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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 153 120
Rank change year-on-year +24 -33 +72
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 914 545 824
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.98% 1.85% 1.88%
As % of the General category 3.60% 2.93% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 335 422
10th Percentile £160 £195 £183
25th Percentile £210 £313 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £438
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +8.45% -2.67%
75th Percentile £528 £600 £538
90th Percentile £618 £725 £615
UK excluding London median daily rate £358 £400 £420
% change year-on-year -10.50% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 36 156
10th Percentile £13.72 £13.08 £11.91
25th Percentile £15.62 £15.70 £14.00
Median hourly rate £18.50 £15.87 £18.35
Median % change year-on-year +16.57% -13.51% -30.10%
75th Percentile £24.34 £26.74 £38.12
90th Percentile £35.43 £32.88 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.94 £19.83 £18.00
% change year-on-year -9.56% +10.17% -30.10%

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 25,419 18,596 25,477
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.12% 63.19% 58.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,754 11,902 16,136
10th Percentile £305 £296 £270
25th Percentile £406 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £624 £640 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,600 775 1,917
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.34 £18.17 £15.39
Median hourly rate £27.80 £28.60 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% +4.00% -21.43%
75th Percentile £59.50 £56.00 £51.25
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £26.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -5.09% +1.92% -14.75%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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% 710
UK excluding London +5 574 £358 -10.50% 612
London +19 294 £475 -13.64% 170
Work from Home +32 244 £450 -14.29% 253
South East -17 137 £450 +38.46% 179
North of England -3 118 £445 +19.38% 157
Midlands -29 97 £293 -34.71% 111
East of England +24 89 £200 -56.76% 56
South West +19 79 £292 -41.55% 69
West Midlands -44 61 £350 -22.05% 57
Yorkshire -17 59 £400 +1.59% 47
North West -19 49 £438 +25.00% 87
Scotland -7 40 £400 -3.03% 28
East Midlands -12 36 £200 -50.31% 54
Wales -6 11 £213 -35.83% 15
North East -9 10 £450 -21.74% 24
Northern Ireland +7 6 £475 +18.75% 8

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 72 (7.88%) SharePoint
2 32 (3.50%) Confluence
3 14 (1.53%) CMS
4 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.55%) WordPress
6 3 (0.33%) MS Project Server
7 2 (0.22%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) Camunda
8 1 (0.11%) Drupal
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
1 183 (20.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 120 (13.13%) Microsoft Office
3 63 (6.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 46 (5.03%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (2.30%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (1.20%) 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 (1.09%) Loan IQ
1 10 (1.09%) 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%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.22%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.11%) iTrent
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.11%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 83 (9.08%) Azure
1 83 (9.08%) Microsoft 365
2 55 (6.02%) Power Platform
3 32 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (2.95%) AWS
5 21 (2.30%) Google Workspace
6 19 (2.08%) SaaS
7 11 (1.20%) GCP
8 10 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (0.98%) GitHub
9 9 (0.98%) OCI
10 6 (0.66%) Entra ID
11 5 (0.55%) BigCommerce
11 5 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (0.55%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.44%) Amazon S3
12 4 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (0.44%) Google Analytics
12 4 (0.44%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.33%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.19%) VPN
2 12 (1.31%) LAN
3 10 (1.09%) DNS
3 10 (1.09%) Firewall
3 10 (1.09%) Skype
4 8 (0.88%) WAN
4 8 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (0.77%) Network Security
6 6 (0.66%) DHCP
6 6 (0.66%) Intranet
7 4 (0.44%) Internet
7 4 (0.44%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.44%) VLAN
8 3 (0.33%) SAN
8 3 (0.33%) SMS
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%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (5.80%) Power BI
2 15 (1.64%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.77%) GIS
4 7 (0.77%) Metadata
5 6 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
5 6 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
5 6 (0.66%) Spatial Data
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%) Big Data
9 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (0.22%) PowerPivot
9 2 (0.22%) Tableau
9 2 (0.22%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 79 (8.64%) JIRA
2 15 (1.64%) Git
3 10 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.98%) 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
1 550 (60.18%) Social Skills
2 242 (26.48%) Finance
3 157 (17.18%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 57 (6.24%) Legal
6 55 (6.02%) Marketing
7 49 (5.36%) Banking
8 42 (4.60%) Retail
9 30 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (2.30%) Manufacturing
11 20 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
12 19 (2.08%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.53%) Military
14 13 (1.42%) Investment Banking
15 12 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 11 (1.20%) Advertising
16 11 (1.20%) Electronics
17 10 (1.09%) Billing
17 10 (1.09%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 116 (12.69%) Analyst
2 106 (11.60%) Project Manager
3 62 (6.78%) Senior
4 59 (6.46%) Administrator
5 54 (5.91%) Support Officer
6 52 (5.69%) Lead
7 51 (5.58%) Break Fix Engineer
7 51 (5.58%) Coordinator
8 49 (5.36%) IT Support
9 40 (4.38%) Technical Support
10 37 (4.05%) Junior
11 36 (3.94%) Consultant
12 35 (3.83%) Business Analyst
12 35 (3.83%) Hardware Engineer
13 34 (3.72%) Project Officer
14 32 (3.50%) Project Support Officer
15 27 (2.95%) Project Coordinator
16 25 (2.74%) Senior Manager
16 25 (2.74%) Senior Project Manager
17 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 (0.98%) Middleware
6 8 (0.88%) WireMock
7 7 (0.77%) REST
8 6 (0.66%) ADO
8 6 (0.66%) JWT
8 6 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (0.55%) HTML5
9 5 (0.55%) JSON
10 4 (0.44%) OAuth
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
11 3 (0.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 79 (8.64%) Onboarding
2 34 (3.72%) Management Information System
3 27 (2.95%) Product Ownership
4 23 (2.52%) NHS
4 23 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (1.97%) Mobile App
7 16 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (1.42%) Social Media
9 10 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.09%) Insider Threat
9 10 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (0.98%) Data Centre
10 9 (0.98%) Data Structures
10 9 (0.98%) Driving Licence
11 8 (0.88%) Blog
11 8 (0.88%) Learning Management System
11 8 (0.88%) Tandem
12 7 (0.77%) e-Learning
13 6 (0.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 80 (8.75%) Windows
2 24 (2.63%) Windows 10
3 17 (1.86%) Linux
4 10 (1.09%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.77%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.11%) CentOS
8 1 (0.11%) Unix
8 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (23.74%) Problem-Solving
2 205 (22.43%) Project Management
3 199 (21.77%) Time Management
4 151 (16.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 140 (15.32%) Customer Service
6 129 (14.11%) Agile
7 128 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 127 (13.89%) Project Delivery
9 88 (9.63%) Decision-Making
10 84 (9.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 72 (7.88%) Migration
12 67 (7.33%) Data Protection
13 66 (7.22%) Collaborative Working
14 65 (7.11%) ITIL
15 60 (6.56%) AI
15 60 (6.56%) PRINCE2
16 58 (6.35%) Business Intelligence
17 53 (5.80%) Analytics
18 52 (5.69%) Workflow
19 49 (5.36%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (4.05%) SQL
2 23 (2.52%) Python
3 16 (1.75%) JavaScript
4 8 (0.88%) C#
5 6 (0.66%) PowerShell
5 6 (0.66%) T-SQL
6 5 (0.55%) Java
7 2 (0.22%) Bash
7 2 (0.22%) Korn
7 2 (0.22%) PHP
7 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.22%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.22%) VBA
8 1 (0.11%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.11%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.11%) Groovy
8 1 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 121 (13.24%) Degree
2 112 (12.25%) Security Cleared
3 102 (11.16%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.72%) PMP
5 30 (3.28%) PMI Certification
6 23 (2.52%) DV Cleared
7 19 (2.08%) DBS Check
8 17 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.53%) APMP
10 13 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (1.20%) CTC Cleared
12 9 (0.98%) CISSP
12 9 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (0.55%) CSPO
14 4 (0.44%) A+ Certification
14 4 (0.44%) CISA
14 4 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 3 (0.33%) CISM
15 3 (0.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 3 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (9.19%) PMO
2 38 (4.16%) QA
3 32 (3.50%) SLA
4 30 (3.28%) Data Quality
5 21 (2.30%) GDPR
6 19 (2.08%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
9 7 (0.77%) ISO 20022
10 6 (0.66%) GRC
10 6 (0.66%) NIST
10 6 (0.66%) SEPA
11 5 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.44%) GAAP
12 4 (0.44%) IFRS
12 4 (0.44%) PSD2
13 3 (0.33%) IFRS 9
13 3 (0.33%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (5.03%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.53%) Docker
3 2 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 2 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
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
Systems Management
1 33 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.09%) Grafana
3 10 (1.09%) ServiceCenter
4 9 (0.98%) 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
1 251 (27.46%) Microsoft
2 65 (7.11%) ServiceNow
3 64 (7.00%) HP
4 53 (5.80%) SAP
5 28 (3.06%) Google
6 24 (2.63%) Oracle
6 24 (2.63%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.75%) Adobe
7 16 (1.75%) Cisco
8 14 (1.53%) Apple
8 14 (1.53%) Dell
9 13 (1.42%) Citrix
10 12 (1.31%) Remedy
11 8 (0.88%) Workday
12 5 (0.55%) Sitecore
13 4 (0.44%) ESRI
14 3 (0.33%) Atlassian
14 3 (0.33%) Databricks
14 3 (0.33%) HubSpot
14 3 (0.33%) VMware