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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 142 176
Rank change year-on-year +21 +34 -9
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,183 675 530
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.21% 2.06% 1.37%
As % of the General category 4.02% 3.24% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 557 332 329
10th Percentile £185 £185 £165
25th Percentile £263 £288 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £408 £435
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -6.21% -3.33%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £525
90th Percentile £625 £709 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £358 £400
% change year-on-year +11.73% -10.50% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 87 74
10th Percentile £13.86 £13.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £14.67 £20.50
Median hourly rate £23.11 £19.83 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +16.54% -47.98% +65.31%
75th Percentile £43.96 £26.86 -
90th Percentile - £42.92 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £19.49 £38.12
% change year-on-year +53.91% -48.87% +81.52%

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 29,452 20,852 22,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.04% 63.51% 57.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,473 12,975 13,936
10th Percentile £313 £275 £290
25th Percentile £415 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £746 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,142 1,320
10th Percentile £13.90 £13.26 £14.06
25th Percentile £17.20 £16.30 £16.85
Median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.25% -32.93% +36.36%
75th Percentile £56.25 £50.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £71.14 £70.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.00 £22.14 £38.12
% change year-on-year +44.53% -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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +13 1,022 £425 - 1,753
UK excluding London -4 735 £400 +11.73% 1,458
Work from Home +67 400 £425 -5.56% 571
London +36 381 £450 -7.69% 508
North of England +28 187 £425 - 353
South East -42 159 £425 +8.97% 430
Midlands -22 116 £375 +22.45% 263
South West +35 110 £310 -19.08% 160
North West +4 82 £484 +32.06% 192
Yorkshire +9 75 £375 -14.77% 114
West Midlands -33 74 £425 +36.00% 149
Scotland +27 73 £425 +6.25% 62
East of England +3 57 £350 -3.45% 143
East Midlands -3 41 £275 +22.22% 114
North East -14 30 £488 +3.17% 53
Northern Ireland +21 26 £225 -37.72% 25
Wales -17 13 - - 45

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 79 (6.68%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.87%) Confluence
3 31 (2.62%) CMS
4 14 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.59%) Drupal
6 6 (0.51%) WordPress
7 5 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.34%) 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
1 241 (20.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 185 (15.64%) Microsoft Office
3 102 (8.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 61 (5.16%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (2.03%) 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%) ProjectWise
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 ERP
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%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.085%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.085%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.085%) Orchard Housing
7 1 (0.085%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 88 (7.44%) Microsoft 365
2 85 (7.19%) Azure
3 61 (5.16%) Power Platform
4 53 (4.48%) AWS
5 31 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (1.78%) SaaS
8 18 (1.52%) Google Workspace
9 15 (1.27%) Entra ID
9 15 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
10 14 (1.18%) GCP
11 11 (0.93%) Google Sheets
12 9 (0.76%) OpenShift
13 8 (0.68%) OCI
14 7 (0.59%) Slack
15 6 (0.51%) GitHub
15 6 (0.51%) Google Analytics
15 6 (0.51%) OneDrive
16 5 (0.42%) Canva
16 5 (0.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.03%) LAN
2 14 (1.18%) WAN
3 13 (1.10%) Firewall
4 12 (1.01%) Network Security
5 11 (0.93%) DNS
6 9 (0.76%) MPLS
7 7 (0.59%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (0.51%) VLAN
8 6 (0.51%) VPN
9 5 (0.42%) DHCP
9 5 (0.42%) Intranet
9 5 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
9 5 (0.42%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.34%) Broadband
10 4 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (0.34%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.25%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.25%) SAN
11 3 (0.25%) SMS
11 3 (0.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (5.16%) Power BI
2 18 (1.52%) SQL Server
3 8 (0.68%) Tableau
4 7 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.59%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.42%) Metadata
6 4 (0.34%) MySQL
6 4 (0.34%) Power Query
6 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.25%) Big Data
7 3 (0.25%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.17%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.17%) ClickHouse
8 2 (0.17%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.17%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.17%) MS Access
8 2 (0.17%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.085%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.085%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 85 (7.19%) JIRA
2 24 (2.03%) Jenkins
3 18 (1.52%) Git
4 8 (0.68%) Subversion
5 7 (0.59%) Bitbucket
5 7 (0.59%) Gradle
6 5 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.34%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.34%) Selenium
8 3 (0.25%) GitLab
8 3 (0.25%) JMeter
8 3 (0.25%) JUnit
8 3 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.25%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.17%) Gemini Tracker
9 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.17%) Vite
10 1 (0.085%) Postman
10 1 (0.085%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 816 (68.98%) Social Skills
2 409 (34.57%) Finance
3 230 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
4 164 (13.86%) Legal
5 125 (10.57%) Public Sector
6 64 (5.41%) Retail
7 59 (4.99%) Banking
8 58 (4.90%) Marketing
9 41 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
10 37 (3.13%) Manufacturing
11 35 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
12 34 (2.87%) Local Government
12 34 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
13 27 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 26 (2.20%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.52%) Investment Banking
16 16 (1.35%) Military
17 13 (1.10%) Advertising
18 12 (1.01%) Billing
18 12 (1.01%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 146 (12.34%) Analyst
2 107 (9.04%) Administrator
3 101 (8.54%) Project Manager
4 69 (5.83%) Lead
5 64 (5.41%) Support Officer
6 58 (4.90%) Coordinator
6 58 (4.90%) Senior
7 50 (4.23%) Project Officer
8 44 (3.72%) Project Support Officer
9 39 (3.30%) Business Analyst
10 29 (2.45%) IT Manager
11 27 (2.28%) IT Support
12 26 (2.20%) Support Engineer
13 25 (2.11%) Project Coordinator
14 24 (2.03%) Junior
15 21 (1.78%) Delivery Manager
15 21 (1.78%) Senior Manager
16 20 (1.69%) PMO Analyst
16 20 (1.69%) Senior Project Manager
17 19 (1.61%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.86%) HTML
2 17 (1.44%) CSS
3 13 (1.10%) VML
4 12 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (0.93%) Kafka
5 11 (0.93%) Middleware
5 11 (0.93%) Spring
5 11 (0.93%) XML
6 10 (0.85%) React
6 10 (0.85%) REST
7 9 (0.76%) Redux
8 8 (0.68%) Spring Boot
9 7 (0.59%) Hibernate
10 6 (0.51%) .NET
10 6 (0.51%) Terraform
11 3 (0.25%) JWT
11 3 (0.25%) ODBC
11 3 (0.25%) SailPoint
11 3 (0.25%) Web Services
11 3 (0.25%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 120 (10.14%) Onboarding
2 107 (9.04%) Web Conferencing
3 106 (8.96%) Virtual Team
4 100 (8.45%) Podcast
5 71 (6.00%) Management Information System
6 38 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
7 31 (2.62%) Data Protection Act
8 30 (2.54%) Product Ownership
9 21 (1.78%) Driving Licence
10 16 (1.35%) Learning Management System
11 15 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (1.10%) e-Learning
13 12 (1.01%) Freedom of Information
13 12 (1.01%) Social Media
14 11 (0.93%) Cloud Native
14 11 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
15 10 (0.85%) Blog
15 10 (0.85%) Data Centre
15 10 (0.85%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 77 (6.51%) Windows
2 16 (1.35%) Windows 10
3 11 (0.93%) Linux
4 10 (0.85%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.76%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.17%) Unix
7 2 (0.17%) VMS
8 1 (0.085%) Android
8 1 (0.085%) CentOS
8 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.085%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (25.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 245 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
3 218 (18.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 210 (17.75%) Agile
5 200 (16.91%) Project Management
6 196 (16.57%) Customer Service
7 154 (13.02%) Project Delivery
8 150 (12.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 125 (10.57%) Decision-Making
10 101 (8.54%) AI
11 98 (8.28%) Time Management
12 85 (7.19%) PRINCE2
13 84 (7.10%) ITIL
14 83 (7.02%) Migration
14 83 (7.02%) Service Delivery
15 78 (6.59%) Change Management
16 75 (6.34%) Collaborative Working
17 74 (6.26%) Logistics
18 71 (6.00%) Data Protection
19 70 (5.92%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (3.63%) SQL
2 20 (1.69%) Python
3 14 (1.18%) PowerShell
4 13 (1.10%) Java
5 8 (0.68%) PL/SQL
6 7 (0.59%) T-SQL
7 6 (0.51%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.25%) Bash
8 3 (0.25%) C#
8 3 (0.25%) Korn
8 3 (0.25%) VBA
9 2 (0.17%) R
9 2 (0.17%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.085%) COBOL
10 1 (0.085%) Groovy
10 1 (0.085%) PHP
10 1 (0.085%) REXX
Qualifications
1 160 (13.52%) Security Cleared
2 154 (13.02%) Degree
3 122 (10.31%) BPSS Clearance
4 116 (9.81%) SC Cleared
5 41 (3.47%) DV Cleared
6 32 (2.70%) PMP
7 30 (2.54%) DBS Check
7 30 (2.54%) PMI Certification
8 19 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 11 (0.93%) CISSP
10 9 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (0.68%) A+ Certification
11 8 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (0.59%) CISM
12 7 (0.59%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.51%) ACCA
13 6 (0.51%) CIMA
13 6 (0.51%) CIPD
13 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.42%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (10.57%) PMO
2 56 (4.73%) QA
3 54 (4.56%) Data Quality
4 37 (3.13%) GDPR
5 26 (2.20%) SLA
6 25 (2.11%) Accessibility
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%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.51%) WCAG
12 5 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.42%) COBIT
12 5 (0.42%) GAAP
12 5 (0.42%) NCSC
13 4 (0.34%) IFRS
14 3 (0.25%) GMP
14 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 48 (4.06%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.68%) Docker
3 7 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.25%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (0.17%) Firmware
5 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.085%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.085%) Samba
6 1 (0.085%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (1.01%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.93%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 7 (0.59%) Control-M
5 5 (0.42%) Ansible
5 5 (0.42%) SCCM
5 5 (0.42%) WSUS
6 3 (0.25%) Grafana
6 3 (0.25%) Packer
6 3 (0.25%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.17%) OPNET
8 1 (0.085%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.085%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.085%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.085%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 347 (29.33%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.73%) SAP
3 55 (4.65%) ServiceNow
4 47 (3.97%) Oracle
5 41 (3.47%) Google
6 28 (2.37%) Salesforce
7 22 (1.86%) Cisco
8 16 (1.35%) Adobe
9 13 (1.10%) SolarWinds
10 11 (0.93%) Workday
11 10 (0.85%) Apple
11 10 (0.85%) VMware
12 8 (0.68%) 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