Stakeholder Management Job Trends in the West Midlands

Stakeholder Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Stakeholder Management 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 42 30 43
Rank change year-on-year -12 +13 -3
Permanent jobs citing Stakeholder Management 208 282 228
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 3.82% 6.87% 4.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.70% 7.43% 5.62%
Number of salaries quoted 118 157 177
10th Percentile £44,549 £38,754 £40,593
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,713 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,750 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £68,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +4.62% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,424 3,794 4,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 81.20% 92.38% 86.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,325 1,695 3,364
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,250 £82,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

Stakeholder Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Stakeholder Management job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Stakeholder Management
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Stakeholder Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Stakeholder Management

Stakeholder Management
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Stakeholder Management in the West Midlands

Stakeholder Management
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Management within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham -11 79 £66,250 +3.92% 39
Staffordshire -10 53 £53,750 -10.42% 9
Warwickshire +2 24 £62,500 +4.17% 27
Shropshire -13 12 £60,000 +60.00% 17
Coventry +2 11 £75,000 +22.95% 10
Worcestershire -6 5 £68,000 +81.33% 5
Solihull -6 3 £60,000 - 4
Sutton Coldfield - 3 £72,500 -
Wolverhampton - 2 £54,000 - 8
Herefordshire -14 1 £50,000 - 3
Stakeholder Management
England

Stakeholder Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 10 (4.81%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.96%) Appian
3 1 (0.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.92%) Trello
3 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.96%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (3.37%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.96%) iTrent
3 2 (0.96%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.48%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.48%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.48%) Maximo
4 1 (0.48%) Odoo
4 1 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.48%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 31 (14.90%) Azure
2 20 (9.62%) Power Platform
3 18 (8.65%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (5.29%) SaaS
5 10 (4.81%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.88%) AWS
7 5 (2.40%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (1.92%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (1.44%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.96%) Asana
10 2 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.96%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (0.96%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.96%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.96%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.48%) Azure AI
11 1 (0.48%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.85%) WAN
2 7 (3.37%) Firewall
2 7 (3.37%) SD-WAN
3 5 (2.40%) LAN
3 5 (2.40%) Wireless
4 4 (1.92%) WebEx
5 3 (1.44%) WLAN
6 2 (0.96%) Broadband
6 2 (0.96%) Modbus
7 1 (0.48%) 4G
7 1 (0.48%) 5G
7 1 (0.48%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.48%) DHCP
7 1 (0.48%) DNS
7 1 (0.48%) ISDN
7 1 (0.48%) PSTN
7 1 (0.48%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.48%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.48%) VoIP
7 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.17%) Looker
1 17 (8.17%) Power BI
2 11 (5.29%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.44%) Tableau
6 2 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.96%) MySQL
7 1 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.48%) Metadata
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (5.29%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) GitLab
2 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.48%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.48%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.48%) Zephyr
General
1 80 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 63 (30.29%) Finance
3 51 (24.52%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (18.27%) Marketing
5 21 (10.10%) Manufacturing
6 14 (6.73%) Public Sector
7 12 (5.77%) Retail
8 8 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.85%) Legal
9 6 (2.88%) Law
9 6 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.40%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.44%) Automotive
12 2 (0.96%) Banking
12 2 (0.96%) Games
13 1 (0.48%) Back Office
13 1 (0.48%) German Language
13 1 (0.48%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 42 (20.19%) Lead
2 24 (11.54%) Senior
3 22 (10.58%) Analyst
4 13 (6.25%) Consultant
4 13 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 10 (4.81%) Architect
5 10 (4.81%) Customer Experience Manager
5 10 (4.81%) Digital Transformation
5 10 (4.81%) IT Manager
6 9 (4.33%) Business Analyst
7 8 (3.85%) Service Manager
8 7 (3.37%) Developer
8 7 (3.37%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 7 (3.37%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 7 (3.37%) Microsoft Developer
9 6 (2.88%) Designer
9 6 (2.88%) Microsoft Consultant
9 6 (2.88%) Operations Manager
9 6 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.92%) .NET
2 2 (0.96%) EDI
2 2 (0.96%) Kafka
2 2 (0.96%) SOAP
3 1 (0.48%) HTML
3 1 (0.48%) JSON
3 1 (0.48%) Middleware
3 1 (0.48%) OAuth
3 1 (0.48%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.48%) REST
3 1 (0.48%) SAML
3 1 (0.48%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.48%) Web Services
3 1 (0.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (17.79%) Onboarding
2 11 (5.29%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.29%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.81%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (4.33%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (4.33%) Operational Technology
5 8 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (3.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.40%) PMI
9 3 (1.44%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.96%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.96%) IoT
10 2 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.96%) SCADA
10 2 (0.96%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.48%) Cyber Security Posture
11 1 (0.48%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (41.35%) Continuous Improvement
2 53 (25.48%) Agile
3 50 (24.04%) CRM
4 44 (21.15%) Coaching
5 41 (19.71%) Customer Experience
5 41 (19.71%) Roadmaps
6 38 (18.27%) ITIL
7 37 (17.79%) B2B
7 37 (17.79%) Project Management
8 36 (17.31%) Collaborative Working
8 36 (17.31%) E-Commerce
9 35 (16.83%) Digital Innovation
9 35 (16.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 34 (16.35%) Commercialisation
10 34 (16.35%) Dashboard Development
10 34 (16.35%) Digital Marketing
10 34 (16.35%) GTM Strategy
10 34 (16.35%) Performance Analysis
11 31 (14.90%) Digital Customer Experience
12 26 (12.50%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.69%) SQL
2 4 (1.92%) C#
3 3 (1.44%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.44%) Python
3 3 (1.44%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.96%) VBA
5 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 54 (25.96%) Degree
2 17 (8.17%) PMI Certification
3 14 (6.73%) PMP
4 7 (3.37%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.40%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.44%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.96%) APMG
8 2 (0.96%) CAPM
8 2 (0.96%) CISSP
8 2 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.48%) ACCA
9 1 (0.48%) CIMA
9 1 (0.48%) CISM
9 1 (0.48%) CITP
9 1 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (6.73%) QA
3 12 (5.77%) PMO
4 11 (5.29%) SLA
5 9 (4.33%) GDPR
5 9 (4.33%) NIST
6 7 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (1.44%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.96%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.96%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.96%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.96%) P3O
9 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (1.44%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.48%) Ansible
2 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (20.67%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.73%) SAP
3 9 (4.33%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.37%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.88%) Workday
6 5 (2.40%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.92%) Aruba
7 4 (1.92%) Cisco
7 4 (1.92%) Juniper
7 4 (1.92%) Oracle
8 2 (0.96%) Databricks
8 2 (0.96%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (0.96%) IBM
8 2 (0.96%) Kronos
8 2 (0.96%) VMware
9 1 (0.48%) Adaptive Insights
9 1 (0.48%) Ekahau
9 1 (0.48%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.48%) Planon
9 1 (0.48%) UiPath