Stakeholder Engagement Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Stakeholder Engagement
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 90 184
Rank change year-on-year -13 +94 +44
Permanent jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 71 70 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.33% 2.47% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 2.65% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 45 25 41
10th Percentile £51,250 £46,000 £39,490
25th Percentile £66,250 - £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £50,967 £54,151
Median % change year-on-year +56.96% -5.88% -1.54%
75th Percentile £87,500 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £76,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £67,500 £56,250 £54,151
% change year-on-year +20.00% +3.88% -9.75%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,885 2,638 5,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 72.74% 93.25% 84.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,503 1,205 4,078
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Stakeholder Engagement
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the Thames Valley

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Berkshire +10 37 £80,000 +14.29% 28
Buckinghamshire -34 20 £75,000 +47.15% 8
Oxfordshire -3 14 £82,500 +63.37% 8
Stakeholder Engagement
South East

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.82%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.41%) Anypoint
3 1 (1.41%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.41%) Camunda
Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.23%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (5.63%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.41%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.41%) SAP HR
2 1 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.41%) Shopify
2 1 (1.41%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.41%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 14 (19.72%) AWS
2 10 (14.08%) Azure
3 4 (5.63%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.23%) Figma
4 3 (4.23%) GCP
4 3 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.23%) Miro
5 2 (2.82%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.82%) SaaS
5 2 (2.82%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.41%) Boomi
6 1 (1.41%) dbt
6 1 (1.41%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.41%) Fivetran
6 1 (1.41%) iPaaS
6 1 (1.41%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.41%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.41%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.63%) DNS
1 4 (5.63%) Firewall
2 2 (2.82%) DHCP
2 2 (2.82%) FTP
2 2 (2.82%) HTTP
2 2 (2.82%) Internet
2 2 (2.82%) LAN
2 2 (2.82%) SMTP
2 2 (2.82%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.82%) WAN
3 1 (1.41%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.63%) Power BI
2 3 (4.23%) Metadata
3 2 (2.82%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.82%) Tableau
4 1 (1.41%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.41%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Axure RP
1 3 (4.23%) Balsamiq
2 1 (1.41%) Git
2 1 (1.41%) JIRA
General
1 35 (49.30%) Social Skills
2 27 (38.03%) Finance
3 18 (25.35%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (15.49%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (9.86%) Marketing
6 6 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (8.45%) Law
6 6 (8.45%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (7.04%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (7.04%) Public Sector
8 4 (5.63%) Manufacturing
9 3 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.82%) Legal
10 2 (2.82%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.41%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.41%) Automotive
11 1 (1.41%) Electronics
11 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (18.31%) Architect
2 8 (11.27%) Analyst
3 7 (9.86%) Head of IT
3 7 (9.86%) Solutions Architect
4 6 (8.45%) Consultant
4 6 (8.45%) Lead
4 6 (8.45%) Product Owner
4 6 (8.45%) Security Architect
4 6 (8.45%) Senior
5 5 (7.04%) Head of Procurement
6 4 (5.63%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 4 (5.63%) Functional Consultant
6 4 (5.63%) NetSuite Consultant
6 4 (5.63%) Principal Architect
6 4 (5.63%) Principal Security Architect
7 3 (4.23%) Data Analyst
7 3 (4.23%) Designer
7 3 (4.23%) IT Assistant
7 3 (4.23%) Senior Manager
7 3 (4.23%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.63%) LDAP
2 3 (4.23%) JSON
2 3 (4.23%) XML
3 2 (2.82%) JSON Schema
3 2 (2.82%) Regular Expression
4 1 (1.41%) Kafka
4 1 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.41%) REST
4 1 (1.41%) RESTful
4 1 (1.41%) SOAP
4 1 (1.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.08%) Product Ownership
2 5 (7.04%) Cloud Native
2 5 (7.04%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (4.23%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (4.23%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.82%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (2.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (2.82%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.82%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.82%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.41%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.41%) Life Science
5 1 (1.41%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.63%) Windows
1 4 (5.63%) Windows Server
2 3 (4.23%) Linux
3 2 (2.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (49.30%) Continuous Improvement
2 22 (30.99%) Agile
3 12 (16.90%) Scrum
4 10 (14.08%) Change Management
4 10 (14.08%) Collaborative Working
4 10 (14.08%) Kanban
4 10 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (14.08%) Service Management
5 9 (12.68%) Analytics
5 9 (12.68%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (12.68%) Roadmaps
6 8 (11.27%) ERP
6 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (9.86%) Business Strategy
7 7 (9.86%) Computer Science
7 7 (9.86%) Decision-Making
7 7 (9.86%) Security Architecture
8 6 (8.45%) Application Security
8 6 (8.45%) IT Strategy
8 6 (8.45%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.04%) SQL
2 3 (4.23%) Shell Script
3 2 (2.82%) Python
4 1 (1.41%) ABAP
4 1 (1.41%) C#
4 1 (1.41%) Java
4 1 (1.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (28.17%) Degree
2 19 (26.76%) Security Cleared
3 11 (15.49%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.04%) CISM
4 5 (7.04%) CISSP
4 5 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (5.63%) CCSP
5 4 (5.63%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.63%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.82%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.41%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (1.41%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.41%) PMP
7 1 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (9.86%) PMO
3 5 (7.04%) Accessibility
3 5 (7.04%) NIST
4 3 (4.23%) GDPR
4 3 (4.23%) NCSC
4 3 (4.23%) WCAG
5 2 (2.82%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.82%) QA
6 1 (1.41%) COBIT
6 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 4 (5.63%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.82%) vSphere
3 1 (1.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.82%) QRadar
2 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.04%) SAP
3 4 (5.63%) VMware
4 3 (4.23%) Adobe
5 2 (2.82%) ArcSight
5 2 (2.82%) Oracle
5 2 (2.82%) Pega
5 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.82%) Splunk
5 2 (2.82%) Workday
6 1 (1.41%) Automation Anywhere
6 1 (1.41%) Foundry
6 1 (1.41%) IFS
6 1 (1.41%) Infor
6 1 (1.41%) Jitterbit
6 1 (1.41%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.41%) Palantir
6 1 (1.41%) SnapLogic
6 1 (1.41%) Talend
6 1 (1.41%) UiPath