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 17 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 134 181
Rank change year-on-year +12 +47 -14
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,177 687 536
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.20% 2.08% 1.38%
As % of the General category 4.00% 3.27% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 341 330
10th Percentile £185 £185 £163
25th Percentile £263 £290 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £525
90th Percentile £625 £700 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £373 £398
% change year-on-year +7.38% -6.29% -6.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 90 78
10th Percentile £13.87 £13.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.85 £14.84 £20.50
Median hourly rate £23.10 £19.90 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +16.06% -47.80% +64.17%
75th Percentile £43.96 £27.04 -
90th Percentile - £38.98 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £19.90 £38.12
% change year-on-year +50.75% -47.80% +81.31%

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 general skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 29,460 20,999 22,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.06% 63.44% 57.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,463 13,057 13,972
10th Percentile £313 £275 £290
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £749 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,151 1,349
10th Percentile £13.98 £13.25 £14.06
25th Percentile £17.25 £16.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.56 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +25.47% -34.02% +38.62%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £58.49
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.50 £70.04
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £22.14 £38.12
% change year-on-year +46.79% -41.92% +52.48%

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 17 August 2026.

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 17 August 2026.

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 17 August 2026. 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 +18 1,021 £419 -1.47% 1,758
UK excluding London -5 727 £400 +7.38% 1,472
Work from Home +66 402 £419 -6.94% 597
London +31 383 £450 -10.00% 506
North of England +10 182 £400 - 349
South East -48 156 £418 +7.17% 446
Midlands -18 121 £375 +15.38% 262
South West +33 112 £305 -21.86% 155
West Midlands -29 80 £425 +30.77% 135
Yorkshire +12 77 £358 -20.44% 124
North West -5 75 £494 +37.92% 180
Scotland +16 66 £425 -5.56% 69
East of England -3 54 £354 +23.04% 150
East Midlands -3 40 £275 +30.33% 126
North East -18 30 £488 +3.17% 51
Northern Ireland +20 26 £225 -37.72% 25
Wales -15 13 - - 42

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 76 (6.46%) SharePoint
2 42 (3.57%) Confluence
3 31 (2.63%) CMS
4 15 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.59%) Drupal
6 6 (0.51%) WordPress
7 5 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.17%) Apache
9 2 (0.17%) IIS
10 1 (0.085%) Camunda
10 1 (0.085%) CICS
10 1 (0.085%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.085%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.085%) Tuxedo
10 1 (0.085%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.085%) WebLogic
Applications
1 235 (19.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 182 (15.46%) Microsoft Office
3 97 (8.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 61 (5.18%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (2.04%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (1.10%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.51%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.42%) InDesign
9 4 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.25%) Trello
11 1 (0.085%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.085%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.085%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.085%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.085%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (1.10%) Magento
2 7 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.34%) HFM
4 4 (0.34%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.25%) Primavera
5 3 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.25%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.17%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.17%) Shopify
7 1 (0.085%) Actimize
7 1 (0.085%) Changepoint
7 1 (0.085%) iTrent
7 1 (0.085%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.085%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.085%) Orchard Housing
7 1 (0.085%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.085%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 91 (7.73%) Azure
2 83 (7.05%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (5.01%) AWS
4 56 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 33 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
6 23 (1.95%) SaaS
7 20 (1.70%) GCP
7 20 (1.70%) Google Workspace
8 14 (1.19%) Entra ID
8 14 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
9 11 (0.93%) Google Sheets
10 9 (0.76%) OpenShift
11 8 (0.68%) GitHub
11 8 (0.68%) OCI
12 7 (0.59%) Slack
13 6 (0.51%) Google Analytics
13 6 (0.51%) OneDrive
14 5 (0.42%) Canva
14 5 (0.42%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.95%) LAN
2 13 (1.10%) Firewall
2 13 (1.10%) WAN
3 12 (1.02%) DNS
3 12 (1.02%) Network Security
4 8 (0.68%) MPLS
5 7 (0.59%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (0.51%) VLAN
6 6 (0.51%) VPN
7 5 (0.42%) DHCP
7 5 (0.42%) Intranet
7 5 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (0.42%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.34%) Broadband
8 4 (0.34%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.34%) VoIP
9 3 (0.25%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.25%) SAN
9 3 (0.25%) SMS
9 3 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.76%) Power BI
2 18 (1.53%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.68%) Tableau
5 7 (0.59%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.42%) Metadata
7 4 (0.34%) MySQL
7 4 (0.34%) Power Query
7 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.25%) Big Data
8 3 (0.25%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.17%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.17%) ClickHouse
9 2 (0.17%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.17%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.17%) MS Access
9 2 (0.17%) PowerPivot
10 1 (0.085%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.085%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 94 (7.99%) JIRA
2 26 (2.21%) Jenkins
3 24 (2.04%) Git
4 10 (0.85%) Cucumber
4 10 (0.85%) Selenium
5 9 (0.76%) JMeter
5 9 (0.76%) JUnit
5 9 (0.76%) WebDriver
6 8 (0.68%) Subversion
7 7 (0.59%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.59%) Gradle
8 5 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.25%) GitLab
9 3 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.17%) Gemini Tracker
10 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.17%) Vite
11 1 (0.085%) Postman
11 1 (0.085%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 810 (68.82%) Social Skills
2 411 (34.92%) Finance
3 230 (19.54%) Analytical Skills
4 165 (14.02%) Legal
5 122 (10.37%) Public Sector
6 65 (5.52%) Retail
7 59 (5.01%) Marketing
8 58 (4.93%) Banking
9 37 (3.14%) Documentation Skills
10 36 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
11 35 (2.97%) Manufacturing
12 33 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (2.72%) Local Government
14 28 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 25 (2.12%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.53%) Investment Banking
17 16 (1.36%) Military
18 14 (1.19%) Advertising
19 13 (1.10%) Financial Institution
19 13 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 135 (11.47%) Analyst
2 108 (9.18%) Administrator
3 101 (8.58%) Project Manager
4 72 (6.12%) Lead
5 64 (5.44%) Support Officer
6 60 (5.10%) Senior
7 56 (4.76%) Coordinator
8 50 (4.25%) Project Officer
9 44 (3.74%) Project Support Officer
10 37 (3.14%) Business Analyst
11 28 (2.38%) IT Manager
12 27 (2.29%) IT Support
13 25 (2.12%) Project Coordinator
13 25 (2.12%) Support Engineer
14 24 (2.04%) Junior
15 21 (1.78%) Delivery Manager
16 20 (1.70%) PMO Analyst
16 20 (1.70%) Senior Manager
16 20 (1.70%) Senior Project Manager
17 19 (1.61%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.87%) HTML
2 17 (1.44%) CSS
2 17 (1.44%) Spring
3 13 (1.10%) VML
4 11 (0.93%) Kafka
4 11 (0.93%) Middleware
4 11 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
4 11 (0.93%) XML
5 10 (0.85%) React
5 10 (0.85%) REST
6 9 (0.76%) Redux
6 9 (0.76%) WireMock
7 8 (0.68%) Spring Boot
8 7 (0.59%) Hibernate
9 6 (0.51%) .NET
10 3 (0.25%) HTML5
10 3 (0.25%) JWT
10 3 (0.25%) Node.js
10 3 (0.25%) ODBC
10 3 (0.25%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 117 (9.94%) Onboarding
2 107 (9.09%) Web Conferencing
3 106 (9.01%) Virtual Team
4 100 (8.50%) Podcast
5 70 (5.95%) Management Information System
6 41 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (2.97%) Product Ownership
8 25 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (1.61%) Driving Licence
10 16 (1.36%) Learning Management System
11 15 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (1.10%) e-Learning
13 13 (1.10%) Social Media
14 12 (1.02%) Freedom of Information
15 11 (0.93%) Cloud Native
15 11 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
16 10 (0.85%) Data Centre
16 10 (0.85%) Hedge funds
16 10 (0.85%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 76 (6.46%) Windows
2 17 (1.44%) Windows 10
3 11 (0.93%) Linux
3 11 (0.93%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.85%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.17%) Unix
6 2 (0.17%) VMS
7 1 (0.085%) Android
7 1 (0.085%) CentOS
7 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.085%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (24.98%) Stakeholder Management
2 244 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
3 220 (18.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 207 (17.59%) Agile
5 203 (17.25%) Project Management
6 196 (16.65%) Customer Service
7 152 (12.91%) Project Delivery
8 149 (12.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 123 (10.45%) Decision-Making
10 99 (8.41%) AI
11 98 (8.33%) Time Management
12 85 (7.22%) PRINCE2
13 83 (7.05%) Migration
14 79 (6.71%) Service Delivery
15 76 (6.46%) ITIL
16 72 (6.12%) Change Management
16 72 (6.12%) Collaborative Working
17 71 (6.03%) Logistics
18 70 (5.95%) Risk Management
19 67 (5.69%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 44 (3.74%) SQL
2 19 (1.61%) Python
3 14 (1.19%) PowerShell
4 13 (1.10%) Java
5 8 (0.68%) PL/SQL
6 7 (0.59%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.59%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.34%) C#
8 3 (0.25%) Bash
8 3 (0.25%) Korn
8 3 (0.25%) VBA
9 2 (0.17%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.085%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.085%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.085%) COBOL
10 1 (0.085%) Groovy
10 1 (0.085%) PHP
10 1 (0.085%) R
10 1 (0.085%) REXX
Qualifications
1 156 (13.25%) Security Cleared
2 154 (13.08%) Degree
3 120 (10.20%) BPSS Clearance
4 113 (9.60%) SC Cleared
5 41 (3.48%) DV Cleared
6 32 (2.72%) PMP
7 30 (2.55%) PMI Certification
8 29 (2.46%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 11 (0.93%) CISSP
11 9 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.68%) A+ Certification
12 8 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (0.59%) CISM
13 7 (0.59%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (0.51%) ACCA
14 6 (0.51%) CIMA
14 6 (0.51%) CIPD
14 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.42%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (10.45%) PMO
2 56 (4.76%) QA
3 50 (4.25%) Data Quality
4 38 (3.23%) GDPR
5 25 (2.12%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.87%) SLA
7 17 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.93%) GRC
9 10 (0.85%) NIST
10 9 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.51%) WCAG
12 5 (0.42%) GAAP
13 4 (0.34%) IFRS
13 4 (0.34%) NCSC
14 3 (0.25%) COBIT
14 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.25%) P3O
14 3 (0.25%) SEPA
System Software
1 47 (3.99%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.19%) Docker
3 5 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.25%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (0.17%) Firmware
6 1 (0.085%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.085%) Samba
6 1 (0.085%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.93%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 9 (0.76%) Grafana
4 9 (0.76%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.59%) Control-M
6 6 (0.51%) Terraform
7 5 (0.42%) Ansible
7 5 (0.42%) SCCM
7 5 (0.42%) WSUS
8 3 (0.25%) Packer
8 3 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.17%) OPNET
10 1 (0.085%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.085%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.085%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.085%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 338 (28.72%) Microsoft
2 57 (4.84%) ServiceNow
3 56 (4.76%) SAP
4 46 (3.91%) Oracle
5 43 (3.65%) Google
6 26 (2.21%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.78%) Cisco
8 16 (1.36%) Adobe
9 13 (1.10%) SolarWinds
10 11 (0.93%) Workday
11 10 (0.85%) Apple
12 8 (0.68%) VMware
13 7 (0.59%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.59%) Braze
13 7 (0.59%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.42%) Aruba
14 5 (0.42%) Concur
14 5 (0.42%) Databricks
14 5 (0.42%) DocuSign
14 5 (0.42%) Xero