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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 86 145
Rank change year-on-year +6 +59 +4
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 389 478 391
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.01% 2.31% 1.71%
As % of the General category 4.81% 4.28% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 257 267
10th Percentile £163 £159 £175
25th Percentile £238 £213 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £415 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.64% -2.35% -
75th Percentile £500 £500 £538
90th Percentile £575 £618 £638
UK median daily rate £450 £438 £464
% change year-on-year +2.86% -5.61% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 130 30
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.77 £13.28
25th Percentile £13.08 £13.31 £14.31
Median hourly rate £19.16 £18.35 £20.99
Median % change year-on-year +4.39% -12.56% -11.64%
75th Percentile £28.40 £38.12 £53.08
90th Percentile £33.85 - £56.70
UK median hourly rate £16.67 £19.48 £22.16
% change year-on-year -14.44% -12.11% -14.77%

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 8,093 11,159 12,835
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 62.62% 53.91% 56.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,971 6,338 8,707
10th Percentile £210 £206 £230
25th Percentile £360 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 604 1,687 730
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 £13.31
25th Percentile £15.64 £15.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £24.34 £28.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year -13.07% +0.57% +42.77%
75th Percentile £52.38 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.38 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £27.76 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.47% -7.69% +44.44%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +53 136 £380 +44.76% 871
Midlands +35 76 £338 -15.63% 494
North of England -6 57 £388 -2.52% 657
West Midlands +37 55 £319 -36.25% 269
Scotland -18 50 £375 - 122
South West +21 30 £500 +5.26% 286
North West -2 30 £358 +2.29% 336
East of England -19 25 £400 - 377
Yorkshire +16 20 £400 - 241
East Midlands +11 20 £391 -1.14% 196
Wales +8 10 £331 +128.39% 73
North East -3 7 - - 83
Northern Ireland -18 5 £373 -14.37% 47
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 31 (7.97%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.77%) ArcGIS
2 3 (0.77%) Confluence
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.26%) Apache
4 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.26%) CICS
4 1 (0.26%) CMS
4 1 (0.26%) Drupal
4 1 (0.26%) IBM Notes
4 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.26%) WebLogic
Applications
1 52 (13.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (11.05%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (7.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (5.66%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.29%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.26%) CATIA
7 1 (0.26%) SPSS
7 1 (0.26%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (2.31%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 9 (2.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.80%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.26%) Primavera
5 1 (0.26%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 32 (8.23%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (5.40%) Azure
3 12 (3.08%) Entra ID
4 8 (2.06%) Power Platform
5 7 (1.80%) Google Workspace
5 7 (1.80%) Yammer
6 5 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.03%) AWS
8 3 (0.77%) Asana
9 2 (0.51%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.51%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.51%) SaaS
10 1 (0.26%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.26%) Amazon SQS
10 1 (0.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.26%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.26%) OCI
10 1 (0.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.80%) VPN
2 6 (1.54%) Wireless
3 4 (1.03%) Network Security
3 4 (1.03%) SAN
3 4 (1.03%) Skype
4 2 (0.51%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.51%) WAN
5 1 (0.26%) DHCP
5 1 (0.26%) DNS
5 1 (0.26%) Firewall
5 1 (0.26%) FTP
5 1 (0.26%) Internet
5 1 (0.26%) Intranet
5 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.54%) Power BI
2 5 (1.29%) GIS
2 5 (1.29%) Oracle Database
2 5 (1.29%) Relational Database
2 5 (1.29%) Tableau
3 4 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.77%) Big Data
4 3 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (0.77%) Metadata
4 3 (0.77%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.51%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.51%) MS Access
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.51%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.26%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.26%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.26%) HBase
6 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (2.57%) JIRA
2 3 (0.77%) Git
2 3 (0.77%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.51%) GDB
4 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.26%) ERwin
4 1 (0.26%) GoCD
4 1 (0.26%) Postman
4 1 (0.26%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.26%) Selenium
4 1 (0.26%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 233 (59.90%) Social Skills
2 75 (19.28%) Finance
3 60 (15.42%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.00%) Public Sector
5 19 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (4.37%) Manufacturing
7 16 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.34%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.83%) Banking
10 10 (2.57%) Legal
11 9 (2.31%) Marketing
12 8 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (1.80%) Automotive
14 6 (1.54%) Publishing
14 6 (1.54%) Retail Banking
15 5 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.29%) Local Government
15 5 (1.29%) Retail
16 4 (1.03%) Investment Banking
16 4 (1.03%) Law
Job Titles
1 53 (13.62%) Analyst
2 38 (9.77%) Project Manager
3 24 (6.17%) Administrator
4 18 (4.63%) IT Support
5 16 (4.11%) Senior
5 16 (4.11%) Support Officer
6 15 (3.86%) Coordinator
6 15 (3.86%) Service Manager
7 13 (3.34%) Lead
8 11 (2.83%) Data Analyst
9 9 (2.31%) Business Analyst
9 9 (2.31%) Security Manager
10 8 (2.06%) 1st Line Support
10 8 (2.06%) Change Analyst
10 8 (2.06%) SAP Manager
11 7 (1.80%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 7 (1.80%) Project Coordinator
11 7 (1.80%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
11 7 (1.80%) Security Project Manager
12 6 (1.54%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.51%) GeoJSON
1 2 (0.51%) Kafka
1 2 (0.51%) KML
1 2 (0.51%) LDAP
1 2 (0.51%) Web Services
2 1 (0.26%) CSS
2 1 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.26%) HTML
2 1 (0.26%) ISPF
2 1 (0.26%) Loki
2 1 (0.26%) Middleware
2 1 (0.26%) Mustache
2 1 (0.26%) Node.js
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.26%) React
2 1 (0.26%) REST
2 1 (0.26%) SAML
2 1 (0.26%) Spring
2 1 (0.26%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.63%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.11%) Onboarding
3 11 (2.83%) Data Protection Act
4 10 (2.57%) Life Science
4 10 (2.57%) PMI
4 10 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.31%) Renewable Energy
6 7 (1.80%) Algorithms
6 7 (1.80%) CMDB
6 7 (1.80%) NHS
6 7 (1.80%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.03%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.03%) Molecular Biology
9 4 (1.03%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.77%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.77%) e-Learning
10 3 (0.77%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 33 (8.48%) Windows
2 17 (4.37%) Linux
3 11 (2.83%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.80%) Android
4 7 (1.80%) Unix
5 5 (1.29%) AIX
6 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (20.82%) Computer Science
2 72 (18.51%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (17.22%) Project Management
4 51 (13.11%) Collaborative Working
5 44 (11.31%) Change Management
6 43 (11.05%) Stakeholder Management
7 38 (9.77%) Agile
8 36 (9.25%) Time Management
9 35 (9.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 33 (8.48%) ITIL
11 31 (7.97%) Data Analysis
12 30 (7.71%) Customer Service
13 27 (6.94%) Service Management
14 24 (6.17%) Cybersecurity
14 24 (6.17%) Migration
14 24 (6.17%) PRINCE2
15 23 (5.91%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (5.66%) Decision-Making
17 21 (5.40%) ITSM
18 20 (5.14%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.57%) SQL
2 9 (2.31%) Python
3 3 (0.77%) Java
4 1 (0.26%) C#
4 1 (0.26%) C++
4 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.26%) JCL
4 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.26%) Scala
4 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 68 (17.48%) DBS Check
2 63 (16.20%) Degree
3 44 (11.31%) Security Cleared
4 30 (7.71%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.83%) PMI Certification
8 9 (2.31%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.31%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (1.29%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.29%) Postgraduate
10 3 (0.77%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.51%) IIBA
11 2 (0.51%) PMP
12 1 (0.26%) CISM
12 1 (0.26%) CISSP
12 1 (0.26%) HNC
12 1 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.43%) SLA
2 24 (6.17%) PMO
3 19 (4.88%) GDPR
4 11 (2.83%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.31%) QA
6 7 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.03%) PMBOK
8 3 (0.77%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.77%) GRC
8 3 (0.77%) P3O
9 2 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.51%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.51%) NIST
10 1 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.26%) NCSC
10 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.26%) PERC
10 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (2.83%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.03%) Docker
4 2 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.26%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.26%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (1.54%) SmoothWall
2 5 (1.29%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.03%) Tivoli
3 4 (1.03%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (0.26%) Ansible
4 1 (0.26%) CA Endevor
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
4 1 (0.26%) Hadoop YARN
4 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 93 (23.91%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.91%) SAP
3 15 (3.86%) VMware
4 12 (3.08%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.31%) Cisco
5 9 (2.31%) Oracle
6 8 (2.06%) Google
7 7 (1.80%) IBM
7 7 (1.80%) Remedy
8 6 (1.54%) HP
9 5 (1.29%) Citrix
9 5 (1.29%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.29%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.29%) Veeam
10 4 (1.03%) BMC
10 4 (1.03%) BT
11 2 (0.51%) Ariba
11 2 (0.51%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.51%) Concur
12 1 (0.26%) Workday