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 16 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 137 176
Rank change year-on-year +16 +39 -5
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,174 687 536
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.19% 2.08% 1.38%
As % of the General category 3.97% 3.27% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 341 329
10th Percentile £184 £185 £160
25th Percentile £263 £290 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £525
90th Percentile £625 £700 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £373 £391
% change year-on-year +7.38% -4.73% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 90 79
10th Percentile £13.88 £13.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.86 £14.84 £20.50
Median hourly rate £23.08 £19.90 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +15.98% -47.80% +63.18%
75th Percentile £43.96 £27.04 -
90th Percentile - £38.98 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £19.90 £38.12
% change year-on-year +50.75% -47.80% +81.31%

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 29,588 20,993 22,260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.10% 63.45% 57.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,559 13,056 13,993
10th Percentile £313 £275 £290
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £749 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,243 1,151 1,365
10th Percentile £13.96 £13.25 £14.06
25th Percentile £17.25 £16.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.56 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +25.47% -34.02% +38.62%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £58.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £22.14 £38.12
% change year-on-year +46.79% -41.92% +52.48%

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 16 August 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 +13 1,019 £425 - 1,431
UK excluding London -3 721 £400 +7.38% 1,297
Work from Home +62 397 £425 -5.56% 442
London +33 386 £450 -10.00% 320
North of England +7 182 £423 +5.63% 316
South East -49 153 £425 +8.97% 400
Midlands -20 118 £375 +15.38% 232
South West +27 113 £305 -21.86% 127
Yorkshire +5 79 £382 -15.11% 113
West Midlands -33 78 £425 +30.77% 127
North West -7 74 £494 +37.92% 161
Scotland +16 66 £425 -5.56% 56
East of England -4 54 £354 +23.04% 141
East Midlands -3 39 £275 +30.33% 104
North East -17 29 £488 +3.17% 48
Northern Ireland +19 25 £225 -37.72% 14
Wales -15 13 - - 35

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 76 (6.47%) SharePoint
2 42 (3.58%) Confluence
3 31 (2.64%) CMS
4 15 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.60%) Drupal
6 6 (0.51%) WordPress
7 5 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.17%) Apache
9 2 (0.17%) IIS
10 1 (0.085%) Camunda
10 1 (0.085%) CICS
10 1 (0.085%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.085%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.085%) Tuxedo
10 1 (0.085%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.085%) WebLogic
Applications
1 231 (19.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 175 (14.91%) Microsoft Office
3 95 (8.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 61 (5.20%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (2.04%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (1.11%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.51%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.43%) InDesign
9 4 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.26%) Trello
11 1 (0.085%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.085%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.085%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.085%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.085%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (1.11%) Magento
2 7 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.34%) HFM
4 4 (0.34%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.26%) Primavera
5 3 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.26%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.17%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.17%) Shopify
7 1 (0.085%) Actimize
7 1 (0.085%) Changepoint
7 1 (0.085%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.085%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.085%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.085%) Orchard Housing
7 1 (0.085%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.085%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 93 (7.92%) Azure
2 84 (7.16%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (5.20%) AWS
4 57 (4.86%) Power Platform
5 33 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (2.04%) SaaS
7 22 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (1.79%) GCP
9 20 (1.70%) Google Workspace
10 14 (1.19%) Entra ID
10 14 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (0.94%) Google Sheets
12 9 (0.77%) GitHub
12 9 (0.77%) OpenShift
13 8 (0.68%) OCI
14 7 (0.60%) Slack
15 6 (0.51%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (0.51%) Google Analytics
15 6 (0.51%) OneDrive
16 5 (0.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.96%) LAN
2 13 (1.11%) Firewall
2 13 (1.11%) WAN
3 12 (1.02%) DNS
3 12 (1.02%) Network Security
4 8 (0.68%) MPLS
5 7 (0.60%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (0.51%) VLAN
6 6 (0.51%) VPN
7 5 (0.43%) DHCP
7 5 (0.43%) Intranet
7 5 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (0.43%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.34%) Broadband
8 4 (0.34%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.34%) VoIP
9 3 (0.26%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.26%) SAN
9 3 (0.26%) SMS
9 3 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.86%) Power BI
2 18 (1.53%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.77%) Tableau
5 7 (0.60%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.34%) Metadata
6 4 (0.34%) MySQL
6 4 (0.34%) Power Query
6 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.26%) Big Data
7 3 (0.26%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.17%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.17%) ClickHouse
8 2 (0.17%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.17%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.17%) MS Access
8 2 (0.17%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.085%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.085%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 94 (8.01%) JIRA
2 27 (2.30%) Jenkins
3 24 (2.04%) Git
4 10 (0.85%) Cucumber
4 10 (0.85%) Selenium
5 9 (0.77%) JMeter
5 9 (0.77%) JUnit
5 9 (0.77%) WebDriver
6 8 (0.68%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.68%) Subversion
7 7 (0.60%) Gradle
8 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.34%) GitLab
10 3 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.17%) Gemini Tracker
11 2 (0.17%) Postman
11 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.17%) Vite
12 1 (0.085%) Hudson
General
1 804 (68.48%) Social Skills
2 406 (34.58%) Finance
3 230 (19.59%) Analytical Skills
4 162 (13.80%) Legal
5 122 (10.39%) Public Sector
6 65 (5.54%) Retail
7 59 (5.03%) Banking
7 59 (5.03%) Marketing
8 37 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
9 36 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
10 35 (2.98%) Manufacturing
11 32 (2.73%) Local Government
11 32 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
12 28 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (2.13%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.53%) Investment Banking
15 16 (1.36%) Military
16 13 (1.11%) Advertising
16 13 (1.11%) Financial Institution
16 13 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 137 (11.67%) Analyst
2 104 (8.86%) Administrator
3 102 (8.69%) Project Manager
4 72 (6.13%) Lead
5 63 (5.37%) Support Officer
6 61 (5.20%) Senior
7 56 (4.77%) Coordinator
8 50 (4.26%) Project Officer
9 44 (3.75%) Project Support Officer
10 38 (3.24%) Business Analyst
11 28 (2.39%) IT Manager
12 26 (2.21%) IT Support
13 25 (2.13%) Project Coordinator
13 25 (2.13%) Support Engineer
14 24 (2.04%) Junior
15 22 (1.87%) Delivery Manager
16 20 (1.70%) PMO Analyst
16 20 (1.70%) Senior Manager
16 20 (1.70%) Senior Project Manager
17 19 (1.62%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.87%) HTML
2 17 (1.45%) CSS
2 17 (1.45%) Spring
3 13 (1.11%) VML
4 12 (1.02%) Kafka
4 12 (1.02%) Middleware
5 11 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (0.94%) XML
6 10 (0.85%) React
6 10 (0.85%) REST
7 9 (0.77%) Redux
7 9 (0.77%) WireMock
8 8 (0.68%) Spring Boot
9 7 (0.60%) Hibernate
10 6 (0.51%) .NET
11 3 (0.26%) HTML5
11 3 (0.26%) JSON
11 3 (0.26%) JWT
11 3 (0.26%) Node.js
11 3 (0.26%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 113 (9.63%) Onboarding
2 103 (8.77%) Web Conferencing
3 102 (8.69%) Virtual Team
4 96 (8.18%) Podcast
5 68 (5.79%) Management Information System
6 41 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (2.98%) Product Ownership
8 26 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (1.62%) Driving Licence
10 16 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (1.28%) Learning Management System
12 14 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (1.11%) e-Learning
13 13 (1.11%) Social Media
14 12 (1.02%) Freedom of Information
15 11 (0.94%) Cloud Native
15 11 (0.94%) Data Centre
15 11 (0.94%) Video Conferencing
16 10 (0.85%) Hedge funds
16 10 (0.85%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 76 (6.47%) Windows
2 17 (1.45%) Windows 10
3 11 (0.94%) Linux
3 11 (0.94%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.85%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.17%) Unix
6 2 (0.17%) VMS
7 1 (0.085%) Android
7 1 (0.085%) CentOS
7 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.085%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (25.04%) Stakeholder Management
2 243 (20.70%) Problem-Solving
3 222 (18.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 208 (17.72%) Agile
5 205 (17.46%) Project Management
6 192 (16.35%) Customer Service
7 153 (13.03%) Project Delivery
8 148 (12.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 125 (10.65%) Decision-Making
10 100 (8.52%) AI
10 100 (8.52%) Time Management
11 86 (7.33%) PRINCE2
12 84 (7.16%) Migration
13 79 (6.73%) Service Delivery
14 76 (6.47%) ITIL
15 72 (6.13%) Change Management
15 72 (6.13%) Collaborative Working
15 72 (6.13%) Logistics
15 72 (6.13%) Risk Management
16 68 (5.79%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 45 (3.83%) SQL
2 20 (1.70%) Python
3 14 (1.19%) PowerShell
4 13 (1.11%) Java
5 8 (0.68%) PL/SQL
6 7 (0.60%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.60%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.34%) C#
8 3 (0.26%) Bash
8 3 (0.26%) Korn
8 3 (0.26%) VBA
9 2 (0.17%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.085%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.085%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.085%) COBOL
10 1 (0.085%) Groovy
10 1 (0.085%) PHP
10 1 (0.085%) R
10 1 (0.085%) REXX
10 1 (0.085%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 156 (13.29%) Security Cleared
2 155 (13.20%) Degree
3 115 (9.80%) BPSS Clearance
4 114 (9.71%) SC Cleared
5 41 (3.49%) DV Cleared
6 33 (2.81%) PMP
7 31 (2.64%) PMI Certification
8 28 (2.39%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 11 (0.94%) CISSP
11 9 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.68%) A+ Certification
12 8 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (0.60%) CISM
13 7 (0.60%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (0.51%) ACCA
14 6 (0.51%) CIMA
14 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.43%) CCNA
15 5 (0.43%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (10.56%) PMO
2 56 (4.77%) QA
3 51 (4.34%) Data Quality
4 38 (3.24%) GDPR
5 25 (2.13%) Accessibility
6 23 (1.96%) SLA
7 18 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.94%) GRC
9 10 (0.85%) NIST
10 9 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.51%) WCAG
13 5 (0.43%) GAAP
14 4 (0.34%) IFRS
14 4 (0.34%) NCSC
15 3 (0.26%) COBIT
15 3 (0.26%) GMP
15 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 3 (0.26%) SEPA
System Software
1 47 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.28%) Docker
3 5 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.26%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (0.17%) Firmware
6 1 (0.085%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.085%) Samba
6 1 (0.085%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (1.62%) Kubernetes
1 19 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.94%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 10 (0.85%) Grafana
4 9 (0.77%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.60%) Control-M
5 7 (0.60%) Terraform
6 5 (0.43%) Ansible
6 5 (0.43%) SCCM
6 5 (0.43%) WSUS
7 3 (0.26%) Packer
7 3 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.17%) OPNET
9 1 (0.085%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.085%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.085%) Kibana
9 1 (0.085%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.085%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 331 (28.19%) Microsoft
2 58 (4.94%) ServiceNow
3 55 (4.68%) SAP
4 46 (3.92%) Oracle
5 44 (3.75%) Google
6 26 (2.21%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.79%) Cisco
8 17 (1.45%) Adobe
9 13 (1.11%) SolarWinds
10 11 (0.94%) Workday
11 10 (0.85%) Apple
12 8 (0.68%) VMware
13 7 (0.60%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.60%) Braze
13 7 (0.60%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.43%) Aruba
14 5 (0.43%) Concur
14 5 (0.43%) Databricks
14 5 (0.43%) DocuSign
14 5 (0.43%) Xero