Stakeholder Management Job Trends in England

Stakeholder Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Stakeholder Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 47 40
Rank change year-on-year +1 -7 +4
Permanent jobs citing Stakeholder Management 2,313 2,444 2,670
As % of all permanent jobs in England 4.38% 5.08% 5.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.39% 5.59% 6.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,399 1,339 1,936
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £90,938 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £98,750 £107,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Stakeholder Management 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 42,913 43,729 44,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.84% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 25,804 21,413 34,236
10th Percentile £28,742 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Stakeholder Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Stakeholder Management job vacancy trend in England

Stakeholder Management
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Stakeholder Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Stakeholder Management

Stakeholder Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Management in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Stakeholder Management in England

Stakeholder Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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 +5 992 £82,500 +3.13% 469
North of England -20 386 £65,000 +17.12% 227
South East +40 376 £67,500 -3.57% 466
Midlands -14 310 £60,000 - 176
West Midlands -14 210 £61,000 +1.67% 91
North West -20 194 £64,000 +11.30% 101
Yorkshire -9 162 £67,750 +23.65% 103
East of England +39 117 £57,500 -16.67% 144
East Midlands -11 98 £55,000 -8.33% 82
South West -15 86 £55,400 +1.77% 126
North East +6 32 £57,500 +14.29% 25
Stakeholder Management
UK

Stakeholder Management
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 59 (2.55%) Confluence
2 43 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 18 (0.78%) Apache Spark
3 18 (0.78%) Appian
4 14 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.52%) CMS
6 9 (0.39%) JBoss
6 9 (0.39%) SAS
6 9 (0.39%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.35%) Apache
8 7 (0.30%) Anypoint
8 7 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.22%) IIS
10 3 (0.13%) HCL Domino
10 3 (0.13%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.086%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.086%) MTS
11 2 (0.086%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.086%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 121 (5.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.56%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.43%) AutoCAD
7 9 (0.39%) Trello
8 8 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
9 6 (0.26%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.13%) Sketch
11 2 (0.086%) Revit
11 2 (0.086%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.043%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.043%) GNU Octave
12 1 (0.043%) Oracle Smart View
12 1 (0.043%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 46 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 45 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (0.78%) NetSuite
4 16 (0.69%) SAP ERP
5 15 (0.65%) Shopify
6 9 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
7 8 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
7 8 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
7 8 (0.35%) SAP IBP
8 6 (0.26%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.22%) SAP CO
9 5 (0.22%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
10 4 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
11 3 (0.13%) Elite 3E
11 3 (0.13%) Endur
11 3 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
11 3 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
11 3 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 417 (18.03%) Azure
2 231 (9.99%) AWS
3 206 (8.91%) Power Platform
4 155 (6.70%) SaaS
5 104 (4.50%) Microsoft 365
6 81 (3.50%) GCP
7 69 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
8 57 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
9 42 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
10 39 (1.69%) Power Automate
11 37 (1.60%) Entra ID
12 28 (1.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 27 (1.17%) Figma
14 26 (1.12%) Amazon Bedrock
14 26 (1.12%) Vertex AI
15 25 (1.08%) PowerApps
16 24 (1.04%) Datadog
16 24 (1.04%) SuccessFactors
17 23 (0.99%) Serverless
18 22 (0.95%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.82%) WAN
2 40 (1.73%) Firewall
3 33 (1.43%) LAN
4 27 (1.17%) SD-WAN
5 24 (1.04%) DNS
6 23 (0.99%) Network Security
7 18 (0.78%) DHCP
7 18 (0.78%) VPN
7 18 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (0.73%) Wireless
9 15 (0.65%) Broadband
9 15 (0.65%) VoIP
10 9 (0.39%) VLAN
11 8 (0.35%) HTTP
11 8 (0.35%) TCP/IP
11 8 (0.35%) Unified Communications
12 7 (0.30%) 5G
13 6 (0.26%) OSPF
13 6 (0.26%) PSTN
13 6 (0.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (7.70%) Power BI
2 73 (3.16%) SQL Server
3 69 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (2.33%) Data Lake
5 45 (1.95%) Tableau
6 44 (1.90%) Metadata
7 33 (1.43%) Relational Database
8 22 (0.95%) DynamoDB
8 22 (0.95%) Looker
9 21 (0.91%) NoSQL
10 20 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 19 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
12 17 (0.73%) Big Data
13 14 (0.61%) MongoDB
13 14 (0.61%) Pinecone
14 13 (0.56%) MySQL
15 11 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
15 11 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 10 (0.43%) Neo4j
16 10 (0.43%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 131 (5.66%) JIRA
2 13 (0.56%) ERwin
2 13 (0.56%) Selenium
3 12 (0.52%) Git
4 10 (0.43%) MLflow
5 9 (0.39%) Cypress.io
5 9 (0.39%) GitLab
5 9 (0.39%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.35%) Postman
7 4 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.13%) TestRail
8 3 (0.13%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.086%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.086%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.086%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.086%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.086%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.086%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.086%) TeamCity
General
1 1,193 (51.58%) Social Skills
2 881 (38.09%) Finance
3 496 (21.44%) Analytical Skills
4 211 (9.12%) Marketing
5 170 (7.35%) Legal
6 166 (7.18%) Banking
7 162 (7.00%) Law
8 125 (5.40%) Retail
9 121 (5.23%) Influencing Skills
9 121 (5.23%) Public Sector
10 100 (4.32%) Manufacturing
11 99 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 91 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
13 79 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
14 64 (2.77%) Telecoms
15 44 (1.90%) Advertising
16 39 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
17 30 (1.30%) Financial Institution
18 29 (1.25%) Billing
19 25 (1.08%) Games
Job Titles
1 387 (16.73%) Senior
2 342 (14.79%) Lead
3 252 (10.89%) Analyst
4 247 (10.68%) Architect
5 174 (7.52%) Project Manager
6 123 (5.32%) Business Analyst
6 123 (5.32%) Consultant
7 102 (4.41%) IT Manager
8 94 (4.06%) Senior Manager
9 75 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
10 63 (2.72%) Enterprise Architect
11 60 (2.59%) Product Manager
12 54 (2.33%) Senior Consultant
13 52 (2.25%) Product Owner
14 51 (2.20%) Developer
15 47 (2.03%) Service Manager
16 46 (1.99%) IT Project Manager
17 45 (1.95%) Data Engineer
17 45 (1.95%) Delivery Manager
17 45 (1.95%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (2.81%) REST
2 48 (2.08%) .NET
3 41 (1.77%) SOAP
4 31 (1.34%) LangChain
4 31 (1.34%) PyTorch
4 31 (1.34%) TensorFlow
5 25 (1.08%) GraphQL
5 25 (1.08%) Middleware
6 23 (0.99%) OAuth
6 23 (0.99%) RESTful
7 22 (0.95%) Web Services
8 18 (0.78%) React
9 17 (0.73%) EDI
10 16 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
11 15 (0.65%) FastAPI
12 14 (0.61%) Django
12 14 (0.61%) SAML
13 13 (0.56%) LDAP
13 13 (0.56%) OpenID
13 13 (0.56%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 168 (7.26%) Product Ownership
2 138 (5.97%) Onboarding
3 95 (4.11%) Management Information System
4 89 (3.85%) Operational Technology
5 87 (3.76%) Cyber Threat
6 77 (3.33%) Data Centre
7 76 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
8 74 (3.20%) Cloud Native
9 70 (3.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 67 (2.90%) Security Operations Centre
11 65 (2.81%) Analytical Mindset
12 56 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
13 43 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
14 39 (1.69%) Data Structures
14 39 (1.69%) Low-Code
15 32 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
16 28 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 28 (1.21%) Virtual Team
17 27 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
18 24 (1.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 53 (2.29%) Windows
2 34 (1.47%) Linux
3 27 (1.17%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.43%) Unix
5 8 (0.35%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.26%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.17%) Android
8 3 (0.13%) VMS
9 2 (0.086%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.043%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.043%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.043%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.043%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 679 (29.36%) Agile
2 538 (23.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 472 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
4 463 (20.02%) Roadmaps
5 390 (16.86%) Project Management
6 362 (15.65%) Analytics
7 325 (14.05%) Decision-Making
8 287 (12.41%) Mentoring
9 256 (11.07%) Business Strategy
10 254 (10.98%) AI
11 249 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
12 248 (10.72%) ITIL
13 245 (10.59%) Coaching
14 243 (10.51%) Project Delivery
14 243 (10.51%) Risk Management
15 229 (9.90%) Change Management
16 227 (9.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 217 (9.38%) ERP
18 194 (8.39%) DevOps
19 182 (7.87%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 225 (9.73%) SQL
2 156 (6.74%) Python
3 71 (3.07%) Java
4 47 (2.03%) C#
5 46 (1.99%) JavaScript
6 31 (1.34%) PowerShell
7 28 (1.21%) T-SQL
8 18 (0.78%) Bash
9 15 (0.65%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.39%) Bicep
11 6 (0.26%) Scala
11 6 (0.26%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.26%) VBA
12 5 (0.22%) Go
12 5 (0.22%) PHP
12 5 (0.22%) R
13 4 (0.17%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.13%) ANSI SQL
14 3 (0.13%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.086%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 402 (17.38%) Degree
2 107 (4.63%) Security Cleared
3 102 (4.41%) PMI Certification
4 90 (3.89%) PMP
5 78 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 73 (3.16%) DBS Check
6 73 (3.16%) SC Cleared
7 72 (3.11%) CISSP
8 68 (2.94%) Master's Degree
9 66 (2.85%) TOGAF Certification
10 50 (2.16%) CISM
11 45 (1.95%) AWS Certification
12 37 (1.60%) CIMA
13 30 (1.30%) ACCA
13 30 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
14 29 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 28 (1.21%) Azure Certification
15 28 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
16 24 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
17 21 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (6.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 137 (5.92%) NIST
3 115 (4.97%) Data Quality
3 115 (4.97%) QA
4 91 (3.93%) GDPR
5 89 (3.85%) PMO
6 65 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 61 (2.64%) SLA
8 52 (2.25%) Accessibility
9 50 (2.16%) GRC
10 26 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
11 18 (0.78%) NCSC
12 13 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
13 12 (0.52%) IFRS
14 11 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 10 (0.43%) PCI DSS
16 9 (0.39%) MiFID
17 8 (0.35%) ISO 9001
17 8 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 62 (2.68%) Active Directory
2 44 (1.90%) Docker
3 18 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.17%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.13%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.086%) Lustre
7 2 (0.086%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.086%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.043%) Postfix
8 1 (0.043%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.043%) vSphere
8 1 (0.043%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 47 (2.03%) Kubernetes
2 41 (1.77%) Terraform
3 22 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (0.73%) Ansible
5 15 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.43%) Grafana
7 9 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.26%) Autotask
8 6 (0.26%) SCCM
9 4 (0.17%) Kubeflow
10 3 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.13%) CASB
10 3 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.086%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.043%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.043%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.043%) Kibana
12 1 (0.043%) Puppet
12 1 (0.043%) SCOM
12 1 (0.043%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 285 (12.32%) Microsoft
2 148 (6.40%) SAP
3 90 (3.89%) Salesforce
4 84 (3.63%) Oracle
5 74 (3.20%) ServiceNow
6 71 (3.07%) Databricks
7 55 (2.38%) Workday
8 44 (1.90%) Google
9 40 (1.73%) Cisco
10 31 (1.34%) Informatica
11 27 (1.17%) Adobe
12 26 (1.12%) Anaplan
13 24 (1.04%) VMware
14 23 (0.99%) Guidewire
15 22 (0.95%) Dell
16 20 (0.86%) IBM
17 19 (0.82%) UiPath
18 18 (0.78%) OpenAI
18 18 (0.78%) Talend
19 17 (0.73%) Verint