Organisational Skills Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Organisational Skills
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Organisational Skills in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Organisational Skills over the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 92 86
Rank change year-on-year -6 -6 +49
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 33 26 43
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.66% 1.41% 1.83%
As % of the General category 2.56% 2.10% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 13 16
10th Percentile £221 £339 £348
25th Percentile £472 £475 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £479
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +14.88% +0.79%
75th Percentile £693 £625 £575
90th Percentile £712 £635 £667
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £498
% change year-on-year - +10.55% +10.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £19.92
Median hourly rate - - £20.61
75th Percentile - - £21.29
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £20.61
% change year-on-year - - -75.32%

All General Skills
City of London

Organisational Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,290 1,240 1,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 64.89% 67.46% 64.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 836 757 1,098
10th Percentile £354 £348 £338
25th Percentile £450 £456 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £688
90th Percentile £800 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 6 11
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £22.67 £18.46
Median hourly rate £27.75 £27.83 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.29% +15.96% -40.74%
75th Percentile £43.86 £33.06 £37.13
90th Percentile £54.88 £110.63 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £31.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -15.77% +26.53% -39.51%

Organisational Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Organisational Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Organisational Skills job vacancy trend in the City of London

Organisational Skills
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Organisational Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Organisational Skills

Organisational Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Organisational Skills in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Organisational Skills in the City of London

Organisational Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Organisational Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Organisational Skills

Organisational Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 6 (18.18%) Confluence
2 1 (3.03%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (9.09%) MS Visio
3 3 (9.09%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.09%) GitHub
2 2 (6.06%) Azure
2 2 (6.06%) SaaS
3 1 (3.03%) AWS
3 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.03%) Google Analytics
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (3.03%) Nutanix
3 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) Tick Data
2 1 (3.03%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.03%) Power BI
2 1 (3.03%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (21.21%) JIRA
2 3 (9.09%) Jenkins
2 3 (9.09%) Maven
2 3 (9.09%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (3.03%) Git
General
1 24 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 16 (48.48%) Finance
3 7 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Banking
4 3 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Legal
5 2 (6.06%) Marketing
5 2 (6.06%) Retail
6 1 (3.03%) Front Office
6 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Military
6 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Project Manager
2 7 (21.21%) Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Business Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Fidessa Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Java Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Junior
4 3 (9.09%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 3 (9.09%) Senior
5 2 (6.06%) Business Finance Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Finance Business Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Financial Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Junior Project Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Business Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Security Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Senior Risk Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) Spring
2 1 (3.03%) HTML
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Equities
1 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.06%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.06%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.03%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Fixed Income
3 1 (3.03%) FMCG
3 1 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.03%) Market Risk
3 1 (3.03%) PMI
3 1 (3.03%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.03%) Taxonomies
3 1 (3.03%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (24.24%) Project Management
3 7 (21.21%) Project Delivery
3 7 (21.21%) Time Management
4 6 (18.18%) Process Improvement
5 5 (15.15%) Agile
5 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (12.12%) Business Analysis
6 4 (12.12%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (12.12%) Decision-Making
6 4 (12.12%) Project Governance
6 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (12.12%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (12.12%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (9.09%) BPMN
7 3 (9.09%) Business Process Modelling
7 3 (9.09%) Data Mapping
7 3 (9.09%) Defect Management
7 3 (9.09%) PRINCE2
7 3 (9.09%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) Java
1 3 (9.09%) Python
1 3 (9.09%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) PMI Certification
2 2 (6.06%) PMP
3 1 (3.03%) ACCA
3 1 (3.03%) APMP
3 1 (3.03%) CCNA
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.03%) CISSP
3 1 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (3.03%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) PMO
2 2 (6.06%) QA
3 1 (3.03%) Basel III
3 1 (3.03%) CRD IV
3 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.03%) IFRS
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Ansible
1 1 (3.03%) Packer
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Solace
3 1 (3.03%) Adobe
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco
3 1 (3.03%) Google
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle
3 1 (3.03%) SAP
3 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.03%) VMware