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 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 73 165 161
Rank change year-on-year +92 -4 +86
Permanent jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 289 119 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.68% 1.31% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.35% 1.44% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 198 58 100
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £39,291
25th Percentile £51,438 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,709 £57,100 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% -4.12% +3.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,375 £66,563
90th Percentile £95,750 £86,250 £74,125
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,528 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.95% +0.04% -3.85%

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 8,623 8,255 7,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.03% 90.79% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,624 3,681 5,913
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,010
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,100 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 14 January 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 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
North West +68 152 £60,000 +8.11% 49
Yorkshire +45 110 £72,500 +7.41% 58
North East +34 27 £52,500 -7.41% 15
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 13 (4.50%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.04%) Confluence
3 2 (0.69%) CMS
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.35%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.35%) LiveLink
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.35%) SAS
4 1 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.08%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.04%) Maximo
3 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.69%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 94 (32.53%) Azure
2 52 (17.99%) AWS
3 26 (9.00%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (8.30%) Power Platform
4 24 (8.30%) Serverless
5 20 (6.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 13 (4.50%) SaaS
7 9 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.11%) Entra ID
8 8 (2.77%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (2.77%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (2.77%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.38%) GCP
10 4 (1.38%) GitHub
10 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.38%) OCI
10 4 (1.38%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.04%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.69%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.11%) Network Security
2 8 (2.77%) Firewall
3 6 (2.08%) Wireless
4 5 (1.73%) LAN
5 4 (1.38%) BGP
5 4 (1.38%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.38%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (1.38%) Cisco Wireless
5 4 (1.38%) EIGRP
5 4 (1.38%) OSPF
5 4 (1.38%) SNMP
5 4 (1.38%) VLAN
5 4 (1.38%) VPN
5 4 (1.38%) WAAS
5 4 (1.38%) WAN
5 4 (1.38%) Wireless Security
6 2 (0.69%) SAN
7 1 (0.35%) DNS
7 1 (0.35%) Internet
7 1 (0.35%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.46%) Power BI
2 7 (2.42%) Metadata
3 5 (1.73%) BusinessObjects
3 5 (1.73%) Data Vault
3 5 (1.73%) Delta Lake
4 4 (1.38%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.04%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.04%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.69%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (3.11%) JIRA
2 3 (1.04%) GitLab
2 3 (1.04%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.69%) Git
3 2 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.35%) Gatling
4 1 (0.35%) JMeter
4 1 (0.35%) JUnit
4 1 (0.35%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.35%) Selenium
General
1 123 (42.56%) Social Skills
2 54 (18.69%) Finance
3 51 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (11.42%) Public Sector
5 27 (9.34%) Marketing
6 21 (7.27%) Law
7 20 (6.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (5.19%) Legal
8 15 (5.19%) Local Government
9 13 (4.50%) Billing
10 8 (2.77%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.73%) Retail
13 4 (1.38%) Banking
14 2 (0.69%) Agriculture
14 2 (0.69%) Police
14 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.35%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 62 (21.45%) Senior
2 58 (20.07%) Architect
3 38 (13.15%) Developer
4 33 (11.42%) Senior Developer
5 27 (9.34%) Lead
6 21 (7.27%) IT Manager
6 21 (7.27%) Project Manager
7 20 (6.92%) Salesforce Developer
7 20 (6.92%) Senior Salesforce Developer
8 17 (5.88%) Analyst
9 15 (5.19%) Business Analyst
10 13 (4.50%) Applications Architect
10 13 (4.50%) Audit Manager
10 13 (4.50%) Software Developer
11 11 (3.81%) Software Architect
12 10 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (3.11%) Platform Engineer
13 9 (3.11%) Senior Software Developer
14 8 (2.77%) Business Manager
14 8 (2.77%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.88%) .NET
2 8 (2.77%) React
3 7 (2.42%) CSS
3 7 (2.42%) HTML
4 5 (1.73%) RESTful
5 4 (1.38%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.38%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (1.38%) CSS3
5 4 (1.38%) HTML5
6 3 (1.04%) Blazor
6 3 (1.04%) PyTorch
6 3 (1.04%) REST
6 3 (1.04%) TensorFlow
7 2 (0.69%) MACH
7 2 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.69%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.35%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.35%) Flutter
8 1 (0.35%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.35%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.42%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (5.19%) NHS
3 12 (4.15%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.46%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.77%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.73%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.73%) Operational Technology
6 5 (1.73%) Social Media
7 4 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.38%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.04%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.04%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.04%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.04%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.04%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.04%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.69%) FMCG
9 2 (0.69%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.15%) Windows
2 5 (1.73%) Linux
3 1 (0.35%) Android
3 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (29.41%) Agile
2 79 (27.34%) Continuous Improvement
3 61 (21.11%) Mentoring
4 56 (19.38%) Process Improvement
5 54 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (15.92%) Computer Science
6 46 (15.92%) Project Delivery
7 43 (14.88%) Change Management
8 42 (14.53%) Collaborative Culture
8 42 (14.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 39 (13.49%) Project Management
10 38 (13.15%) Data Modelling
11 35 (12.11%) DevOps
12 34 (11.76%) AI
13 33 (11.42%) Enterprise Architecture
13 33 (11.42%) Roadmaps
13 33 (11.42%) User Experience
14 32 (11.07%) Application Security
15 31 (10.73%) Business Transformation
15 31 (10.73%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 41 (14.19%) Python
2 40 (13.84%) C#
3 32 (11.07%) TypeScript
4 30 (10.38%) JavaScript
5 29 (10.03%) Java
6 7 (2.42%) SQL
7 6 (2.08%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.38%) Bash
9 2 (0.69%) Bicep
9 2 (0.69%) Go
10 1 (0.35%) Delphi
10 1 (0.35%) R
10 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (23.18%) Degree
2 40 (13.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 33 (11.42%) AWS Certification
3 33 (11.42%) Azure Certification
3 33 (11.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (10.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 26 (9.00%) TOGAF Certification
6 25 (8.65%) DBS Check
7 15 (5.19%) ACCA
8 11 (3.81%) PMI Certification
8 11 (3.81%) Security Cleared
9 10 (3.46%) PMP
10 9 (3.11%) CISSP
10 9 (3.11%) Master's Degree
10 9 (3.11%) SC Cleared
11 8 (2.77%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (4.84%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (4.84%) PMO
3 13 (4.50%) GAAP
3 13 (4.50%) IFRS
4 9 (3.11%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.11%) GDPR
4 9 (3.11%) QA
5 8 (2.77%) NIST
6 7 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (2.08%) NCSC
8 2 (0.69%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.69%) GRC
8 2 (0.69%) IEC 61508
8 2 (0.69%) P3O
8 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.35%) COBIT
9 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.35%) SLA
9 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (3.46%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.38%) ProxySG
3 1 (0.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (3.11%) Terraform
2 8 (2.77%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.38%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.04%) Ansible
5 1 (0.35%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.35%) Grafana
Vendors
1 81 (28.03%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.65%) Salesforce
3 14 (4.84%) SAP
4 11 (3.81%) Oracle
5 8 (2.77%) New Relic
5 8 (2.77%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.77%) Splunk
6 7 (2.42%) Databricks
7 6 (2.08%) Cisco
8 5 (1.73%) CheckPoint
8 5 (1.73%) F5
9 4 (1.38%) Blue Coat
9 4 (1.38%) IFS
9 4 (1.38%) Infoblox
9 4 (1.38%) Motorola
9 4 (1.38%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.04%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.04%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.69%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.69%) Zerto