Stakeholder Engagement Job Trends

Stakeholder Engagement
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 199 306
Rank change year-on-year +118 +107 +13
Permanent jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 1,604 820 613
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.57% 1.54% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.19% 1.69% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 992 457 486
10th Percentile £43,497 £41,250 £37,375
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,967 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £88,750 £89,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,418 £57,500 £59,556
% change year-on-year +6.81% -3.45% +3.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,274 48,415 58,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.40% 91.16% 89.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,681 23,366 44,999
10th Percentile £28,571 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,246 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in the UK

Stakeholder Engagement
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the UK

Stakeholder Engagement
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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
England +112 1,436 £70,000 +12.00% 910
UK excluding London +75 860 £61,418 +6.81% 851
London +163 582 £82,500 - 212
Work from Home +105 554 £65,000 +4.49% 435
North of England +81 301 £61,418 +2.36% 161
South East +53 221 £67,500 +19.45% 278
Midlands +55 178 £60,000 -17.24% 155
North West +69 160 £60,000 +7.14% 67
West Midlands +68 145 £60,000 -29.41% 94
Yorkshire +28 110 £72,500 +7.41% 68
South West +29 70 £60,000 -7.69% 92
Scotland +18 50 £57,500 -20.69% 31
East Midlands +13 32 £57,500 +6.48% 59
North East +28 31 £53,850 -5.03% 29
East of England -33 28 £65,000 +27.53% 103
Wales +10 13 £55,200 +12.41% 37
Northern Ireland - 8 £48,500 - 15

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 58 (3.62%) SharePoint
2 39 (2.43%) Confluence
3 19 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.00%) CMS
5 11 (0.69%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.50%) WordPress
8 7 (0.44%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.25%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.25%) nginx
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
11 3 (0.19%) Appian
11 3 (0.19%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.19%) WinCC
12 2 (0.12%) Apache
12 2 (0.12%) SAS
12 2 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.062%) LiveLink
13 1 (0.062%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 80 (4.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.81%) MS Visio
5 22 (1.37%) Adobe XD
6 20 (1.25%) Maya
7 18 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
8 7 (0.44%) Chatbot
9 6 (0.37%) Oracle Smart View
10 5 (0.31%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
11 4 (0.25%) Windchill
12 3 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.19%) Trello
13 1 (0.062%) Acrobat
13 1 (0.062%) Civil 3D
13 1 (0.062%) Navisworks
13 1 (0.062%) Revit
13 1 (0.062%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 75 (4.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.75%) Shopify
4 11 (0.69%) Oracle Assets
4 11 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
4 11 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (0.50%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 8 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.44%) SAP FI
7 6 (0.37%) Maximo
7 6 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
8 5 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.31%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
9 4 (0.25%) Hyperion Planning
9 4 (0.25%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 4 (0.25%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.25%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 410 (25.56%) Azure
2 225 (14.03%) Power Platform
3 205 (12.78%) AWS
4 146 (9.10%) Microsoft 365
5 82 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
6 65 (4.05%) SaaS
7 60 (3.74%) Entra ID
8 53 (3.30%) Power Automate
9 44 (2.74%) Serverless
10 42 (2.62%) GCP
11 39 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
12 34 (2.12%) GitHub
12 34 (2.12%) PowerApps
13 32 (2.00%) Microsoft Copilot
13 32 (2.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 29 (1.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 29 (1.81%) Figma
14 29 (1.81%) Miro
15 28 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
16 27 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.05%) Firewall
2 38 (2.37%) WAN
3 29 (1.81%) Network Security
4 27 (1.68%) VPN
5 23 (1.43%) LAN
6 17 (1.06%) CHAP
6 17 (1.06%) WAAS
7 16 (1.00%) Wireless
8 15 (0.94%) DNS
8 15 (0.94%) SD-WAN
9 13 (0.81%) VLAN
10 12 (0.75%) SNMP
11 11 (0.69%) DHCP
12 10 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (0.62%) Cisco IOS
12 10 (0.62%) Cisco Nexus
13 9 (0.56%) BGP
13 9 (0.56%) Cisco Wireless
13 9 (0.56%) OSPF
13 9 (0.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (10.54%) Power BI
2 74 (4.61%) Data Lake
3 64 (3.99%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (3.05%) Metadata
5 42 (2.62%) SQL Server
6 33 (2.06%) Tableau
7 22 (1.37%) Looker
8 20 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (0.94%) Power Query
11 14 (0.87%) Data Vault
11 14 (0.87%) NoSQL
12 12 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (0.69%) Big Data
14 10 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 10 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (0.56%) Data Mining
15 9 (0.56%) Delta Lake
15 9 (0.56%) Hadoop
15 9 (0.56%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 123 (7.67%) JIRA
2 69 (4.30%) Git
3 47 (2.93%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.31%) eCATT
5 14 (0.87%) Axure RP
5 14 (0.87%) Balsamiq
6 13 (0.81%) GitLab
7 12 (0.75%) NeoLoad
8 10 (0.62%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.56%) Selenium
10 6 (0.37%) JUnit
10 6 (0.37%) Vite
11 5 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (0.31%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
12 4 (0.25%) Postman
13 3 (0.19%) Maven
13 3 (0.19%) Storybook
14 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
14 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
General
1 797 (49.69%) Social Skills
2 548 (34.16%) Finance
3 283 (17.64%) Analytical Skills
4 177 (11.03%) Public Sector
5 165 (10.29%) Marketing
6 152 (9.48%) Law
7 121 (7.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 121 (7.54%) Legal
8 97 (6.05%) Influencing Skills
9 86 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
10 77 (4.80%) Retail
11 75 (4.68%) Manufacturing
12 67 (4.18%) Banking
13 64 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
14 34 (2.12%) Local Government
15 30 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
15 30 (1.87%) Financial Institution
16 26 (1.62%) Telecoms
17 24 (1.50%) Games
18 21 (1.31%) Billing
Job Titles
1 267 (16.65%) Senior
2 222 (13.84%) Lead
3 210 (13.09%) Analyst
4 187 (11.66%) Architect
5 92 (5.74%) Project Manager
6 91 (5.67%) Business Analyst
7 87 (5.42%) Developer
8 78 (4.86%) Senior Manager
9 66 (4.11%) Consultant
10 56 (3.49%) IT Manager
10 56 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
11 54 (3.37%) Senior Developer
12 40 (2.49%) Change Manager
13 39 (2.43%) Senior Analyst
14 31 (1.93%) Data Architect
14 31 (1.93%) Product Owner
15 30 (1.87%) Business Manager
15 30 (1.87%) Senior Architect
16 29 (1.81%) Head of IT
17 28 (1.75%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.18%) .NET
2 32 (2.00%) REST
3 27 (1.68%) EDI
4 20 (1.25%) React
4 20 (1.25%) RESTful
5 19 (1.18%) HTML
6 18 (1.12%) CSS
7 16 (1.00%) SOAP
8 14 (0.87%) Spring
8 14 (0.87%) Spring Boot
9 13 (0.81%) Kafka
10 12 (0.75%) SAP Fiori
10 12 (0.75%) XML
11 11 (0.69%) Middleware
12 10 (0.62%) Django
12 10 (0.62%) FHIR
13 9 (0.56%) Elastic Stack
14 8 (0.50%) JSON
15 7 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
16 6 (0.37%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 97 (6.05%) Management Information System
2 91 (5.67%) Enterprise Software
3 90 (5.61%) Product Ownership
4 89 (5.55%) Onboarding
5 70 (4.36%) Cloud Native
6 40 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
7 39 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
8 34 (2.12%) Data Centre
8 34 (2.12%) NHS
9 33 (2.06%) Low-Code
10 32 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
11 30 (1.87%) Security Posture
12 20 (1.25%) Social Media
13 19 (1.18%) AI Agents
14 18 (1.12%) FMCG
15 17 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
16 16 (1.00%) Driving Licence
16 16 (1.00%) Operational Technology
17 15 (0.94%) CMDB
18 14 (0.87%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 69 (4.30%) Windows
2 43 (2.68%) Linux
3 17 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.87%) Android
5 8 (0.50%) Unix
6 4 (0.25%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.19%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.062%) AIX
9 1 (0.062%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 487 (30.36%) Continuous Improvement
2 440 (27.43%) Agile
3 308 (19.20%) Problem-Solving
4 288 (17.96%) Analytics
5 278 (17.33%) Roadmaps
6 255 (15.90%) Project Management
7 249 (15.52%) Stakeholder Management
8 232 (14.46%) Business Intelligence
9 221 (13.78%) Decision-Making
10 210 (13.09%) Change Management
11 200 (12.47%) AI
12 199 (12.41%) Cybersecurity
13 194 (12.09%) Mentoring
14 192 (11.97%) Risk Management
15 188 (11.72%) Project Delivery
16 158 (9.85%) DevOps
17 148 (9.23%) Migration
18 145 (9.04%) Data Governance
19 141 (8.79%) Data Modelling
20 138 (8.60%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 154 (9.60%) SQL
2 136 (8.48%) Python
3 70 (4.36%) C#
4 63 (3.93%) JavaScript
5 62 (3.87%) Java
6 52 (3.24%) TypeScript
7 32 (2.00%) PowerShell
8 16 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 13 (0.81%) R
10 11 (0.69%) Bicep
11 9 (0.56%) Scala
12 8 (0.50%) Bash
13 7 (0.44%) VBA
14 6 (0.37%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.37%) C++
14 6 (0.37%) Delphi
14 6 (0.37%) SOQL
15 5 (0.31%) PHP
15 5 (0.31%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 370 (23.07%) Degree
2 184 (11.47%) Security Cleared
3 100 (6.23%) SC Cleared
4 78 (4.86%) CISSP
5 71 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 68 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 62 (3.87%) CISM
8 54 (3.37%) PMI Certification
9 51 (3.18%) Azure Certification
10 47 (2.93%) AWS Certification
11 45 (2.81%) Master's Degree
11 45 (2.81%) PMP
12 43 (2.68%) CISA
13 39 (2.43%) DV Cleared
14 37 (2.31%) DBS Check
15 34 (2.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 33 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
17 31 (1.93%) TOGAF Certification
18 24 (1.50%) ACCA
19 23 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (6.92%) GDPR
2 110 (6.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 93 (5.80%) QA
4 92 (5.74%) Data Quality
5 83 (5.17%) NIST
6 60 (3.74%) Accessibility
7 58 (3.62%) PMO
8 50 (3.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 37 (2.31%) GRC
10 34 (2.12%) COBIT
11 31 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 29 (1.81%) Def Stans
13 25 (1.56%) PCI DSS
14 24 (1.50%) NCSC
15 23 (1.43%) SLA
16 19 (1.18%) GAAP
17 17 (1.06%) IFRS
17 17 (1.06%) WCAG
18 13 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 12 (0.75%) GxP
System Software
1 43 (2.68%) Docker
2 40 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.50%) ProxySG
5 5 (0.31%) Firmware
6 4 (0.25%) BitLocker
6 4 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.12%) vSphere
8 1 (0.062%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 48 (2.99%) Kubernetes
2 45 (2.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 41 (2.56%) Terraform
4 21 (1.31%) HP ALM
4 21 (1.31%) SCCM
5 18 (1.12%) Ansible
6 17 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.56%) CASB
8 8 (0.50%) Grafana
9 5 (0.31%) Nessus
10 4 (0.25%) Nagios
10 4 (0.25%) QRadar
11 2 (0.12%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.12%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.12%) Kibana
12 1 (0.062%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.062%) Functional Safety
12 1 (0.062%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.062%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 1 (0.062%) VxRail
Vendors
1 344 (21.45%) Microsoft
2 141 (8.79%) SAP
3 95 (5.92%) Oracle
4 87 (5.42%) Salesforce
5 60 (3.74%) ServiceNow
6 46 (2.87%) Databricks
7 45 (2.81%) Cisco
8 40 (2.49%) Adobe
9 29 (1.81%) Dell
10 28 (1.75%) MuleSoft
11 25 (1.56%) Workday
12 21 (1.31%) HP
13 19 (1.18%) Google
13 19 (1.18%) IBM
14 13 (0.81%) Anaplan
14 13 (0.81%) IFS
14 13 (0.81%) SolarWinds
14 13 (0.81%) Splunk
15 12 (0.75%) Alteryx
15 12 (0.75%) VMware