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 in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Organisational Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 78 150
Rank change year-on-year -15 +72 -4
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 344 521 419
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.69% 2.51% 1.74%
As % of the General category 4.33% 4.58% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 257 288
10th Percentile £163 £170 £179
25th Percentile £250 £213 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £538
90th Percentile £588 £610 £627
UK median daily rate £475 £433 £450
% change year-on-year +9.83% -3.89% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 132 30
10th Percentile £12.66 £11.77 £13.28
25th Percentile £13.08 £13.42 £14.38
Median hourly rate £17.33 £18.00 £24.11
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% -25.34% -7.27%
75th Percentile £28.38 £38.12 £53.08
90th Percentile £33.75 - £56.73
UK median hourly rate £15.84 £18.35 £25.00
% change year-on-year -13.68% -26.60% -9.09%

All General Skills
UK excluding 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 common skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 7,944 11,365 13,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 62.23% 54.72% 56.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,914 6,491 9,285
10th Percentile £213 £205 £228
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £597 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £693
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 586 1,652 782
10th Percentile £13.88 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.00 £16.54
Median hourly rate £24.71 £28.42 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -13.05% -6.94% +65.08%
75th Percentile £55.76 £52.84 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £69.95
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 +11 109 £313 +45.35% 275
Midlands +30 65 £403 -10.56% 164
North of England +2 53 £358 +2.29% 221
Scotland -17 52 £425 +2.41% 40
West Midlands +24 46 £350 -30.00% 104
South West +21 31 £500 +5.26% 111
North West +2 25 £344 -1.86% 129
Yorkshire +9 22 £394 +36.96% 75
East of England -26 20 £450 +50.00% 106
East Midlands +9 16 £403 -5.29% 52
Wales +5 10 £331 +128.39% 35
North East -4 6 £575 +15.00% 20
Northern Ireland -15 4 £400 -8.05% 11
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 27 (7.85%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.87%) Confluence
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.29%) Apache
4 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.29%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.29%) CICS
4 1 (0.29%) CMS
4 1 (0.29%) Drupal
4 1 (0.29%) IBM Notes
4 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.29%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 51 (14.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (11.34%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (8.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (6.69%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.74%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.45%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.29%) CATIA
7 1 (0.29%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.03%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (2.03%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 3 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.29%) ContrOCC
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.29%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 27 (7.85%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (4.36%) Azure
3 8 (2.33%) Yammer
4 6 (1.74%) Entra ID
4 6 (1.74%) Google Workspace
4 6 (1.74%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.58%) SaaS
7 1 (0.29%) Asana
7 1 (0.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.29%) Google Sheets
7 1 (0.29%) IaaS
7 1 (0.29%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.29%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.29%) PaaS
7 1 (0.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.03%) VPN
2 5 (1.45%) Wireless
3 4 (1.16%) Network Security
3 4 (1.16%) SAN
3 4 (1.16%) Skype
4 2 (0.58%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.58%) WAN
4 2 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.29%) DHCP
5 1 (0.29%) DNS
5 1 (0.29%) Internet
5 1 (0.29%) Intranet
5 1 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.74%) Power BI
2 4 (1.16%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.87%) Big Data
3 3 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.87%) GIS
3 3 (0.87%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.87%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.87%) Tableau
4 2 (0.58%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.58%) MS Access
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.29%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.29%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.29%) HBase
5 1 (0.29%) Looker
5 1 (0.29%) Metadata
5 1 (0.29%) OLAP
5 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (2.33%) JIRA
2 2 (0.58%) Git
2 2 (0.58%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.29%) ERwin
3 1 (0.29%) GoCD
3 1 (0.29%) Postman
3 1 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.29%) Selenium
3 1 (0.29%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 210 (61.05%) Social Skills
2 75 (21.80%) Finance
3 67 (19.48%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (9.59%) Public Sector
5 21 (6.10%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (4.07%) Manufacturing
7 12 (3.49%) Legal
8 9 (2.62%) Marketing
8 9 (2.62%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (2.03%) Banking
10 7 (2.03%) Law
11 6 (1.74%) Automotive
12 5 (1.45%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.45%) Local Government
13 4 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.16%) Publishing
14 3 (0.87%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.87%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 50 (14.53%) Analyst
2 41 (11.92%) Project Manager
3 20 (5.81%) Administrator
4 17 (4.94%) Senior
5 15 (4.36%) Service Manager
5 15 (4.36%) Support Officer
6 12 (3.49%) IT Support
7 11 (3.20%) Business Analyst
8 10 (2.91%) Coordinator
9 9 (2.62%) Change Analyst
10 8 (2.33%) Lead
10 8 (2.33%) Security Manager
11 7 (2.03%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 7 (2.03%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
11 7 (2.03%) Security Project Manager
12 6 (1.74%) Data Analyst
12 6 (1.74%) Junior
12 6 (1.74%) Project Coordinator
12 6 (1.74%) SAP Manager
12 6 (1.74%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.58%) LDAP
2 2 (0.58%) Middleware
3 1 (0.29%) CSS
3 1 (0.29%) HTML
3 1 (0.29%) ISPF
3 1 (0.29%) Kafka
3 1 (0.29%) Loki
3 1 (0.29%) SAML
3 1 (0.29%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.29%) SAPUI5
3 1 (0.29%) Web Services
3 1 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.65%) Management Information System
2 11 (3.20%) Data Protection Act
2 11 (3.20%) PMI
3 8 (2.33%) Algorithms
3 8 (2.33%) Life Science
3 8 (2.33%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.03%) Operational Technology
4 7 (2.03%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (1.74%) CMDB
5 6 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (1.74%) NHS
5 6 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.45%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.16%) e-Learning
7 4 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.16%) Molecular Biology
8 3 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.58%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.58%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 30 (8.72%) Windows
2 19 (5.52%) Linux
3 9 (2.62%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.74%) Android
4 6 (1.74%) Unix
5 5 (1.45%) AIX
6 3 (0.87%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (21.22%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (20.93%) Project Management
3 60 (17.44%) Computer Science
4 52 (15.12%) Collaborative Working
5 44 (12.79%) Change Management
5 44 (12.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 40 (11.63%) Agile
7 37 (10.76%) Time Management
8 31 (9.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 30 (8.72%) ITIL
10 28 (8.14%) Data Analysis
10 28 (8.14%) Service Management
11 26 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (6.98%) Customer Service
13 23 (6.69%) Cybersecurity
13 23 (6.69%) PRINCE2
13 23 (6.69%) Project Planning
14 20 (5.81%) Decision-Making
14 20 (5.81%) ITSM
15 17 (4.94%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.91%) SQL
2 9 (2.62%) Python
3 2 (0.58%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.29%) ABAP
4 1 (0.29%) Bash
4 1 (0.29%) C#
4 1 (0.29%) C++
4 1 (0.29%) Java
4 1 (0.29%) JCL
4 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.29%) R
4 1 (0.29%) Scala
4 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 61 (17.73%) Degree
2 49 (14.24%) DBS Check
3 38 (11.05%) Security Cleared
4 25 (7.27%) SC Cleared
5 16 (4.65%) PMI Certification
6 11 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.62%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (2.33%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.74%) PMP
10 5 (1.45%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.45%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.58%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.58%) IIBA
12 1 (0.29%) ACCA
12 1 (0.29%) CIMA
12 1 (0.29%) CISM
12 1 (0.29%) CISSP
12 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.27%) SLA
2 24 (6.98%) PMO
3 18 (5.23%) GDPR
4 10 (2.91%) QA
5 7 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.74%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.74%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.16%) PMBOK
8 3 (0.87%) P3O
9 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.58%) GRC
9 2 (0.58%) NIST
10 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.29%) NCSC
10 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.29%) PERC
10 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.45%) Docker
3 4 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.29%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.29%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (1.74%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.45%) SmoothWall
3 4 (1.16%) Tivoli
3 4 (1.16%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (0.29%) Ansible
4 1 (0.29%) CA Endevor
4 1 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.29%) Grafana
4 1 (0.29%) Hadoop YARN
4 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 83 (24.13%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.23%) SAP
3 13 (3.78%) VMware
4 12 (3.49%) Oracle
5 9 (2.62%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.33%) Cisco
7 7 (2.03%) Google
7 7 (2.03%) Remedy
7 7 (2.03%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.74%) IBM
9 5 (1.45%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.45%) HP
9 5 (1.45%) Veeam
10 4 (1.16%) BMC
10 4 (1.16%) BT
11 3 (0.87%) Citrix
12 2 (0.58%) Ariba
12 2 (0.58%) Concur
13 1 (0.29%) Dynatrace
13 1 (0.29%) Equitrac