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

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	98	131	185
Rank change year-on-year	+33	+54	-22
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills	1,570	734	489
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	2.85%	2.19%	1.32%
As % of the General category	4.97%	3.48%	2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted	648	335	273
10^th Percentile	£183	£185	£163
25^th Percentile	£260	£294	£302
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£400	£415	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-3.50%	-7.89%	+5.88%
75^th Percentile	£538	£550	£560
90^th Percentile	£625	£688	£668
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£400
% change year-on-year	+6.67%	-6.25%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	470	153	26
10^th Percentile	£13.33	£13.00	£13.06
25^th Percentile	£14.07	£15.62	£13.55
Median hourly rate	£17.69	£20.00	£22.56
Median % change year-on-year	-11.55%	-11.35%	-16.44%
75^th Percentile	£43.96	£31.41	£29.69
90^th Percentile	-	£45.59	£51.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£18.82	£22.56
% change year-on-year	-7.01%	-16.58%	+7.17%

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.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills	31,604	21,080	21,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	57.33%	63.00%	58.77%
Number of daily rates quoted	18,363	13,132	12,834
10^th Percentile	£313	£275	£288
25^th Percentile	£420	£400	£411
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£500	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£638	£625	£649
90^th Percentile	£742	£738	£763
UK excluding London median daily rate	£500	£475	£480
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	-1.04%	-4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2,926	1,272	874
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£13.57	£15.00
25^th Percentile	£16.00	£16.17	£17.00
Median hourly rate	£27.34	£24.34	£31.06
Median % change year-on-year	+12.33%	-21.64%	+12.95%
75^th Percentile	£53.84	£43.75	£58.49
90^th Percentile	£77.50	£67.23	£70.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£27.08	£21.05	£29.00
% change year-on-year	+28.62%	-27.41%	+11.54%

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 Daily Rate Trend

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 21 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.

Organisational Skills Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Organisational Skills over the 6 months to 21 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 21 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	+29	1,334	£400	-9.09%	1,185
UK excluding London	+24	1,047	£400	+6.67%	888
Work from Home	+70	464	£413	-8.33%	436
London	+38	428	£450	-5.26%	352
North of England	+42	259	£375	-14.77%	175
South East	-4	247	£403	-10.56%	277
Midlands	+32	194	£402	+14.86%	172
North West	+20	128	£483	+28.80%	100
West Midlands	+22	124	£447	+27.71%	96
Scotland	+36	109	£425	+6.25%	54
South West	-4	104	£225	-1.10%	89
Yorkshire	+31	95	£365	-17.05%	57
East of England	+2	90	£375	-27.04%	81
East Midlands	+13	68	£233	+3.33%	76
North East	-12	36	£363	-23.28%	19
Northern Ireland	+10	29	£290	-19.72%	27
Wales	+1	28	£336	+40.00%	29

Organisational Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Organisational Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Organisational Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	33.1%	520
2	Stakeholder Management	27.5%	431
3	Problem-Solving	22.0%	345
4	Microsoft Excel	21.5%	337
5	Customer Service	18.5%	290
6	Microsoft Office	18.3%	288
7	Continuous Improvement	18.0%	282
8	Project Management	14.3%	225
9	Security Cleared	14.2%	223
10	Agile	13.8%	217
11	Project Delivery	12.4%	194
12	Stakeholder Engagement	12.1%	190
13	Degree	11.0%	173
14	PMO	9.7%	153
15	SC Cleared	9.6%	150
16	BPSS Clearance	9.2%	144
17	Time Management	8.7%	137
18	Microsoft PowerPoint	8.7%	136
19	Decision-Making	8.5%	134
20	AI	7.5%	117
21	SharePoint	7.1%	111
22	JIRA	6.9%	108
23	Change Management	6.7%	105
24	Collaborative Working	6.5%	102
25	Service Delivery	6.4%	101
26	Logistics	6.1%	96
27	ITIL	6.0%	94
27	Risk Management	6.0%	94
29	Data Protection	5.9%	92
29	Migration	5.9%	92

Organisational Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	71.9%	1,129
2	Finance	31.6%	496
3	Analytical Skills	18.6%	292
4	Legal	11.5%	181
5	Public Sector	9.9%	156
6	Retail	5.1%	80
7	Marketing	4.5%	70
8	Manufacturing	4.3%	68
9	Banking	4.3%	67
10	Documentation Skills	3.4%	54
11	Influencing Skills	3.1%	49
11	Local Government	3.1%	49
13	Inclusion and Diversity	2.8%	44
14	Telecoms	2.2%	35
15	Aerospace	2.1%	33
16	Aviation	2.0%	32
17	Presentation Skills	1.9%	30
18	Advertising	1.5%	23
19	Investment Banking	1.1%	18
20	Financial Institution	1.1%	17