 (0.62%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.31%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.31%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.31%) GitLab
5 1 (0.31%) MLflow
5 1 (0.31%) Selenium
5 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.31%) SpecFlow
General
1 132 (41.12%) Social Skills
2 92 (28.66%) Finance
3 54 (16.82%) Public Sector
4 51 (15.89%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.23%) Retail
6 16 (4.98%) Banking
7 15 (4.67%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (4.36%) Legal
9 13 (4.05%) Local Government
9 13 (4.05%) Telecoms
10 11 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.80%) Manufacturing
12 8 (2.49%) Billing
12 8 (2.49%) Law
12 8 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.93%) Advertising
14 3 (0.93%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.93%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.93%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (14.64%) Analyst
1 47 (14.64%) Project Manager
2 40 (12.46%) Senior
3 35 (10.90%) Architect
4 33 (10.28%) Lead
5 31 (9.66%) Consultant
6 30 (9.35%) Business Analyst
7 23 (7.17%) Change Manager
8 18 (5.61%) Senior Manager
9 14 (4.36%) Senior Project Manager
10 12 (3.74%) Product Manager
11 10 (3.12%) IT Manager
11 10 (3.12%) Programme Manager
11 10 (3.12%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.12%) Technical Architect
12 9 (2.80%) Designer
13 8 (2.49%) Business Manager
13 8 (2.49%) Technical Manager
14 7 (2.18%) Business Change Manager
14 7 (2.18%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.80%) REST
2 7 (2.18%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (1.56%) Web Services
4 4 (1.25%) JSON
4 4 (1.25%) LDAP
5 3 (0.93%) Playwright
6 2 (0.62%) CSS
6 2 (0.62%) HTML
6 2 (0.62%) Middleware
6 2 (0.62%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.62%) RFC 2544
6 2 (0.62%) TensorFlow
7 1 (0.31%) .NET
7 1 (0.31%) ADO
7 1 (0.31%) Gherkin
7 1 (0.31%) MDX
7 1 (0.31%) OAuth
7 1 (0.31%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.31%) ODBC
7 1 (0.31%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.23%) Product Ownership
2 14 (4.36%) Data Centre
3 10 (3.12%) FMCG
3 10 (3.12%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.80%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.49%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.18%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (1.87%) NHS
7 6 (1.87%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.87%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.56%) Life Science
9 4 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.25%) CMDB
9 4 (1.25%) Frameworx
9 4 (1.25%) IoT
9 4 (1.25%) PMI
9 4 (1.25%) TM Forum
9 4 (1.25%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.93%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.67%) Windows
2 7 (2.18%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.56%) Linux
4 3 (0.93%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.93%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.62%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (33.33%) Agile
2 80 (24.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 77 (23.99%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (18.38%) Project Management
5 58 (18.07%) Change Management
6 54 (16.82%) Risk Management
7 47 (14.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (12.77%) Migration
9 37 (11.53%) Workshop Facilitation
10 32 (9.97%) Project Delivery
10 32 (9.97%) Roadmaps
11 31 (9.66%) Business Intelligence
12 30 (9.35%) Decision-Making
13 25 (7.79%) Requirements Gathering
13 25 (7.79%) Scrum
14 23 (7.17%) Analytics
14 23 (7.17%) Waterfall
15 20 (6.23%) Business Analysis
15 20 (6.23%) Business Case
15 20 (6.23%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 23 (7.17%) SQL
2 8 (2.49%) Python
3 3 (0.93%) JavaScript
3 3 (0.93%) PowerShell
3 3 (0.93%) R
4 2 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.62%) Groovy
4 2 (0.62%) Java
4 2 (0.62%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.31%) C#
5 1 (0.31%) Go
5 1 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.31%) Perl
5 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.31%) PROC SQL
5 1 (0.31%) Ruby
5 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (13.08%) Security Cleared
2 41 (12.77%) Degree
3 38 (11.84%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.98%) PMI Certification
5 15 (4.67%) PMP
6 7 (2.18%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.56%) CISM
7 5 (1.56%) CISSP
8 4 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.25%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.25%) RIBA
9 3 (0.93%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.93%) CSPO
9 3 (0.93%) ISEB
9 3 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.93%) MCSE
9 3 (0.93%) MRICS
10 2 (0.62%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.48%) QA
2 14 (4.36%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.74%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.12%) NIST
5 8 (2.49%) GDPR
6 7 (2.18%) PMO
7 6 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.25%) GRC
9 3 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.62%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.31%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.31%) IFRS
11 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (4.05%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.62%) NFS
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (3.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.56%) SCCM
2 5 (1.56%) Terraform
3 4 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.93%) Amdocs OSS
5 2 (0.62%) Ansible
5 2 (0.62%) OPNET
6 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.31%) CASB
6 1 (0.31%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.31%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 36 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.23%) Oracle
3 18 (5.61%) ServiceNow
4 15 (4.67%) SAP
5 11 (3.43%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.80%) Workday
7 7 (2.18%) Databricks
8 6 (1.87%) Cisco
9 5 (1.56%) Google
10 4 (1.25%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.25%) Planview
11 3 (0.93%) Amdocs
11 3 (0.93%) Ciena
11 3 (0.93%) Ericsson
11 3 (0.93%) NetCracker
11 3 (0.93%) Nokia
11 3 (0.93%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.93%) VMware
12 2 (0.62%) Ariba
12 2 (0.62%) NEC