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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 153 118
Rank change year-on-year +20 -35 +84
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 916 521 840
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.00% 1.78% 1.91%
As % of the General category 3.58% 2.83% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 325 420
10th Percentile £160 £195 £183
25th Percentile £210 £313 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £439
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +8.20% -2.44%
75th Percentile £535 £600 £550
90th Percentile £625 £725 £626
UK excluding London median daily rate £358 £414 £420
% change year-on-year -13.53% -1.43% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 34 162
10th Percentile £13.72 £13.20 £12.04
25th Percentile £15.62 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £18.50 £18.58 £20.80
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% -10.70% -21.84%
75th Percentile £24.16 £27.91 £38.12
90th Percentile £34.90 £33.23 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £21.25 £18.13
% change year-on-year -17.65% +17.21% -31.88%

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 25,557 18,394 25,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.72% 62.96% 58.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,901 11,786 16,235
10th Percentile £304 £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 £623 £645 £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 1,587 745 1,892
10th Percentile £13.72 £14.70 £12.78
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.50 £15.39
Median hourly rate £26.50 £28.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +6.48% -22.86%
75th Percentile £59.00 £57.50 £50.06
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £27.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -7.41% +5.88% -17.05%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 +26 828 £419 -16.25% 727
UK excluding London +14 578 £358 -13.53% 631
London +12 293 £475 -13.64% 189
Work from Home +27 243 £475 -9.52% 281
South East -10 143 £450 +38.46% 212
North of England -11 118 £450 +23.29% 127
Midlands -23 97 £293 -36.76% 120
East of England +24 91 £200 -55.56% 72
South West +13 76 £310 -38.10% 58
West Midlands -39 61 £350 -26.32% 62
Yorkshire -18 56 £400 +6.31% 40
North West -3 50 £453 +27.97% 72
Scotland -3 39 £400 -5.88% 38
East Midlands -9 36 £200 -50.31% 58
North East -11 12 £488 -15.22% 20
Wales -10 11 £213 -42.85% 19
Northern Ireland +2 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 70 (7.64%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.82%) Confluence
3 14 (1.53%) CMS
4 8 (0.87%) 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
1 181 (19.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 120 (13.10%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (6.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 47 (5.13%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (2.29%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (1.20%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.76%) InDesign
7 7 (0.76%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.33%) Trello
10 2 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.11%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (1.09%) Loan IQ
1 10 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.87%) 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 87 (9.50%) Azure
2 81 (8.84%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (5.79%) Power Platform
4 34 (3.71%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (3.17%) AWS
6 20 (2.18%) Google Workspace
7 19 (2.07%) SaaS
8 11 (1.20%) GCP
9 10 (1.09%) OCI
10 9 (0.98%) GitHub
11 8 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (0.76%) Entra ID
12 7 (0.76%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.55%) BigCommerce
13 5 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (0.44%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (0.44%) Figma
14 4 (0.44%) Google Analytics
14 4 (0.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.18%) VPN
2 12 (1.31%) LAN
3 10 (1.09%) DNS
3 10 (1.09%) Firewall
3 10 (1.09%) Skype
4 8 (0.87%) WAN
4 8 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (0.76%) Network Security
6 6 (0.66%) DHCP
7 5 (0.55%) Internet
7 5 (0.55%) Intranet
7 5 (0.55%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.44%) VLAN
9 3 (0.33%) SAN
9 3 (0.33%) SMS
9 3 (0.33%) VoIP
10 2 (0.22%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.11%) NAS
11 1 (0.11%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (5.57%) Power BI
2 15 (1.64%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.76%) GIS
4 7 (0.76%) 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
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%) Relational Database
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%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.22%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 80 (8.73%) JIRA
2 15 (1.64%) Git
3 10 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.98%) JUnit
5 8 (0.87%) Cucumber
5 8 (0.87%) JMeter
5 8 (0.87%) Selenium
5 8 (0.87%) 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
1 556 (60.70%) Social Skills
2 241 (26.31%) Finance
3 156 (17.03%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (9.17%) Public Sector
5 57 (6.22%) Legal
5 57 (6.22%) Marketing
6 49 (5.35%) Banking
7 41 (4.48%) Retail
8 27 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
9 23 (2.51%) Manufacturing
10 21 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (2.18%) Telecoms
12 13 (1.42%) Electronics
12 13 (1.42%) Investment Banking
13 12 (1.31%) Advertising
13 12 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.20%) Billing
15 10 (1.09%) Local Government
15 10 (1.09%) Military
Job Titles
1 116 (12.66%) Analyst
2 107 (11.68%) Project Manager
3 61 (6.66%) Senior
4 56 (6.11%) Administrator
5 55 (6.00%) Support Officer
6 53 (5.79%) Lead
7 52 (5.68%) Coordinator
8 51 (5.57%) Break Fix Engineer
8 51 (5.57%) IT Support
9 41 (4.48%) Technical Support
10 38 (4.15%) Junior
11 36 (3.93%) Hardware Engineer
12 34 (3.71%) Consultant
12 34 (3.71%) Project Officer
13 33 (3.60%) Business Analyst
14 32 (3.49%) Project Support Officer
15 27 (2.95%) Project Coordinator
16 25 (2.73%) Senior Manager
16 25 (2.73%) Senior Project Manager
17 22 (2.40%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.75%) HTML
2 12 (1.31%) Spring
3 11 (1.20%) CSS
3 11 (1.20%) VML
4 10 (1.09%) Middleware
4 10 (1.09%) XML
5 8 (0.87%) WireMock
6 7 (0.76%) REST
7 6 (0.66%) ADO
7 6 (0.66%) JWT
7 6 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (0.55%) HTML5
8 5 (0.55%) JSON
9 4 (0.44%) .NET
9 4 (0.44%) OAuth
10 3 (0.33%) Kafka
10 3 (0.33%) Node.js
10 3 (0.33%) React
10 3 (0.33%) Semantic HTML
11 2 (0.22%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 83 (9.06%) Onboarding
2 33 (3.60%) Management Information System
3 26 (2.84%) Product Ownership
4 25 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.62%) NHS
6 19 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
7 18 (1.97%) Mobile App
8 16 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (1.53%) Social Media
10 11 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.09%) Insider Threat
11 10 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (0.98%) Data Centre
12 9 (0.98%) Data Structures
12 9 (0.98%) Driving Licence
13 8 (0.87%) Blog
13 8 (0.87%) Tandem
14 6 (0.66%) e-Learning
14 6 (0.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 6 (0.66%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 83 (9.06%) Windows
2 25 (2.73%) Windows 10
3 18 (1.97%) Linux
4 10 (1.09%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.76%) 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
1 216 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
2 203 (22.16%) Project Management
3 199 (21.72%) Time Management
4 152 (16.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 145 (15.83%) Customer Service
6 128 (13.97%) Agile
7 127 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 125 (13.65%) Project Delivery
9 87 (9.50%) Decision-Making
10 84 (9.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 73 (7.97%) Migration
12 67 (7.31%) Collaborative Working
13 66 (7.21%) Data Protection
14 65 (7.10%) ITIL
15 61 (6.66%) PRINCE2
16 60 (6.55%) AI
16 60 (6.55%) Business Intelligence
17 53 (5.79%) Analytics
18 52 (5.68%) Asset Management
18 52 (5.68%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 36 (3.93%) SQL
2 23 (2.51%) Python
3 16 (1.75%) JavaScript
4 9 (0.98%) C#
5 6 (0.66%) PowerShell
5 6 (0.66%) T-SQL
6 4 (0.44%) 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
1 119 (12.99%) Degree
2 111 (12.12%) Security Cleared
3 102 (11.14%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.82%) PMP
5 29 (3.17%) PMI Certification
6 22 (2.40%) DV Cleared
7 19 (2.07%) DBS Check
8 17 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.53%) APMP
10 12 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (1.20%) CTC Cleared
12 9 (0.98%) CISSP
13 7 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
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
15 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (9.17%) PMO
2 40 (4.37%) QA
3 32 (3.49%) SLA
4 30 (3.28%) Data Quality
5 21 (2.29%) GDPR
6 18 (1.97%) Accessibility
7 16 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.87%) Disclosure Scotland
9 7 (0.76%) ISO 20022
10 6 (0.66%) SEPA
11 5 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.55%) GRC
11 5 (0.55%) NIST
12 4 (0.44%) GAAP
12 4 (0.44%) IFRS
12 4 (0.44%) PSD2
13 3 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.33%) IFRS 9
13 3 (0.33%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 48 (5.24%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.53%) Docker
3 4 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.33%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.11%) Firmware
6 1 (0.11%) Samba
6 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 33 (3.60%) 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
1 253 (27.62%) Microsoft
2 64 (6.99%) HP
2 64 (6.99%) ServiceNow
3 55 (6.00%) SAP
4 27 (2.95%) Google
5 26 (2.84%) Oracle
6 25 (2.73%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.86%) Adobe
8 15 (1.64%) Cisco
9 14 (1.53%) Apple
9 14 (1.53%) Dell
10 13 (1.42%) Citrix
11 12 (1.31%) Remedy
12 6 (0.66%) Workday
13 5 (0.55%) Sitecore
13 5 (0.55%) VMware
14 4 (0.44%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.44%) ESRI
15 3 (0.33%) Databricks
15 3 (0.33%) HubSpot