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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 129 175
Rank change year-on-year +27 +46 -3
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,383 714 528
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.54% 2.18% 1.38%
As % of the General category 4.55% 3.43% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 587 336 302
10th Percentile £184 £185 £160
25th Percentile £263 £288 £251
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £402 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% -10.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £621 £700 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £395 £357 £400
% change year-on-year +10.80% -10.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 378 127 25
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.00 £13.02
25th Percentile £14.31 £15.55 £13.52
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.97 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.86% -11.24% -6.59%
75th Percentile £43.96 £31.41 £28.75
90th Percentile - £40.40 £52.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.50 £18.00 £22.56
% change year-on-year +2.78% -20.21% +7.43%

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 30,424 20,830 22,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.94% 63.48% 58.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,767 12,947 13,186
10th Percentile £313 £273 £281
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 £489
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,613 1,218 1,027
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.50 £14.89
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.17 £17.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £25.08 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.65% -28.36% +27.27%
75th Percentile £53.75 £46.61 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £67.00 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.01 £21.39 £35.00
% change year-on-year +35.62% -38.89% +29.63%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +27 1,171 £400 -5.88% 2,176
UK excluding London +15 906 £395 +10.80% 1,682
Work from Home +75 434 £401 +0.25% 701
London +34 390 £450 -5.26% 665
North of England +37 219 £374 -12.00% 410
South East -13 211 £448 +14.74% 435
Midlands +15 160 £375 +22.45% 323
South West +3 111 £275 +3.77% 171
West Midlands +2 102 £414 +35.02% 177
North West -6 101 £460 +22.67% 213
Scotland +30 91 £425 +3.66% 96
Yorkshire +17 85 £365 -13.10% 141
East of England -1 69 £400 -17.95% 167
East Midlands +5 56 £275 -12.00% 146
North East -9 33 £325 -31.22% 59
Northern Ireland +11 29 £290 -19.72% 51
Wales -6 25 £600 +126.42% 53

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
1 105 (7.59%) SharePoint
2 45 (3.25%) Confluence
3 29 (2.10%) CMS
4 12 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.51%) Drupal
5 7 (0.51%) WordPress
6 6 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.072%) Apache
8 1 (0.072%) CICS
8 1 (0.072%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.072%) IIS
Applications
1 309 (22.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 263 (19.02%) Microsoft Office
3 130 (9.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 64 (4.63%) Microsoft Project
5 22 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (1.01%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.36%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.22%) Navisworks
9 3 (0.22%) Revit
10 2 (0.14%) InDesign
10 2 (0.14%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.14%) Trello
11 1 (0.072%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.072%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.072%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (1.01%) Magento
2 7 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.29%) HFM
4 4 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.22%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.22%) Primavera
5 3 (0.22%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.14%) Changepoint
6 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.14%) Shopify
7 1 (0.072%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.072%) iTrent
7 1 (0.072%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.072%) Orchard Housing
7 1 (0.072%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 89 (6.44%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (6.00%) Azure
3 68 (4.92%) Power Platform
4 62 (4.48%) AWS
5 27 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
6 19 (1.37%) Google Workspace
7 17 (1.23%) Entra ID
8 16 (1.16%) SaaS
9 15 (1.08%) GCP
9 15 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
10 14 (1.01%) Google Sheets
11 10 (0.72%) Miro
11 10 (0.72%) OpenShift
12 8 (0.58%) Slack
13 7 (0.51%) GitHub
14 6 (0.43%) Canva
14 6 (0.43%) Google Analytics
14 6 (0.43%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.43%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.74%) LAN
2 15 (1.08%) WAN
3 12 (0.87%) Network Security
4 9 (0.65%) DNS
4 9 (0.65%) Firewall
4 9 (0.65%) MPLS
5 7 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (0.43%) Broadband
6 6 (0.43%) VPN
7 5 (0.36%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.36%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (0.36%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.36%) VLAN
7 5 (0.36%) VoIP
8 4 (0.29%) DHCP
8 4 (0.29%) Intranet
8 4 (0.29%) NAS
8 4 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.22%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (4.84%) Power BI
2 12 (0.87%) Relational Database
3 9 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.58%) SQL Server
4 8 (0.58%) Tableau
5 5 (0.36%) Power Query
6 4 (0.29%) MS Access
6 4 (0.29%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.22%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.22%) Metadata
7 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.14%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.14%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.14%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.072%) DataStage
9 1 (0.072%) OLTP
9 1 (0.072%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.072%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 100 (7.23%) JIRA
2 28 (2.02%) Jenkins
3 19 (1.37%) Git
4 8 (0.58%) Subversion
5 7 (0.51%) Gradle
5 7 (0.51%) JUnit
6 6 (0.43%) Maven
6 6 (0.43%) Mockito
6 6 (0.43%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.29%) Selenium
9 3 (0.22%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.14%) Gemini Tracker
10 2 (0.14%) GitLab
10 2 (0.14%) JMeter
10 2 (0.14%) Postman
10 2 (0.14%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 995 (71.95%) Social Skills
2 451 (32.61%) Finance
3 255 (18.44%) Analytical Skills
4 174 (12.58%) Legal
5 154 (11.14%) Public Sector
6 68 (4.92%) Retail
7 59 (4.27%) Marketing
8 54 (3.90%) Banking
9 46 (3.33%) Local Government
9 46 (3.33%) Manufacturing
10 44 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
11 43 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
12 35 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 31 (2.24%) Telecoms
14 30 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (1.59%) Military
16 21 (1.52%) Aviation
17 16 (1.16%) Investment Banking
18 14 (1.01%) Financial Institution
19 13 (0.94%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 181 (13.09%) Administrator
2 147 (10.63%) Analyst
3 100 (7.23%) Project Manager
4 91 (6.58%) Coordinator
5 80 (5.78%) Support Officer
6 75 (5.42%) Lead
7 54 (3.90%) Project Officer
8 49 (3.54%) Project Support Officer
8 49 (3.54%) Senior
9 35 (2.53%) Business Analyst
10 34 (2.46%) Project Coordinator
11 30 (2.17%) IT Manager
11 30 (2.17%) IT Support
12 29 (2.10%) Support Engineer
13 22 (1.59%) Delivery Manager
13 22 (1.59%) Junior
13 22 (1.59%) Programme Manager
14 21 (1.52%) Data Administrator
15 20 (1.45%) Test Manager
16 19 (1.37%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.08%) HTML
2 14 (1.01%) Spring
3 13 (0.94%) Hibernate
3 13 (0.94%) REST
3 13 (0.94%) Spring Boot
4 12 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (0.80%) CSS
5 11 (0.80%) VML
6 10 (0.72%) Kafka
6 10 (0.72%) Middleware
7 9 (0.65%) Terraform
8 8 (0.58%) React
8 8 (0.58%) Redux
8 8 (0.58%) Web Services
9 7 (0.51%) SOAP
10 6 (0.43%) .NET
10 6 (0.43%) ActiveMQ
10 6 (0.43%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.43%) RESTful
10 6 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 137 (9.91%) Onboarding
2 119 (8.60%) Virtual Team
3 115 (8.32%) Web Conferencing
4 110 (7.95%) Podcast
5 101 (7.30%) Management Information System
6 52 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
7 38 (2.75%) Driving Licence
8 31 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
8 31 (2.24%) Product Ownership
9 16 (1.16%) Cloud Native
9 16 (1.16%) Learning Management System
10 15 (1.08%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.01%) Freedom of Information
12 12 (0.87%) e-Learning
12 12 (0.87%) Social Media
13 11 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (0.80%) Life Science
13 11 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
14 10 (0.72%) Hedge funds
15 9 (0.65%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 73 (5.28%) Windows
2 15 (1.08%) Windows 10
3 9 (0.65%) Linux
3 9 (0.65%) Mac OS
4 7 (0.51%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.14%) Android
6 2 (0.14%) VMS
6 2 (0.14%) zOS
7 1 (0.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.072%) Unix
7 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (27.84%) Stakeholder Management
2 300 (21.69%) Problem-Solving
3 254 (18.37%) Continuous Improvement
3 254 (18.37%) Customer Service
4 214 (15.47%) Agile
5 203 (14.68%) Project Management
6 175 (12.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 169 (12.22%) Project Delivery
8 125 (9.04%) Decision-Making
9 114 (8.24%) AI
10 113 (8.17%) Time Management
11 95 (6.87%) Change Management
12 94 (6.80%) Service Delivery
13 90 (6.51%) Logistics
14 89 (6.44%) Collaborative Working
14 89 (6.44%) ITIL
15 88 (6.36%) PRINCE2
16 86 (6.22%) Migration
17 82 (5.93%) Risk Management
18 80 (5.78%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 38 (2.75%) SQL
2 20 (1.45%) Java
3 18 (1.30%) Python
4 13 (0.94%) PowerShell
5 8 (0.58%) PL/SQL
6 7 (0.51%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.22%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.14%) Bash
8 2 (0.14%) Korn
8 2 (0.14%) R
8 2 (0.14%) VBA
9 1 (0.072%) C#
9 1 (0.072%) COBOL
9 1 (0.072%) Perl
9 1 (0.072%) REXX
Qualifications
1 189 (13.67%) Security Cleared
2 167 (12.08%) Degree
3 138 (9.98%) BPSS Clearance
4 135 (9.76%) SC Cleared
5 48 (3.47%) DV Cleared
6 39 (2.82%) DBS Check
7 28 (2.02%) PMP
8 25 (1.81%) PMI Certification
9 21 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 13 (0.94%) HNC
11 11 (0.80%) CISSP
12 9 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.58%) CIPD
14 7 (0.51%) CISM
14 7 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.43%) ACCA
15 6 (0.43%) CIMA
15 6 (0.43%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (10.05%) PMO
2 65 (4.70%) Data Quality
3 61 (4.41%) QA
4 43 (3.11%) GDPR
5 29 (2.10%) SLA
6 24 (1.74%) Accessibility
7 19 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (0.94%) GRC
9 11 (0.80%) NIST
10 7 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.36%) COBIT
11 5 (0.36%) NCSC
12 4 (0.29%) IFRS
12 4 (0.29%) P3O
12 4 (0.29%) WCAG
13 3 (0.22%) COSHH
13 3 (0.22%) GMP
13 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 42 (3.04%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.87%) Docker
3 9 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.14%) Firmware
6 2 (0.14%) vSphere
7 1 (0.072%) GPFS
7 1 (0.072%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.072%) NFS
7 1 (0.072%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.80%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 10 (0.72%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.51%) Control-M
4 7 (0.51%) Grafana
4 7 (0.51%) Prometheus
4 7 (0.51%) SCCM
5 6 (0.43%) Ansible
6 4 (0.29%) WSUS
7 3 (0.22%) Packer
7 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.14%) OPNET
9 1 (0.072%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.072%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.072%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.072%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 449 (32.47%) Microsoft
2 69 (4.99%) SAP
3 48 (3.47%) Oracle
4 46 (3.33%) ServiceNow
5 44 (3.18%) Google
6 25 (1.81%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.52%) Cisco
8 12 (0.87%) Adobe
8 12 (0.87%) SolarWinds
8 12 (0.87%) VMware
9 11 (0.80%) Workday
10 9 (0.65%) Apple
11 8 (0.58%) Alteryx
11 8 (0.58%) HP
12 7 (0.51%) Braze
12 7 (0.51%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.36%) Aruba
13 5 (0.36%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.36%) Xero
14 4 (0.29%) Civica