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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 170 123
Rank change year-on-year +40 -47 +93
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 841 479 853
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.21% 1.54% 1.92%
As % of the General category 3.72% 2.49% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 402 282 415
10th Percentile £158 £200 £205
25th Percentile £210 £336 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £550
90th Percentile £660 £690 £668
UK excluding London median daily rate £353 £425 £375
% change year-on-year -17.06% +13.33% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 20 109
10th Percentile £13.43 £13.25 £11.77
25th Percentile £15.62 £15.07 £13.99
Median hourly rate £18.50 £21.14 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.47% +36.35% -42.01%
75th Percentile £24.61 £26.97 £31.25
90th Percentile £35.21 £30.39 £46.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.50 £20.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year -7.50% +33.33% -49.78%

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 22,609 19,273 26,097
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 59.39% 61.99% 58.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,209 11,476 16,945
10th Percentile £285 £282 £265
25th Percentile £401 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £486 £500
% change year-on-year -2.16% -2.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,377 632 1,490
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.62 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.35 £20.00 £15.32
Median hourly rate £22.85 £27.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% +5.77% +4.00%
75th Percentile £47.50 £53.75 £55.47
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.73 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.30 £26.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -19.62% +6.00% +11.56%

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 27 January 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 January 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 January 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 +43 746 £411 -17.75% 899
UK excluding London +38 551 £353 -17.06% 867
London +22 234 £475 -9.52% 219
Work from Home +3 188 £400 -23.08% 457
South East +27 136 £454 +34.59% 296
East of England +46 95 £300 -42.20% 112
Midlands -3 93 £257 -42.87% 137
North of England -21 93 £446 +22.19% 160
South West +29 80 £218 -60.45% 97
North West 0 54 £450 +33.33% 74
West Midlands -7 54 £371 -17.32% 83
East Midlands +5 39 £200 -51.69% 53
Yorkshire -43 31 £440 +20.55% 62
Scotland -7 28 £375 - 45
Northern Ireland +6 16 £350 -37.78% 13
Wales 0 14 £225 -24.05% 38
North East -11 8 £523 -11.06% 26

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 73 (8.68%) SharePoint
2 32 (3.80%) Confluence
3 9 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.71%) SAS
5 5 (0.59%) CMS
5 5 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.36%) MS Project Server
7 1 (0.12%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 159 (18.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 131 (15.58%) Microsoft Office
3 60 (7.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
5 20 (2.38%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (1.55%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.59%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.48%) InDesign
9 2 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.12%) CATIA
10 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.12%) MadCap Flare
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.12%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.59%) Loan IQ
4 4 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.48%) Shopify
5 3 (0.36%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.36%) Maximo
5 3 (0.36%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.36%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.24%) Primavera
6 2 (0.24%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.24%) Workfront
7 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP FS
7 1 (0.12%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 58 (6.90%) Azure
2 51 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (4.88%) Power Platform
4 19 (2.26%) Google Workspace
5 18 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (1.55%) AWS
7 9 (1.07%) Entra ID
8 8 (0.95%) SaaS
9 7 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (0.59%) OneDrive
11 4 (0.48%) BigCommerce
11 4 (0.48%) GitHub
11 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (0.48%) Smartsheet
12 3 (0.36%) Figma
12 3 (0.36%) Google Analytics
12 3 (0.36%) Google Drive
12 3 (0.36%) OCI
12 3 (0.36%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.24%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.66%) VPN
2 9 (1.07%) LAN
3 8 (0.95%) WAN
4 7 (0.83%) DNS
4 7 (0.83%) Skype
4 7 (0.83%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.71%) Internet
6 5 (0.59%) Firewall
6 5 (0.59%) Network Security
7 3 (0.36%) DHCP
7 3 (0.36%) Intranet
8 2 (0.24%) MPLS
8 2 (0.24%) Wireless
9 1 (0.12%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.12%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 1 (0.12%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 1 (0.12%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.12%) UWB
9 1 (0.12%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.64%) Power BI
2 6 (0.71%) Electronic Patient Records
2 6 (0.71%) Metadata
2 6 (0.71%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.48%) MySQL
3 4 (0.48%) Star Schema
4 3 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.36%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.36%) Tick Data
5 2 (0.24%) Data Mart
5 2 (0.24%) Data Vault
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.12%) EDMS
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.12%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.12%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 70 (8.32%) JIRA
2 5 (0.59%) Git
2 5 (0.59%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.36%) Maven
3 3 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.12%) GitLab
4 1 (0.12%) JUnit
4 1 (0.12%) Postman
4 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
General
1 532 (63.26%) Social Skills
2 213 (25.33%) Finance
3 135 (16.05%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (9.99%) Public Sector
5 45 (5.35%) Marketing
6 40 (4.76%) Banking
7 38 (4.52%) Retail
8 37 (4.40%) Legal
9 28 (3.33%) Manufacturing
9 28 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (2.50%) Telecoms
11 19 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (1.78%) Electronics
13 13 (1.55%) Aerospace
14 12 (1.43%) Investment Banking
15 11 (1.31%) Local Government
16 10 (1.19%) Financial Institution
17 9 (1.07%) Billing
18 8 (0.95%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 113 (13.44%) Analyst
2 100 (11.89%) Project Manager
3 71 (8.44%) IT Support
4 51 (6.06%) Break Fix Engineer
5 49 (5.83%) Senior
6 48 (5.71%) Administrator
7 46 (5.47%) Lead
8 45 (5.35%) Support Officer
9 42 (4.99%) Coordinator
10 38 (4.52%) Hardware Engineer
11 37 (4.40%) Technical Support
12 32 (3.80%) Junior
13 30 (3.57%) Business Analyst
14 24 (2.85%) Field Engineer
14 24 (2.85%) Support Engineer
15 23 (2.73%) 1st Line Support
15 23 (2.73%) Consultant
15 23 (2.73%) Project Officer
16 22 (2.62%) Project Support Officer
16 22 (2.62%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.95%) HTML
1 8 (0.95%) VML
2 7 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (0.71%) ADO
3 6 (0.71%) Spring
4 4 (0.48%) REST
5 3 (0.36%) CSS
5 3 (0.36%) Middleware
5 3 (0.36%) XML
6 2 (0.24%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.24%) HTML5
6 2 (0.24%) JSON
6 2 (0.24%) JWT
6 2 (0.24%) OAuth
6 2 (0.24%) SOAP
6 2 (0.24%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (0.12%) Node.js
7 1 (0.12%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.12%) SAPUI5
7 1 (0.12%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 62 (7.37%) Onboarding
2 31 (3.69%) Management Information System
3 24 (2.85%) NHS
4 23 (2.73%) Product Ownership
5 20 (2.38%) Mobile App
6 18 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (2.02%) Driving Licence
8 15 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.78%) Security Posture
9 12 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.43%) Insider Threat
10 11 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.31%) Data Centre
11 8 (0.95%) Virtual Team
12 7 (0.83%) Social Media
12 7 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (0.71%) Credit Risk
13 6 (0.71%) LIMS
14 5 (0.59%) Linux Command Line
14 5 (0.59%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 77 (9.16%) Windows
2 27 (3.21%) Windows 10
3 23 (2.73%) Linux
4 7 (0.83%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.36%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.24%) Unix
7 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (24.61%) Problem-Solving
2 190 (22.59%) Project Management
3 188 (22.35%) Time Management
4 138 (16.41%) Customer Service
5 123 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 120 (14.27%) Agile
7 98 (11.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 91 (10.82%) Project Delivery
9 76 (9.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 70 (8.32%) Migration
11 69 (8.20%) Decision-Making
12 65 (7.73%) Collaborative Working
12 65 (7.73%) ITIL
13 62 (7.37%) PRINCE2
14 60 (7.13%) Asset Management
15 57 (6.78%) Business Intelligence
15 57 (6.78%) Risk Management
16 45 (5.35%) Cybersecurity
16 45 (5.35%) Project Governance
17 44 (5.23%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 31 (3.69%) SQL
2 24 (2.85%) Python
3 12 (1.43%) Java
4 10 (1.19%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.71%) R
6 5 (0.59%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.12%) C
8 1 (0.12%) C#
8 1 (0.12%) C++
8 1 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.12%) Jython
8 1 (0.12%) Korn
8 1 (0.12%) PHP
8 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 123 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 115 (13.67%) SC Cleared
3 99 (11.77%) Degree
4 29 (3.45%) PMP
5 23 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.73%) PMI Certification
6 21 (2.50%) DV Cleared
7 16 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.90%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.55%) CTC Cleared
9 12 (1.43%) APMP
10 11 (1.31%) DBS Check
10 11 (1.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 5 (0.59%) CISSP
11 5 (0.59%) HND
11 5 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 3 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.36%) HNC
13 3 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (8.80%) PMO
2 31 (3.69%) QA
2 31 (3.69%) SLA
3 27 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (2.14%) GDPR
5 17 (2.02%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.31%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.31%) GRC
7 10 (1.19%) Def Stans
7 10 (1.19%) NIST
8 8 (0.95%) Disclosure Scotland
9 6 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.24%) COBIT
12 2 (0.24%) IFRS
12 2 (0.24%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.24%) P3O
12 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.12%) GxP
System Software
1 33 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.36%) Firmware
4 3 (0.36%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.12%) Docker
5 1 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 25 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.71%) SCCM
2 6 (0.71%) ServiceCenter
3 3 (0.36%) Ansible
4 1 (0.12%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.12%) Grafana
4 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.12%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.12%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (0.12%) Packer
4 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.12%) SCOM
4 1 (0.12%) Terraform
4 1 (0.12%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 239 (28.42%) Microsoft
2 60 (7.13%) HP
3 57 (6.78%) SAP
4 33 (3.92%) ServiceNow
5 25 (2.97%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.02%) Google
6 17 (2.02%) Oracle
7 14 (1.66%) Adobe
8 13 (1.55%) Citrix
9 10 (1.19%) Apple
9 10 (1.19%) Cisco
10 9 (1.07%) Dell
10 9 (1.07%) Remedy
11 8 (0.95%) Datto
12 7 (0.83%) VMware
12 7 (0.83%) Workday
13 5 (0.59%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.59%) Computacenter
14 4 (0.48%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.48%) Sitecore