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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 159 158 183
Rank change year-on-year -1 +25 +7
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 671 943 1,355
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.57% 1.67% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 1.87% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 694 1,036
10th Percentile £363 £390 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £638
90th Percentile £775 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £515 £500
% change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 12 15
10th Percentile £18.35 £19.13 £16.55
25th Percentile £27.81 £20.25 £25.21
Median hourly rate £36.50 £22.50 £29.38
Median % change year-on-year +62.22% -23.42% +17.52%
75th Percentile £57.50 £55.75 £54.80
90th Percentile £75.00 £56.50 £61.34
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.33 £21.90 £29.38
% change year-on-year +161.78% -25.46% +13.00%

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 36,603 50,558 80,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.40% 89.70% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,483 35,017 56,266
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,521 1,671 1,882
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +10.45%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -5 583 £550 - 374
London +39 330 £575 - 164
UK excluding London -20 288 £525 +1.94% 221
Work from Home -25 186 £550 +1.01% 163
South East -9 68 £525 +0.77% 57
Midlands -5 55 £513 -2.38% 47
North of England -27 50 £538 +2.38% 59
South West 0 48 £525 +1.20% 24
West Midlands +3 47 £506 -3.57% 36
Scotland +36 42 £545 +21.11% 16
North West +1 26 £538 +7.50% 33
East of England -9 21 £375 -26.83% 15
Yorkshire -35 18 £525 -4.55% 22
East Midlands -7 8 £525 +2.44% 11
North East +12 6 £590 +18.00% 5
Wales +10 2 £406 -33.67% 5
Northern Ireland +3 2 £261 -20.11% 1

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 21 (3.13%) Confluence
2 18 (2.68%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.75%) SAS
4 5 (0.75%) WordPress
5 3 (0.45%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.15%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.15%) CMS
Applications
1 30 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (2.68%) Microsoft Project
3 17 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.24%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.30%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.30%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.30%) Sketch
6 1 (0.15%) OmniGraffle
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.04%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.75%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.30%) iTrent
4 2 (0.30%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.15%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.15%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.15%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 68 (10.13%) Azure
2 53 (7.90%) AWS
3 34 (5.07%) Power Platform
4 23 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (2.98%) SaaS
6 15 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (2.09%) GCP
8 12 (1.79%) GitHub
9 10 (1.49%) Boomi
10 9 (1.34%) Amazon S3
10 9 (1.34%) PaaS
10 9 (1.34%) PowerApps
10 9 (1.34%) Snowflake
11 7 (1.04%) Power Automate
12 6 (0.89%) Collibra
12 6 (0.89%) Figma
12 6 (0.89%) OpenShift
13 5 (0.75%) Miro
13 5 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.68%) Firewall
2 8 (1.19%) VPN
3 5 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (0.60%) DNS
5 3 (0.45%) DHCP
6 2 (0.30%) 4G
6 2 (0.30%) 5G
6 2 (0.30%) Broadband
6 2 (0.30%) LAN
6 2 (0.30%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.15%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (0.15%) Internet
7 1 (0.15%) Intranet
7 1 (0.15%) PSTN
7 1 (0.15%) SAN
7 1 (0.15%) Skype
7 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.15%) VoIP
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
7 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.47%) Power BI
2 14 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.79%) Tableau
4 11 (1.64%) Metadata
5 9 (1.34%) SQL Server
6 8 (1.19%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.04%) Big Data
8 6 (0.89%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (0.75%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.45%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.45%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.30%) GIS
12 2 (0.30%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 1 (0.15%) MS Access
13 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 1 (0.15%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 41 (6.11%) JIRA
2 9 (1.34%) Git
2 9 (1.34%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.89%) Bitbucket
3 6 (0.89%) NeoLoad
3 6 (0.89%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (0.75%) LoadRunner
5 4 (0.60%) JUnit
5 4 (0.60%) Mockito
6 3 (0.45%) Selenium
7 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.15%) JMeter
8 1 (0.15%) MLflow
8 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
General
1 231 (34.43%) Social Skills
2 169 (25.19%) Finance
3 91 (13.56%) Public Sector
4 61 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 56 (8.35%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (6.26%) Legal
7 38 (5.66%) Local Government
8 32 (4.77%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (4.62%) Banking
10 22 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (3.13%) Telecoms
12 19 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (2.53%) Manufacturing
13 17 (2.53%) Marketing
14 16 (2.38%) Retail
15 12 (1.79%) Military
16 10 (1.49%) Law
17 9 (1.34%) Games
17 9 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
18 7 (1.04%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 114 (16.99%) Analyst
2 113 (16.84%) Project Manager
3 83 (12.37%) Senior
4 67 (9.99%) Business Analyst
5 56 (8.35%) Architect
6 55 (8.20%) Lead
7 36 (5.37%) Consultant
8 33 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
9 32 (4.77%) Programme Manager
10 26 (3.87%) Change Manager
10 26 (3.87%) IT Manager
11 22 (3.28%) Senior Manager
12 18 (2.68%) Data Analyst
12 18 (2.68%) Developer
12 18 (2.68%) IT Project Manager
13 17 (2.53%) Product Manager
14 15 (2.24%) Business Manager
15 14 (2.09%) Systems Engineer
15 14 (2.09%) Test Leader
16 13 (1.94%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.98%) .NET
2 13 (1.94%) React
3 7 (1.04%) ModSecurity
4 6 (0.89%) .NET Framework
4 6 (0.89%) Spring Boot
5 5 (0.75%) HTML
5 5 (0.75%) Node.js
5 5 (0.75%) Spring
6 4 (0.60%) Kafka
6 4 (0.60%) LDAP
6 4 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (0.60%) REST
6 4 (0.60%) SailPoint
7 3 (0.45%) CSS
7 3 (0.45%) PySpark
8 2 (0.30%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.30%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.30%) React Native
8 2 (0.30%) Redux
8 2 (0.30%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.37%) Product Ownership
2 13 (1.94%) NHS
3 12 (1.79%) Management Information System
3 12 (1.79%) Public Cloud
4 10 (1.49%) Onboarding
5 9 (1.34%) Derivative
6 7 (1.04%) Fixed Income
6 7 (1.04%) Security Posture
7 6 (0.89%) Data Centre
7 6 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (0.89%) Mobile App
8 5 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (0.75%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (0.75%) Driving Licence
8 5 (0.75%) FMCG
9 4 (0.60%) Credit Derivative
9 4 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (0.60%) Operational Technology
9 4 (0.60%) PKI
9 4 (0.60%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.98%) Linux
2 13 (1.94%) Mac OS X
2 13 (1.94%) Windows
3 2 (0.30%) Android
3 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.30%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.30%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.15%) AIX
4 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (22.06%) Agile
2 144 (21.46%) Project Management
3 139 (20.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 81 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
5 73 (10.88%) Change Management
6 71 (10.58%) Risk Management
7 63 (9.39%) Project Delivery
8 57 (8.49%) Roadmaps
9 52 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 46 (6.86%) Decision-Making
10 46 (6.86%) PRINCE2
11 45 (6.71%) Analytics
11 45 (6.71%) DevOps
12 43 (6.41%) Programme Management
13 42 (6.26%) Migration
13 42 (6.26%) Scrum
14 38 (5.66%) Business Intelligence
14 38 (5.66%) Cybersecurity
15 37 (5.51%) User Experience
16 35 (5.22%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 34 (5.07%) SQL
2 25 (3.73%) Python
3 19 (2.83%) C#
4 15 (2.24%) Java
5 9 (1.34%) PowerShell
6 4 (0.60%) C
6 4 (0.60%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (0.45%) Go
7 3 (0.45%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.30%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.30%) R
8 2 (0.30%) Scala
8 2 (0.30%) VB
8 2 (0.30%) VB6
9 1 (0.15%) ABAP
9 1 (0.15%) C++
9 1 (0.15%) Julia
9 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 101 (15.05%) Security Cleared
2 79 (11.77%) SC Cleared
3 78 (11.62%) Degree
4 31 (4.62%) DV Cleared
5 26 (3.87%) PMP
6 25 (3.73%) PMI Certification
7 12 (1.79%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.49%) CISSP
9 9 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (0.89%) CISM
10 6 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.75%) ICAEW
11 5 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.45%) ACCA
12 3 (0.45%) APMP
12 3 (0.45%) ISEB
12 3 (0.45%) NVQ Level 4
12 3 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 3 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (7.75%) QA
2 31 (4.62%) PMO
3 21 (3.13%) Data Quality
4 20 (2.98%) GDPR
5 18 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (2.53%) NIST
7 16 (2.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 11 (1.64%) HIPAA
9 9 (1.34%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.75%) GAAP
10 5 (0.75%) IFRS
11 3 (0.45%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.45%) SLA
12 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.30%) GRC
13 1 (0.15%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.15%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (2.24%) Docker
2 9 (1.34%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.89%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (2.83%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.49%) Terraform
3 6 (0.89%) Ansible
3 6 (0.89%) OPNET
4 4 (0.60%) PowerCLI
5 2 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.30%) SCCM
6 1 (0.15%) Kibana
6 1 (0.15%) logstash
6 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (12.37%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.47%) Oracle
3 28 (4.17%) SAP
4 15 (2.24%) Salesforce
5 12 (1.79%) Atlassian
6 10 (1.49%) Google
7 7 (1.04%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.04%) Sparx
7 7 (1.04%) VMware
8 5 (0.75%) Adobe
8 5 (0.75%) CA Agile Central
8 5 (0.75%) Cisco
8 5 (0.75%) Databricks
8 5 (0.75%) IBM
8 5 (0.75%) IFS
8 5 (0.75%) iManage
8 5 (0.75%) Intapp
8 5 (0.75%) NEC
8 5 (0.75%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.60%) Cadence