Stakeholder Management Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Stakeholder Management
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 33 79
Rank change year-on-year -41 +46 -31
Permanent jobs citing Stakeholder Management 110 247 211
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.90% 7.32% 2.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 7.89% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 79 51 140
10th Percentile £37,350 £38,183 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,625 £51,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -1.82%
75th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £65,000 £62,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.84% +7.83% -8.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,158 3,131 5,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.76% 92.83% 82.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,878 1,206 4,007
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Stakeholder Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Stakeholder Management job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Stakeholder Management
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Stakeholder Management
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Stakeholder Management in the Thames Valley

Stakeholder Management
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 Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 June 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 -54 51 £57,500 -4.17% 69
Buckinghamshire +24 41 £55,000 -16.98% 27
Oxfordshire -4 18 £61,250 -7.55% 14
Stakeholder Management
South East

Stakeholder Management
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 5 (4.55%) SAS
2 2 (1.82%) CMS
2 2 (1.82%) WordPress
3 1 (0.91%) Apache
3 1 (0.91%) IIS
3 1 (0.91%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.91%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (10.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.36%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (8.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (6.36%) SAP HCM
2 7 (6.36%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.82%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.91%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.91%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.91%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.91%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.64%) AWS
2 11 (10.00%) Azure
3 10 (9.09%) GCP
4 7 (6.36%) SaaS
4 7 (6.36%) SuccessFactors
5 6 (5.45%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.73%) OCI
6 3 (2.73%) Sumo Logic
7 2 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.82%) Harvey AI
8 1 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.91%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.91%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.09%) DNS
2 7 (6.36%) Firewall
2 7 (6.36%) LAN
2 7 (6.36%) VPN
2 7 (6.36%) WAN
3 3 (2.73%) DHCP
3 3 (2.73%) HTTP
3 3 (2.73%) Internet
3 3 (2.73%) Network Security
3 3 (2.73%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.73%) VLAN
3 3 (2.73%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.55%) Metadata
1 5 (4.55%) Power BI
2 2 (1.82%) MySQL
3 1 (0.91%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.91%) GIS
3 1 (0.91%) IBM InfoSphere
3 1 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.91%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.91%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Git
1 2 (1.82%) JIRA
2 1 (0.91%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.91%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.91%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.91%) Selenium
General
1 55 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 31 (28.18%) Finance
3 21 (19.09%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (16.36%) Retail
5 13 (11.82%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (10.00%) Marketing
7 8 (7.27%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (6.36%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (5.45%) Legal
9 6 (5.45%) Public Sector
9 6 (5.45%) Telecoms
10 5 (4.55%) French Language
10 5 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (4.55%) Manufacturing
11 4 (3.64%) Law
12 3 (2.73%) Advertising
12 3 (2.73%) Aviation
12 3 (2.73%) Social Science
13 2 (1.82%) Banking
13 2 (1.82%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 18 (16.36%) Senior
2 15 (13.64%) Lead
3 14 (12.73%) Analyst
4 8 (7.27%) Consultant
5 7 (6.36%) Architect
5 7 (6.36%) IT Manager
5 7 (6.36%) Lead Consultant
5 7 (6.36%) Project Manager
5 7 (6.36%) SAP Consultant
5 7 (6.36%) SAP HCM Consultant
6 6 (5.45%) Programme Manager
6 6 (5.45%) Senior Manager
7 5 (4.55%) Business Analyst
7 5 (4.55%) Senior Programme Manager
8 4 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (3.64%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (3.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (2.73%) Business Manager
9 3 (2.73%) Coordinator
9 3 (2.73%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.73%) CSS
1 3 (2.73%) HTML
2 2 (1.82%) .NET
2 2 (1.82%) Middleware
3 1 (0.91%) Ajax
3 1 (0.91%) CodeIgniter
3 1 (0.91%) CSS3
3 1 (0.91%) HTML5
3 1 (0.91%) jQuery
3 1 (0.91%) JSON
3 1 (0.91%) Laravel
3 1 (0.91%) Playwright
3 1 (0.91%) PySpark
3 1 (0.91%) REST
3 1 (0.91%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.45%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.45%) Security Posture
3 4 (3.64%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (2.73%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.73%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.82%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.82%) FMCG
5 2 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.91%) CMDB
6 1 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.91%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.91%) IoT
6 1 (0.91%) Life Science
6 1 (0.91%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.45%) Windows
2 5 (4.55%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.91%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.91%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (25.45%) Continuous Improvement
2 23 (20.91%) Decision-Making
3 20 (18.18%) Agile
3 20 (18.18%) Project Management
4 17 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (11.82%) Actionable Insight
5 13 (11.82%) Business Case
6 12 (10.91%) Project Delivery
6 12 (10.91%) Strategic Planning
7 10 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (9.09%) Change Management
7 10 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 10 (9.09%) Migration
7 10 (9.09%) User Experience
8 9 (8.18%) AI
8 9 (8.18%) CRM
8 9 (8.18%) Roadmaps
8 9 (8.18%) Workshop Facilitation
9 8 (7.27%) Incident Response
9 8 (7.27%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.00%) SQL
2 4 (3.64%) Python
3 3 (2.73%) PL/SQL
3 3 (2.73%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.82%) C#
4 2 (1.82%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.91%) Java
5 1 (0.91%) PHP
Qualifications
1 14 (12.73%) Degree
1 14 (12.73%) Security Cleared
2 13 (11.82%) SC Cleared
3 9 (8.18%) ACCA
3 9 (8.18%) DV Cleared
4 8 (7.27%) PMP
5 7 (6.36%) CIMA
6 3 (2.73%) CCNA
6 3 (2.73%) CCNP
6 3 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.73%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.73%) HNC
6 3 (2.73%) ICAEW
6 3 (2.73%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.91%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.91%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.91%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.00%) PMO
2 7 (6.36%) GDPR
3 5 (4.55%) NEBOSH
4 4 (3.64%) SLA
5 3 (2.73%) IFRS
6 2 (1.82%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.82%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.82%) QA
7 1 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (2.73%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.73%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 21 (19.09%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.09%) SAP
3 7 (6.36%) VMware
4 4 (3.64%) Cloudera
4 4 (3.64%) Google
4 4 (3.64%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.73%) Aruba
5 3 (2.73%) Cisco
5 3 (2.73%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (2.73%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.73%) Oracle
5 3 (2.73%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.73%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.82%) DocuSign
6 2 (1.82%) HighQ
6 2 (1.82%) Informatica
7 1 (0.91%) Callidus
7 1 (0.91%) Databricks
7 1 (0.91%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.91%) IFS