Stakeholder Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Stakeholder Management
UK > Work from Home

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

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 24 20
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -3
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Management 929 1,114 2,064
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.39% 7.35% 8.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.29% 8.36% 9.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 808 1,507
10th Percentile £358 £359 £375
25th Percentile £426 £448 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £741 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 27 41
10th Percentile £35.00 £19.60 £20.25
25th Percentile £41.54 £30.16 £31.17
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £75.00 £81.15 £72.50
90th Percentile £77.25 £86.59 £82.50
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £55.57
% change year-on-year - +7.98% +34.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Stakeholder 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,024 13,319 22,924
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.21% 87.90% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,199 8,917 16,193
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% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 575 527
10th Percentile £13.96 £15.17 £18.67
25th Percentile £19.00 £24.63 £30.00
Median hourly rate £39.52 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.01% -22.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.75 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.15 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
% change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%

Stakeholder Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Stakeholder Management
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 Management.

Stakeholder Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Stakeholder Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Stakeholder Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Stakeholder Management
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 Management.

Stakeholder Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Stakeholder Management
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Stakeholder Management hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Stakeholder Management
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 45 (4.84%) Confluence
2 22 (2.37%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.18%) Apache Spark
4 9 (0.97%) CMS
5 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.22%) Apache
6 2 (0.22%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.22%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.22%) JBoss
6 2 (0.22%) SAS
6 2 (0.22%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.22%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.11%) IIS
7 1 (0.11%) MTS
7 1 (0.11%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (3.34%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (2.80%) MS Visio
3 25 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 22 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (2.26%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (1.40%) Trello
7 3 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.11%) InVision
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.11%) Sketch
9 1 (0.11%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 39 (4.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.75%) SAP MDG
4 6 (0.65%) SAP FI
4 6 (0.65%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 5 (0.54%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
5 5 (0.54%) SAP Retail
6 4 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.43%) SAP CAR
6 4 (0.43%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.32%) Primavera
7 3 (0.32%) SAP HCM
7 3 (0.32%) SAP SCM
7 3 (0.32%) SAP WM
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 123 (13.24%) Azure
2 94 (10.12%) AWS
3 47 (5.06%) Power Platform
4 29 (3.12%) GCP
5 27 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (2.48%) SaaS
7 23 (2.48%) Serverless
8 22 (2.37%) Amazon S3
9 21 (2.26%) Amazon EKS
10 20 (2.15%) AWS CloudFormation
10 20 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (1.18%) PowerApps
12 11 (1.18%) Snowflake
13 8 (0.86%) GitHub
13 8 (0.86%) OCI
13 8 (0.86%) Power Automate
14 7 (0.75%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 6 (0.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.97%) Firewall
1 9 (0.97%) SD-WAN
2 6 (0.65%) WAN
3 5 (0.54%) 5G
3 5 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (0.43%) BGP
4 4 (0.43%) VPN
5 3 (0.32%) HTTP
5 3 (0.32%) MPLS
5 3 (0.32%) Network Security
5 3 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.22%) 4G
6 2 (0.22%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.22%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.22%) LAN
6 2 (0.22%) OSPF
6 2 (0.22%) SDH
6 2 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (0.22%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (3.66%) Power BI
2 21 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (1.94%) Big Data
5 15 (1.61%) Data Lake
6 11 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.08%) Tableau
8 9 (0.97%) Metadata
8 9 (0.97%) SQL Server
9 8 (0.86%) Hadoop
10 7 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.54%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.54%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.43%) GIS
12 4 (0.43%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.32%) Looker
13 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.22%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 98 (10.55%) JIRA
2 14 (1.51%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.29%) JMeter
4 9 (0.97%) ERwin
5 8 (0.86%) Selenium
6 7 (0.75%) Git
7 6 (0.65%) GitLab
7 6 (0.65%) LoadRunner
8 5 (0.54%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.54%) NeoLoad
9 4 (0.43%) Appium
9 4 (0.43%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.43%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.43%) Gatling
9 4 (0.43%) Serenity BDD
9 4 (0.43%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.22%) MLflow
10 2 (0.22%) Postman
10 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.22%) WebDriver
General
1 456 (49.09%) Social Skills
2 265 (28.53%) Finance
3 162 (17.44%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (12.59%) Public Sector
5 71 (7.64%) Banking
6 41 (4.41%) Retail
7 38 (4.09%) Presentation Skills
8 37 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
9 35 (3.77%) Legal
10 29 (3.12%) Marketing
11 28 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (2.91%) Manufacturing
13 24 (2.58%) Pharmaceutical
14 21 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 16 (1.72%) Local Government
15 16 (1.72%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (1.08%) Advertising
17 10 (1.08%) Billing
17 10 (1.08%) Law
Job Titles
1 149 (16.04%) Analyst
2 142 (15.29%) Project Manager
3 135 (14.53%) Architect
4 90 (9.69%) Business Analyst
5 89 (9.58%) Lead
6 78 (8.40%) Senior
7 62 (6.67%) Consultant
8 47 (5.06%) Programme Manager
9 37 (3.98%) Solutions Architect
10 35 (3.77%) IT Manager
11 28 (3.01%) Data Analyst
12 27 (2.91%) Senior Manager
13 25 (2.69%) Delivery Manager
14 24 (2.58%) Developer
15 22 (2.37%) Change Manager
16 20 (2.15%) SAP Consultant
16 20 (2.15%) Technical Manager
17 19 (2.05%) AWS Architect
18 18 (1.94%) IT Project Manager
18 18 (1.94%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.29%) React
2 11 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
3 9 (0.97%) .NET
4 7 (0.75%) OpenTelemetry
5 6 (0.65%) HTML
5 6 (0.65%) Middleware
5 6 (0.65%) Node.js
5 6 (0.65%) REST
5 6 (0.65%) SailPoint
6 5 (0.54%) CSS
6 5 (0.54%) Kafka
6 5 (0.54%) SOAP
7 4 (0.43%) Play Framework
7 4 (0.43%) Playwright
7 4 (0.43%) XML
8 3 (0.32%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.32%) OAuth
8 3 (0.32%) RESTful
8 3 (0.32%) Web Services
8 3 (0.32%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.06%) Management Information System
2 45 (4.84%) Product Ownership
3 26 (2.80%) Onboarding
4 23 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
4 23 (2.48%) Operational Technology
5 17 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (1.61%) Data Centre
6 15 (1.61%) PMI
7 13 (1.40%) Life Science
8 11 (1.18%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (1.08%) FMCG
10 9 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.75%) Cloud Native
13 6 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (0.65%) NHS
14 5 (0.54%) Fixed Income
14 5 (0.54%) Mobile App
14 5 (0.54%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.37%) Windows
2 19 (2.05%) Linux
3 8 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (0.75%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.54%) Unix
6 4 (0.43%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.32%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.22%) Android
8 2 (0.22%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.22%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.11%) VMS
9 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (31.54%) Agile
2 213 (22.93%) Problem-Solving
3 202 (21.74%) Project Management
4 112 (12.06%) Project Delivery
5 99 (10.66%) Migration
6 88 (9.47%) Roadmaps
7 87 (9.36%) Risk Management
8 86 (9.26%) Change Management
9 82 (8.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 81 (8.72%) Analytics
11 79 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 78 (8.40%) Decision-Making
13 74 (7.97%) DevOps
14 68 (7.32%) Waterfall
15 65 (7.00%) Process Improvement
16 62 (6.67%) Scrum
17 56 (6.03%) Business Analysis
18 55 (5.92%) Data Analysis
18 55 (5.92%) PRINCE2
19 52 (5.60%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 67 (7.21%) SQL
2 50 (5.38%) Python
3 29 (3.12%) Java
4 28 (3.01%) JavaScript
5 15 (1.61%) C#
5 15 (1.61%) PHP
6 11 (1.18%) PowerShell
7 9 (0.97%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.65%) C++
9 5 (0.54%) ABAP
9 5 (0.54%) Bash
9 5 (0.54%) R
10 4 (0.43%) Ruby
10 4 (0.43%) Scala
11 3 (0.32%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.32%) REXX
12 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.22%) VB
12 2 (0.22%) VBA
12 2 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 131 (14.10%) Security Cleared
2 120 (12.92%) SC Cleared
3 94 (10.12%) Degree
4 50 (5.38%) PMP
5 49 (5.27%) PMI Certification
6 21 (2.26%) AWS Certification
7 19 (2.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 17 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.61%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.40%) CISSP
11 11 (1.18%) CISA
12 10 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.97%) CISM
13 9 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.75%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.65%) ISTQB
16 5 (0.54%) Azure Certification
16 5 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.81%) QA
2 44 (4.74%) PMO
3 43 (4.63%) Data Quality
4 28 (3.01%) Accessibility
5 23 (2.48%) NIST
6 21 (2.26%) GDPR
6 21 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (0.86%) HIPAA
9 7 (0.75%) COBIT
10 6 (0.65%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.54%) GRC
12 4 (0.43%) COSO
12 4 (0.43%) MiFID
12 4 (0.43%) NCSC
13 3 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.32%) GxP
13 3 (0.32%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.32%) SLA
13 3 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (1.18%) Active Directory
1 11 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (1.08%) Docker
3 3 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.11%) Firmware
4 1 (0.11%) Microcode
4 1 (0.11%) NFS
4 1 (0.11%) OpenAM
4 1 (0.11%) OpenDJ
4 1 (0.11%) OpenIDM
4 1 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (2.48%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.26%) Terraform
3 14 (1.51%) Ansible
4 9 (0.97%) Grafana
5 7 (0.75%) Argo
6 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.43%) Perfmon
6 4 (0.43%) SCCM
7 3 (0.32%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.22%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.22%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.22%) Packer
8 2 (0.22%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.22%) SCOM
8 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.11%) Plesk
9 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.11%) QRadar
9 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 100 (10.76%) Microsoft
2 92 (9.90%) SAP
3 34 (3.66%) Oracle
4 25 (2.69%) ServiceNow
5 23 (2.48%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.15%) Ariba
6 20 (2.15%) Databricks
7 14 (1.51%) VMware
8 12 (1.29%) Workday
9 11 (1.18%) Google
10 10 (1.08%) Cisco
11 8 (0.86%) Dynatrace
12 6 (0.65%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.65%) IBM
12 6 (0.65%) New Relic
13 5 (0.54%) Adobe
13 5 (0.54%) CyberArk
13 5 (0.54%) Pega
13 5 (0.54%) Planview
14 4 (0.43%) Cognos