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 3 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 139 180
Rank change year-on-year +23 +41 -9
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,237 677 524
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.31% 2.08% 1.37%
As % of the General category 4.18% 3.28% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 572 337 313
10th Percentile £185 £185 £165
25th Percentile £263 £290 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £538
90th Percentile £624 £700 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £374 £405
% change year-on-year +7.02% -7.72% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 91 55
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.72 £15.50 £18.35
Median hourly rate £23.16 £19.50 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +18.77% -48.85% +81.09%
75th Percentile £43.96 £26.51 -
90th Percentile - £38.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.73 £18.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year +70.72% -52.78% +81.78%

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 29,612 20,656 22,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.22% 63.55% 57.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,492 12,822 13,546
10th Percentile £313 £275 £290
25th Percentile £417 £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 £740 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £496
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.14% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,296 1,169 1,200
10th Percentile £13.69 £13.50 £14.27
25th Percentile £16.77 £16.17 £17.08
Median hourly rate £30.73 £25.15 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.19% -31.10% +32.73%
75th Percentile £55.00 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £69.65 £70.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.48 £22.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year +42.77% -38.75% +38.46%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 3 September 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 +19 1,053 £404 -9.85% 1,902
UK excluding London +12 790 £400 +7.02% 1,545
Work from Home +80 422 £406 -9.69% 638
London +26 374 £450 -6.49% 616
North of England +31 194 £400 -9.09% 349
South East -31 177 £425 +11.84% 447
Midlands -12 130 £414 +35.14% 272
South West +31 108 £300 -23.08% 167
North West -5 86 £484 +17.33% 208
Scotland +25 83 £410 -3.53% 98
West Midlands -19 82 £448 +46.12% 158
Yorkshire +10 76 £365 -17.05% 96
East of England -2 60 £350 -22.22% 155
East Midlands -3 46 £275 -12.00% 114
North East -15 32 £488 +3.17% 50
Northern Ireland +20 29 £258 -30.87% 39
Wales -14 16 - - 41

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 89 (7.19%) SharePoint
2 39 (3.15%) Confluence
3 30 (2.43%) CMS
4 13 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.57%) Drupal
6 6 (0.49%) WordPress
7 5 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.16%) IIS
10 1 (0.081%) Apache
10 1 (0.081%) Camunda
10 1 (0.081%) CICS
10 1 (0.081%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.081%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 262 (21.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 212 (17.14%) Microsoft Office
3 114 (9.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 62 (5.01%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (1.94%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (1.13%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.49%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.32%) InDesign
10 2 (0.16%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.16%) Navisworks
10 2 (0.16%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.16%) Revit
10 2 (0.16%) Trello
11 1 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.081%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (1.05%) Magento
2 7 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.32%) HFM
4 4 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.24%) Shopify
5 3 (0.24%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.16%) Primavera
6 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.081%) Actimize
7 1 (0.081%) Changepoint
7 1 (0.081%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.081%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.081%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.081%) Orchard Housing
7 1 (0.081%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.081%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 89 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (6.71%) Azure
3 69 (5.58%) Power Platform
4 58 (4.69%) AWS
5 29 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (1.46%) Google Workspace
8 17 (1.37%) SaaS
9 16 (1.29%) Entra ID
10 15 (1.21%) Microsoft Copilot
11 13 (1.05%) GCP
12 12 (0.97%) Google Sheets
13 10 (0.81%) OpenShift
14 8 (0.65%) Slack
15 6 (0.49%) GitHub
15 6 (0.49%) Google Analytics
15 6 (0.49%) Miro
15 6 (0.49%) Power Automate
16 5 (0.40%) OneDrive
16 5 (0.40%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.86%) LAN
2 15 (1.21%) WAN
3 12 (0.97%) Network Security
4 11 (0.89%) Firewall
5 10 (0.81%) DNS
6 9 (0.73%) MPLS
7 7 (0.57%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (0.40%) Intranet
8 5 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.40%) VLAN
8 5 (0.40%) VPN
9 4 (0.32%) Broadband
9 4 (0.32%) DHCP
9 4 (0.32%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.24%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.24%) VoIP
11 2 (0.16%) BIG-IP
11 2 (0.16%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (5.50%) Power BI
2 14 (1.13%) SQL Server
3 10 (0.81%) Relational Database
4 8 (0.65%) Tableau
5 7 (0.57%) Power Query
6 6 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.40%) Metadata
8 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.24%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.16%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.16%) ClickHouse
10 2 (0.16%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.16%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.16%) MS Access
10 2 (0.16%) MySQL
10 2 (0.16%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.081%) Amazon Athena
11 1 (0.081%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.081%) Looker
Development Applications
1 89 (7.19%) JIRA
2 27 (2.18%) Jenkins
3 19 (1.54%) Git
4 8 (0.65%) Subversion
5 7 (0.57%) Bitbucket
5 7 (0.57%) Gradle
6 5 (0.40%) JUnit
6 5 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.32%) Maven
7 4 (0.32%) Mockito
7 4 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.24%) GitLab
8 3 (0.24%) Selenium
8 3 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.16%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.16%) Gemini Tracker
9 2 (0.16%) JMeter
9 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.16%) Vite
General
1 868 (70.17%) Social Skills
2 425 (34.36%) Finance
3 239 (19.32%) Analytical Skills
4 174 (14.07%) Legal
5 139 (11.24%) Public Sector
6 65 (5.25%) Retail
7 57 (4.61%) Marketing
8 54 (4.37%) Banking
9 44 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
10 42 (3.40%) Local Government
11 38 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
11 38 (3.07%) Manufacturing
12 31 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 26 (2.10%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.54%) Military
16 16 (1.29%) Investment Banking
17 13 (1.05%) Publishing
18 12 (0.97%) Financial Institution
18 12 (0.97%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 149 (12.05%) Analyst
2 125 (10.11%) Administrator
3 96 (7.76%) Project Manager
4 71 (5.74%) Support Officer
5 69 (5.58%) Coordinator
5 69 (5.58%) Lead
6 56 (4.53%) Senior
7 52 (4.20%) Project Officer
8 46 (3.72%) Project Support Officer
9 37 (2.99%) Business Analyst
10 28 (2.26%) IT Support
10 28 (2.26%) Project Coordinator
11 27 (2.18%) IT Manager
11 27 (2.18%) Support Engineer
12 24 (1.94%) Delivery Manager
13 23 (1.86%) Junior
14 20 (1.62%) Developer
14 20 (1.62%) PMO Analyst
14 20 (1.62%) Programme Manager
14 20 (1.62%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.70%) HTML
2 16 (1.29%) CSS
3 13 (1.05%) REST
3 13 (1.05%) VML
4 12 (0.97%) Spring
5 11 (0.89%) Hibernate
5 11 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (0.89%) Spring Boot
6 10 (0.81%) Middleware
6 10 (0.81%) XML
7 9 (0.73%) Kafka
7 9 (0.73%) React
7 9 (0.73%) Redux
8 7 (0.57%) Terraform
9 6 (0.49%) .NET
9 6 (0.49%) Web Services
10 5 (0.40%) SOAP
11 4 (0.32%) ActiveMQ
11 4 (0.32%) ADO
11 4 (0.32%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 124 (10.02%) Onboarding
2 118 (9.54%) Virtual Team
3 116 (9.38%) Web Conferencing
4 110 (8.89%) Podcast
5 74 (5.98%) Management Information System
6 39 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
7 32 (2.59%) Product Ownership
8 30 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
9 22 (1.78%) Driving Licence
10 17 (1.37%) Learning Management System
11 14 (1.13%) Cloud Native
11 14 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.05%) e-Learning
12 13 (1.05%) Freedom of Information
13 11 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
14 10 (0.81%) Blog
14 10 (0.81%) Data Centre
14 10 (0.81%) Hedge funds
15 9 (0.73%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 75 (6.06%) Windows
2 16 (1.29%) Windows 10
3 10 (0.81%) Linux
3 10 (0.81%) Mac OS
4 8 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.16%) VMS
7 1 (0.081%) Android
7 1 (0.081%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.081%) Unix
7 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.081%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (27.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 261 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
3 228 (18.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 216 (17.46%) Customer Service
5 214 (17.30%) Agile
6 198 (16.01%) Project Management
7 165 (13.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 160 (12.93%) Project Delivery
9 121 (9.78%) Decision-Making
10 106 (8.57%) AI
11 93 (7.52%) Time Management
12 89 (7.19%) PRINCE2
13 87 (7.03%) ITIL
14 86 (6.95%) Service Delivery
15 83 (6.71%) Migration
16 82 (6.63%) Change Management
17 78 (6.31%) Collaborative Working
18 75 (6.06%) Logistics
19 73 (5.90%) Data Protection
19 73 (5.90%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (3.48%) SQL
2 23 (1.86%) Python
3 17 (1.37%) Java
4 13 (1.05%) PowerShell
5 8 (0.65%) PL/SQL
6 7 (0.57%) T-SQL
7 6 (0.49%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.49%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.24%) R
8 3 (0.24%) VBA
9 2 (0.16%) Bash
9 2 (0.16%) C#
9 2 (0.16%) Korn
10 1 (0.081%) COBOL
10 1 (0.081%) Groovy
10 1 (0.081%) Perl
10 1 (0.081%) PHP
10 1 (0.081%) REXX
Qualifications
1 176 (14.23%) Security Cleared
2 158 (12.77%) Degree
3 136 (10.99%) BPSS Clearance
4 126 (10.19%) SC Cleared
5 42 (3.40%) DV Cleared
6 30 (2.43%) DBS Check
7 28 (2.26%) PMI Certification
7 28 (2.26%) PMP
8 20 (1.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 11 (0.89%) CISSP
10 9 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (0.73%) HNC
11 8 (0.65%) CIPD
11 8 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (0.57%) A+ Certification
12 7 (0.57%) CISM
12 7 (0.57%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.49%) ACCA
13 6 (0.49%) CIMA
13 6 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (10.83%) PMO
2 59 (4.77%) QA
3 56 (4.53%) Data Quality
4 37 (2.99%) GDPR
5 28 (2.26%) SLA
6 25 (2.02%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.89%) GRC
9 10 (0.81%) NIST
10 7 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.49%) WCAG
12 5 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.40%) COBIT
12 5 (0.40%) NCSC
13 4 (0.32%) IFRS
14 3 (0.24%) GMP
14 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.24%) P3O
15 2 (0.16%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 43 (3.48%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.73%) Docker
3 8 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.24%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.16%) Firmware
6 1 (0.081%) GPFS
6 1 (0.081%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.081%) NFS
6 1 (0.081%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.89%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 8 (0.65%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.57%) Control-M
5 6 (0.49%) Ansible
6 5 (0.40%) Grafana
6 5 (0.40%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.40%) SCCM
6 5 (0.40%) WSUS
7 3 (0.24%) Packer
8 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.16%) OPNET
8 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.081%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.081%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.081%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 383 (30.96%) Microsoft
2 59 (4.77%) SAP
3 52 (4.20%) ServiceNow
4 43 (3.48%) Oracle
5 41 (3.31%) Google
6 29 (2.34%) Salesforce
7 22 (1.78%) Cisco
8 15 (1.21%) Adobe
9 13 (1.05%) SolarWinds
10 11 (0.89%) VMware
10 11 (0.89%) Workday
11 10 (0.81%) Apple
12 8 (0.65%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.57%) Braze
13 7 (0.57%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.40%) Aruba
14 5 (0.40%) Databricks
14 5 (0.40%) Xero
15 4 (0.32%) Civica
15 4 (0.32%) Concur