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 28 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 136 168
Rank change year-on-year +4 +32 +17
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,083 686 584
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.05% 2.09% 1.45%
As % of the General category 3.73% 3.33% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 347 356
10th Percentile £181 £185 £148
25th Percentile £263 £300 £232
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -13.89%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £513
90th Percentile £625 £713 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £358 £375
% change year-on-year +11.73% -4.53% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 82 97
10th Percentile £13.77 £13.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £14.59 £15.50
Median hourly rate £23.16 £19.49 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% -48.87% +64.17%
75th Percentile £43.96 £28.10 -
90th Percentile - £40.78 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £19.90 £38.12
% change year-on-year +38.19% -47.80% +81.09%

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 29,045 20,618 23,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.94% 62.96% 57.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,309 12,899 14,508
10th Percentile £313 £280 £287
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 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £493
% change year-on-year +6.38% -4.67% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,070 1,093 1,536
10th Percentile £14.09 £13.35 £13.66
25th Percentile £18.27 £16.25 £16.30
Median hourly rate £33.00 £25.32 £36.33
Median % change year-on-year +30.33% -30.31% +18.97%
75th Percentile £61.18 £51.18 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.13 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.25 £22.14 £37.50
% change year-on-year +50.18% -40.96% +38.89%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 28 July 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 +6 957 £436 -0.11% 1,038
UK excluding London -17 654 £400 +11.73% 904
London +34 376 £450 -14.29% 258
Work from Home +53 357 £450 -3.23% 344
North of England +10 165 £425 +13.33% 210
South East -57 146 £442 +10.56% 297
South West +33 109 £310 -0.96% 80
Midlands -36 99 £350 +7.69% 185
Yorkshire +5 72 £358 -10.50% 81
West Midlands -39 70 £425 +30.77% 99
North West -15 66 £508 +45.07% 95
Scotland -8 55 £425 -5.56% 24
East of England -4 49 £400 +88.24% 101
East Midlands -9 28 £275 +22.22% 86
North East -19 27 £450 +5.88% 36
Northern Ireland +9 19 £225 -37.72% 6
Wales -11 15 - - 21

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 72 (6.65%) SharePoint
2 38 (3.51%) Confluence
3 28 (2.59%) CMS
4 12 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.65%) WordPress
6 6 (0.55%) Drupal
7 5 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.18%) Apache
8 2 (0.18%) IIS
9 1 (0.092%) Camunda
9 1 (0.092%) CICS
9 1 (0.092%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.092%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.092%) Tuxedo
9 1 (0.092%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.092%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.092%) WebSphere
Applications
1 205 (18.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 139 (12.83%) Microsoft Office
3 82 (7.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 55 (5.08%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (1.20%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.55%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.46%) InDesign
9 4 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.28%) Trello
11 1 (0.092%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.092%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.092%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.092%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (1.20%) Magento
2 6 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.46%) Loan IQ
4 4 (0.37%) HFM
5 3 (0.28%) Primavera
5 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.28%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.18%) Shopify
7 1 (0.092%) Actimize
7 1 (0.092%) Changepoint
7 1 (0.092%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.092%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.092%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.092%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.092%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.092%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.092%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 100 (9.23%) Azure
2 81 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (5.45%) Power Platform
4 57 (5.26%) AWS
5 36 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (2.40%) SaaS
7 21 (1.94%) GCP
8 18 (1.66%) Google Workspace
9 17 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
10 13 (1.20%) Entra ID
11 11 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
12 10 (0.92%) OCI
13 9 (0.83%) Google Sheets
14 8 (0.74%) GitHub
14 8 (0.74%) OpenShift
15 7 (0.65%) Slack
16 6 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
16 6 (0.55%) Serverless
17 5 (0.46%) Google Analytics
17 5 (0.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.22%) LAN
2 13 (1.20%) DNS
3 12 (1.11%) Firewall
3 12 (1.11%) Network Security
3 12 (1.11%) WAN
4 11 (1.02%) VPN
5 8 (0.74%) MPLS
5 8 (0.74%) VLAN
6 7 (0.65%) Cisco Nexus
6 7 (0.65%) DHCP
6 7 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (0.46%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.37%) Intranet
8 4 (0.37%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.37%) Skype
8 4 (0.37%) SMS
8 4 (0.37%) VoIP
9 3 (0.28%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.28%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (5.45%) Power BI
2 17 (1.57%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.83%) Tableau
5 7 (0.65%) GIS
5 7 (0.65%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
6 6 (0.55%) Spatial Data
7 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.28%) MS Access
8 3 (0.28%) MySQL
8 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.28%) Power Query
9 2 (0.18%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.18%) ClickHouse
9 2 (0.18%) Metadata
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.18%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 93 (8.59%) JIRA
2 26 (2.40%) Jenkins
3 25 (2.31%) Git
4 9 (0.83%) Bitbucket
4 9 (0.83%) Cucumber
4 9 (0.83%) JMeter
4 9 (0.83%) JUnit
4 9 (0.83%) Selenium
4 9 (0.83%) WebDriver
5 8 (0.74%) Subversion
6 6 (0.55%) Gradle
7 5 (0.46%) GitLab
8 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.18%) Gemini Tracker
10 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.18%) Vite
11 1 (0.092%) Hudson
11 1 (0.092%) IBM UrbanCode
11 1 (0.092%) Postman
General
1 718 (66.30%) Social Skills
2 367 (33.89%) Finance
3 212 (19.58%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (12.28%) Legal
5 107 (9.88%) Public Sector
6 63 (5.82%) Marketing
7 60 (5.54%) Retail
8 54 (4.99%) Banking
9 35 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
10 30 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
11 29 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 23 (2.12%) Local Government
13 23 (2.12%) Manufacturing
13 23 (2.12%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.66%) Investment Banking
15 16 (1.48%) Military
16 14 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (1.11%) Advertising
17 12 (1.11%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 143 (13.20%) Analyst
2 101 (9.33%) Project Manager
3 76 (7.02%) Administrator
4 70 (6.46%) Lead
5 62 (5.72%) Support Officer
6 60 (5.54%) Senior
7 50 (4.62%) Coordinator
8 46 (4.25%) Project Officer
9 41 (3.79%) Business Analyst
10 40 (3.69%) Project Support Officer
11 33 (3.05%) IT Support
12 26 (2.40%) IT Manager
12 26 (2.40%) Project Coordinator
13 24 (2.22%) Support Engineer
14 23 (2.12%) Junior
15 22 (2.03%) Senior Manager
15 22 (2.03%) Senior Project Manager
16 21 (1.94%) Consultant
17 19 (1.75%) PMO Analyst
17 19 (1.75%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.94%) HTML
2 17 (1.57%) CSS
3 16 (1.48%) Spring
4 13 (1.20%) VML
5 12 (1.11%) XML
6 11 (1.02%) Middleware
7 10 (0.92%) Kafka
8 9 (0.83%) React
8 9 (0.83%) WireMock
9 8 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (0.74%) Redux
10 7 (0.65%) .NET
10 7 (0.65%) REST
10 7 (0.65%) Spring Boot
11 6 (0.55%) Hibernate
12 4 (0.37%) JSON
12 4 (0.37%) JWT
13 3 (0.28%) HTML5
13 3 (0.28%) OAuth
13 3 (0.28%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 103 (9.51%) Onboarding
2 73 (6.74%) Virtual Team
2 73 (6.74%) Web Conferencing
3 66 (6.09%) Podcast
4 59 (5.45%) Management Information System
5 37 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (3.23%) Product Ownership
7 26 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
8 18 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 15 (1.39%) Driving Licence
10 14 (1.29%) Learning Management System
11 12 (1.11%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.11%) e-Learning
11 12 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.11%) Social Media
12 11 (1.02%) Life Science
13 10 (0.92%) Data Structures
14 9 (0.83%) Freedom of Information
14 9 (0.83%) Hedge funds
15 8 (0.74%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 81 (7.48%) Windows
2 17 (1.57%) Windows 10
3 11 (1.02%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.92%) Linux
5 9 (0.83%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.18%) Unix
6 2 (0.18%) VMS
7 1 (0.092%) Android
7 1 (0.092%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.092%) CentOS
7 1 (0.092%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.092%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.092%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (24.10%) Stakeholder Management
2 226 (20.87%) Problem-Solving
3 201 (18.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 200 (18.47%) Agile
5 199 (18.37%) Project Management
6 154 (14.22%) Customer Service
7 147 (13.57%) Project Delivery
8 136 (12.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 119 (10.99%) Decision-Making
10 103 (9.51%) AI
11 101 (9.33%) Time Management
12 79 (7.29%) ITIL
13 78 (7.20%) PRINCE2
14 75 (6.93%) Migration
15 71 (6.56%) Collaborative Working
15 71 (6.56%) Service Delivery
16 68 (6.28%) Change Management
17 67 (6.19%) Logistics
18 66 (6.09%) DevOps
19 65 (6.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (4.34%) SQL
2 19 (1.75%) Python
3 14 (1.29%) PowerShell
4 10 (0.92%) Java
5 8 (0.74%) C#
6 7 (0.65%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.65%) PL/SQL
7 6 (0.55%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.28%) Bash
8 3 (0.28%) Korn
9 2 (0.18%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.18%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.18%) VBA
10 1 (0.092%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.092%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.092%) COBOL
10 1 (0.092%) Groovy
10 1 (0.092%) PHP
10 1 (0.092%) R
10 1 (0.092%) REXX
Qualifications
1 161 (14.87%) Degree
2 143 (13.20%) Security Cleared
3 105 (9.70%) SC Cleared
4 81 (7.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 38 (3.51%) DV Cleared
6 33 (3.05%) PMP
7 30 (2.77%) DBS Check
7 30 (2.77%) PMI Certification
8 18 (1.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 12 (1.11%) CISSP
9 12 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (0.74%) A+ Certification
12 7 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.55%) ACCA
13 6 (0.55%) CIMA
13 6 (0.55%) CISM
13 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.46%) CCNA
14 5 (0.46%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (10.53%) PMO
2 52 (4.80%) QA
3 42 (3.88%) Data Quality
4 32 (2.95%) GDPR
5 27 (2.49%) SLA
6 21 (1.94%) Accessibility
7 18 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.02%) NIST
9 9 (0.83%) GRC
9 9 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.55%) GAAP
12 6 (0.55%) IFRS
12 6 (0.55%) SEPA
13 5 (0.46%) ISO 20022
14 4 (0.37%) NCSC
14 4 (0.37%) PSD2
15 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 3 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 49 (4.52%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.39%) Docker
3 5 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.28%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 1 (0.092%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.092%) Samba
6 1 (0.092%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.092%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.66%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.02%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 10 (0.92%) Grafana
5 9 (0.83%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.74%) Terraform
7 6 (0.55%) Control-M
8 5 (0.46%) Ansible
9 4 (0.37%) ServiceCenter
10 3 (0.28%) Packer
10 3 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.18%) OPNET
11 2 (0.18%) SCCM
12 1 (0.092%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.092%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.092%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.092%) Kibana
12 1 (0.092%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.092%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.092%) WSUS
Vendors
1 280 (25.85%) Microsoft
2 65 (6.00%) ServiceNow
3 46 (4.25%) Oracle
4 45 (4.16%) SAP
5 41 (3.79%) Google
6 26 (2.40%) Salesforce
7 23 (2.12%) Cisco
8 16 (1.48%) Adobe
9 12 (1.11%) SolarWinds
10 10 (0.92%) Apple
10 10 (0.92%) Workday
11 8 (0.74%) VMware
12 7 (0.65%) Braze
12 7 (0.65%) Palo Alto
13 6 (0.55%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.46%) Aruba
14 5 (0.46%) Concur
14 5 (0.46%) Databricks
14 5 (0.46%) DocuSign
14 5 (0.46%) HP