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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 130 183
Rank change year-on-year +29 +53 -19
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,446 719 506
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.65% 2.19% 1.34%
As % of the General category 4.70% 3.46% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 604 333 284
10th Percentile £184 £185 £163
25th Percentile £263 £288 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £556 £550
90th Percentile £623 £700 £649
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £373 £400
% change year-on-year +7.38% -6.88% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 136 25
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.00 £13.02
25th Percentile £14.30 £15.60 £13.52
Median hourly rate £18.50 £20.00 £22.56
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -11.35% -6.34%
75th Percentile £43.96 £33.50 £30.00
90th Percentile - £47.90 £52.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £18.82 £22.56
% change year-on-year -4.36% -16.58% +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 30,750 20,753 22,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 56.27% 63.24% 58.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,875 12,907 13,033
10th Percentile £313 £275 £280
25th Percentile £420 £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 £745 £738 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,704 1,232 980
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.57 £14.73
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.17 £17.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £25.08 £33.29
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% -24.67% +21.04%
75th Percentile £53.75 £45.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £67.00 £71.28
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £21.39 £32.50
% change year-on-year +30.90% -34.18% +20.89%

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 6 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.

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 6 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 6 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 +27 1,231 £400 -5.88% 2,633
UK excluding London +20 955 £400 +7.38% 2,016
Work from Home +68 447 £406 +1.59% 917
London +33 401 £450 -5.26% 837
North of England +35 236 £365 -15.61% 472
South East -9 225 £449 +12.19% 555
Midlands +19 172 £402 +28.76% 380
North West +10 113 £460 +11.52% 246
West Midlands +6 112 £447 +43.04% 201
South West +1 108 £275 +15.79% 204
Scotland +37 97 £425 +1.19% 111
Yorkshire +26 89 £365 -13.10% 168
East of England -8 77 £388 -28.11% 192
East Midlands +17 58 £275 -12.00% 179
North East -7 34 £325 -31.22% 60
Northern Ireland +13 29 £290 -19.72% 56
Wales -8 24 £600 +106.90% 70

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 (7.26%) SharePoint
2 45 (3.11%) Confluence
3 31 (2.14%) CMS
4 14 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.48%) Drupal
6 7 (0.48%) WordPress
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.069%) Apache
8 1 (0.069%) CICS
8 1 (0.069%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 320 (22.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 269 (18.60%) Microsoft Office
3 132 (9.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 64 (4.43%) Microsoft Project
5 25 (1.73%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (1.11%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.35%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.35%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.28%) Revit
9 2 (0.14%) InDesign
9 2 (0.14%) Navisworks
9 2 (0.14%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.14%) Trello
10 1 (0.069%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.069%) Civil 3D
10 1 (0.069%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (1.04%) Magento
2 7 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.28%) HFM
5 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.28%) Shopify
5 4 (0.28%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.21%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.21%) Primavera
6 3 (0.21%) TrackWise
7 2 (0.14%) Changepoint
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.14%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.069%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 85 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (5.74%) Azure
3 63 (4.36%) Power Platform
4 62 (4.29%) AWS
5 28 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (1.45%) Google Workspace
7 17 (1.18%) Entra ID
7 17 (1.18%) Google Sheets
7 17 (1.18%) SaaS
8 15 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
9 14 (0.97%) GCP
10 10 (0.69%) Miro
10 10 (0.69%) OpenShift
11 8 (0.55%) Slack
12 7 (0.48%) GitHub
12 7 (0.48%) Google Analytics
12 7 (0.48%) OneDrive
13 6 (0.41%) Canva
13 6 (0.41%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.73%) LAN
2 15 (1.04%) WAN
3 13 (0.90%) Network Security
4 9 (0.62%) DNS
4 9 (0.62%) Firewall
4 9 (0.62%) MPLS
5 7 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
5 7 (0.48%) VPN
6 6 (0.41%) Broadband
6 6 (0.41%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.35%) NAS
7 5 (0.35%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.35%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (0.35%) VLAN
7 5 (0.35%) VoIP
8 4 (0.28%) DHCP
8 4 (0.28%) Intranet
8 4 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.21%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (4.29%) Power BI
2 10 (0.69%) Relational Database
3 8 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (0.55%) Tableau
4 7 (0.48%) MS Access
5 6 (0.41%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.35%) Power Query
7 4 (0.28%) Metadata
7 4 (0.28%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.21%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
8 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.14%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.069%) Big Data
10 1 (0.069%) Db2
10 1 (0.069%) GIS
10 1 (0.069%) Looker
10 1 (0.069%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.069%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 103 (7.12%) JIRA
2 28 (1.94%) Jenkins
3 18 (1.24%) Git
4 8 (0.55%) Subversion
5 7 (0.48%) Gradle
5 7 (0.48%) JUnit
6 6 (0.41%) Maven
6 6 (0.41%) Mockito
6 6 (0.41%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.28%) Selenium
9 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.21%) 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 1,038 (71.78%) Social Skills
2 464 (32.09%) Finance
3 271 (18.74%) Analytical Skills
4 174 (12.03%) Legal
5 153 (10.58%) Public Sector
6 72 (4.98%) Retail
7 66 (4.56%) Marketing
8 58 (4.01%) Banking
9 56 (3.87%) Manufacturing
10 48 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
11 47 (3.25%) Local Government
12 44 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
13 39 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 31 (2.14%) Telecoms
15 30 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
16 24 (1.66%) Aviation
17 18 (1.24%) Aerospace
17 18 (1.24%) Military
18 17 (1.18%) Investment Banking
19 16 (1.11%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 197 (13.62%) Administrator
2 154 (10.65%) Analyst
3 109 (7.54%) Project Manager
4 100 (6.92%) Coordinator
5 79 (5.46%) Support Officer
6 78 (5.39%) Lead
7 51 (3.53%) Project Officer
8 49 (3.39%) Senior
9 46 (3.18%) Project Support Officer
10 35 (2.42%) Project Coordinator
11 34 (2.35%) Business Analyst
12 30 (2.07%) IT Support
12 30 (2.07%) Support Engineer
13 29 (2.01%) IT Manager
14 23 (1.59%) Delivery Manager
14 23 (1.59%) Junior
15 22 (1.52%) Programme Manager
16 21 (1.45%) Data Administrator
17 20 (1.38%) PMO Analyst
17 20 (1.38%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (0.97%) HTML
1 14 (0.97%) Spring
2 13 (0.90%) Hibernate
2 13 (0.90%) REST
2 13 (0.90%) Spring Boot
3 12 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
4 11 (0.76%) Middleware
5 10 (0.69%) Kafka
5 10 (0.69%) VML
6 9 (0.62%) CSS
6 9 (0.62%) Terraform
7 8 (0.55%) Web Services
7 8 (0.55%) XML
8 7 (0.48%) React
8 7 (0.48%) Redux
8 7 (0.48%) SOAP
9 6 (0.41%) ActiveMQ
9 6 (0.41%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.41%) RESTful
9 6 (0.41%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 140 (9.68%) Onboarding
2 122 (8.44%) Virtual Team
3 115 (7.95%) Web Conferencing
4 110 (7.61%) Management Information System
4 110 (7.61%) Podcast
5 56 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
6 39 (2.70%) Driving Licence
7 32 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
8 29 (2.01%) Product Ownership
9 16 (1.11%) Cloud Native
9 16 (1.11%) Data Centre
9 16 (1.11%) Learning Management System
10 13 (0.90%) Freedom of Information
10 13 (0.90%) Operational Technology
10 13 (0.90%) Social Media
11 12 (0.83%) NHS
12 11 (0.76%) e-Learning
12 11 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
13 10 (0.69%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 73 (5.05%) Windows
2 15 (1.04%) Windows 10
3 10 (0.69%) Linux
4 7 (0.48%) Mac OS
4 7 (0.48%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.41%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.21%) Android
7 2 (0.14%) VMS
7 2 (0.14%) zOS
8 1 (0.069%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.069%) Unix
8 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
2 319 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
3 266 (18.40%) Customer Service
4 261 (18.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 214 (14.80%) Project Management
6 213 (14.73%) Agile
7 184 (12.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 180 (12.45%) Project Delivery
9 129 (8.92%) Decision-Making
10 125 (8.64%) Time Management
11 118 (8.16%) AI
12 98 (6.78%) Change Management
13 96 (6.64%) Service Delivery
14 95 (6.57%) ITIL
15 94 (6.50%) Logistics
16 89 (6.15%) Collaborative Working
16 89 (6.15%) Risk Management
17 88 (6.09%) Migration
18 87 (6.02%) PRINCE2
19 84 (5.81%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 36 (2.49%) SQL
2 20 (1.38%) Java
3 18 (1.24%) Python
4 12 (0.83%) PowerShell
5 8 (0.55%) PL/SQL
6 6 (0.41%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.21%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.14%) Bash
8 2 (0.14%) Korn
8 2 (0.14%) R
8 2 (0.14%) VBA
9 1 (0.069%) C#
9 1 (0.069%) COBOL
9 1 (0.069%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.069%) Perl
9 1 (0.069%) REXX
Qualifications
1 201 (13.90%) Security Cleared
2 167 (11.55%) Degree
3 142 (9.82%) SC Cleared
4 139 (9.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 50 (3.46%) DV Cleared
6 44 (3.04%) DBS Check
7 31 (2.14%) PMP
8 28 (1.94%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 14 (0.97%) HNC
11 12 (0.83%) CISSP
12 9 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.55%) CIPD
13 8 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.48%) HP APS
14 7 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 6 (0.41%) A+ Certification
15 6 (0.41%) ACCA
15 6 (0.41%) CIMA
15 6 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (9.96%) PMO
2 65 (4.50%) Data Quality
3 64 (4.43%) QA
4 45 (3.11%) GDPR
5 36 (2.49%) SLA
6 28 (1.94%) Accessibility
7 21 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (1.11%) GRC
9 14 (0.97%) NIST
10 8 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.41%) NCSC
13 5 (0.35%) COBIT
14 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.28%) IFRS
14 4 (0.28%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.28%) P3O
14 4 (0.28%) WCAG
15 3 (0.21%) ISO 19650
15 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 43 (2.97%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.76%) Docker
3 9 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.28%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.14%) Firmware
6 2 (0.14%) vSphere
7 1 (0.069%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.069%) GPFS
7 1 (0.069%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.069%) NFS
7 1 (0.069%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (0.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 9 (0.62%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.55%) SCCM
5 7 (0.48%) Control-M
5 7 (0.48%) Grafana
5 7 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.41%) Ansible
7 4 (0.28%) WSUS
8 3 (0.21%) Packer
8 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.14%) OPNET
10 1 (0.069%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.069%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.069%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.069%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 474 (32.78%) Microsoft
2 76 (5.26%) SAP
3 50 (3.46%) Google
4 48 (3.32%) Oracle
5 43 (2.97%) ServiceNow
6 28 (1.94%) Salesforce
7 22 (1.52%) Cisco
8 14 (0.97%) Adobe
9 12 (0.83%) SolarWinds
9 12 (0.83%) VMware
10 10 (0.69%) Workday
11 9 (0.62%) Apple
11 9 (0.62%) HP
12 8 (0.55%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.48%) Braze
13 7 (0.48%) Palo Alto
14 6 (0.41%) HubSpot
15 5 (0.35%) Aruba
15 5 (0.35%) Databricks
15 5 (0.35%) Xero