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

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	99	131	191
Rank change year-on-year	+32	+60	-29
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills	1,543	738	496
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	2.79%	2.22%	1.32%
As % of the General category	4.90%	3.51%	2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted	640	337	277
10^th Percentile	£184	£185	£162
25^th Percentile	£262	£300	£278
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£400	£408	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-1.96%	-9.33%	+5.88%
75^th Percentile	£538	£550	£550
90^th Percentile	£625	£688	£667
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£388
% change year-on-year	+6.67%	-3.23%	-3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted	455	151	26
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£13.00	£13.06
25^th Percentile	£14.23	£15.62	£13.55
Median hourly rate	£18.00	£20.00	£22.56
Median % change year-on-year	-10.00%	-11.35%	-16.44%
75^th Percentile	£43.96	£31.41	£29.69
90^th Percentile	-	£45.80	£51.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£18.82	£22.56
% change year-on-year	-7.01%	-16.58%	+7.17%

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills	31,503	21,037	22,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	56.99%	63.18%	58.76%
Number of daily rates quoted	18,284	13,109	12,987
10^th Percentile	£313	£275	£281
25^th Percentile	£420	£400	£410
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£500	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£638	£625	£650
90^th Percentile	£738	£738	£763
UK excluding London median daily rate	£500	£475	£480
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	-1.04%	-4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2,894	1,263	902
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£13.60	£15.00
25^th Percentile	£16.00	£16.17	£17.02
Median hourly rate	£27.19	£25.00	£32.00
Median % change year-on-year	+8.76%	-21.88%	+7.17%
75^th Percentile	£53.75	£43.75	£59.99
90^th Percentile	£77.50	£67.25	£71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£26.95	£21.27	£30.00
% change year-on-year	+26.70%	-29.10%	+11.11%

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 Daily Rate Trend

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 17 October 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.

Organisational Skills Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Organisational Skills over the 6 months to 17 October 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 17 October 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	+31	1,308	£400	-7.51%	1,153
UK excluding London	+28	1,030	£400	+6.67%	869
Work from Home	+67	459	£413	-8.33%	426
London	+31	417	£450	-2.39%	339
North of England	+37	254	£375	-14.77%	180
South East	-5	242	£403	-10.56%	269
Midlands	+32	192	£389	+11.00%	170
North West	+17	126	£483	+28.80%	103
West Midlands	+19	121	£447	+27.71%	93
Scotland	+38	107	£425	+6.25%	55
South West	-4	104	£228	-4.21%	81
Yorkshire	+31	93	£365	-17.05%	60
East of England	+3	86	£375	-27.04%	78
East Midlands	+20	69	£245	+8.89%	77
North East	-14	35	£363	-23.28%	18
Northern Ireland	+9	29	£290	-19.72%	26
Wales	+3	29	£336	+40.00%	28

Organisational Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Organisational Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Organisational Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	33.2%	512
2	Stakeholder Management	27.6%	426
3	Problem-Solving	22.1%	341
4	Microsoft Excel	21.7%	335
5	Customer Service	18.5%	285
6	Microsoft Office	18.2%	281
7	Continuous Improvement	18.0%	277
8	Project Management	14.5%	224
9	Security Cleared	14.3%	221
10	Agile	14.3%	220
11	Project Delivery	12.8%	197
12	Stakeholder Engagement	12.3%	190
13	Degree	10.9%	168
14	PMO	9.9%	152
15	SC Cleared	9.7%	149
16	BPSS Clearance	9.2%	142
17	Microsoft PowerPoint	8.8%	136
18	Decision-Making	8.6%	133
18	Time Management	8.6%	133
20	AI	7.6%	117
21	SharePoint	7.1%	109
22	JIRA	6.9%	107
23	Collaborative Working	6.7%	104
24	Change Management	6.6%	102
24	Service Delivery	6.6%	102
26	Logistics	6.5%	100
27	ITIL	6.2%	95
27	Risk Management	6.2%	95
29	Data Protection	5.9%	91
30	Migration	5.8%	90

Organisational Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	72.1%	1,112
2	Finance	31.8%	491
3	Analytical Skills	18.7%	288
4	Legal	11.5%	177
5	Public Sector	10.1%	156
6	Retail	5.0%	77
7	Marketing	4.3%	66
8	Banking	4.1%	63
8	Manufacturing	4.1%	63
10	Documentation Skills	3.4%	52
11	Influencing Skills	3.1%	48
11	Local Government	3.1%	48
13	Inclusion and Diversity	2.7%	42
14	Telecoms	2.3%	35
15	Aviation	2.0%	31
16	Aerospace	1.9%	30
16	Presentation Skills	1.9%	30
18	Advertising	1.4%	21
19	Military	1.2%	19
20	Investment Banking	1.1%	17