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 27 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 132 151
Rank change year-on-year -15 +19 +33
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 961 642 691
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.89% 2.12% 1.59%
As % of the General category 3.46% 3.33% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 495 330 386
10th Percentile £170 £195 £151
25th Percentile £263 £306 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £405
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +11.11% -14.74%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £514
90th Percentile £638 £713 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £375 £375
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 67 149
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.00 £11.77
25th Percentile £15.72 £14.67 £13.91
Median hourly rate £18.50 £19.16 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.42% -8.79% -0.24%
75th Percentile £37.41 £26.86 £38.12
90th Percentile £43.96 £35.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.50 £19.97 £21.50
% change year-on-year -7.36% -7.12% +2.26%

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 27,761 19,252 24,767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.46% 63.49% 57.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,708 12,109 15,500
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £490
% change year-on-year +6.38% -4.08% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,897 935 1,967
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.46 £12.79
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.34 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.50 £31.80
Median % change year-on-year +16.36% -13.52% +5.12%
75th Percentile £60.25 £53.63 £53.75
90th Percentile £80.02 £72.50 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.50 £23.10 £31.13
% change year-on-year +36.36% -25.78% +19.71%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 27 June 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 -12 857 £435 -3.44% 753
UK excluding London -32 568 £400 +6.67% 683
London +26 353 £450 -16.28% 184
Work from Home +29 298 £450 -8.63% 273
North of England +1 137 £425 +18.72% 138
South East -55 125 £450 +12.50% 225
South West +23 93 £310 -0.96% 77
Midlands -50 84 £350 - 145
Yorkshire +4 67 £400 - 36
West Midlands -57 60 £388 +10.71% 64
East of England -2 57 £246 -14.43% 67
North West -26 55 £455 +30.09% 82
Scotland -6 49 £425 +6.25% 17
East Midlands -13 23 £238 -39.26% 81
North East -27 15 £450 +5.88% 21
Northern Ireland +7 14 £313 -7.06% 22
Wales -13 12 £180 -48.57% 9

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 66 (6.87%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.23%) Confluence
3 21 (2.19%) CMS
4 11 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.62%) WordPress
6 5 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.31%) Drupal
8 2 (0.21%) IIS
8 2 (0.21%) MS Project Server
9 1 (0.10%) Apache
9 1 (0.10%) Camunda
9 1 (0.10%) CICS
9 1 (0.10%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.10%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.10%) Tuxedo
9 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.10%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 188 (19.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 131 (13.63%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (7.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (4.37%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (1.77%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (1.25%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.52%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.42%) InDesign
9 3 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.21%) Trello
11 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.10%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.10%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (1.04%) Magento
2 8 (0.83%) Loan IQ
2 8 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.52%) Shopify
5 4 (0.42%) HFM
6 3 (0.31%) Primavera
7 2 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.21%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.21%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.10%) Actimize
8 1 (0.10%) iTrent
8 1 (0.10%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 96 (9.99%) Azure
2 80 (8.32%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (5.72%) Power Platform
4 47 (4.89%) AWS
5 35 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (2.39%) SaaS
7 18 (1.87%) Google Workspace
8 17 (1.77%) GCP
9 11 (1.14%) OCI
10 10 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (0.94%) Entra ID
11 9 (0.94%) GitHub
11 9 (0.94%) Google Sheets
12 6 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (0.62%) Slack
13 5 (0.52%) BigCommerce
13 5 (0.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 4 (0.42%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.42%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.77%) LAN
2 13 (1.35%) DNS
3 12 (1.25%) Firewall
3 12 (1.25%) VPN
4 10 (1.04%) Network Security
4 10 (1.04%) WAN
5 8 (0.83%) MPLS
6 7 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
6 7 (0.73%) VLAN
6 7 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.62%) DHCP
7 6 (0.62%) Intranet
7 6 (0.62%) Skype
7 6 (0.62%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.42%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.42%) SMS
9 3 (0.31%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.31%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 3 (0.31%) SAN
9 3 (0.31%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (5.72%) Power BI
2 15 (1.56%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.83%) Tableau
5 7 (0.73%) GIS
5 7 (0.73%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
6 6 (0.62%) Spatial Data
7 4 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
8 3 (0.31%) Metadata
8 3 (0.31%) MS Access
8 3 (0.31%) MySQL
8 3 (0.31%) Power Query
8 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.21%) Big Data
9 2 (0.21%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.21%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 85 (8.84%) JIRA
2 22 (2.29%) Git
3 19 (1.98%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.94%) Bitbucket
4 9 (0.94%) Cucumber
4 9 (0.94%) JMeter
4 9 (0.94%) JUnit
4 9 (0.94%) Selenium
4 9 (0.94%) WebDriver
5 5 (0.52%) GitLab
5 5 (0.52%) Subversion
6 4 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.21%) Gemini Tracker
7 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.21%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.21%) Vite
8 1 (0.10%) Hudson
8 1 (0.10%) Maven
8 1 (0.10%) MSI
8 1 (0.10%) Postman
General
1 611 (63.58%) Social Skills
2 301 (31.32%) Finance
3 177 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (10.30%) Legal
5 97 (10.09%) Public Sector
6 59 (6.14%) Retail
7 49 (5.10%) Banking
7 49 (5.10%) Marketing
8 27 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
9 26 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
10 23 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (2.29%) Local Government
12 18 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 18 (1.87%) Manufacturing
13 16 (1.66%) Military
13 16 (1.66%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.56%) Investment Banking
15 10 (1.04%) Advertising
15 10 (1.04%) Financial Institution
15 10 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 137 (14.26%) Analyst
2 107 (11.13%) Project Manager
3 70 (7.28%) Administrator
4 62 (6.45%) Senior
5 59 (6.14%) Support Officer
6 58 (6.04%) Lead
7 48 (4.99%) Coordinator
8 46 (4.79%) Project Officer
9 43 (4.47%) Project Support Officer
10 39 (4.06%) Business Analyst
11 35 (3.64%) IT Support
12 30 (3.12%) Technical Support
13 27 (2.81%) Consultant
14 26 (2.71%) Project Coordinator
14 26 (2.71%) Senior Manager
14 26 (2.71%) Senior Project Manager
15 23 (2.39%) Junior
16 22 (2.29%) Support Specialist
17 20 (2.08%) IT Manager
18 19 (1.98%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.08%) HTML
2 16 (1.66%) VML
3 15 (1.56%) CSS
4 12 (1.25%) Spring
4 12 (1.25%) XML
5 9 (0.94%) Middleware
5 9 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
5 9 (0.94%) WireMock
6 6 (0.62%) .NET
7 5 (0.52%) Kafka
7 5 (0.52%) REST
8 4 (0.42%) JSON
8 4 (0.42%) JWT
8 4 (0.42%) React
8 4 (0.42%) Web Services
9 3 (0.31%) HTML5
9 3 (0.31%) Node.js
9 3 (0.31%) OAuth
9 3 (0.31%) Redux
9 3 (0.31%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 91 (9.47%) Onboarding
2 50 (5.20%) Management Information System
3 41 (4.27%) Virtual Team
4 38 (3.95%) Web Conferencing
5 35 (3.64%) Product Ownership
6 33 (3.43%) Podcast
7 26 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
8 24 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 16 (1.66%) NHS
10 13 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.25%) Learning Management System
12 11 (1.14%) Data Centre
13 10 (1.04%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.04%) e-Learning
14 9 (0.94%) Driving Licence
14 9 (0.94%) Freedom of Information
14 9 (0.94%) Social Media
15 6 (0.62%) Distributed Architecture
15 6 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 82 (8.53%) Windows
2 17 (1.77%) Windows 10
3 11 (1.14%) Mac OS
4 9 (0.94%) Linux
4 9 (0.94%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.21%) Unix
6 1 (0.10%) Android
6 1 (0.10%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.10%) CentOS
6 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (22.06%) Project Management
2 211 (21.96%) Problem-Solving
3 210 (21.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 170 (17.69%) Agile
5 162 (16.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 142 (14.78%) Project Delivery
7 134 (13.94%) Customer Service
8 115 (11.97%) Time Management
9 114 (11.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 108 (11.24%) Decision-Making
11 96 (9.99%) AI
12 77 (8.01%) ITIL
13 67 (6.97%) PRINCE2
14 65 (6.76%) Collaborative Working
14 65 (6.76%) Migration
15 63 (6.56%) Data Protection
16 60 (6.24%) Logistics
17 58 (6.04%) DevOps
18 55 (5.72%) Risk Management
19 53 (5.52%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 35 (3.64%) SQL
2 18 (1.87%) Python
3 14 (1.46%) PowerShell
4 8 (0.83%) C#
5 7 (0.73%) JavaScript
6 5 (0.52%) Java
6 5 (0.52%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.31%) Bash
8 2 (0.21%) Korn
8 2 (0.21%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.21%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.21%) VBA
9 1 (0.10%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.10%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.10%) COBOL
9 1 (0.10%) Groovy
9 1 (0.10%) PHP
9 1 (0.10%) R
9 1 (0.10%) REXX
Qualifications
1 146 (15.19%) Degree
2 103 (10.72%) Security Cleared
3 83 (8.64%) SC Cleared
4 44 (4.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 31 (3.23%) PMP
6 25 (2.60%) DV Cleared
6 25 (2.60%) PMI Certification
7 17 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (1.66%) DBS Check
9 15 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 8 (0.83%) A+ Certification
10 8 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (0.83%) CISSP
11 7 (0.73%) CIMA
11 7 (0.73%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (0.62%) ACCA
13 5 (0.52%) APMP
13 5 (0.52%) CSPO
13 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (10.61%) PMO
2 48 (4.99%) QA
3 39 (4.06%) Data Quality
4 29 (3.02%) SLA
5 28 (2.91%) GDPR
6 19 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.87%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.14%) NIST
9 9 (0.94%) GRC
10 8 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.73%) IFRS
12 6 (0.62%) GAAP
12 6 (0.62%) ISO 20022
12 6 (0.62%) SEPA
13 5 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.42%) NCSC
14 4 (0.42%) PSD2
14 4 (0.42%) WCAG
15 3 (0.31%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 52 (5.41%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.46%) Docker
3 4 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.31%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.21%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (0.21%) Firmware
6 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.10%) Samba
6 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (1.46%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.04%) Grafana
3 10 (1.04%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 9 (0.94%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.83%) Terraform
6 7 (0.73%) ServiceCenter
7 5 (0.52%) Ansible
8 3 (0.31%) Packer
9 2 (0.21%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.21%) OPNET
9 2 (0.21%) SCCM
9 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.10%) Control-M
10 1 (0.10%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.10%) Kibana
10 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.10%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 253 (26.33%) Microsoft
2 61 (6.35%) ServiceNow
3 48 (4.99%) SAP
4 39 (4.06%) Oracle
5 37 (3.85%) Google
6 26 (2.71%) Salesforce
7 24 (2.50%) Cisco
8 18 (1.87%) Adobe
9 15 (1.56%) HP
10 11 (1.14%) SolarWinds
11 9 (0.94%) Apple
11 9 (0.94%) Dell
12 7 (0.73%) Braze
12 7 (0.73%) Citrix
12 7 (0.73%) Palo Alto
12 7 (0.73%) Remedy
13 6 (0.62%) VMware
14 5 (0.52%) Aruba
14 5 (0.52%) Concur
14 5 (0.52%) Workday