Stakeholder Engagement Job Trends in Manchester

Stakeholder Engagement
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 134 118
Rank change year-on-year +83 -16 +75
Permanent jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 96 23 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.31% 0.87% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.15% 0.92% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 64 15 27
10th Percentile £45,375 £41,093 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,633 £56,700 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year +17.52% -4.79% -0.74%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,050 £62,436
90th Percentile £97,500 £83,090 £72,500
North West median annual salary £60,000 £55,500 £59,556
% change year-on-year +8.11% -6.81% -0.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,312 2,490 2,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.67% 93.86% 90.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,396 1,165 1,857
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,200 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in Manchester

Stakeholder Engagement
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in Manchester over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in Manchester

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 13 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
Bolton - 8 £50,000 - 1
Oldham - 3 - -
Stockport - 3 - - 2
Salford - 1 £57,500 - 3
Stakeholder Engagement
North West

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 12 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.04%) Anypoint
3 1 (1.04%) LiveLink
3 1 (1.04%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.04%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 30 (31.25%) Azure
2 15 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 9 (9.38%) Entra ID
4 9 (9.38%) SaaS
5 8 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
5 8 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
5 8 (8.33%) OneDrive
6 3 (3.13%) GitHub
6 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (3.13%) OCI
7 2 (2.08%) AWS
7 2 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.08%) Boomi
7 2 (2.08%) iPaaS
8 1 (1.04%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 1 (1.04%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.04%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.08%) SAN
2 1 (1.04%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.17%) Data Lake
2 3 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.04%) Power BI
3 1 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.13%) JIRA
2 2 (2.08%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (1.04%) Gatling
3 1 (1.04%) Git
3 1 (1.04%) JMeter
3 1 (1.04%) LoadRunner
General
1 32 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 20 (20.83%) Public Sector
3 16 (16.67%) Finance
4 15 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (15.63%) Local Government
5 13 (13.54%) Billing
5 13 (13.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (13.54%) Law
6 7 (7.29%) Legal
7 5 (5.21%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.08%) Banking
8 2 (2.08%) Police
9 1 (1.04%) Electronics
9 1 (1.04%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.04%) Marketing
9 1 (1.04%) Retail
9 1 (1.04%) Social Housing
9 1 (1.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (18.75%) Senior
2 13 (13.54%) Audit Manager
3 12 (12.50%) Developer
3 12 (12.50%) Software Developer
4 11 (11.46%) Architect
5 10 (10.42%) Project Manager
6 8 (8.33%) Lead
6 8 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
6 8 (8.33%) Senior Developer
6 8 (8.33%) Senior Software Developer
7 7 (7.29%) Business Manager
8 6 (6.25%) Senior PMO
9 5 (5.21%) Business Architect
9 5 (5.21%) Commercial Manager
9 5 (5.21%) Commercial Project Manager
10 4 (4.17%) Change Manager
10 4 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (4.17%) Technologist
11 3 (3.13%) Business Change Manager
11 3 (3.13%) Oracle Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (13.54%) .NET
2 4 (4.17%) ASP.NET
2 4 (4.17%) ASP.NET Core
2 4 (4.17%) CSS
2 4 (4.17%) CSS3
2 4 (4.17%) HTML
2 4 (4.17%) HTML5
2 4 (4.17%) React
2 4 (4.17%) RESTful
3 3 (3.13%) PyTorch
3 3 (3.13%) TensorFlow
4 2 (2.08%) Software Packaging
5 1 (1.04%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.04%) EDI
5 1 (1.04%) Middleware
5 1 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.63%) NHS
2 8 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (5.21%) Social Media
4 3 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.13%) Low-Code
4 3 (3.13%) Taxonomies
5 2 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.08%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.04%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.04%) Cybercrime
6 1 (1.04%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.04%) PMI
6 1 (1.04%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (35.42%) Agile
2 27 (28.13%) AI
3 22 (22.92%) Change Management
3 22 (22.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (19.79%) Collaborative Culture
4 19 (19.79%) DevOps
4 19 (19.79%) Process Improvement
5 17 (17.71%) Project Management
6 16 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (15.63%) User Experience
8 14 (14.58%) Project Delivery
9 13 (13.54%) Benchmarking
10 12 (12.50%) CI/CD
10 12 (12.50%) PRINCE2
10 12 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
11 11 (11.46%) Project Governance
12 9 (9.38%) Decision-Making
12 9 (9.38%) Roadmaps
12 9 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (9.38%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.50%) C#
2 7 (7.29%) Python
3 5 (5.21%) TypeScript
4 4 (4.17%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.08%) Bicep
5 2 (2.08%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.08%) SQL
6 1 (1.04%) Go
6 1 (1.04%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (13.54%) ACCA
2 8 (8.33%) PMI Certification
3 7 (7.29%) PMP
4 5 (5.21%) DBS Check
5 3 (3.13%) Degree
5 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.08%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.08%) CISM
6 2 (2.08%) CISSP
6 2 (2.08%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.08%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.04%) CISA
7 1 (1.04%) CISMP
7 1 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.04%) CRISC
7 1 (1.04%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.04%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.54%) GAAP
1 13 (13.54%) IFRS
2 7 (7.29%) QA
3 6 (6.25%) PMO
4 3 (3.13%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.08%) GDPR
5 2 (2.08%) NIST
6 1 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.04%) GRC
6 1 (1.04%) ISO 22301
6 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.04%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (9.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (9.38%) Terraform
2 8 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.04%) Ansible
3 1 (1.04%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 29 (30.21%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.33%) New Relic
2 8 (8.33%) Splunk
3 6 (6.25%) Oracle
4 4 (4.17%) SAP
5 2 (2.08%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.08%) Software AG
5 2 (2.08%) VMware
5 2 (2.08%) Workday
6 1 (1.04%) Anaplan
6 1 (1.04%) Concur
6 1 (1.04%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.04%) Databricks
6 1 (1.04%) F5
6 1 (1.04%) IFS
6 1 (1.04%) Infor
6 1 (1.04%) Jitterbit
6 1 (1.04%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.04%) SnapLogic
6 1 (1.04%) Talend