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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 139 125
Rank change year-on-year +5 -14 +64
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 913 566 803
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.96% 1.92% 1.84%
As % of the General category 3.58% 3.04% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 340 422
10th Percentile £160 £195 £175
25th Percentile £210 £311 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £436
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +8.88% -3.06%
75th Percentile £526 £600 £537
90th Percentile £614 £725 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £357 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -10.75% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 39 154
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £11.85
25th Percentile £15.70 £15.05 £13.99
Median hourly rate £18.50 £15.84 £18.35
Median % change year-on-year +16.79% -13.68% -29.42%
75th Percentile £24.49 £24.97 £38.12
90th Percentile £35.64 £32.36 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.09 £18.58 £18.00
% change year-on-year -2.62% +3.21% -28.00%

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 25,486 18,638 25,438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.85% 63.10% 58.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,770 11,909 16,090
10th Percentile £305 £300 £270
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £639 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,614 789 1,927
10th Percentile £13.72 £14.20 £12.77
25th Percentile £17.50 £18.13 £15.41
Median hourly rate £29.00 £28.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -1.75% -18.57%
75th Percentile £60.00 £56.00 £51.50
90th Percentile £79.70 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.45 £25.29 £27.50
% change year-on-year +0.64% -8.04% -13.07%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 24 April 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 +16 823 £400 -20.00% 588
UK excluding London 0 570 £357 -10.75% 545
London +11 296 £475 -13.64% 125
Work from Home +30 242 £438 -16.67% 203
South East -32 132 £450 +38.46% 171
North of England -7 117 £435 +21.51% 120
Midlands -21 100 £285 -31.16% 98
East of England +22 87 £200 -56.76% 52
South West +13 81 £292 -41.55% 63
West Midlands -36 62 £338 +0.30% 46
Yorkshire -12 61 £400 +1.59% 41
North West -14 47 £438 +27.37% 61
Scotland -3 38 £400 -3.03% 19
East Midlands -11 38 £200 -50.31% 52
Wales -10 12 £213 -35.83% 16
North East -12 9 £450 -21.74% 19
Northern Ireland +5 6 £475 +18.75% 18

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 (7.67%) SharePoint
2 30 (3.29%) Confluence
3 14 (1.53%) CMS
4 9 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.66%) WordPress
6 3 (0.33%) MS Project Server
7 2 (0.22%) Drupal
7 2 (0.22%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) Camunda
8 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
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
1 186 (20.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 120 (13.14%) Microsoft Office
3 67 (7.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 46 (5.04%) Microsoft Project
5 20 (2.19%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.99%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (0.66%) InDesign
7 6 (0.66%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.33%) Trello
10 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.11%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (1.10%) Loan IQ
1 10 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.55%) Shopify
4 3 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.33%) Maximo
4 3 (0.33%) Primavera
4 3 (0.33%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.33%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.22%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.22%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.11%) Actimize
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.11%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 84 (9.20%) Azure
2 83 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (6.57%) Power Platform
4 33 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (2.96%) AWS
6 19 (2.08%) Google Workspace
6 19 (2.08%) SaaS
7 11 (1.20%) GCP
8 10 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (0.99%) GitHub
9 9 (0.99%) OCI
10 6 (0.66%) Entra ID
11 5 (0.55%) BigCommerce
11 5 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (0.55%) Google Analytics
12 4 (0.44%) Amazon S3
12 4 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (0.44%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.44%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.97%) VPN
2 11 (1.20%) LAN
3 10 (1.10%) DNS
3 10 (1.10%) Firewall
3 10 (1.10%) Skype
4 8 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (0.77%) Network Security
5 7 (0.77%) WAN
6 6 (0.66%) DHCP
6 6 (0.66%) Intranet
7 4 (0.44%) SMS
7 4 (0.44%) VLAN
8 3 (0.33%) Internet
8 3 (0.33%) SAN
8 3 (0.33%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.33%) VoIP
9 2 (0.22%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.11%) NAS
10 1 (0.11%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (6.35%) Power BI
2 15 (1.64%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.77%) GIS
5 6 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
5 6 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
5 6 (0.66%) Spatial Data
6 5 (0.55%) Metadata
6 5 (0.55%) MySQL
6 5 (0.55%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.33%) Power Query
8 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.22%) ClickHouse
9 2 (0.22%) Data Mart
9 2 (0.22%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 77 (8.43%) JIRA
2 15 (1.64%) Git
3 10 (1.10%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.99%) JUnit
5 8 (0.88%) Cucumber
5 8 (0.88%) JMeter
5 8 (0.88%) Selenium
5 8 (0.88%) WebDriver
6 6 (0.66%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.44%) GitLab
8 3 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.22%) Maven
9 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.22%) Vite
10 1 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
10 1 (0.11%) MSI
10 1 (0.11%) Postman
10 1 (0.11%) ScriptRunner
General
1 545 (59.69%) Social Skills
2 239 (26.18%) Finance
3 162 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (10.08%) Public Sector
5 58 (6.35%) Legal
6 56 (6.13%) Marketing
7 48 (5.26%) Banking
8 42 (4.60%) Retail
9 30 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (2.41%) Manufacturing
11 19 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (2.08%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.64%) Military
13 13 (1.42%) Investment Banking
14 11 (1.20%) Advertising
14 11 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.20%) Electronics
14 11 (1.20%) Local Government
15 10 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (0.99%) Billing
Job Titles
1 118 (12.92%) Analyst
2 105 (11.50%) Project Manager
3 63 (6.90%) Senior
4 61 (6.68%) Administrator
5 54 (5.91%) Support Officer
6 51 (5.59%) Break Fix Engineer
6 51 (5.59%) Coordinator
7 50 (5.48%) Lead
8 45 (4.93%) IT Support
9 39 (4.27%) Technical Support
10 37 (4.05%) Junior
11 36 (3.94%) Consultant
12 35 (3.83%) Business Analyst
12 35 (3.83%) Hardware Engineer
12 35 (3.83%) Project Officer
13 33 (3.61%) Project Support Officer
14 28 (3.07%) Project Coordinator
15 25 (2.74%) Senior Manager
15 25 (2.74%) Senior Project Manager
16 23 (2.52%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.75%) HTML
2 13 (1.42%) VML
3 12 (1.31%) Spring
4 11 (1.20%) CSS
4 11 (1.20%) XML
5 9 (0.99%) Middleware
6 8 (0.88%) WireMock
7 7 (0.77%) REST
8 6 (0.66%) ADO
8 6 (0.66%) JWT
9 5 (0.55%) HTML5
9 5 (0.55%) JSON
9 5 (0.55%) OAuth
9 5 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.44%) Web Services
11 3 (0.33%) .NET
11 3 (0.33%) Kafka
11 3 (0.33%) Node.js
11 3 (0.33%) React
11 3 (0.33%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 77 (8.43%) Onboarding
2 36 (3.94%) Management Information System
3 26 (2.85%) Product Ownership
4 22 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (2.30%) NHS
6 19 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
7 18 (1.97%) Mobile App
8 16 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.31%) Social Media
10 10 (1.10%) Driving Licence
11 9 (0.99%) Data Structures
11 9 (0.99%) Insider Threat
11 9 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.88%) Blog
12 8 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (0.88%) Learning Management System
12 8 (0.88%) Tandem
13 7 (0.77%) Data Centre
13 7 (0.77%) e-Learning
14 6 (0.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 73 (8.00%) Windows
2 22 (2.41%) Windows 10
3 14 (1.53%) Linux
4 10 (1.10%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.77%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.11%) CentOS
7 1 (0.11%) Unix
7 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (24.21%) Problem-Solving
2 210 (23.00%) Project Management
3 197 (21.58%) Time Management
4 153 (16.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 136 (14.90%) Customer Service
6 130 (14.24%) Agile
6 130 (14.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 130 (14.24%) Project Delivery
7 93 (10.19%) Decision-Making
8 85 (9.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 69 (7.56%) Migration
10 67 (7.34%) Data Protection
11 66 (7.23%) Collaborative Working
12 65 (7.12%) ITIL
13 64 (7.01%) PRINCE2
14 63 (6.90%) AI
15 62 (6.79%) Business Intelligence
16 55 (6.02%) Analytics
17 51 (5.59%) Workflow
18 48 (5.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 36 (3.94%) SQL
2 23 (2.52%) Python
3 16 (1.75%) JavaScript
4 8 (0.88%) C#
5 7 (0.77%) PowerShell
6 6 (0.66%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.55%) Java
8 2 (0.22%) 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%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.11%) Groovy
9 1 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 124 (13.58%) Degree
2 113 (12.38%) Security Cleared
3 101 (11.06%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.83%) PMP
5 30 (3.29%) PMI Certification
6 24 (2.63%) DV Cleared
7 19 (2.08%) DBS Check
8 17 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.53%) APMP
9 14 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.10%) CTC Cleared
10 10 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 9 (0.99%) CISSP
12 5 (0.55%) CSPO
13 4 (0.44%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.44%) CISA
13 4 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 3 (0.33%) CISM
14 3 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (9.42%) PMO
2 39 (4.27%) QA
3 32 (3.50%) SLA
4 28 (3.07%) Data Quality
5 21 (2.30%) GDPR
6 19 (2.08%) Accessibility
6 19 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.77%) Disclosure Scotland
7 7 (0.77%) NIST
8 6 (0.66%) GRC
8 6 (0.66%) ISO 20022
8 6 (0.66%) SEPA
9 5 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.44%) GAAP
10 4 (0.44%) IFRS
10 4 (0.44%) PSD2
11 3 (0.33%) IFRS 9
11 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (0.33%) JSP 440
System Software
1 47 (5.15%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.42%) Docker
3 2 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.11%) Firmware
4 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.11%) Samba
4 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (3.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (1.42%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.10%) Grafana
3 10 (1.10%) ServiceCenter
4 9 (0.99%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.33%) Terraform
6 2 (0.22%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.22%) WSUS
7 1 (0.11%) Ansible
7 1 (0.11%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
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
1 252 (27.60%) Microsoft
2 64 (7.01%) HP
2 64 (7.01%) ServiceNow
3 55 (6.02%) SAP
4 29 (3.18%) Google
5 24 (2.63%) Oracle
6 23 (2.52%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.75%) Adobe
8 15 (1.64%) Cisco
9 14 (1.53%) Apple
9 14 (1.53%) Dell
10 12 (1.31%) Citrix
10 12 (1.31%) Remedy
11 8 (0.88%) Workday
12 5 (0.55%) HubSpot
12 5 (0.55%) Sitecore
13 4 (0.44%) ESRI
14 3 (0.33%) Atlassian
14 3 (0.33%) Databricks
14 3 (0.33%) VMware