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 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 171 126
Rank change year-on-year +44 -45 +96
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 875 481 869
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.24% 1.55% 1.94%
As % of the General category 3.79% 2.51% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 285 422
10th Percentile £158 £197 £205
25th Percentile £210 £331 £246
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £550
90th Percentile £662 £696 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £368 £414 £375
% change year-on-year -11.23% +10.40% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 19 120
10th Percentile £13.26 £13.25 £11.75
25th Percentile £15.62 £15.51 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.50 £22.27 £15.35
Median % change year-on-year -16.93% +45.13% -43.17%
75th Percentile £24.49 £27.44 £29.75
90th Percentile £35.64 £30.57 £40.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.17 £20.00 £14.27
% change year-on-year -9.15% +40.20% -54.46%

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 23,080 19,195 26,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 59.09% 62.05% 58.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,475 11,485 17,039
10th Percentile £289 £281 £265
25th Percentile £400 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £730 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,409 620 1,617
10th Percentile £13.71 £15.62 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.35 £20.12 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.81 £29.00 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year -21.34% +12.80% +2.84%
75th Percentile £48.75 £53.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.76 £67.74
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £27.00 £24.65
% change year-on-year -20.37% +9.53% +7.17%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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 4 February 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 +48 776 £425 -15.00% 718
UK excluding London +44 572 £368 -11.23% 660
London +7 247 £475 -9.52% 191
Work from Home +14 200 £425 -18.27% 258
South East +32 141 £454 +39.77% 244
North of England -17 99 £450 +24.83% 128
East of England +43 98 £300 -42.20% 87
Midlands -1 93 £250 -44.56% 110
South West +32 82 £218 -60.45% 65
North West +6 57 £450 +38.46% 68
West Midlands -15 54 £363 -19.44% 78
East Midlands +1 39 £200 -51.69% 32
Yorkshire -46 33 £443 +21.23% 51
Scotland -5 31 £375 - 23
Northern Ireland +11 17 £475 -15.56% 7
Wales +6 15 £225 -24.05% 19
North East -9 9 £520 -11.49% 10

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 77 (8.80%) SharePoint
2 30 (3.43%) Confluence
3 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.69%) CMS
4 6 (0.69%) SAS
5 5 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.34%) MS Project Server
7 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 167 (19.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 134 (15.31%) Microsoft Office
3 62 (7.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (4.91%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (1.37%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.57%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.46%) InDesign
9 2 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.11%) CATIA
10 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.11%) MadCap Flare
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.11%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.69%) Loan IQ
2 6 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.46%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.46%) Shopify
4 3 (0.34%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.34%) Maximo
4 3 (0.34%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.34%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.23%) Primavera
5 2 (0.23%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.23%) Workfront
6 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.11%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 64 (7.31%) Azure
2 56 (6.40%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (4.69%) Power Platform
4 22 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (2.29%) Google Workspace
6 13 (1.49%) AWS
7 9 (1.03%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.03%) SaaS
8 7 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (0.57%) OneDrive
10 4 (0.46%) BigCommerce
10 4 (0.46%) GitHub
10 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.46%) Smartsheet
11 3 (0.34%) Figma
11 3 (0.34%) Google Analytics
11 3 (0.34%) Google Drive
11 3 (0.34%) OCI
11 3 (0.34%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.83%) VPN
2 10 (1.14%) LAN
3 9 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (0.91%) DNS
4 8 (0.91%) Skype
4 8 (0.91%) WAN
5 7 (0.80%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.69%) Internet
7 5 (0.57%) Firewall
7 5 (0.57%) Network Security
8 4 (0.46%) DHCP
9 3 (0.34%) Intranet
10 2 (0.23%) MPLS
10 2 (0.23%) Wireless
11 1 (0.11%) BIG-IP
11 1 (0.11%) SSL
11 1 (0.11%) UWB
11 1 (0.11%) VLAN
11 1 (0.11%) VoIP
11 1 (0.11%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.46%) Power BI
2 6 (0.69%) Electronic Patient Records
2 6 (0.69%) Metadata
2 6 (0.69%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.46%) MySQL
3 4 (0.46%) Star Schema
4 3 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.34%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.34%) Tick Data
5 2 (0.23%) Data Mart
5 2 (0.23%) Data Vault
5 2 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.23%) GIS
5 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 2 (0.23%) Spatial Data
5 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.11%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 70 (8.00%) JIRA
2 5 (0.57%) Git
2 5 (0.57%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.34%) Maven
3 3 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.11%) GitLab
4 1 (0.11%) JUnit
4 1 (0.11%) Postman
4 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
General
1 554 (63.31%) Social Skills
2 223 (25.49%) Finance
3 140 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (10.17%) Public Sector
5 45 (5.14%) Marketing
6 44 (5.03%) Banking
7 42 (4.80%) Retail
8 38 (4.34%) Legal
9 30 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (3.20%) Manufacturing
11 23 (2.63%) Telecoms
12 20 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
13 18 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 15 (1.71%) Electronics
15 14 (1.60%) Investment Banking
16 12 (1.37%) Aerospace
16 12 (1.37%) Local Government
17 10 (1.14%) Financial Institution
18 9 (1.03%) Billing
18 9 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 115 (13.14%) Analyst
2 105 (12.00%) Project Manager
3 75 (8.57%) IT Support
4 51 (5.83%) Break Fix Engineer
5 49 (5.60%) Administrator
5 49 (5.60%) Coordinator
5 49 (5.60%) Senior
6 48 (5.49%) Support Officer
7 47 (5.37%) Lead
8 40 (4.57%) Technical Support
9 38 (4.34%) Hardware Engineer
10 33 (3.77%) Junior
11 29 (3.31%) Business Analyst
12 26 (2.97%) Support Engineer
13 25 (2.86%) Consultant
14 24 (2.74%) Field Engineer
14 24 (2.74%) Project Coordinator
15 23 (2.63%) 1st Line Support
15 23 (2.63%) Project Officer
15 23 (2.63%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.91%) HTML
1 8 (0.91%) VML
2 7 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (0.69%) ADO
3 6 (0.69%) Spring
4 4 (0.46%) REST
5 3 (0.34%) CSS
5 3 (0.34%) Middleware
5 3 (0.34%) XML
6 2 (0.23%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.23%) HTML5
6 2 (0.23%) JSON
6 2 (0.23%) JWT
6 2 (0.23%) OAuth
6 2 (0.23%) SOAP
6 2 (0.23%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (0.11%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (0.11%) OpenAPI
7 1 (0.11%) SAPUI5
7 1 (0.11%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 67 (7.66%) Onboarding
2 33 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 27 (3.09%) NHS
4 23 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 21 (2.40%) Mobile App
6 20 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.71%) Driving Licence
7 15 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (1.71%) Security Posture
8 12 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.37%) Insider Threat
9 11 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.26%) Data Centre
10 8 (0.91%) Virtual Team
11 7 (0.80%) Social Media
11 7 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (0.69%) Credit Risk
12 6 (0.69%) LIMS
12 6 (0.69%) Tandem
13 5 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 81 (9.26%) Windows
2 28 (3.20%) Windows 10
3 23 (2.63%) Linux
4 8 (0.91%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.34%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.23%) Unix
7 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
2 198 (22.63%) Project Management
3 192 (21.94%) Time Management
4 146 (16.69%) Customer Service
5 128 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 122 (13.94%) Agile
7 103 (11.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 99 (11.31%) Project Delivery
9 79 (9.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 72 (8.23%) Decision-Making
11 71 (8.11%) Migration
12 69 (7.89%) Collaborative Working
13 66 (7.54%) ITIL
14 62 (7.09%) PRINCE2
15 61 (6.97%) Asset Management
16 58 (6.63%) Risk Management
17 57 (6.51%) Business Intelligence
18 48 (5.49%) Cybersecurity
18 48 (5.49%) Data Protection
19 44 (5.03%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 35 (4.00%) SQL
2 24 (2.74%) Python
3 12 (1.37%) Java
4 10 (1.14%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.69%) R
6 5 (0.57%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.46%) C#
8 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.11%) C
9 1 (0.11%) C++
9 1 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.11%) Jython
9 1 (0.11%) Korn
9 1 (0.11%) PHP
9 1 (0.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 125 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 116 (13.26%) SC Cleared
3 103 (11.77%) Degree
4 31 (3.54%) PMP
5 25 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (2.63%) PMI Certification
7 21 (2.40%) DV Cleared
8 17 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (1.83%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.49%) APMP
10 13 (1.49%) CTC Cleared
10 13 (1.49%) DBS Check
11 11 (1.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 6 (0.69%) CISSP
13 5 (0.57%) HND
13 5 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 3 (0.34%) CISA
15 3 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.34%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (8.69%) PMO
2 32 (3.66%) SLA
3 31 (3.54%) QA
4 27 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (2.06%) Data Quality
5 18 (2.06%) GDPR
6 12 (1.37%) GRC
7 11 (1.26%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.14%) Def Stans
8 10 (1.14%) NIST
9 9 (1.03%) Disclosure Scotland
10 6 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.57%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.46%) IFRS
13 3 (0.34%) IFRS 9
14 2 (0.23%) COBIT
14 2 (0.23%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.23%) SEPA
System Software
1 36 (4.11%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.34%) Firmware
4 3 (0.34%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.11%) Docker
5 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 28 (3.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.80%) ServiceCenter
3 6 (0.69%) SCCM
4 3 (0.34%) Ansible
5 1 (0.11%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.11%) Grafana
5 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.11%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.11%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (0.11%) Packer
5 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.11%) SCOM
5 1 (0.11%) Terraform
5 1 (0.11%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 252 (28.80%) Microsoft
2 61 (6.97%) HP
2 61 (6.97%) SAP
3 38 (4.34%) ServiceNow
4 25 (2.86%) Salesforce
5 18 (2.06%) Google
5 18 (2.06%) Oracle
6 14 (1.60%) Adobe
6 14 (1.60%) Citrix
7 11 (1.26%) Apple
7 11 (1.26%) Cisco
8 10 (1.14%) Dell
8 10 (1.14%) Remedy
9 7 (0.80%) Datto
9 7 (0.80%) VMware
9 7 (0.80%) Workday
10 5 (0.57%) Computacenter
11 4 (0.46%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.46%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.46%) Sitecore