Stakeholder Engagement Job Trends in the North of England

Stakeholder Engagement
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 153 199
Rank change year-on-year +82 +46 +71
Permanent jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 350 103 176
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.44% 1.52% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.21% 1.59% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 234 64 145
10th Percentile £44,980 £42,236 £40,988
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,743 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year +2.89% +11.97% -9.58%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £77,913
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.90% +7.83% -11.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,887 6,463 12,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 75.81% 95.09% 85.25%
Number of salaries quoted 6,328 3,643 10,147
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,614
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in the North of England

Stakeholder Engagement
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the North of England

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 16 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
North West +72 179 £61,418 +11.67% 66
Yorkshire +9 114 £68,510 +11.40% 46
North East +27 57 £60,000 -1.74% 18
Stakeholder Engagement
England

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 11 (3.14%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.86%) Confluence
3 2 (0.57%) CMS
3 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.29%) SAS
4 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.29%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.57%) Sketch
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.14%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.14%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.86%) Maximo
4 2 (0.57%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.29%) Shopify
5 1 (0.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 97 (27.71%) Azure
2 53 (15.14%) AWS
3 30 (8.57%) Power Platform
4 24 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (6.57%) Serverless
6 12 (3.43%) SaaS
7 11 (3.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 9 (2.57%) Entra ID
9 8 (2.29%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (2.29%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (2.29%) OneDrive
10 7 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.00%) Boomi
10 7 (2.00%) GCP
11 6 (1.71%) GitHub
11 6 (1.71%) iPaaS
12 5 (1.43%) Workato
13 3 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.86%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.71%) Network Security
2 10 (2.86%) Firewall
3 8 (2.29%) LAN
3 8 (2.29%) VPN
4 7 (2.00%) BGP
4 7 (2.00%) Cisco ASA
4 7 (2.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 7 (2.00%) Cisco Wireless
4 7 (2.00%) EIGRP
4 7 (2.00%) OSPF
4 7 (2.00%) SNMP
4 7 (2.00%) VLAN
4 7 (2.00%) WAAS
4 7 (2.00%) WAN
4 7 (2.00%) Wireless
4 7 (2.00%) Wireless Security
5 2 (0.57%) Internet
5 2 (0.57%) SAN
6 1 (0.29%) DNS
6 1 (0.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.57%) Power BI
2 5 (1.43%) BusinessObjects
2 5 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.14%) Metadata
4 3 (0.86%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.57%) Data Vault
5 2 (0.57%) Delta Lake
5 2 (0.57%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.57%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.57%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.57%) Tableau
6 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.29%) Power Query
6 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.29%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (3.14%) JIRA
2 6 (1.71%) Git
3 3 (0.86%) GitLab
3 3 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.29%) JUnit
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.29%) Selenium
General
1 166 (47.43%) Social Skills
2 97 (27.71%) Finance
3 75 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (11.14%) Public Sector
5 28 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (8.00%) Law
6 21 (6.00%) Legal
7 16 (4.57%) Local Government
8 15 (4.29%) Billing
8 15 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (3.71%) Marketing
10 8 (2.29%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.00%) Retail
12 3 (0.86%) Banking
13 2 (0.57%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.29%) Automotive
14 1 (0.29%) Digital Economy
14 1 (0.29%) Publishing
14 1 (0.29%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 78 (22.29%) Senior
2 54 (15.43%) Architect
3 34 (9.71%) Analyst
4 32 (9.14%) Developer
5 30 (8.57%) Project Manager
6 27 (7.71%) Senior Developer
7 26 (7.43%) Lead
8 25 (7.14%) Business Analyst
9 20 (5.71%) Head of QA
10 17 (4.86%) IT Manager
11 16 (4.57%) Senior Manager
12 15 (4.29%) Audit Manager
13 14 (4.00%) Change Manager
14 13 (3.71%) Software Developer
15 11 (3.14%) Applications Architect
15 11 (3.14%) Business Manager
15 11 (3.14%) Project Change Manager
16 10 (2.86%) Salesforce Developer
16 10 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
16 10 (2.86%) Senior Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.57%) .NET
2 14 (4.00%) React
3 9 (2.57%) HTML
4 7 (2.00%) CSS
5 5 (1.43%) EDI
6 4 (1.14%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.14%) ASP.NET Core
6 4 (1.14%) CSS3
6 4 (1.14%) HTML5
6 4 (1.14%) PyTorch
6 4 (1.14%) RESTful
6 4 (1.14%) TensorFlow
6 4 (1.14%) Web Services
7 3 (0.86%) Flutter
7 3 (0.86%) MACH
7 3 (0.86%) Node.js
8 2 (0.57%) Blazor
8 2 (0.57%) Middleware
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.57%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.29%) Enterprise Software
2 28 (8.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 18 (5.14%) Management Information System
4 17 (4.86%) NHS
5 12 (3.43%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.29%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.29%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.71%) Social Media
9 5 (1.43%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.14%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.14%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.14%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.86%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.86%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.86%) Taxonomies
12 2 (0.57%) Life Science
12 2 (0.57%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.14%) Windows
2 2 (0.57%) Linux
3 1 (0.29%) Android
3 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (31.14%) Agile
2 103 (29.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 73 (20.86%) Change Management
4 66 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (17.71%) Mentoring
6 55 (15.71%) Project Management
7 53 (15.14%) PRINCE2
7 53 (15.14%) Project Delivery
8 47 (13.43%) Service Delivery
8 47 (13.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 44 (12.57%) Collaborative Culture
9 44 (12.57%) Computer Science
10 43 (12.29%) AI
10 43 (12.29%) Process Improvement
11 41 (11.71%) Analytics
12 40 (11.43%) Data Modelling
13 37 (10.57%) User Experience
14 34 (9.71%) Actionable Insight
14 34 (9.71%) Migration
14 34 (9.71%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 52 (14.86%) Python
2 39 (11.14%) C#
3 31 (8.86%) JavaScript
4 26 (7.43%) TypeScript
5 25 (7.14%) Java
6 12 (3.43%) SQL
7 4 (1.14%) Go
8 3 (0.86%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.57%) Bicep
9 2 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.29%) Bash
10 1 (0.29%) Delphi
10 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.29%) R
10 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 59 (16.86%) Degree
2 36 (10.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (7.71%) AWS Certification
3 27 (7.71%) Azure Certification
3 27 (7.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 25 (7.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 25 (7.14%) PMI Certification
5 24 (6.86%) PMP
6 23 (6.57%) TOGAF Certification
7 20 (5.71%) IRCA
8 17 (4.86%) DBS Check
9 15 (4.29%) ACCA
10 9 (2.57%) HNC
11 8 (2.29%) CCNP
11 8 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (2.29%) CISSP
11 8 (2.29%) Security Cleared
12 7 (2.00%) CCIE
12 7 (2.00%) SC Cleared
13 6 (1.71%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.00%) GDPR
2 30 (8.57%) QA
3 20 (5.71%) ISO 9001
4 19 (5.43%) PMO
5 15 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (4.29%) GAAP
5 15 (4.29%) IFRS
6 14 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (2.86%) Data Quality
8 8 (2.29%) NIST
9 7 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (1.71%) Accessibility
11 5 (1.43%) NCSC
12 3 (0.86%) WCAG
13 2 (0.57%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.57%) IEC 61508
13 2 (0.57%) P3O
14 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.29%) GRC
14 1 (0.29%) JSP 440
System Software
1 10 (2.86%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.00%) ProxySG
3 2 (0.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (2.86%) Terraform
2 9 (2.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.57%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.29%) Ansible
5 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.29%) Grafana
Vendors
1 77 (22.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.57%) SAP
3 14 (4.00%) Salesforce
3 14 (4.00%) ServiceNow
4 13 (3.71%) Oracle
5 8 (2.29%) CheckPoint
5 8 (2.29%) New Relic
5 8 (2.29%) Splunk
6 7 (2.00%) Blue Coat
6 7 (2.00%) Cisco
6 7 (2.00%) F5
6 7 (2.00%) Infoblox
6 7 (2.00%) Motorola
6 7 (2.00%) SolarWinds
7 5 (1.43%) Databricks
7 5 (1.43%) IFS
8 3 (0.86%) MuleSoft
8 3 (0.86%) Workday
9 2 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.57%) Software AG