Stakeholder Engagement Contracts

Stakeholder Engagement
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Stakeholder Engagement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Stakeholder Engagement over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 150 157 186
Rank change year-on-year +7 +29 +5
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 691 993 1,321
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.61% 1.72% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 1.91% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 716 994
10th Percentile £363 £391 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £638
90th Percentile £775 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £523 £500
% change year-on-year +0.48% +4.50% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 7 11
10th Percentile £18.35 £19.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £27.81 £19.63 £16.63
Median hourly rate £35.96 £20.50 £29.38
Median % change year-on-year +75.41% -30.22% +18.49%
75th Percentile £57.33 £38.90 £47.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £56.50 £55.84
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.49 £20.50 £35.78
% change year-on-year +175.56% -42.70% +52.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Stakeholder Engagement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,094 51,920 79,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,889 35,981 55,625
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,716 1,886
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.24 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the UK

Stakeholder Engagement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Daily rate trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the UK

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the UK

Stakeholder Engagement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Hourly rate trend for Stakeholder Engagement in the UK

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the UK

Stakeholder Engagement
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +11 605 £550 - 344
London +46 349 £575 -4.17% 132
UK excluding London -23 287 £525 +0.48% 224
Work from Home -28 197 £550 - 149
South East -11 63 £525 +1.94% 48
Midlands +4 54 £525 - 48
North of England -28 54 £506 -7.95% 64
South West +2 51 £550 +6.02% 30
West Midlands +3 46 £519 -1.19% 29
Scotland +30 40 £525 +16.67% 15
North West +5 28 £513 +2.50% 38
East of England -1 23 £375 -25.00% 12
Yorkshire -34 20 £500 -9.09% 20
East Midlands +8 8 £525 - 19
North East +16 6 £590 +12.38% 6
Wales +5 1 £200 -65.22% 7
Northern Ireland +4 1 £363 +10.86% 3

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.60%) Confluence
3 11 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.87%) SAS
5 5 (0.72%) WordPress
6 3 (0.43%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.14%) CMS
7 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 33 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (2.75%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (2.46%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.29%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.29%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.29%) Sketch
6 1 (0.14%) OmniGraffle
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.01%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.72%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.29%) iTrent
5 1 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.14%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.14%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 68 (9.84%) Azure
2 49 (7.09%) AWS
3 38 (5.50%) Power Platform
4 21 (3.04%) SaaS
5 20 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (2.32%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (1.74%) GitHub
9 10 (1.45%) Boomi
9 10 (1.45%) PowerApps
10 9 (1.30%) Amazon S3
10 9 (1.30%) GCP
11 8 (1.16%) Power Automate
12 7 (1.01%) PaaS
12 7 (1.01%) Snowflake
13 6 (0.87%) Collibra
13 6 (0.87%) Figma
14 5 (0.72%) Miro
14 5 (0.72%) Serverless
14 5 (0.72%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.60%) Firewall
2 8 (1.16%) VPN
3 4 (0.58%) DNS
3 4 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.43%) DHCP
4 3 (0.43%) LAN
4 3 (0.43%) Network Security
4 3 (0.43%) Wireless
5 2 (0.29%) 4G
5 2 (0.29%) 5G
5 2 (0.29%) Broadband
5 2 (0.29%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.29%) WAN
6 1 (0.14%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.14%) Internet
6 1 (0.14%) Intranet
6 1 (0.14%) OSPF
6 1 (0.14%) PSTN
6 1 (0.14%) SAN
6 1 (0.14%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.78%) Power BI
2 14 (2.03%) Tableau
3 13 (1.88%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.74%) Metadata
5 8 (1.16%) Electronic Patient Records
6 6 (0.87%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.72%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (0.72%) Big Data
7 5 (0.72%) Crystal Reports
8 4 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.43%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.43%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.14%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 36 (5.21%) JIRA
2 9 (1.30%) Git
2 9 (1.30%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.87%) NeoLoad
3 6 (0.87%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (0.72%) LoadRunner
5 4 (0.58%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.58%) JUnit
5 4 (0.58%) Mockito
6 3 (0.43%) Selenium
7 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.14%) JMeter
8 1 (0.14%) MLflow
8 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
General
1 241 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 175 (25.33%) Finance
3 96 (13.89%) Public Sector
4 60 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (8.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (5.64%) Legal
6 38 (5.50%) Local Government
7 34 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
8 31 (4.49%) Banking
9 21 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (3.04%) Manufacturing
9 21 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (3.04%) Telecoms
10 20 (2.89%) Marketing
11 19 (2.75%) Retail
12 12 (1.74%) Law
13 11 (1.59%) Games
13 11 (1.59%) Military
13 11 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.01%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 113 (16.35%) Analyst
1 113 (16.35%) Project Manager
2 80 (11.58%) Senior
3 68 (9.84%) Business Analyst
4 65 (9.41%) Architect
5 57 (8.25%) Lead
6 39 (5.64%) Solutions Architect
7 32 (4.63%) Programme Manager
8 31 (4.49%) Consultant
9 26 (3.76%) Change Manager
10 22 (3.18%) Developer
11 19 (2.75%) IT Manager
11 19 (2.75%) Senior Manager
12 18 (2.60%) Product Manager
13 17 (2.46%) Business Manager
13 17 (2.46%) Data Analyst
14 16 (2.32%) Test Leader
15 15 (2.17%) Product Owner
16 14 (2.03%) Delivery Manager
16 14 (2.03%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.60%) .NET
2 12 (1.74%) React
3 5 (0.72%) HTML
3 5 (0.72%) ModSecurity
3 5 (0.72%) Spring
4 4 (0.58%) .NET Framework
4 4 (0.58%) LDAP
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (0.58%) SailPoint
4 4 (0.58%) Spring Boot
5 3 (0.43%) CSS
5 3 (0.43%) Kafka
5 3 (0.43%) Node.js
5 3 (0.43%) PySpark
5 3 (0.43%) REST
6 2 (0.29%) MDX
6 2 (0.29%) Middleware
6 2 (0.29%) SOAP
6 2 (0.29%) WinForms
6 2 (0.29%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.49%) Product Ownership
2 15 (2.17%) Management Information System
3 13 (1.88%) NHS
4 11 (1.59%) Public Cloud
5 9 (1.30%) Derivative
5 9 (1.30%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.16%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.01%) Mobile App
8 6 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (0.72%) Algorithms
9 5 (0.72%) Distributed Architecture
9 5 (0.72%) Fixed Income
9 5 (0.72%) FMCG
9 5 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (0.72%) Operational Technology
9 5 (0.72%) Security Posture
9 5 (0.72%) Social Media
10 4 (0.58%) Credit Derivative
10 4 (0.58%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.46%) Linux
2 12 (1.74%) Mac OS X
2 12 (1.74%) Windows
3 2 (0.29%) Android
3 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.29%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.14%) AIX
4 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (22.14%) Agile
2 150 (21.71%) Project Management
3 135 (19.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 85 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
5 76 (11.00%) Risk Management
6 70 (10.13%) Project Delivery
7 65 (9.41%) Change Management
8 57 (8.25%) Decision-Making
9 55 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 53 (7.67%) Roadmaps
11 45 (6.51%) Analytics
11 45 (6.51%) DevOps
11 45 (6.51%) Programme Management
12 43 (6.22%) Business Case
12 43 (6.22%) Business Intelligence
12 43 (6.22%) Cybersecurity
13 42 (6.08%) Migration
13 42 (6.08%) Scrum
14 41 (5.93%) PRINCE2
15 38 (5.50%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (5.35%) SQL
2 25 (3.62%) Python
3 19 (2.75%) C#
4 15 (2.17%) Java
5 7 (1.01%) PowerShell
6 4 (0.58%) C
6 4 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (0.43%) C++
7 3 (0.43%) Go
7 3 (0.43%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.29%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.29%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.29%) R
8 2 (0.29%) Scala
8 2 (0.29%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.29%) VB
8 2 (0.29%) VB6
9 1 (0.14%) ABAP
9 1 (0.14%) PHP
9 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 98 (14.18%) Security Cleared
2 83 (12.01%) Degree
3 82 (11.87%) SC Cleared
4 24 (3.47%) PMP
5 23 (3.33%) PMI Certification
6 22 (3.18%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.88%) CISSP
8 12 (1.74%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.30%) CISM
9 9 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.72%) ICAEW
13 4 (0.58%) ISEB
13 4 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.43%) ACCA
14 3 (0.43%) APMP
14 3 (0.43%) CIMA
14 3 (0.43%) NVQ Level 4
14 3 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (7.67%) QA
2 36 (5.21%) PMO
3 21 (3.04%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.04%) GDPR
4 18 (2.60%) NIST
5 17 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 12 (1.74%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.45%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.72%) GAAP
9 5 (0.72%) IFRS
10 4 (0.58%) GRC
11 3 (0.43%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.43%) SLA
12 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.29%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.14%) IEC 61508
13 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (1.88%) Docker
2 9 (1.30%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.58%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (2.17%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.16%) Terraform
3 5 (0.72%) Ansible
4 4 (0.58%) OPNET
5 2 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.29%) PowerCLI
5 2 (0.29%) SCCM
6 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.14%) Kibana
6 1 (0.14%) logstash
6 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.14%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 79 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.20%) Oracle
3 28 (4.05%) SAP
4 15 (2.17%) Salesforce
5 10 (1.45%) Atlassian
6 9 (1.30%) Google
7 8 (1.16%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.16%) Sparx
8 6 (0.87%) Cisco
8 6 (0.87%) iManage
8 6 (0.87%) Intapp
9 5 (0.72%) CA Agile Central
9 5 (0.72%) Cadence
9 5 (0.72%) IBM
9 5 (0.72%) IFS
9 5 (0.72%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.72%) VMware
10 4 (0.58%) Adobe
10 4 (0.58%) Databricks
10 4 (0.58%) NEC