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 19 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 138 133
Rank change year-on-year -6 -5 +54
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 893 601 730
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.86% 2.06% 1.71%
As % of the General category 3.47% 3.25% 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 449 332 417
10th Percentile £163 £195 £163
25th Percentile £213 £307 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.86% -5.81%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £534
90th Percentile £625 £725 £617
UK excluding London median daily rate £373 £375 £415
% change year-on-year -0.53% -9.64% -0.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 50 149
10th Percentile £13.97 £13.00 £11.77
25th Percentile £15.70 £13.84 £13.99
Median hourly rate £18.50 £16.67 £18.35
Median % change year-on-year +11.01% -9.18% -20.42%
75th Percentile £24.49 £25.58 £38.12
90th Percentile £35.07 £33.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.80 £18.00 £18.13
% change year-on-year -1.14% -0.72% -20.10%

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 25,725 18,470 24,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 53.55% 63.25% 57.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,701 11,732 15,577
10th Percentile £310 £285 £275
25th Percentile £411 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £498
% change year-on-year +2.63% -4.62% -0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,648 796 1,927
10th Percentile £13.95 £13.95 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.25 £16.95 £15.41
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £59.63 £56.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £66.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.96 £24.62 £28.00
% change year-on-year +13.55% -12.06% -3.45%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 19 May 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 +5 811 £400 -15.79% 773
UK excluding London -23 553 £373 -0.53% 644
London +13 300 £450 -18.18% 217
Work from Home +19 236 £450 -9.32% 290
North of England -13 117 £425 +21.43% 150
South East -54 116 £450 +38.46% 235
Midlands -36 98 £275 -21.43% 94
South West +26 88 £310 -38.10% 46
East of England +22 82 £200 -55.56% 81
West Midlands -50 61 £350 - 45
Yorkshire -17 58 £400 +8.47% 53
North West -18 50 £438 +25.00% 88
East Midlands -13 36 £200 -48.85% 47
Scotland -17 36 £400 -3.03% 22
Wales -11 11 £213 -35.83% 12
North East -19 9 £450 - 10
Northern Ireland 0 6 £500 +34.23% 14

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 70 (7.84%) SharePoint
2 29 (3.25%) Confluence
3 15 (1.68%) CMS
4 9 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.78%) WordPress
6 3 (0.34%) Drupal
6 3 (0.34%) MS Project Server
7 2 (0.22%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) Camunda
8 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.11%) Tuxedo
8 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 179 (20.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 123 (13.77%) Microsoft Office
3 67 (7.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (4.59%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (2.02%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.90%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.56%) InDesign
7 5 (0.56%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.34%) Trello
10 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.11%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (1.12%) Loan IQ
1 10 (1.12%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.67%) Shopify
4 4 (0.45%) Magento
5 3 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.34%) HFM
5 3 (0.34%) Maximo
5 3 (0.34%) Primavera
5 3 (0.34%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.34%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.11%) Actimize
7 1 (0.11%) iTrent
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.11%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.11%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 90 (10.08%) Azure
2 82 (9.18%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (6.16%) Power Platform
4 32 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (3.47%) AWS
6 20 (2.24%) Google Workspace
7 18 (2.02%) SaaS
8 12 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (1.23%) GCP
9 11 (1.23%) OCI
10 9 (1.01%) Entra ID
11 8 (0.90%) GitHub
12 6 (0.67%) BigCommerce
12 6 (0.67%) Google Sheets
13 5 (0.56%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (0.45%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (0.45%) Google Analytics
14 4 (0.45%) OneDrive
14 4 (0.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.90%) VPN
2 11 (1.23%) LAN
3 10 (1.12%) DNS
3 10 (1.12%) Firewall
3 10 (1.12%) Skype
4 8 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (0.78%) WAN
6 6 (0.67%) DHCP
6 6 (0.67%) Intranet
7 5 (0.56%) Network Security
8 4 (0.45%) SMS
8 4 (0.45%) VLAN
9 3 (0.34%) SAN
9 3 (0.34%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.34%) VoIP
10 2 (0.22%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.22%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.11%) ADSL
11 1 (0.11%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (5.94%) Power BI
2 16 (1.79%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.78%) GIS
5 6 (0.67%) Electronic Patient Records
5 6 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
5 6 (0.67%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.67%) Spatial Data
6 5 (0.56%) MySQL
6 5 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.45%) Metadata
8 3 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.34%) Power Query
8 3 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.22%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.22%) ClickHouse
9 2 (0.22%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.22%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 74 (8.29%) JIRA
2 19 (2.13%) Git
3 13 (1.46%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.01%) JUnit
5 8 (0.90%) Cucumber
5 8 (0.90%) JMeter
5 8 (0.90%) Selenium
5 8 (0.90%) WebDriver
6 6 (0.67%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.45%) GitLab
7 4 (0.45%) Subversion
8 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.22%) Vite
9 1 (0.11%) Hudson
9 1 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.11%) Maven
9 1 (0.11%) MSI
9 1 (0.11%) Postman
9 1 (0.11%) ScriptRunner
General
1 528 (59.13%) Social Skills
2 237 (26.54%) Finance
3 156 (17.47%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (11.31%) Public Sector
5 60 (6.72%) Legal
6 49 (5.49%) Marketing
7 47 (5.26%) Retail
8 46 (5.15%) Banking
9 30 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (2.46%) Manufacturing
11 20 (2.24%) Telecoms
12 18 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.79%) Military
14 15 (1.68%) Local Government
15 13 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (1.34%) Investment Banking
17 10 (1.12%) Advertising
17 10 (1.12%) Electronics
17 10 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 9 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 116 (12.99%) Analyst
2 113 (12.65%) Project Manager
3 65 (7.28%) Senior
4 61 (6.83%) Administrator
5 53 (5.94%) Support Officer
6 49 (5.49%) Lead
7 46 (5.15%) Coordinator
8 44 (4.93%) Break Fix Engineer
9 40 (4.48%) IT Support
10 36 (4.03%) Business Analyst
10 36 (4.03%) Project Officer
11 35 (3.92%) Hardware Engineer
11 35 (3.92%) Project Support Officer
11 35 (3.92%) Technical Support
12 33 (3.70%) Consultant
13 30 (3.36%) Junior
13 30 (3.36%) Senior Manager
13 30 (3.36%) Senior Project Manager
14 27 (3.02%) Project Coordinator
15 24 (2.69%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.90%) VML
2 16 (1.79%) HTML
3 11 (1.23%) Spring
4 10 (1.12%) CSS
4 10 (1.12%) Middleware
4 10 (1.12%) XML
5 9 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
6 8 (0.90%) WireMock
7 6 (0.67%) .NET
8 5 (0.56%) HTML5
8 5 (0.56%) JWT
8 5 (0.56%) REST
9 4 (0.45%) ADO
9 4 (0.45%) JSON
9 4 (0.45%) Kafka
9 4 (0.45%) OAuth
9 4 (0.45%) Web Services
10 3 (0.34%) Node.js
10 3 (0.34%) SailPoint
10 3 (0.34%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (7.73%) Onboarding
2 40 (4.48%) Management Information System
3 33 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 23 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
4 23 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (2.13%) NHS
6 14 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (1.23%) Learning Management System
7 11 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.23%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.12%) e-Learning
9 9 (1.01%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.01%) Freedom of Information
9 9 (1.01%) Insider Threat
9 9 (1.01%) Social Media
10 8 (0.90%) Tandem
11 7 (0.78%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.67%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.67%) Security Posture
12 6 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 76 (8.51%) Windows
2 22 (2.46%) Windows 10
3 11 (1.23%) Mac OS
4 10 (1.12%) Linux
5 7 (0.78%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.22%) Unix
6 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.11%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (24.64%) Problem-Solving
2 213 (23.85%) Project Management
3 172 (19.26%) Time Management
4 159 (17.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 144 (16.13%) Agile
6 134 (15.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 132 (14.78%) Project Delivery
8 130 (14.56%) Customer Service
9 101 (11.31%) Decision-Making
10 84 (9.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 74 (8.29%) AI
12 70 (7.84%) Migration
13 66 (7.39%) ITIL
14 65 (7.28%) Collaborative Working
15 63 (7.05%) PRINCE2
16 62 (6.94%) Data Protection
17 59 (6.61%) Business Intelligence
18 57 (6.38%) Programme Management
19 56 (6.27%) Waterfall
20 52 (5.82%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 31 (3.47%) SQL
2 16 (1.79%) Python
3 10 (1.12%) JavaScript
4 8 (0.90%) C#
4 8 (0.90%) PowerShell
5 7 (0.78%) T-SQL
6 5 (0.56%) Java
7 3 (0.34%) Bash
8 2 (0.22%) Korn
8 2 (0.22%) PHP
8 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.22%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.22%) VBA
9 1 (0.11%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.11%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.11%) Groovy
9 1 (0.11%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 133 (14.89%) Degree
2 111 (12.43%) Security Cleared
3 97 (10.86%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.81%) PMP
5 28 (3.14%) PMI Certification
6 26 (2.91%) DV Cleared
7 18 (2.02%) DBS Check
8 16 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.57%) APMP
10 12 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 9 (1.01%) CISSP
12 9 (1.01%) CTC Cleared
13 6 (0.67%) A+ Certification
14 5 (0.56%) CIMA
14 5 (0.56%) CSPO
15 4 (0.45%) ACCA
15 4 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (10.19%) PMO
2 39 (4.37%) QA
3 31 (3.47%) Data Quality
4 28 (3.14%) SLA
5 21 (2.35%) GDPR
6 19 (2.13%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.78%) NIST
9 6 (0.67%) GRC
9 6 (0.67%) IFRS
9 6 (0.67%) ISO 20022
9 6 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.67%) SEPA
10 5 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.45%) GAAP
11 4 (0.45%) PSD2
11 4 (0.45%) WCAG
12 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.34%) JSP 440
System Software
1 50 (5.60%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.46%) Docker
3 2 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 2 (0.22%) Firmware
4 1 (0.11%) Samba
4 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 32 (3.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (1.46%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.12%) Grafana
3 10 (1.12%) ServiceCenter
4 9 (1.01%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.34%) Terraform
6 2 (0.22%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.22%) OPNET
6 2 (0.22%) WSUS
7 1 (0.11%) Ansible
7 1 (0.11%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.11%) Kibana
7 1 (0.11%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.11%) Packer
7 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.11%) SCOM
7 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.11%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 241 (26.99%) Microsoft
2 59 (6.61%) ServiceNow
3 57 (6.38%) HP
4 56 (6.27%) SAP
5 30 (3.36%) Oracle
6 29 (3.25%) Google
7 18 (2.02%) Cisco
7 18 (2.02%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.79%) Adobe
9 15 (1.68%) Apple
10 14 (1.57%) Dell
11 12 (1.34%) Citrix
11 12 (1.34%) Remedy
12 6 (0.67%) Sitecore
13 5 (0.56%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.45%) Databricks
14 4 (0.45%) DocuSign
14 4 (0.45%) Workday
15 3 (0.34%) ESRI
15 3 (0.34%) Tagetik