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 13 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 178 169
Rank change year-on-year +45 -9 +57
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 697 542 777
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.12% 1.41% 1.54%
As % of the General category 3.33% 2.43% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 315 508
10th Percentile £185 £165 £205
25th Percentile £300 £288 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +5.79% -10.45%
75th Percentile £556 £541 £550
90th Percentile £700 £638 £680
UK excluding London median daily rate £365 £403 £400
% change year-on-year -9.25% +0.63% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 39 61
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.17 £13.23
25th Percentile £15.84 £18.13 £14.57
Median hourly rate £19.97 £38.12 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year -47.61% +81.09% -38.09%
75th Percentile £29.31 - £45.88
90th Percentile £39.38 £48.00 £59.03
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £38.12 £20.63
% change year-on-year -52.78% +84.82% -36.54%

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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20,961 22,291 29,809
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.68% 57.83% 59.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,993 13,480 20,227
10th Percentile £275 £288 £306
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £497 £500
% change year-on-year -4.45% -0.58% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,199 1,134 1,066
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.69 £13.79
25th Percentile £16.17 £17.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.39 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.74% +35.96% +11.11%
75th Percentile £49.13 £60.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £67.50 £70.39 £71.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.35 £37.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -43.08% +44.23% +23.81%

Organisational Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Organisational Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Organisational Skills 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 13 September 2025.

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 13 September 2025.

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 13 September 2025. 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 +62 607 £425 -6.85% 1,331
UK excluding London +26 440 £365 -9.25% 1,177
London +61 205 £475 -5.00% 403
Work from Home -5 152 £400 -11.21% 447
South East +67 148 £378 +7.86% 414
Midlands +21 76 £313 -11.97% 178
North of England +6 72 £425 -8.11% 261
West Midlands +1 46 £306 -18.33% 112
North West +18 45 £375 +20.00% 136
East of England +2 43 £450 - 119
South West +25 42 £383 -19.47% 128
East Midlands +14 30 £400 +25.62% 62
Scotland -33 27 £400 +6.67% 44
Yorkshire -19 23 £420 -16.00% 90
Wales +12 17 £298 +105.17% 34
Northern Ireland 0 15 £361 -29.51% 18
North East 0 4 £473 +2.16% 36

Organisational Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 49 (7.03%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.30%) Confluence
3 9 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (0.72%) SAS
5 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.43%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.43%) CMS
5 3 (0.43%) Moodle
6 1 (0.14%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 107 (15.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 99 (14.20%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (8.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (3.73%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.87%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.14%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.14%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.14%) SPSS
7 1 (0.14%) Trello
7 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (1.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 9 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.86%) Shopify
3 5 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.29%) HFM
5 2 (0.29%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.29%) Primavera
5 2 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.14%) iTrent
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 46 (6.60%) Azure
2 34 (4.88%) Power Platform
3 30 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (2.15%) AWS
5 13 (1.87%) Entra ID
6 9 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (1.15%) Google Workspace
8 7 (1.00%) SaaS
9 6 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (0.86%) PowerApps
10 5 (0.72%) BigCommerce
11 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.43%) Asana
12 3 (0.43%) Figma
12 3 (0.43%) Lucidchart
12 3 (0.43%) OCI
12 3 (0.43%) Smartsheet
12 3 (0.43%) Veeva
13 2 (0.29%) GCP
13 2 (0.29%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.87%) DNS
2 12 (1.72%) Firewall
3 11 (1.58%) DHCP
3 11 (1.58%) Wireless
4 7 (1.00%) VLAN
5 6 (0.86%) VPN
5 6 (0.86%) WAN
5 6 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.72%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.57%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.43%) LAN
8 3 (0.43%) SSL
9 2 (0.29%) BGP
9 2 (0.29%) Broadband
9 2 (0.29%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.29%) Internet
9 2 (0.29%) MPLS
9 2 (0.29%) Network Security
9 2 (0.29%) OSPF
9 2 (0.29%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.45%) Power BI
2 14 (2.01%) Tableau
3 12 (1.72%) GIS
4 11 (1.58%) Geospatial Data
5 10 (1.43%) SQL Server
6 9 (1.29%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.00%) Star Schema
8 6 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.72%) Big Data
10 4 (0.57%) Metadata
10 4 (0.57%) QGIS
11 3 (0.43%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.43%) Spatial Data
12 2 (0.29%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.29%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.29%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.29%) EDMS
12 2 (0.29%) EDRMS
12 2 (0.29%) MS Access
13 1 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 49 (7.03%) JIRA
2 18 (2.58%) Git
3 9 (1.29%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.15%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.57%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.43%) Postman
6 3 (0.43%) Selenium
7 2 (0.29%) Appium
7 2 (0.29%) GDB
7 2 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.14%) Subversion
8 1 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 453 (64.99%) Social Skills
2 180 (25.82%) Finance
3 130 (18.65%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (8.18%) Public Sector
5 47 (6.74%) Banking
6 43 (6.17%) Retail
7 37 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
8 32 (4.59%) Manufacturing
9 23 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (3.01%) Telecoms
11 19 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (2.58%) Investment Banking
12 18 (2.58%) Marketing
13 15 (2.15%) Legal
14 12 (1.72%) Front Office
14 12 (1.72%) Local Government
15 11 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.43%) Financial Institution
17 9 (1.29%) Advertising
17 9 (1.29%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 126 (18.08%) Analyst
2 65 (9.33%) Project Manager
3 50 (7.17%) IT Support
4 44 (6.31%) Administrator
5 35 (5.02%) Business Analyst
6 32 (4.59%) Lead
7 31 (4.45%) Coordinator
8 27 (3.87%) Senior
9 25 (3.59%) Support Officer
10 20 (2.87%) Data Analyst
11 15 (2.15%) 1st Line Support
11 15 (2.15%) IT Manager
11 15 (2.15%) Service Analyst
11 15 (2.15%) Support Specialist
12 13 (1.87%) Consultant
12 13 (1.87%) Developer
12 13 (1.87%) IT Analyst
12 13 (1.87%) Junior
12 13 (1.87%) Support Technician
13 12 (1.72%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.43%) .NET
1 10 (1.43%) HTML
1 10 (1.43%) React
2 9 (1.29%) CSS
3 8 (1.15%) ASP.NET
3 8 (1.15%) ASP.NET Web API
3 8 (1.15%) Node.js
4 7 (1.00%) HTML5
4 7 (1.00%) Kafka
4 7 (1.00%) LESS
4 7 (1.00%) Sass
4 7 (1.00%) Tailwind CSS
5 6 (0.86%) gRPC
5 6 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
5 6 (0.86%) Protocol Buffers
6 5 (0.72%) VML
7 4 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.43%) ADO
8 3 (0.43%) GeoPandas
8 3 (0.43%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
2 31 (4.45%) Onboarding
3 27 (3.87%) Management Information System
4 19 (2.73%) Virtual Team
5 18 (2.58%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.01%) Driving Licence
7 13 (1.87%) Life Science
7 13 (1.87%) Renewable Energy
8 10 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.15%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (0.86%) CMDB
11 6 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.86%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.72%) Credit Risk
12 5 (0.72%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.72%) NHS
13 4 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.57%) Molecular Biology
13 4 (0.57%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 74 (10.62%) Windows
2 22 (3.16%) Windows 10
3 9 (1.29%) Android
4 5 (0.72%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.57%) Linux
5 4 (0.57%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (23.82%) Problem-Solving
2 115 (16.50%) Agile
3 112 (16.07%) Project Management
4 95 (13.63%) Computer Science
5 86 (12.34%) Time Management
6 85 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 69 (9.90%) Customer Service
8 61 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (8.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 55 (7.89%) ITIL
10 55 (7.89%) Migration
11 54 (7.75%) Change Management
12 53 (7.60%) Collaborative Working
12 53 (7.60%) Risk Management
13 50 (7.17%) Decision-Making
14 45 (6.46%) Project Delivery
15 44 (6.31%) Business Intelligence
16 43 (6.17%) Asset Management
16 43 (6.17%) Service Delivery
17 41 (5.88%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 32 (4.59%) SQL
2 25 (3.59%) Python
3 21 (3.01%) Java
4 11 (1.58%) C#
5 9 (1.29%) TypeScript
6 8 (1.15%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.00%) C++
7 7 (1.00%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.86%) R
8 6 (0.86%) VBScript
9 4 (0.57%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.43%) C
11 2 (0.29%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.29%) ActionScript 2.0
11 2 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.14%) Jython
12 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 98 (14.06%) Degree
2 80 (11.48%) Security Cleared
3 68 (9.76%) SC Cleared
4 59 (8.46%) DBS Check
5 29 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (3.44%) PMP
7 20 (2.87%) PMI Certification
8 15 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (2.15%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.15%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (0.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (0.57%) A+ Certification
12 4 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.43%) CCNP
13 3 (0.43%) HNC
13 3 (0.43%) HND
14 2 (0.29%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.60%) PMO
2 29 (4.16%) GDPR
3 27 (3.87%) QA
4 21 (3.01%) Data Quality
5 20 (2.87%) SLA
6 12 (1.72%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.29%) GRC
8 6 (0.86%) P3O
9 5 (0.72%) Def Stans
9 5 (0.72%) NIST
10 4 (0.57%) PMBOK
11 3 (0.43%) MiFID
12 2 (0.29%) COBIT
12 2 (0.29%) EMIR
12 2 (0.29%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.29%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.29%) NCSC
13 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 22 (3.16%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.43%) Docker
3 3 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (1.72%) SCCM
2 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.86%) SmoothWall
4 5 (0.72%) Ansible
5 3 (0.43%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.29%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.14%) Terraform
7 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 172 (24.68%) Microsoft
2 38 (5.45%) SAP
3 34 (4.88%) ServiceNow
4 28 (4.02%) Salesforce
5 17 (2.44%) Oracle
6 10 (1.43%) Cisco
6 10 (1.43%) Google
7 9 (1.29%) Adobe
8 6 (0.86%) Palo Alto
9 5 (0.72%) Atlassian
9 5 (0.72%) CheckPoint
9 5 (0.72%) Databricks
9 5 (0.72%) Sitecore
9 5 (0.72%) Snow
9 5 (0.72%) VMware
10 4 (0.57%) Citrix
10 4 (0.57%) IBM
10 4 (0.57%) Tenable
11 3 (0.43%) Datto
11 3 (0.43%) HP