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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 136 173
Rank change year-on-year +32 +37 -7
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,354 695 546
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.49% 2.11% 1.42%
As % of the General category 4.46% 3.31% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 594 335 319
10th Percentile £185 £185 £165
25th Percentile £263 £300 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £408 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -9.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £553 £550
90th Percentile £617 £700 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £357 £410
% change year-on-year +12.20% -13.05% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 352 113 32
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.00 £12.91
25th Percentile £14.34 £15.50 £15.13
Median hourly rate £19.02 £20.00 £23.78
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% -15.90% +1.19%
75th Percentile £43.96 £31.41 £38.12
90th Percentile - £38.00 £49.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.08 £19.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -2.15% -29.09% +30.95%

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 30,365 20,972 22,349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.81% 63.65% 58.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,805 13,001 13,375
10th Percentile £313 £275 £281
25th Percentile £419 £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 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,207 1,105
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.50 £14.71
25th Percentile £16.33 £16.17 £17.08
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +19.28% -28.87% +28.58%
75th Percentile £55.00 £49.13 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £67.50 £70.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £21.30 £35.36
% change year-on-year +40.85% -39.76% +30.56%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +26 1,147 £400 -5.88% 2,052
UK excluding London +13 878 £400 +12.20% 1,595
Work from Home +78 438 £406 +1.59% 612
London +32 392 £450 -7.69% 651
North of England +30 207 £385 -11.04% 377
South East -19 200 £450 +19.21% 483
Midlands +9 151 £389 +24.32% 295
South West +19 114 £288 -10.16% 148
North West 0 98 £460 +22.67% 202
West Midlands 0 95 £425 +36.00% 168
Scotland +39 94 £418 +7.74% 86
Yorkshire +12 75 £365 -17.05% 128
East of England -5 71 £400 -11.11% 167
East Midlands +3 54 £275 -12.00% 127
North East -17 34 £450 -4.76% 51
Northern Ireland +14 29 £290 -19.72% 22
Wales -9 21 - - 39

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
1 102 (7.53%) SharePoint
2 45 (3.32%) Confluence
3 29 (2.14%) CMS
4 12 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.59%) WordPress
6 7 (0.52%) Drupal
7 5 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
10 1 (0.074%) Apache
10 1 (0.074%) CICS
10 1 (0.074%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.074%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 305 (22.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 249 (18.39%) Microsoft Office
3 129 (9.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 69 (5.10%) Microsoft Project
5 27 (1.99%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (1.03%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.52%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.30%) InDesign
10 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.22%) Navisworks
10 3 (0.22%) Revit
11 2 (0.15%) ProjectWise
11 2 (0.15%) Trello
12 1 (0.074%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.074%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (1.03%) Magento
2 7 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.30%) HFM
4 4 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.22%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.22%) Primavera
5 3 (0.22%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.15%) Changepoint
6 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.15%) Shopify
7 1 (0.074%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.074%) iTrent
7 1 (0.074%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.074%) Orchard Housing
7 1 (0.074%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 88 (6.50%) Azure
1 88 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
2 71 (5.24%) Power Platform
3 61 (4.51%) AWS
4 31 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (1.48%) Google Workspace
7 17 (1.26%) Entra ID
7 17 (1.26%) SaaS
8 15 (1.11%) GCP
8 15 (1.11%) Google Sheets
8 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
9 10 (0.74%) OpenShift
10 8 (0.59%) Miro
10 8 (0.59%) Slack
11 7 (0.52%) Canva
12 6 (0.44%) Google Analytics
12 6 (0.44%) Power Automate
12 6 (0.44%) Smartsheet
13 5 (0.37%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.77%) LAN
2 16 (1.18%) WAN
3 12 (0.89%) Network Security
4 11 (0.81%) Firewall
5 10 (0.74%) DNS
6 9 (0.66%) MPLS
7 7 (0.52%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (0.37%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (0.37%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.37%) VLAN
8 5 (0.37%) VPN
9 4 (0.30%) Broadband
9 4 (0.30%) DHCP
9 4 (0.30%) Intranet
10 3 (0.22%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.22%) VoIP
10 3 (0.22%) Wireless
11 2 (0.15%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (5.17%) Power BI
2 12 (0.89%) Relational Database
3 10 (0.74%) SQL Server
4 9 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (0.59%) Tableau
6 7 (0.52%) Power Query
7 5 (0.37%) Metadata
8 4 (0.30%) MS Access
8 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.22%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.15%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.15%) ClickHouse
10 2 (0.15%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.15%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.15%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.15%) MySQL
10 2 (0.15%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.074%) Amazon Athena
11 1 (0.074%) Looker
Development Applications
1 103 (7.61%) JIRA
2 27 (1.99%) Jenkins
3 21 (1.55%) Git
4 8 (0.59%) Subversion
5 7 (0.52%) Gradle
5 7 (0.52%) JUnit
6 6 (0.44%) Maven
6 6 (0.44%) Mockito
6 6 (0.44%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.22%) Selenium
10 2 (0.15%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.15%) Gemini Tracker
10 2 (0.15%) GitLab
10 2 (0.15%) JMeter
10 2 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.15%) Vite
General
1 959 (70.83%) Social Skills
2 448 (33.09%) Finance
3 253 (18.69%) Analytical Skills
4 174 (12.85%) Legal
5 151 (11.15%) Public Sector
6 74 (5.47%) Retail
7 60 (4.43%) Marketing
8 53 (3.91%) Banking
9 46 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
9 46 (3.40%) Manufacturing
10 45 (3.32%) Local Government
11 44 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
12 34 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 32 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (2.14%) Telecoms
15 22 (1.62%) Military
16 18 (1.33%) Aviation
17 16 (1.18%) Investment Banking
18 14 (1.03%) Aerospace
18 14 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 166 (12.26%) Administrator
2 156 (11.52%) Analyst
3 97 (7.16%) Project Manager
4 85 (6.28%) Coordinator
5 80 (5.91%) Support Officer
6 75 (5.54%) Lead
7 58 (4.28%) Senior
8 55 (4.06%) Project Officer
9 50 (3.69%) Project Support Officer
10 36 (2.66%) Business Analyst
11 34 (2.51%) Project Coordinator
12 29 (2.14%) IT Manager
13 28 (2.07%) IT Support
14 27 (1.99%) Support Engineer
15 23 (1.70%) Delivery Manager
15 23 (1.70%) Junior
16 22 (1.62%) Developer
17 21 (1.55%) Programme Manager
17 21 (1.55%) Test Manager
18 19 (1.40%) PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.26%) HTML
2 15 (1.11%) REST
3 14 (1.03%) Spring
4 13 (0.96%) CSS
4 13 (0.96%) Hibernate
4 13 (0.96%) Spring Boot
5 12 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
5 12 (0.89%) VML
6 9 (0.66%) Kafka
6 9 (0.66%) Middleware
6 9 (0.66%) React
6 9 (0.66%) Redux
7 8 (0.59%) Terraform
7 8 (0.59%) Web Services
8 7 (0.52%) SOAP
9 6 (0.44%) ActiveMQ
9 6 (0.44%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.44%) JPA
9 6 (0.44%) RESTful
9 6 (0.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 137 (10.12%) Onboarding
2 119 (8.79%) Virtual Team
3 115 (8.49%) Web Conferencing
4 110 (8.12%) Podcast
5 88 (6.50%) Management Information System
6 44 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.44%) Driving Licence
8 32 (2.36%) Product Ownership
9 31 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (1.18%) Cloud Native
10 16 (1.18%) Learning Management System
11 14 (1.03%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.03%) e-Learning
11 14 (1.03%) Freedom of Information
12 13 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (0.89%) Social Media
14 11 (0.81%) Life Science
14 11 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
15 10 (0.74%) Blog
15 10 (0.74%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 75 (5.54%) Windows
2 16 (1.18%) Windows 10
3 10 (0.74%) Mac OS
4 9 (0.66%) Linux
5 7 (0.52%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.30%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.15%) VMS
7 2 (0.15%) zOS
8 1 (0.074%) Android
8 1 (0.074%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.074%) Unix
8 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (27.84%) Stakeholder Management
2 292 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
3 251 (18.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 239 (17.65%) Customer Service
5 216 (15.95%) Agile
6 207 (15.29%) Project Management
7 175 (12.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 171 (12.63%) Project Delivery
9 133 (9.82%) Decision-Making
10 116 (8.57%) Time Management
11 113 (8.35%) AI
12 92 (6.79%) Change Management
13 90 (6.65%) Logistics
14 89 (6.57%) PRINCE2
14 89 (6.57%) Service Delivery
15 88 (6.50%) ITIL
16 85 (6.28%) Collaborative Working
16 85 (6.28%) Migration
17 78 (5.76%) Risk Management
18 75 (5.54%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 40 (2.95%) SQL
2 21 (1.55%) Python
3 19 (1.40%) Java
4 14 (1.03%) PowerShell
5 8 (0.59%) PL/SQL
5 8 (0.59%) TypeScript
6 6 (0.44%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.30%) VBA
8 3 (0.22%) R
8 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.15%) Bash
9 2 (0.15%) C#
9 2 (0.15%) Korn
10 1 (0.074%) COBOL
10 1 (0.074%) Groovy
10 1 (0.074%) Perl
10 1 (0.074%) PHP
10 1 (0.074%) REXX
Qualifications
1 187 (13.81%) Security Cleared
2 168 (12.41%) Degree
3 141 (10.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 136 (10.04%) SC Cleared
5 45 (3.32%) DV Cleared
6 35 (2.58%) DBS Check
7 28 (2.07%) PMP
8 27 (1.99%) PMI Certification
9 20 (1.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 11 (0.81%) CISSP
10 11 (0.81%) HNC
11 9 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.59%) CIPD
12 8 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (0.52%) CISM
13 7 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (0.44%) ACCA
14 6 (0.44%) CIMA
14 6 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 5 (0.37%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (10.56%) PMO
2 63 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 60 (4.43%) QA
4 42 (3.10%) GDPR
5 27 (1.99%) SLA
6 22 (1.62%) Accessibility
7 18 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.89%) GRC
9 11 (0.81%) NIST
10 8 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.44%) NCSC
13 5 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.37%) COBIT
13 5 (0.37%) WCAG
14 4 (0.30%) IFRS
14 4 (0.30%) P3O
15 3 (0.22%) COSHH
15 3 (0.22%) ISO 19650
15 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 40 (2.95%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.81%) Docker
3 9 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.30%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.15%) Firmware
6 2 (0.15%) vSphere
7 1 (0.074%) GPFS
7 1 (0.074%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.074%) NFS
7 1 (0.074%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 9 (0.66%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.52%) Control-M
4 7 (0.52%) Grafana
4 7 (0.52%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.44%) Ansible
5 6 (0.44%) SCCM
6 5 (0.37%) WSUS
7 3 (0.22%) Packer
8 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.15%) OPNET
8 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.074%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.074%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.074%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 438 (32.35%) Microsoft
2 63 (4.65%) SAP
3 47 (3.47%) Oracle
3 47 (3.47%) ServiceNow
4 46 (3.40%) Google
5 27 (1.99%) Salesforce
6 22 (1.62%) Cisco
7 14 (1.03%) Adobe
8 13 (0.96%) SolarWinds
9 12 (0.89%) VMware
10 11 (0.81%) Workday
11 10 (0.74%) Apple
12 8 (0.59%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.52%) Braze
13 7 (0.52%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.37%) Aruba
14 5 (0.37%) Databricks
14 5 (0.37%) HubSpot
14 5 (0.37%) Xero
15 4 (0.30%) Civica