Stakeholder Engagement Job Trends in England

Stakeholder Engagement
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 161 281
Rank change year-on-year +80 +120 +54
Permanent jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 1,516 740 732
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.29% 1.92% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% 2.05% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 990 445 598
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £53,875 £50,967 £44,942
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% +7.83% -11.54%
75th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.90% +7.83% -11.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Stakeholder Engagement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,528 36,093 64,989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.90% 93.54% 87.05%
Number of salaries quoted 31,904 20,307 50,751
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £29,010
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in England

Stakeholder Engagement
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in England over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in England

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the England region over the 6 months to 17 March 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +114 595 £82,500 +3.13% 323
North of England +83 356 £62,500 +2.89% 144
North West +78 182 £62,000 +12.73% 72
Midlands +35 181 £60,000 -17.24% 126
South East +3 170 £67,500 +32.44% 205
West Midlands +37 140 £62,000 -27.06% 75
Yorkshire +13 114 £68,510 +11.40% 52
South West +41 108 £80,000 +45.45% 67
North East +32 60 £60,000 -1.74% 22
East Midlands +4 41 £55,000 +12.24% 51
East of England -66 39 £60,100 +17.92% 36
Stakeholder Engagement
UK

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 58 (3.83%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.04%) Confluence
3 22 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.92%) CMS
5 9 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.46%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.46%) WordPress
7 6 (0.40%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.33%) nginx
9 3 (0.20%) Apache
9 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.20%) Camunda
10 2 (0.13%) Appian
10 2 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.066%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.066%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.066%) SAS
Applications
1 61 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.85%) MS Visio
4 19 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (1.12%) Adobe XD
6 16 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
7 12 (0.79%) Maya
8 6 (0.40%) Photoshop
9 5 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.20%) Trello
11 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
11 2 (0.13%) Sketch
12 1 (0.066%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.066%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 57 (3.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.92%) Shopify
4 12 (0.79%) Unit4 Business World
5 10 (0.66%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (0.53%) Dynamics GP
8 6 (0.40%) Maximo
9 5 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
9 5 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
9 5 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
10 4 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
10 4 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.26%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.26%) SAP FI
10 4 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
11 3 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 377 (24.87%) Azure
2 205 (13.52%) AWS
3 186 (12.27%) Power Platform
4 134 (8.84%) Microsoft 365
5 69 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
6 65 (4.29%) SaaS
7 50 (3.30%) Entra ID
8 43 (2.84%) GCP
8 43 (2.84%) Serverless
9 41 (2.70%) Power Automate
10 36 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
11 35 (2.31%) GitHub
12 32 (2.11%) Microsoft Purview
13 31 (2.04%) PowerApps
14 28 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
14 28 (1.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 27 (1.78%) Boomi
16 25 (1.65%) Figma
17 22 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 22 (1.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 58 (3.83%) Firewall
2 38 (2.51%) WAN
3 34 (2.24%) Network Security
4 32 (2.11%) VPN
5 28 (1.85%) LAN
6 25 (1.65%) WAAS
7 24 (1.58%) CHAP
8 22 (1.45%) VLAN
8 22 (1.45%) Wireless
9 19 (1.25%) Cisco ASA
9 19 (1.25%) SD-WAN
10 18 (1.19%) Cisco Nexus
11 17 (1.12%) BGP
11 17 (1.12%) OSPF
11 17 (1.12%) SNMP
12 16 (1.06%) Cisco Wireless
12 16 (1.06%) EIGRP
12 16 (1.06%) Wireless Security
13 15 (0.99%) DNS
14 10 (0.66%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (8.91%) Power BI
2 55 (3.63%) Data Lake
3 49 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (2.57%) SQL Server
5 37 (2.44%) Metadata
6 22 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (1.32%) Looker
7 20 (1.32%) Tableau
8 15 (0.99%) MongoDB
9 13 (0.86%) NoSQL
9 13 (0.86%) Relational Database
10 12 (0.79%) Power Query
10 12 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (0.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 8 (0.53%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.53%) Data Vault
13 7 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
14 6 (0.40%) MySQL
14 6 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 96 (6.33%) JIRA
2 46 (3.03%) Git
3 21 (1.39%) eCATT
4 20 (1.32%) Jenkins
5 14 (0.92%) GitLab
6 12 (0.79%) NeoLoad
7 11 (0.73%) Axure RP
7 11 (0.73%) Balsamiq
8 9 (0.59%) Cucumber
8 9 (0.59%) Selenium
9 8 (0.53%) JUnit
9 8 (0.53%) Vite
10 6 (0.40%) ERwin
10 6 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.26%) Postman
11 4 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (0.26%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.20%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.20%) Mockito
12 3 (0.20%) Storybook
General
1 708 (46.70%) Social Skills
2 517 (34.10%) Finance
3 315 (20.78%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (9.43%) Public Sector
5 132 (8.71%) Law
6 126 (8.31%) Marketing
7 121 (7.98%) Legal
8 109 (7.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 98 (6.46%) Influencing Skills
10 72 (4.75%) Banking
11 68 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
11 68 (4.49%) Retail
12 56 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
13 45 (2.97%) Manufacturing
14 42 (2.77%) Financial Institution
15 30 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
16 28 (1.85%) Local Government
17 20 (1.32%) Billing
18 19 (1.25%) Telecoms
19 15 (0.99%) Games
Job Titles
1 264 (17.41%) Senior
2 187 (12.34%) Analyst
3 185 (12.20%) Architect
4 171 (11.28%) Lead
5 95 (6.27%) Project Manager
6 90 (5.94%) Business Analyst
7 79 (5.21%) Developer
8 74 (4.88%) Consultant
9 70 (4.62%) Senior Manager
10 54 (3.56%) Solutions Architect
11 52 (3.43%) Senior Developer
12 49 (3.23%) Change Manager
12 49 (3.23%) IT Manager
13 37 (2.44%) Senior Analyst
14 35 (2.31%) Head of QA
15 34 (2.24%) Delivery Manager
16 30 (1.98%) Business Manager
16 30 (1.98%) Head of IT
17 29 (1.91%) Technical Director
18 24 (1.58%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (2.51%) .NET
2 29 (1.91%) REST
3 26 (1.72%) React
4 22 (1.45%) HTML
4 22 (1.45%) SOAP
5 20 (1.32%) CSS
6 19 (1.25%) RESTful
6 19 (1.25%) Web Services
7 18 (1.19%) EDI
8 17 (1.12%) Spring
8 17 (1.12%) XML
9 16 (1.06%) Spring Boot
10 15 (0.99%) JSON
11 14 (0.92%) Lightning Web Components
12 10 (0.66%) LangChain
12 10 (0.66%) Middleware
12 10 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
13 9 (0.59%) Kafka
14 8 (0.53%) Node.js
14 8 (0.53%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 98 (6.46%) Management Information System
2 88 (5.80%) Product Ownership
3 82 (5.41%) Onboarding
4 79 (5.21%) Enterprise Software
5 76 (5.01%) Analytical Mindset
6 63 (4.16%) Cloud Native
7 46 (3.03%) Data Centre
8 34 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
9 32 (2.11%) NHS
10 30 (1.98%) Low-Code
11 26 (1.72%) Security Posture
12 25 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.39%) AI Agents
14 17 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
15 15 (0.99%) Data Structures
15 15 (0.99%) Public Cloud
15 15 (0.99%) Social Media
16 14 (0.92%) Blockchain
16 14 (0.92%) CMDB
17 12 (0.79%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 60 (3.96%) Windows
2 42 (2.77%) Linux
3 15 (0.99%) Android
4 13 (0.86%) Unix
5 12 (0.79%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.33%) AIX
7 5 (0.33%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.066%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 463 (30.54%) Agile
2 462 (30.47%) Continuous Improvement
3 266 (17.55%) Analytics
4 259 (17.08%) Roadmaps
5 243 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
6 239 (15.77%) Project Management
7 236 (15.57%) Change Management
8 234 (15.44%) Stakeholder Management
9 195 (12.86%) AI
10 189 (12.47%) Project Delivery
11 187 (12.34%) Decision-Making
12 185 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
13 183 (12.07%) PRINCE2
14 174 (11.48%) Mentoring
15 165 (10.88%) Cybersecurity
16 159 (10.49%) Risk Management
17 156 (10.29%) Service Delivery
18 155 (10.22%) DevOps
19 144 (9.50%) ERP
20 143 (9.43%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 129 (8.51%) Python
2 128 (8.44%) SQL
3 65 (4.29%) C#
4 63 (4.16%) JavaScript
5 60 (3.96%) Java
6 44 (2.90%) TypeScript
7 31 (2.04%) PowerShell
8 14 (0.92%) Apex Code
8 14 (0.92%) SOQL
9 12 (0.79%) Bash
10 11 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 11 (0.73%) R
11 10 (0.66%) Shell Script
12 9 (0.59%) Bicep
13 8 (0.53%) VBA
14 6 (0.40%) PHP
15 5 (0.33%) Delphi
15 5 (0.33%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.26%) Go
16 4 (0.26%) Korn
Qualifications
1 273 (18.01%) Degree
2 135 (8.91%) Security Cleared
3 87 (5.74%) SC Cleared
4 74 (4.88%) CISSP
5 73 (4.82%) PMI Certification
6 70 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 65 (4.29%) PMP
8 56 (3.69%) CISM
9 54 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
10 43 (2.84%) CISA
10 43 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
11 42 (2.77%) DV Cleared
12 41 (2.70%) Azure Certification
13 39 (2.57%) AWS Certification
14 35 (2.31%) IRCA
15 33 (2.18%) Master's Degree
16 32 (2.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 29 (1.91%) CCNP
17 29 (1.91%) DBS Check
18 28 (1.85%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (9.96%) GDPR
2 97 (6.40%) QA
3 90 (5.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 76 (5.01%) NIST
5 65 (4.29%) Data Quality
6 61 (4.02%) PMO
7 59 (3.89%) Accessibility
8 49 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 36 (2.37%) ISO 9001
10 31 (2.04%) COBIT
10 31 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 28 (1.85%) GRC
12 23 (1.52%) NCSC
13 18 (1.19%) GAAP
13 18 (1.19%) PCI DSS
14 17 (1.12%) IFRS
14 17 (1.12%) SLA
15 16 (1.06%) WCAG
16 10 (0.66%) SOC 2
17 8 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 48 (3.17%) Docker
2 38 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.06%) ProxySG
4 10 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.53%) vSphere
6 5 (0.33%) Firmware
7 4 (0.26%) IAG
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.066%) NLBS
10 1 (0.066%) Postfix
10 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 52 (3.43%) Terraform
2 45 (2.97%) Kubernetes
3 38 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (1.39%) HP ALM
4 21 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (1.12%) SCCM
6 14 (0.92%) Ansible
7 9 (0.59%) CASB
8 6 (0.40%) Grafana
9 4 (0.26%) Nessus
10 3 (0.20%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.20%) Nagios
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.13%) Kibana
12 1 (0.066%) CSIRT
12 1 (0.066%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.066%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.066%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 300 (19.79%) Microsoft
2 97 (6.40%) SAP
3 84 (5.54%) Salesforce
4 77 (5.08%) Oracle
5 75 (4.95%) ServiceNow
6 46 (3.03%) Cisco
7 33 (2.18%) Databricks
8 25 (1.65%) Adobe
9 21 (1.39%) CheckPoint
9 21 (1.39%) HP
10 20 (1.32%) Google
10 20 (1.32%) SolarWinds
11 19 (1.25%) Dell
11 19 (1.25%) MuleSoft
12 18 (1.19%) IBM
12 18 (1.19%) Infoblox
12 18 (1.19%) Workday
13 17 (1.12%) F5
14 16 (1.06%) Blue Coat
14 16 (1.06%) Motorola