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 2 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 126 185
Rank change year-on-year +25 +59 -30
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,436 723 520
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.62% 2.18% 1.37%
As % of the General category 4.66% 3.44% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 601 339 296
10th Percentile £185 £185 £163
25th Percentile £263 £289 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £408 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -9.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £618 £700 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £373 £400
% change year-on-year +7.38% -6.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 398 131 24
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.00 £12.98
25th Percentile £14.30 £15.55 £13.45
Median hourly rate £18.50 £20.00 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -11.23% -6.47%
75th Percentile £43.96 £32.45 £29.06
90th Percentile - £44.75 £52.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.50 £18.00 £22.56
% change year-on-year +2.78% -20.21% +7.43%

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 30,821 21,014 22,266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 56.14% 63.45% 58.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,970 13,043 13,184
10th Percentile £313 £275 £280
25th Percentile £420 £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 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,229 1,014
10th Percentile £13.49 £13.51 £14.73
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.17 £17.08
Median hourly rate £28.26 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.35% -28.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £53.75 £47.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £67.00 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £21.39 £33.93
% change year-on-year +33.24% -36.96% +28.04%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 2 October 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 +30 1,221 £400 -5.88% 2,628
UK excluding London +18 948 £400 +7.38% 1,960
Work from Home +72 445 £402 +0.50% 875
London +33 399 £446 -3.20% 882
North of England +33 230 £369 -14.68% 463
South East -10 224 £449 +12.19% 539
Midlands +13 174 £402 +28.76% 368
West Midlands +10 113 £447 +43.04% 188
North West +4 110 £472 +14.30% 244
South West +4 110 £275 +6.80% 207
Scotland +33 97 £425 +3.66% 115
Yorkshire +24 87 £365 -13.10% 169
East of England -3 72 £388 -20.51% 189
East Midlands +11 59 £275 -12.00% 180
North East -13 33 £325 -31.22% 52
Northern Ireland +13 29 £290 -19.72% 50
Wales -4 25 £600 +126.42% 55

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
1 106 (7.38%) SharePoint
2 46 (3.20%) Confluence
3 30 (2.09%) CMS
4 13 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.49%) Drupal
6 7 (0.49%) WordPress
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.070%) Apache
8 1 (0.070%) CICS
8 1 (0.070%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 318 (22.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 268 (18.66%) Microsoft Office
3 132 (9.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 64 (4.46%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (1.11%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.35%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.21%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.14%) InDesign
10 2 (0.14%) Navisworks
10 2 (0.14%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.14%) Revit
10 2 (0.14%) Trello
11 1 (0.070%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.070%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.070%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (0.97%) Magento
2 7 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.28%) HFM
5 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.28%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.21%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.21%) Primavera
6 3 (0.21%) Shopify
6 3 (0.21%) TrackWise
7 2 (0.14%) Changepoint
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.14%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.070%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.070%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.070%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 88 (6.13%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (5.71%) Azure
3 66 (4.60%) Power Platform
4 61 (4.25%) AWS
5 28 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (1.39%) Google Workspace
7 17 (1.18%) Entra ID
7 17 (1.18%) SaaS
8 15 (1.04%) GCP
8 15 (1.04%) Google Sheets
8 15 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
9 10 (0.70%) Miro
9 10 (0.70%) OpenShift
10 8 (0.56%) Slack
11 7 (0.49%) GitHub
11 7 (0.49%) Google Analytics
11 7 (0.49%) OneDrive
12 6 (0.42%) Canva
12 6 (0.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.74%) LAN
2 15 (1.04%) WAN
3 13 (0.91%) Network Security
4 9 (0.63%) DNS
4 9 (0.63%) Firewall
4 9 (0.63%) MPLS
5 7 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
5 7 (0.49%) VPN
6 6 (0.42%) Broadband
6 6 (0.42%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.35%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.35%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (0.35%) VLAN
7 5 (0.35%) VoIP
8 4 (0.28%) DHCP
8 4 (0.28%) Intranet
8 4 (0.28%) NAS
8 4 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.21%) Internet
9 3 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (4.53%) Power BI
2 12 (0.84%) Relational Database
3 9 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.56%) Tableau
5 7 (0.49%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.42%) MS Access
7 5 (0.35%) Power Query
8 4 (0.28%) Metadata
8 4 (0.28%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.21%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.14%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.14%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.14%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.070%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.070%) Big Data
11 1 (0.070%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 104 (7.24%) JIRA
2 28 (1.95%) Jenkins
3 18 (1.25%) Git
4 8 (0.56%) Subversion
5 7 (0.49%) Gradle
5 7 (0.49%) JUnit
6 6 (0.42%) Maven
6 6 (0.42%) Mockito
6 6 (0.42%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.28%) Selenium
9 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.21%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.14%) Gemini Tracker
10 2 (0.14%) GitLab
10 2 (0.14%) JMeter
10 2 (0.14%) Postman
10 2 (0.14%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1,031 (71.80%) Social Skills
2 467 (32.52%) Finance
3 270 (18.80%) Analytical Skills
4 174 (12.12%) Legal
5 155 (10.79%) Public Sector
6 70 (4.87%) Retail
7 63 (4.39%) Marketing
8 58 (4.04%) Banking
9 54 (3.76%) Manufacturing
10 47 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
10 47 (3.27%) Local Government
11 44 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
12 38 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 31 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
13 31 (2.16%) Telecoms
14 22 (1.53%) Aviation
15 20 (1.39%) Military
16 17 (1.18%) Aerospace
17 16 (1.11%) Financial Institution
17 16 (1.11%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 192 (13.37%) Administrator
2 156 (10.86%) Analyst
3 106 (7.38%) Project Manager
4 96 (6.69%) Coordinator
5 81 (5.64%) Support Officer
6 78 (5.43%) Lead
7 53 (3.69%) Project Officer
8 50 (3.48%) Senior
9 48 (3.34%) Project Support Officer
10 36 (2.51%) Business Analyst
10 36 (2.51%) Project Coordinator
11 30 (2.09%) IT Support
11 30 (2.09%) Support Engineer
12 29 (2.02%) IT Manager
13 23 (1.60%) Delivery Manager
13 23 (1.60%) Junior
13 23 (1.60%) Programme Manager
14 22 (1.53%) Data Administrator
15 20 (1.39%) PMO Analyst
15 20 (1.39%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (0.97%) HTML
1 14 (0.97%) Spring
2 13 (0.91%) Hibernate
2 13 (0.91%) REST
2 13 (0.91%) Spring Boot
3 12 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
4 11 (0.77%) VML
5 10 (0.70%) CSS
5 10 (0.70%) Kafka
5 10 (0.70%) Middleware
6 9 (0.63%) Terraform
7 8 (0.56%) Web Services
8 7 (0.49%) React
8 7 (0.49%) Redux
8 7 (0.49%) SOAP
8 7 (0.49%) XML
9 6 (0.42%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.42%) JPA
9 6 (0.42%) RESTful
9 6 (0.42%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 140 (9.75%) Onboarding
2 122 (8.50%) Virtual Team
3 115 (8.01%) Web Conferencing
4 110 (7.66%) Podcast
5 105 (7.31%) Management Information System
6 54 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
7 40 (2.79%) Driving Licence
8 33 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
9 31 (2.16%) Product Ownership
10 16 (1.11%) Cloud Native
10 16 (1.11%) Data Centre
10 16 (1.11%) Learning Management System
11 14 (0.97%) Freedom of Information
12 13 (0.91%) Operational Technology
13 12 (0.84%) e-Learning
13 12 (0.84%) NHS
13 12 (0.84%) Social Media
14 11 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (0.77%) Life Science
14 11 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 72 (5.01%) Windows
2 15 (1.04%) Windows 10
3 10 (0.70%) Linux
4 7 (0.49%) Mac OS
4 7 (0.49%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.42%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.21%) Android
7 2 (0.14%) VMS
7 2 (0.14%) zOS
8 1 (0.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.070%) Unix
8 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (27.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 316 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
3 264 (18.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 262 (18.25%) Customer Service
5 216 (15.04%) Agile
6 214 (14.90%) Project Management
7 184 (12.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 178 (12.40%) Project Delivery
9 131 (9.12%) Decision-Making
10 123 (8.57%) Time Management
11 118 (8.22%) AI
12 98 (6.82%) Change Management
13 96 (6.69%) Service Delivery
14 94 (6.55%) ITIL
14 94 (6.55%) Logistics
15 90 (6.27%) Risk Management
16 87 (6.06%) Collaborative Working
16 87 (6.06%) Migration
16 87 (6.06%) PRINCE2
17 86 (5.99%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 37 (2.58%) SQL
2 20 (1.39%) Java
3 18 (1.25%) Python
4 12 (0.84%) PowerShell
5 8 (0.56%) PL/SQL
6 6 (0.42%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.21%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.14%) Bash
8 2 (0.14%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.14%) Korn
8 2 (0.14%) R
8 2 (0.14%) VBA
9 1 (0.070%) COBOL
9 1 (0.070%) Perl
9 1 (0.070%) REXX
Qualifications
1 201 (14.00%) Security Cleared
2 171 (11.91%) Degree
3 143 (9.96%) SC Cleared
4 139 (9.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 50 (3.48%) DV Cleared
6 44 (3.06%) DBS Check
7 30 (2.09%) PMP
8 27 (1.88%) PMI Certification
9 19 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 14 (0.97%) HNC
11 12 (0.84%) CISSP
12 9 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.56%) CIPD
13 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 6 (0.42%) A+ Certification
15 6 (0.42%) ACCA
15 6 (0.42%) CIMA
15 6 (0.42%) HP APS
15 6 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (9.96%) PMO
2 67 (4.67%) Data Quality
3 63 (4.39%) QA
4 46 (3.20%) GDPR
5 35 (2.44%) SLA
6 26 (1.81%) Accessibility
7 22 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (1.11%) GRC
9 14 (0.97%) NIST
10 8 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.42%) NCSC
13 5 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.35%) COBIT
14 4 (0.28%) IFRS
14 4 (0.28%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.28%) P3O
14 4 (0.28%) WCAG
15 3 (0.21%) COSHH
15 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 42 (2.92%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.84%) Docker
3 9 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.28%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.14%) Firmware
6 2 (0.14%) vSphere
7 1 (0.070%) GPFS
7 1 (0.070%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.070%) NFS
7 1 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 10 (0.70%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.56%) SCCM
5 7 (0.49%) Control-M
5 7 (0.49%) Grafana
5 7 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.42%) Ansible
7 4 (0.28%) WSUS
8 3 (0.21%) Packer
8 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.14%) OPNET
10 1 (0.070%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.070%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.070%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.070%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 469 (32.66%) Microsoft
2 73 (5.08%) SAP
3 49 (3.41%) Oracle
4 48 (3.34%) Google
5 45 (3.13%) ServiceNow
6 28 (1.95%) Salesforce
7 22 (1.53%) Cisco
8 14 (0.97%) Adobe
9 12 (0.84%) SolarWinds
9 12 (0.84%) VMware
10 11 (0.77%) Workday
11 9 (0.63%) Apple
12 8 (0.56%) Alteryx
12 8 (0.56%) HP
13 7 (0.49%) Braze
13 7 (0.49%) Palo Alto
14 6 (0.42%) HubSpot
15 5 (0.35%) Aruba
15 5 (0.35%) Databricks
15 5 (0.35%) Xero