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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 131 178
Rank change year-on-year +10 +47 -7
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,164 687 546
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.18% 2.07% 1.41%
As % of the General category 3.96% 3.27% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 549 345 338
10th Percentile £183 £185 £158
25th Percentile £263 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £440 £413
Median % change year-on-year -6.49% +6.31% -8.13%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £520
90th Percentile £625 £713 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £374 £391
% change year-on-year +7.02% -4.41% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 89 81
10th Percentile £13.83 £13.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.87 £14.84 £20.50
Median hourly rate £23.08 £19.97 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +15.55% -47.61% +63.18%
75th Percentile £43.96 £27.21 -
90th Percentile - £39.20 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £19.97 £38.12
% change year-on-year +40.21% -47.61% +81.09%

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 29,369 21,001 22,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.06% 63.35% 57.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,411 13,107 14,053
10th Percentile £313 £279 £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 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.99% -1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,226 1,130 1,377
10th Percentile £13.97 £13.25 £14.06
25th Percentile £17.25 £16.30 £17.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +27.24% -34.02% +27.07%
75th Percentile £57.99 £50.38 £58.49
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £22.14 £38.12
% change year-on-year +46.79% -41.92% +46.90%

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 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 10 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 10 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 +17 1,015 £425 -5.56% 1,590
UK excluding London -4 718 £400 +7.02% 1,338
Work from Home +67 387 £425 -10.53% 519
London +29 383 £450 -14.29% 442
North of England +19 182 £423 +2.42% 321
South East -51 152 £450 +12.50% 411
Midlands -23 117 £375 +17.65% 228
South West +33 115 £305 -4.77% 132
Yorkshire +9 78 £370 -21.69% 112
West Midlands -31 78 £425 +30.77% 129
North West -7 74 £500 +39.66% 161
Scotland +13 64 £425 -10.53% 61
East of England 0 53 £354 +66.47% 151
East Midlands +5 38 £275 +30.33% 99
North East -18 30 £450 -4.76% 53
Northern Ireland +19 24 £225 -37.72% 20
Wales -13 14 - - 38

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 75 (6.44%) SharePoint
2 44 (3.78%) Confluence
3 30 (2.58%) CMS
4 14 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.60%) Drupal
5 7 (0.60%) WordPress
6 5 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.17%) Apache
8 2 (0.17%) IIS
9 1 (0.086%) Camunda
9 1 (0.086%) CICS
9 1 (0.086%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.086%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.086%) Tuxedo
9 1 (0.086%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.086%) WebLogic
Applications
1 226 (19.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 170 (14.60%) Microsoft Office
3 93 (7.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 60 (5.15%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (1.98%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (1.20%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.52%) 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 (0.086%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.086%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.086%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.086%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.086%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (1.12%) Magento
2 7 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.52%) 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 (0.086%) Actimize
7 1 (0.086%) Changepoint
7 1 (0.086%) iTrent
7 1 (0.086%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.086%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.086%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.086%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.086%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 95 (8.16%) Azure
2 86 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (5.15%) AWS
4 58 (4.98%) Power Platform
5 34 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (2.06%) SaaS
7 21 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (1.80%) GCP
7 21 (1.80%) Google Workspace
8 14 (1.20%) Entra ID
8 14 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
9 11 (0.95%) Google Sheets
10 10 (0.86%) GitHub
11 9 (0.77%) OpenShift
12 8 (0.69%) OCI
12 8 (0.69%) Slack
13 7 (0.60%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (0.52%) Google Analytics
14 6 (0.52%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.06%) LAN
2 13 (1.12%) DNS
2 13 (1.12%) Firewall
2 13 (1.12%) WAN
3 12 (1.03%) Network Security
4 8 (0.69%) MPLS
4 8 (0.69%) VPN
5 7 (0.60%) Cisco Nexus
5 7 (0.60%) VLAN
6 6 (0.52%) DHCP
7 5 (0.43%) Intranet
7 5 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (0.43%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.43%) VoIP
8 4 (0.34%) Broadband
8 4 (0.34%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.26%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.26%) SAN
9 3 (0.26%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (4.98%) Power BI
2 18 (1.55%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.77%) Tableau
5 7 (0.60%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.34%) MySQL
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%) Metadata
7 3 (0.26%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.26%) Power Query
8 2 (0.17%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.17%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.17%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.17%) GIS
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.17%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.17%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 97 (8.33%) JIRA
2 28 (2.41%) Jenkins
3 25 (2.15%) Git
4 10 (0.86%) Cucumber
4 10 (0.86%) Selenium
5 9 (0.77%) Bitbucket
5 9 (0.77%) JMeter
5 9 (0.77%) JUnit
5 9 (0.77%) WebDriver
6 8 (0.69%) Subversion
7 7 (0.60%) Gradle
8 5 (0.43%) GitLab
8 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.17%) Gemini Tracker
10 2 (0.17%) Postman
10 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.17%) Vite
11 1 (0.086%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 792 (68.04%) Social Skills
2 401 (34.45%) Finance
3 227 (19.50%) Analytical Skills
4 156 (13.40%) Legal
5 117 (10.05%) Public Sector
6 65 (5.58%) Marketing
7 64 (5.50%) Retail
8 57 (4.90%) Banking
9 36 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
10 34 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
10 34 (2.92%) Manufacturing
11 29 (2.49%) Local Government
11 29 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (2.15%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.55%) Investment Banking
15 16 (1.37%) Military
16 13 (1.12%) Advertising
16 13 (1.12%) Financial Institution
16 13 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 137 (11.77%) Analyst
2 103 (8.85%) Administrator
3 102 (8.76%) Project Manager
4 74 (6.36%) Lead
5 64 (5.50%) Support Officer
6 62 (5.33%) Senior
7 50 (4.30%) Coordinator
7 50 (4.30%) Project Officer
8 44 (3.78%) Project Support Officer
9 39 (3.35%) Business Analyst
10 29 (2.49%) IT Support
11 26 (2.23%) IT Manager
12 25 (2.15%) Junior
12 25 (2.15%) Support Engineer
13 24 (2.06%) Project Coordinator
14 23 (1.98%) Delivery Manager
15 21 (1.80%) Senior Manager
15 21 (1.80%) Senior Project Manager
16 20 (1.72%) Test Manager
17 19 (1.63%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.89%) HTML
2 17 (1.46%) CSS
2 17 (1.46%) Spring
3 13 (1.12%) VML
4 12 (1.03%) Kafka
4 12 (1.03%) Middleware
4 12 (1.03%) XML
5 11 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
6 10 (0.86%) React
7 9 (0.77%) Redux
7 9 (0.77%) REST
7 9 (0.77%) WireMock
8 8 (0.69%) Spring Boot
9 7 (0.60%) .NET
9 7 (0.60%) Hibernate
10 4 (0.34%) JSON
10 4 (0.34%) JWT
11 3 (0.26%) HTML5
11 3 (0.26%) Node.js
11 3 (0.26%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 112 (9.62%) Onboarding
2 96 (8.25%) Web Conferencing
3 95 (8.16%) Virtual Team
4 89 (7.65%) Podcast
5 68 (5.84%) Management Information System
6 42 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (3.01%) Product Ownership
8 25 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (1.63%) Driving Licence
10 16 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (1.29%) Learning Management System
11 15 (1.29%) Social Media
12 14 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.12%) e-Learning
14 12 (1.03%) Data Centre
15 11 (0.95%) Freedom of Information
15 11 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
16 10 (0.86%) Blog
16 10 (0.86%) Hedge funds
16 10 (0.86%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 78 (6.70%) Windows
2 18 (1.55%) Windows 10
3 12 (1.03%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.95%) Linux
5 9 (0.77%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.26%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.17%) Unix
7 2 (0.17%) VMS
8 1 (0.086%) Android
8 1 (0.086%) CentOS
8 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.086%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (24.40%) Stakeholder Management
2 245 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
3 219 (18.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 207 (17.78%) Agile
5 204 (17.53%) Project Management
6 180 (15.46%) Customer Service
7 153 (13.14%) Project Delivery
8 146 (12.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 123 (10.57%) Decision-Making
10 105 (9.02%) Time Management
11 103 (8.85%) AI
12 86 (7.39%) PRINCE2
13 82 (7.04%) Migration
14 77 (6.62%) ITIL
15 76 (6.53%) Service Delivery
16 73 (6.27%) Logistics
17 72 (6.19%) Collaborative Working
17 72 (6.19%) Risk Management
18 70 (6.01%) Change Management
19 68 (5.84%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 46 (3.95%) SQL
2 21 (1.80%) Python
3 14 (1.20%) PowerShell
4 13 (1.12%) Java
5 8 (0.69%) PL/SQL
6 7 (0.60%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.60%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.43%) C#
8 3 (0.26%) Bash
8 3 (0.26%) Korn
9 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.17%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.17%) VBA
10 1 (0.086%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.086%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.086%) COBOL
10 1 (0.086%) Groovy
10 1 (0.086%) PHP
10 1 (0.086%) R
10 1 (0.086%) REXX
Qualifications
1 161 (13.83%) Degree
2 154 (13.23%) Security Cleared
3 113 (9.71%) SC Cleared
4 108 (9.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 41 (3.52%) DV Cleared
6 33 (2.84%) PMP
7 31 (2.66%) PMI Certification
8 30 (2.58%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 12 (1.03%) CISSP
11 9 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.69%) A+ Certification
12 8 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (0.60%) CISM
13 7 (0.60%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (0.52%) ACCA
14 6 (0.52%) CIMA
14 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.43%) CCNA
15 5 (0.43%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (10.40%) PMO
2 54 (4.64%) QA
3 48 (4.12%) Data Quality
4 37 (3.18%) GDPR
5 25 (2.15%) SLA
6 23 (1.98%) Accessibility
7 19 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.95%) GRC
8 11 (0.95%) NIST
9 10 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.43%) GAAP
13 4 (0.34%) IFRS
13 4 (0.34%) NCSC
13 4 (0.34%) WCAG
14 3 (0.26%) GMP
14 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.26%) P3O
14 3 (0.26%) SEPA
System Software
1 48 (4.12%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.37%) 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 (0.086%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.086%) Samba
6 1 (0.086%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (1.63%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.95%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 10 (0.86%) Grafana
5 9 (0.77%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.69%) Terraform
7 7 (0.60%) Control-M
8 5 (0.43%) Ansible
9 4 (0.34%) SCCM
9 4 (0.34%) WSUS
10 3 (0.26%) Packer
10 3 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.17%) OPNET
11 2 (0.17%) ServiceCenter
12 1 (0.086%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.086%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.086%) Kibana
12 1 (0.086%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 325 (27.92%) Microsoft
2 60 (5.15%) ServiceNow
3 54 (4.64%) SAP
4 47 (4.04%) Oracle
5 45 (3.87%) Google
6 27 (2.32%) Salesforce
7 22 (1.89%) Cisco
8 17 (1.46%) Adobe
9 13 (1.12%) SolarWinds
10 11 (0.95%) Workday
11 10 (0.86%) Apple
12 8 (0.69%) VMware
13 7 (0.60%) Braze
13 7 (0.60%) Palo Alto
14 6 (0.52%) Alteryx
15 5 (0.43%) Aruba
15 5 (0.43%) Concur
15 5 (0.43%) Databricks
15 5 (0.43%) DocuSign
15 5 (0.43%) Xero