Organisational Skills Contracts in the UK excluding London

Organisational Skills
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Organisational Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Organisational Skills over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 145 140
Rank change year-on-year +71 -5 +23
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 542 427 577
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.61% 1.77% 1.87%
As % of the General category 4.76% 3.13% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 290 333
10th Percentile £170 £189 £156
25th Percentile £213 £269 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +21.43%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £525
90th Percentile £604 £626 £621
UK median daily rate £436 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -3.06% -5.26% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 32 137
10th Percentile £11.77 £13.29 £12.95
25th Percentile £13.42 £14.63 £15.90
Median hourly rate £18.00 £24.11 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.34% -7.27% +40.54%
75th Percentile £38.12 £52.45 £47.40
90th Percentile - £56.46 £54.20
UK median hourly rate £18.35 £24.11 £27.50
% change year-on-year -23.89% -12.33% +46.47%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Organisational Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,385 13,624 17,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.77% 56.35% 55.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,543 9,298 11,806
10th Percentile £205 £228 £208
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £690 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,634 801 1,052
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.44
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.85 £13.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.54 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.95% +65.08% -7.50%
75th Percentile £51.75 £61.25 £35.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £54.83
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £21.86
% change year-on-year -18.57% +60.11% -2.84%

Organisational Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Organisational Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Organisational Skills in the UK excluding London

Organisational Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Organisational Skills in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Organisational Skills in the UK excluding London

Organisational Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Organisational Skills in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Organisational Skills in the UK excluding London

Organisational Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Organisational Skills in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Organisational Skills in the UK excluding London

Organisational Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Organisational Skills in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Organisational Skills in the UK excluding London

Organisational Skills
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Organisational Skills within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
South East +54 177 £215 -49.41% 194
Scotland +27 87 £425 +13.33% 59
East of England +40 83 £260 -48.00% 85
North of England +22 70 £350 -22.22% 217
South West +23 56 £475 +13.77% 118
Midlands +32 54 £450 +20.00% 145
North West +4 40 £350 -30.00% 123
West Midlands +35 36 £500 +33.33% 76
Yorkshire +22 20 £241 -39.69% 73
East Midlands +16 17 £425 +21.43% 69
Northern Ireland +17 11 £435 +24.29% 9
North East +25 10 £500 +29.03% 26
Wales +17 6 £145 -52.26% 21
Organisational Skills
UK

Organisational Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 39 (7.20%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.87%) Confluence
3 18 (3.32%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.74%) CMS
5 4 (0.74%) SAS
6 2 (0.37%) Moodle
6 2 (0.37%) WordPress
7 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 104 (19.19%) Microsoft Office
2 78 (14.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (7.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (1.85%) Photoshop
5 9 (1.66%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.92%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.37%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.37%) Windchill
8 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 6 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
1 6 (1.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 6 (1.11%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.55%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.37%) ResourceLink
3 2 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.18%) PeopleSoft HRMS
4 1 (0.18%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.18%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 58 (10.70%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (8.67%) IaaS
2 47 (8.67%) PaaS
2 47 (8.67%) SaaS
3 33 (6.09%) Azure
4 17 (3.14%) Azure Stack
5 8 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (1.48%) Canva
5 8 (1.48%) Slack
6 7 (1.29%) Power Platform
7 5 (0.92%) Yammer
8 4 (0.74%) OCI
9 3 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.37%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.18%) AWS
11 1 (0.18%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.18%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.18%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 1 (0.18%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 48 (8.86%) Broadband
2 47 (8.67%) 5G
3 31 (5.72%) Firewall
4 23 (4.24%) LAN
5 18 (3.32%) BGP
6 8 (1.48%) Intranet
6 8 (1.48%) Network Security
7 7 (1.29%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (1.29%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (1.11%) VPN
9 5 (0.92%) Wireless
10 4 (0.74%) NX-OS
10 4 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
10 4 (0.74%) VoIP
11 3 (0.55%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.55%) VSAN
11 3 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
12 2 (0.37%) FabricPath
12 2 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.29%) Power BI
2 6 (1.11%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (0.74%) Oracle Database
3 4 (0.74%) SAP HANA
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Database 10g
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Database 11g
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Discoverer
4 3 (0.55%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.37%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.18%) Big Data
6 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.18%) DB2
6 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.18%) GIS
6 1 (0.18%) IDMS
6 1 (0.18%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.18%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.18%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 28 (5.17%) JIRA
2 1 (0.18%) Git
2 1 (0.18%) GitLab
2 1 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 332 (61.25%) Social Skills
2 109 (20.11%) Finance
3 79 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (13.84%) Influencing Skills
5 59 (10.89%) Presentation Skills
6 53 (9.78%) Public Sector
7 47 (8.67%) Law
8 21 (3.87%) Legal
9 17 (3.14%) Retail
10 15 (2.77%) Mandarin Language
10 15 (2.77%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.40%) Banking
12 8 (1.48%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (1.48%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.11%) Marketing
13 6 (1.11%) Publishing
14 4 (0.74%) Automotive
14 4 (0.74%) Billing
14 4 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (12.73%) Analyst
2 47 (8.67%) Penetration Tester
2 47 (8.67%) Security Penetration Tester
2 47 (8.67%) Security Specialist
2 47 (8.67%) Security Tester
2 47 (8.67%) Tester
2 47 (8.67%) Testing Specialist
3 44 (8.12%) Administrator
4 39 (7.20%) Project Manager
5 30 (5.54%) Support Engineer
6 26 (4.80%) Senior
7 23 (4.24%) Desktop Support
8 22 (4.06%) Desktop Engineer
8 22 (4.06%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 22 (4.06%) Lead
9 18 (3.32%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
9 18 (3.32%) Hardware Engineer
10 14 (2.58%) Coordinator
10 14 (2.58%) Service Analyst
10 14 (2.58%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (8.67%) Web Services
2 3 (0.55%) HTML
3 2 (0.37%) .NET
3 2 (0.37%) XML
4 1 (0.18%) Ajax
4 1 (0.18%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.18%) Blazor
4 1 (0.18%) CSS
4 1 (0.18%) Flash
4 1 (0.18%) Flutter
4 1 (0.18%) jQuery
4 1 (0.18%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.18%) POSIX
4 1 (0.18%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.18%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.04%) Driving Licence
1 49 (9.04%) Mobile App
2 23 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (3.87%) Management Information System
4 18 (3.32%) Private Cloud
5 11 (2.03%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.85%) Video Editing
7 9 (1.66%) NHS
8 8 (1.48%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.29%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.11%) Freedom of Information
10 6 (1.11%) PMI
11 5 (0.92%) CCTV
11 5 (0.92%) Onboarding
11 5 (0.92%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.74%) CMDB
13 3 (0.55%) Blog
13 3 (0.55%) e-Learning
13 3 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 109 (20.11%) Windows
2 74 (13.65%) Windows 10
3 37 (6.83%) Windows 7
4 32 (5.90%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.66%) Android
6 8 (1.48%) Unix
7 7 (1.29%) Linux
8 6 (1.11%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.55%) Windows Server
10 2 (0.37%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.18%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.18%) Solaris
11 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (28.41%) Project Management
2 122 (22.51%) Problem-Solving
3 98 (18.08%) Time Management
4 97 (17.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 76 (14.02%) Customer Service
6 73 (13.47%) ITIL
7 66 (12.18%) Agile
8 57 (10.52%) Cybersecurity
9 54 (9.96%) Business Strategy
10 48 (8.86%) Decision-Making
11 47 (8.67%) Application Security
11 47 (8.67%) Business Development
11 47 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (8.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 47 (8.67%) OWASP
11 47 (8.67%) Penetration Testing
11 47 (8.67%) Security Testing
12 40 (7.38%) Risk Management
13 36 (6.64%) PRINCE2
14 33 (6.09%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (2.77%) Python
2 9 (1.66%) SQL
3 6 (1.11%) JavaScript
4 5 (0.92%) PowerShell
5 3 (0.55%) Java
5 3 (0.55%) Perl
6 2 (0.37%) C#
7 1 (0.18%) Dart
7 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 149 (27.49%) Security Cleared
2 79 (14.58%) Degree
3 68 (12.55%) DV Cleared
4 47 (8.67%) CREST Certified
4 47 (8.67%) GIAC
4 47 (8.67%) GPEN
4 47 (8.67%) OSCP
4 47 (8.67%) SANS
5 29 (5.35%) SC Cleared
6 9 (1.66%) CCNP
6 9 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.48%) CISM
8 7 (1.29%) HNC
8 7 (1.29%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.29%) PMP
9 6 (1.11%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.11%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.11%) NVQ Level 3
10 4 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (11.44%) GDPR
2 47 (8.67%) NCSC
2 47 (8.67%) PCI DSS
3 43 (7.93%) PMO
4 22 (4.06%) QA
5 18 (3.32%) Government Security Classifications
6 17 (3.14%) SLA
7 8 (1.48%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.48%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.55%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.55%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.55%) NIST
9 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.18%) GxP
10 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.18%) RMADS
System Software
1 38 (7.01%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.32%) Firmware
3 7 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.29%) VMware NSX
4 6 (1.11%) BitLocker
5 4 (0.74%) vSphere
6 3 (0.55%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.37%) NFS
8 1 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.18%) Docker
8 1 (0.18%) GPFS
8 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (7.56%) SCCM
2 7 (1.29%) Nessus
2 7 (1.29%) SCOM
3 4 (0.74%) vCenter Server
3 4 (0.74%) VxRail
4 3 (0.55%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.55%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.37%) Ansible
5 2 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.37%) Netcool
5 2 (0.37%) Rundeck
5 2 (0.37%) Terraform
6 1 (0.18%) AppManager
6 1 (0.18%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.18%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 150 (27.68%) Microsoft
2 47 (8.67%) Virgin Media
3 38 (7.01%) HP
4 31 (5.72%) SAP
5 29 (5.35%) Apple
6 19 (3.51%) Atlassian
6 19 (3.51%) Oracle
7 14 (2.58%) Cisco
8 12 (2.21%) VMware
9 11 (2.03%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.48%) ScienceLogic
11 7 (1.29%) Dell
11 7 (1.29%) Juniper
11 7 (1.29%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.74%) Splunk
12 4 (0.74%) Workday
13 3 (0.55%) IBM
13 3 (0.55%) IFS
13 3 (0.55%) PeopleSoft
13 3 (0.55%) Sage