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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 134 186
Rank change year-on-year +18 +52 -17
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,240 676 520
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.31% 2.09% 1.37%
As % of the General category 4.18% 3.29% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 572 334 313
10th Percentile £185 £185 £165
25th Percentile £263 £288 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £408 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -9.33% -
75th Percentile £538 £556 £538
90th Percentile £618 £696 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £373 £405
% change year-on-year +7.38% -8.02% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 93 50
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.00 £12.83
25th Percentile £15.61 £15.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £23.11 £18.00 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +28.39% -52.78% +73.47%
75th Percentile £43.96 £26.51 -
90th Percentile - £40.55 £39.06
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.37 £18.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year +68.69% -52.78% +81.65%

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 29,647 20,544 21,930
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.27% 63.58% 57.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,516 12,745 13,465
10th Percentile £313 £275 £290
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 £498
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.62% -0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,299 1,164 1,171
10th Percentile £13.70 £13.47 £14.50
25th Percentile £16.77 £16.17 £17.25
Median hourly rate £30.50 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.27% -32.93% +36.36%
75th Percentile £55.00 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.75 £70.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.16 £22.04 £38.12
% change year-on-year +41.36% -42.18% +46.90%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +18 1,054 £404 -4.97% 1,903
UK excluding London +11 789 £400 +7.38% 1,547
Work from Home +73 422 £410 -7.81% 623
London +20 377 £450 -5.26% 603
North of England +17 194 £400 -7.51% 351
South East -33 176 £436 +15.56% 444
Midlands -5 130 £403 +34.25% 283
South West +26 106 £300 -23.08% 163
North West -1 86 £484 +17.33% 201
Scotland +31 83 £410 +2.50% 88
West Midlands -12 83 £436 +45.42% 164
Yorkshire +8 76 £365 -13.10% 103
East of England -1 61 £350 -22.22% 155
East Midlands -6 45 £275 -12.00% 119
North East -10 32 £488 +3.17% 52
Northern Ireland +20 29 £258 -30.87% 43
Wales -12 17 - - 41

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 89 (7.18%) SharePoint
2 39 (3.15%) Confluence
3 29 (2.34%) CMS
4 13 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.56%) Drupal
6 6 (0.48%) WordPress
7 5 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.16%) IIS
10 1 (0.081%) Apache
10 1 (0.081%) Camunda
10 1 (0.081%) CICS
10 1 (0.081%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.081%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 263 (21.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 216 (17.42%) Microsoft Office
3 116 (9.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 62 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (1.94%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (1.13%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.48%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.32%) InDesign
10 2 (0.16%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.16%) Navisworks
10 2 (0.16%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.16%) Revit
10 2 (0.16%) Trello
11 1 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.081%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (1.05%) Magento
2 7 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.32%) HFM
4 4 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.24%) Shopify
5 3 (0.24%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.16%) Primavera
6 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.081%) Actimize
7 1 (0.081%) Changepoint
7 1 (0.081%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.081%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.081%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.081%) Orchard Housing
7 1 (0.081%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.081%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 88 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (6.69%) Azure
3 69 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 58 (4.68%) AWS
5 29 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (1.45%) Google Workspace
8 17 (1.37%) SaaS
9 16 (1.29%) Entra ID
10 15 (1.21%) Microsoft Copilot
11 13 (1.05%) GCP
12 12 (0.97%) Google Sheets
13 10 (0.81%) OpenShift
14 8 (0.65%) Slack
15 6 (0.48%) GitHub
15 6 (0.48%) Google Analytics
15 6 (0.48%) Miro
15 6 (0.48%) Power Automate
16 5 (0.40%) OCI
16 5 (0.40%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.85%) LAN
2 15 (1.21%) WAN
3 12 (0.97%) Network Security
4 11 (0.89%) Firewall
5 10 (0.81%) DNS
6 9 (0.73%) MPLS
7 7 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (0.40%) Intranet
8 5 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.40%) VLAN
8 5 (0.40%) VPN
9 4 (0.32%) Broadband
9 4 (0.32%) DHCP
9 4 (0.32%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.24%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.24%) VoIP
11 2 (0.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 2 (0.16%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (5.48%) Power BI
2 14 (1.13%) SQL Server
3 10 (0.81%) Relational Database
4 8 (0.65%) Tableau
5 7 (0.56%) Power Query
6 6 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.40%) Metadata
8 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.24%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.16%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.16%) ClickHouse
10 2 (0.16%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.16%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.16%) MS Access
10 2 (0.16%) MySQL
10 2 (0.16%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.081%) Amazon Athena
11 1 (0.081%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.081%) Looker
Development Applications
1 89 (7.18%) JIRA
2 27 (2.18%) Jenkins
3 19 (1.53%) Git
4 8 (0.65%) Subversion
5 7 (0.56%) Bitbucket
5 7 (0.56%) Gradle
6 5 (0.40%) JUnit
6 5 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.32%) Maven
7 4 (0.32%) Mockito
7 4 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.24%) GitLab
8 3 (0.24%) Selenium
8 3 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.16%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.16%) Gemini Tracker
9 2 (0.16%) JMeter
9 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.16%) Vite
General
1 868 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 429 (34.60%) Finance
3 240 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
4 175 (14.11%) Legal
5 140 (11.29%) Public Sector
6 66 (5.32%) Retail
7 57 (4.60%) Marketing
8 52 (4.19%) Banking
9 44 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
10 42 (3.39%) Local Government
11 39 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
12 38 (3.06%) Manufacturing
13 32 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 26 (2.10%) Telecoms
16 19 (1.53%) Military
17 16 (1.29%) Investment Banking
18 13 (1.05%) Publishing
19 12 (0.97%) Financial Institution
19 12 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 150 (12.10%) Analyst
2 126 (10.16%) Administrator
3 96 (7.74%) Project Manager
4 70 (5.65%) Coordinator
4 70 (5.65%) Lead
4 70 (5.65%) Support Officer
5 55 (4.44%) Senior
6 51 (4.11%) Project Officer
7 45 (3.63%) Project Support Officer
8 37 (2.98%) Business Analyst
9 29 (2.34%) IT Support
9 29 (2.34%) Project Coordinator
10 27 (2.18%) IT Manager
10 27 (2.18%) Support Engineer
11 24 (1.94%) Delivery Manager
11 24 (1.94%) Junior
12 21 (1.69%) Programme Manager
13 20 (1.61%) Developer
13 20 (1.61%) PMO Analyst
13 20 (1.61%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.61%) HTML
2 15 (1.21%) CSS
3 13 (1.05%) REST
3 13 (1.05%) VML
4 12 (0.97%) Spring
5 11 (0.89%) Hibernate
5 11 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (0.89%) Spring Boot
6 10 (0.81%) Middleware
7 9 (0.73%) Kafka
7 9 (0.73%) React
7 9 (0.73%) Redux
7 9 (0.73%) XML
8 7 (0.56%) Terraform
9 6 (0.48%) .NET
9 6 (0.48%) Web Services
10 5 (0.40%) SOAP
11 4 (0.32%) ActiveMQ
11 4 (0.32%) ADO
11 4 (0.32%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 126 (10.16%) Onboarding
2 118 (9.52%) Virtual Team
3 115 (9.27%) Web Conferencing
4 110 (8.87%) Podcast
5 74 (5.97%) Management Information System
6 40 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.66%) Product Ownership
8 31 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
9 22 (1.77%) Driving Licence
10 17 (1.37%) Learning Management System
11 14 (1.13%) Cloud Native
11 14 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.05%) e-Learning
12 13 (1.05%) Freedom of Information
13 11 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (0.89%) Data Centre
13 11 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
14 10 (0.81%) Blog
14 10 (0.81%) Hedge funds
15 9 (0.73%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 74 (5.97%) Windows
2 16 (1.29%) Windows 10
3 10 (0.81%) Linux
3 10 (0.81%) Mac OS
4 8 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.16%) VMS
6 2 (0.16%) zOS
7 1 (0.081%) Android
7 1 (0.081%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.081%) Unix
7 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (27.42%) Stakeholder Management
2 262 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
3 228 (18.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 216 (17.42%) Agile
4 216 (17.42%) Customer Service
5 200 (16.13%) Project Management
6 165 (13.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 162 (13.06%) Project Delivery
8 121 (9.76%) Decision-Making
9 106 (8.55%) AI
10 92 (7.42%) Time Management
11 90 (7.26%) PRINCE2
12 87 (7.02%) ITIL
12 87 (7.02%) Service Delivery
13 83 (6.69%) Change Management
13 83 (6.69%) Migration
14 77 (6.21%) Collaborative Working
15 76 (6.13%) Logistics
16 74 (5.97%) Data Protection
16 74 (5.97%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (3.47%) SQL
2 22 (1.77%) Python
3 17 (1.37%) Java
4 13 (1.05%) PowerShell
5 8 (0.65%) PL/SQL
6 7 (0.56%) T-SQL
7 6 (0.48%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.48%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.24%) R
8 3 (0.24%) VBA
9 2 (0.16%) Bash
9 2 (0.16%) C#
9 2 (0.16%) Korn
10 1 (0.081%) COBOL
10 1 (0.081%) Groovy
10 1 (0.081%) Perl
10 1 (0.081%) PHP
10 1 (0.081%) REXX
Qualifications
1 176 (14.19%) Security Cleared
2 160 (12.90%) Degree
3 136 (10.97%) BPSS Clearance
4 126 (10.16%) SC Cleared
5 42 (3.39%) DV Cleared
6 29 (2.34%) DBS Check
7 28 (2.26%) PMI Certification
7 28 (2.26%) PMP
8 20 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 11 (0.89%) CISSP
10 9 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (0.73%) HNC
11 8 (0.65%) CIPD
11 8 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (0.56%) CISM
12 7 (0.56%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.48%) A+ Certification
13 6 (0.48%) ACCA
13 6 (0.48%) CIMA
13 6 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (11.05%) PMO
2 58 (4.68%) QA
3 57 (4.60%) Data Quality
4 37 (2.98%) GDPR
5 28 (2.26%) SLA
6 25 (2.02%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.97%) GRC
9 10 (0.81%) NIST
10 7 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.48%) WCAG
12 5 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.40%) COBIT
12 5 (0.40%) NCSC
13 4 (0.32%) IFRS
14 3 (0.24%) GMP
14 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.24%) P3O
15 2 (0.16%) COSHH
System Software
1 42 (3.39%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.73%) Docker
3 8 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.24%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.16%) Firmware
6 1 (0.081%) GPFS
6 1 (0.081%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.081%) NFS
6 1 (0.081%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.89%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 8 (0.65%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.56%) Control-M
5 6 (0.48%) Ansible
6 5 (0.40%) Grafana
6 5 (0.40%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.40%) SCCM
6 5 (0.40%) WSUS
7 3 (0.24%) Packer
8 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.16%) OPNET
8 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.081%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.081%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.081%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 386 (31.13%) Microsoft
2 59 (4.76%) SAP
3 52 (4.19%) ServiceNow
4 43 (3.47%) Oracle
5 41 (3.31%) Google
6 29 (2.34%) Salesforce
7 22 (1.77%) Cisco
8 15 (1.21%) Adobe
9 13 (1.05%) SolarWinds
10 11 (0.89%) VMware
10 11 (0.89%) Workday
11 10 (0.81%) Apple
12 8 (0.65%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.56%) Braze
13 7 (0.56%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.40%) Aruba
14 5 (0.40%) Databricks
14 5 (0.40%) Xero
15 4 (0.32%) Concur
15 4 (0.32%) PagerDuty