Organisational Skills Contract Job Trends

Organisational Skills
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Organisational Skills in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Organisational Skills over the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 190 150
Rank change year-on-year +54 -40 +76
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 751 480 827
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.13% 1.31% 1.75%
As % of the General category 3.38% 2.22% 2.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 267 446
10th Percentile £177 £185 £205
25th Percentile £280 £320 £265
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £480 £425
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +12.94% -8.60%
75th Percentile £538 £594 £550
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £403 £375
% change year-on-year -6.83% +7.33% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 27 74
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.25 £13.29
25th Percentile £15.74 £14.07 £15.29
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.56 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year -11.35% -17.21% -7.63%
75th Percentile £31.41 £29.38 £45.24
90th Percentile £45.80 £51.50 £57.33
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.50 £22.56 £21.05
% change year-on-year -18.00% +7.17% -35.23%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 22,236 21,579 28,057
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 62.97% 59.00% 59.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,919 12,731 18,741
10th Percentile £270 £290 £285
25th Percentile £400 £410 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £649 £651
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,443 811 1,137
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.62 £17.10 £16.92
Median hourly rate £24.09 £29.50 £30.83
Median % change year-on-year -18.34% -4.30% +23.30%
75th Percentile £44.87 £55.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £68.57 £70.00 £70.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £27.13 £27.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% -1.36% +25.00%

Organisational Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Organisational Skills job vacancy trend in the UK

Organisational Skills
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Organisational Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Organisational Skills

Organisational Skills
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Organisational Skills over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Organisational Skills in the UK

Organisational Skills
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Organisational Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Organisational Skills

Organisational Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Organisational Skills over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Organisational Skills in the UK

Organisational Skills
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 16 November 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
England +57 641 £443 -11.50% 999
UK excluding London +48 484 £375 -6.83% 791
London +31 208 £475 -13.64% 324
Work from Home +15 165 £425 -15.00% 390
South East +43 140 £450 +12.50% 303
North of England -2 82 £440 +14.29% 126
South West +50 72 £226 -57.71% 77
Midlands -8 65 £363 -3.33% 136
East of England +19 57 £553 +38.25% 89
North West +6 46 £413 +26.92% 72
West Midlands -10 40 £363 -3.33% 95
Scotland -10 35 £375 - 42
Yorkshire -40 28 £440 +2.33% 39
East Midlands +6 25 £299 -6.26% 40
Northern Ireland +6 21 £350 -33.33% 11
Wales +9 16 £240 +33.33% 23
North East -4 8 £473 -19.57% 15

Organisational Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 61 (8.12%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.73%) Confluence
3 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.93%) CMS
5 6 (0.80%) SAS
6 5 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.40%) Moodle
8 1 (0.13%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 140 (18.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 117 (15.58%) Microsoft Office
3 64 (8.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (3.99%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (2.40%) MS Visio
6 15 (2.00%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (0.40%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.13%) CATIA
9 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.13%) InDesign
9 1 (0.13%) MadCap Flare
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.13%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.13%) Trello
9 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
1 5 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.53%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 3 (0.40%) Shopify
3 3 (0.40%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.27%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.27%) HFM
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.27%) Workfront
5 1 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Primavera
5 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 44 (5.86%) Power Platform
2 42 (5.59%) Azure
3 33 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (2.40%) AWS
5 16 (2.13%) Google Workspace
6 12 (1.60%) SaaS
7 9 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (1.07%) Entra ID
9 6 (0.80%) PowerApps
10 5 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (0.67%) OneDrive
10 5 (0.67%) Smartsheet
11 4 (0.53%) Lucidchart
11 4 (0.53%) Viva Engage
12 3 (0.40%) Figma
12 3 (0.40%) GitHub
12 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.40%) OCI
12 3 (0.40%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.46%) Firewall
2 10 (1.33%) TCP/IP
3 9 (1.20%) DNS
4 8 (1.07%) VPN
5 7 (0.93%) Internet
6 6 (0.80%) DHCP
6 6 (0.80%) LAN
6 6 (0.80%) WAN
6 6 (0.80%) Wireless
7 5 (0.67%) Network Security
7 5 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.40%) Broadband
8 3 (0.40%) MPLS
9 2 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.27%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.27%) VLAN
10 1 (0.13%) MQTT
10 1 (0.13%) Multicast
10 1 (0.13%) UWB
10 1 (0.13%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.46%) Power BI
2 8 (1.07%) Relational Database
3 7 (0.93%) Metadata
4 6 (0.80%) Star Schema
5 5 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.67%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.67%) Tableau
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.27%) Big Data
7 2 (0.27%) Data Mart
7 2 (0.27%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.27%) EDMS
7 2 (0.27%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.27%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (0.27%) GIS
7 2 (0.27%) MySQL
7 2 (0.27%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.27%) Tick Data
8 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.13%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 64 (8.52%) JIRA
2 7 (0.93%) Git
3 6 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.27%) Maven
6 1 (0.13%) GitLab
6 1 (0.13%) Postman
6 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.13%) Subversion
6 1 (0.13%) TestRail
General
1 505 (67.24%) Social Skills
2 205 (27.30%) Finance
3 130 (17.31%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (7.99%) Public Sector
5 46 (6.13%) Banking
6 39 (5.19%) Retail
7 35 (4.66%) Marketing
8 32 (4.26%) Manufacturing
9 30 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (3.20%) Legal
11 23 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
12 19 (2.53%) Telecoms
13 16 (2.13%) Investment Banking
14 14 (1.86%) Aerospace
14 14 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (1.73%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.60%) Billing
17 10 (1.33%) Local Government
18 9 (1.20%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 124 (16.51%) Analyst
2 78 (10.39%) Project Manager
3 62 (8.26%) IT Support
4 54 (7.19%) Administrator
5 41 (5.46%) Lead
6 36 (4.79%) Coordinator
6 36 (4.79%) Senior
7 32 (4.26%) Business Analyst
7 32 (4.26%) Support Officer
8 27 (3.60%) Support Engineer
9 24 (3.20%) Junior
9 24 (3.20%) Technical Support
10 19 (2.53%) IT Analyst
11 18 (2.40%) Data Analyst
11 18 (2.40%) IT Engineer
12 15 (2.00%) 1st Line Support
12 15 (2.00%) IT Support Engineer
12 15 (2.00%) Service Analyst
12 15 (2.00%) Technical Engineer
12 15 (2.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.80%) HTML
1 6 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
2 5 (0.67%) Spring
3 3 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.27%) ADO
4 2 (0.27%) CSS
4 2 (0.27%) Node.js
4 2 (0.27%) REST
4 2 (0.27%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.27%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.27%) VML
5 1 (0.13%) .NET
5 1 (0.13%) EDI
5 1 (0.13%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.13%) Middleware
5 1 (0.13%) React
5 1 (0.13%) SOAP
5 1 (0.13%) Web Services
5 1 (0.13%) XML
5 1 (0.13%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.19%) Onboarding
2 38 (5.06%) Management Information System
3 22 (2.93%) Driving Licence
4 21 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (2.40%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.13%) Security Posture
7 15 (2.00%) Data Centre
7 15 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (2.00%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.46%) Mobile App
8 11 (1.46%) NHS
9 8 (1.07%) Life Science
10 7 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (0.93%) CMDB
10 7 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (0.93%) Social Media
11 6 (0.80%) Credit Risk
11 6 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (0.80%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 57 (7.59%) Windows
2 18 (2.40%) Linux
3 17 (2.26%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.93%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.27%) Unix
5 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.13%) Android
6 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.13%) VMS
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
2 138 (18.38%) Project Management
3 120 (15.98%) Agile
4 112 (14.91%) Time Management
5 102 (13.58%) Stakeholder Management
6 78 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 77 (10.25%) Customer Service
8 74 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 62 (8.26%) Project Delivery
10 60 (7.99%) Migration
10 60 (7.99%) Risk Management
11 59 (7.86%) Collaborative Working
12 54 (7.19%) Computer Science
13 52 (6.92%) PRINCE2
14 51 (6.79%) Business Intelligence
15 50 (6.66%) Asset Management
15 50 (6.66%) Change Management
16 48 (6.39%) Cybersecurity
16 48 (6.39%) Decision-Making
16 48 (6.39%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 31 (4.13%) SQL
2 29 (3.86%) Python
3 14 (1.86%) Java
4 6 (0.80%) JavaScript
4 6 (0.80%) R
5 4 (0.53%) Apex Code
5 4 (0.53%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.13%) C
7 1 (0.13%) C#
7 1 (0.13%) C++
7 1 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.13%) Jython
7 1 (0.13%) Korn
7 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.13%) VBA
7 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 101 (13.45%) Security Cleared
2 94 (12.52%) SC Cleared
3 93 (12.38%) Degree
4 25 (3.33%) PMP
5 24 (3.20%) DBS Check
6 22 (2.93%) PMI Certification
7 20 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (2.66%) Master's Degree
8 18 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 8 (1.07%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.93%) HND
12 6 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.67%) CTC Cleared
13 5 (0.67%) HNC
14 4 (0.53%) A+ Certification
14 4 (0.53%) CCNP
14 4 (0.53%) CISSP
14 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.99%) PMO
2 29 (3.86%) QA
3 23 (3.06%) Data Quality
3 23 (3.06%) GDPR
3 23 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (2.13%) SLA
5 12 (1.60%) GRC
6 11 (1.46%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.46%) NIST
7 10 (1.33%) Def Stans
8 6 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.80%) Disclosure Scotland
9 5 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.40%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.40%) P3O
11 2 (0.27%) COBIT
11 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.27%) PMBOK
12 1 (0.13%) GxP
12 1 (0.13%) MiFID
System Software
1 23 (3.06%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.40%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.27%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.27%) Docker
5 2 (0.27%) Firmware
5 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.07%) SCCM
3 4 (0.53%) Ansible
4 2 (0.27%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.27%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.27%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 205 (27.30%) Microsoft
2 41 (5.46%) SAP
3 35 (4.66%) ServiceNow
4 31 (4.13%) Salesforce
5 18 (2.40%) Oracle
6 13 (1.73%) Google
7 9 (1.20%) Adobe
7 9 (1.20%) Cisco
7 9 (1.20%) HP
7 9 (1.20%) Workday
8 7 (0.93%) Datto
9 6 (0.80%) Atlassian
9 6 (0.80%) Palo Alto
9 6 (0.80%) VMware
10 5 (0.67%) CheckPoint
10 5 (0.67%) Citrix
10 5 (0.67%) IFS
10 5 (0.67%) Snow
11 4 (0.53%) Computacenter
11 4 (0.53%) HubSpot