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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 137 177
Rank change year-on-year +34 +40 -5
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,367 708 541
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.49% 2.15% 1.41%
As % of the General category 4.46% 3.38% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 586 338 315
10th Percentile £185 £185 £163
25th Percentile £263 £293 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £406 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -9.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £622 £700 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £355 £400
% change year-on-year +12.68% -11.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 363 121 26
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.00 £13.06
25th Percentile £14.31 £15.50 £13.55
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -11.23% -5.14%
75th Percentile £43.96 £31.41 £29.69
90th Percentile - £40.00 £51.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.76 £19.50 £22.56
% change year-on-year +1.31% -13.56% +7.30%

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 30,662 20,930 22,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.88% 63.43% 58.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,938 13,003 13,276
10th Percentile £313 £275 £281
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 £738 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,585 1,216 1,061
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.50 £14.73
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.17 £17.25
Median hourly rate £29.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.30% -28.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £54.50 £47.22 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £67.00 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.96 £21.39 £35.00
% change year-on-year +40.07% -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 25 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 25 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 25 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 +24 1,156 £400 -5.88% 2,501
UK excluding London +15 890 £400 +12.68% 1,906
Work from Home +83 434 £402 +0.59% 830
London +22 392 £446 -8.46% 799
North of England +39 210 £379 -10.94% 459
South East -19 207 £425 +13.33% 510
Midlands +12 158 £375 +17.65% 373
South West +6 109 £275 +3.77% 185
West Midlands +8 101 £414 +29.73% 209
North West -6 99 £472 +25.73% 251
Scotland +34 93 £425 +6.25% 114
Yorkshire +15 80 £365 -13.10% 152
East of England -11 69 £400 -17.95% 181
East Midlands +7 55 £275 -12.00% 163
North East -16 31 £325 -31.22% 59
Northern Ireland +12 29 £290 -19.72% 48
Wales -6 24 £600 +126.42% 56

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
1 102 (7.46%) SharePoint
2 45 (3.29%) Confluence
3 28 (2.05%) CMS
4 12 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.59%) WordPress
6 7 (0.51%) Drupal
7 6 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.073%) Apache
9 1 (0.073%) CICS
9 1 (0.073%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.073%) IIS
Applications
1 303 (22.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 259 (18.95%) Microsoft Office
3 128 (9.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 63 (4.61%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (1.76%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (1.02%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.37%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.22%) Navisworks
9 3 (0.22%) Revit
10 2 (0.15%) InDesign
10 2 (0.15%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.15%) Trello
11 1 (0.073%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.073%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.073%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (1.02%) Magento
2 7 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.44%) 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 (0.15%) Changepoint
6 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.15%) Shopify
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.073%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 88 (6.44%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (6.00%) Azure
3 69 (5.05%) Power Platform
4 62 (4.54%) AWS
5 27 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
6 19 (1.39%) Google Workspace
7 17 (1.24%) Entra ID
7 17 (1.24%) SaaS
8 15 (1.10%) GCP
8 15 (1.10%) Google Sheets
8 15 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
9 10 (0.73%) OpenShift
10 9 (0.66%) Miro
11 8 (0.59%) Slack
12 7 (0.51%) GitHub
13 6 (0.44%) Canva
13 6 (0.44%) Google Analytics
13 6 (0.44%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.76%) LAN
2 15 (1.10%) WAN
3 12 (0.88%) Network Security
4 9 (0.66%) DNS
4 9 (0.66%) Firewall
4 9 (0.66%) MPLS
5 7 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (0.44%) VPN
7 5 (0.37%) Broadband
7 5 (0.37%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (0.37%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.37%) VLAN
8 4 (0.29%) DHCP
8 4 (0.29%) Intranet
8 4 (0.29%) VoIP
9 3 (0.22%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.22%) NAS
9 3 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (4.97%) Power BI
2 12 (0.88%) Relational Database
3 9 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.59%) SQL Server
4 8 (0.59%) Tableau
5 5 (0.37%) Power Query
6 4 (0.29%) Metadata
6 4 (0.29%) MS Access
6 4 (0.29%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.15%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.15%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.15%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.15%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.15%) MySQL
9 1 (0.073%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.073%) ClickHouse
9 1 (0.073%) Db2
Development Applications
1 100 (7.32%) JIRA
2 28 (2.05%) Jenkins
3 20 (1.46%) Git
4 8 (0.59%) Subversion
5 7 (0.51%) Gradle
5 7 (0.51%) JUnit
6 6 (0.44%) Maven
6 6 (0.44%) Mockito
6 6 (0.44%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.37%) 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 (0.15%) Gemini Tracker
10 2 (0.15%) GitLab
10 2 (0.15%) JMeter
10 2 (0.15%) Postman
10 2 (0.15%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 977 (71.47%) Social Skills
2 452 (33.07%) Finance
3 251 (18.36%) Analytical Skills
4 173 (12.66%) Legal
5 154 (11.27%) Public Sector
6 67 (4.90%) Retail
7 59 (4.32%) Marketing
8 54 (3.95%) Banking
9 46 (3.37%) Local Government
10 44 (3.22%) Documentation Skills
10 44 (3.22%) Influencing Skills
10 44 (3.22%) Manufacturing
11 35 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 31 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
13 30 (2.19%) Telecoms
14 22 (1.61%) Military
15 19 (1.39%) Aviation
16 15 (1.10%) Investment Banking
17 14 (1.02%) Financial Institution
18 13 (0.95%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 174 (12.73%) Administrator
2 152 (11.12%) Analyst
3 101 (7.39%) Project Manager
4 87 (6.36%) Coordinator
5 81 (5.93%) Support Officer
6 75 (5.49%) Lead
7 55 (4.02%) Project Officer
8 53 (3.88%) Senior
9 50 (3.66%) Project Support Officer
10 36 (2.63%) Business Analyst
11 34 (2.49%) Project Coordinator
12 30 (2.19%) IT Support
13 29 (2.12%) IT Manager
13 29 (2.12%) Support Engineer
14 22 (1.61%) Delivery Manager
14 22 (1.61%) Junior
15 21 (1.54%) Programme Manager
16 20 (1.46%) Data Administrator
16 20 (1.46%) Developer
16 20 (1.46%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.17%) HTML
2 15 (1.10%) REST
3 14 (1.02%) Spring
4 13 (0.95%) Hibernate
4 13 (0.95%) Spring Boot
5 12 (0.88%) CSS
5 12 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
5 12 (0.88%) VML
6 10 (0.73%) Kafka
6 10 (0.73%) Middleware
7 9 (0.66%) Terraform
8 8 (0.59%) React
8 8 (0.59%) Redux
8 8 (0.59%) Web Services
9 7 (0.51%) SOAP
10 6 (0.44%) .NET
10 6 (0.44%) ActiveMQ
10 6 (0.44%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.44%) JPA
10 6 (0.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 134 (9.80%) Onboarding
2 119 (8.71%) Virtual Team
3 115 (8.41%) Web Conferencing
4 110 (8.05%) Podcast
5 97 (7.10%) Management Information System
6 49 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
7 37 (2.71%) Driving Licence
8 31 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
8 31 (2.27%) Product Ownership
9 16 (1.17%) Cloud Native
9 16 (1.17%) Learning Management System
10 14 (1.02%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.02%) Freedom of Information
11 12 (0.88%) e-Learning
11 12 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (0.88%) Social Media
12 11 (0.80%) Life Science
12 11 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
13 10 (0.73%) Hedge funds
14 9 (0.66%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 73 (5.34%) Windows
2 15 (1.10%) Windows 10
3 9 (0.66%) Linux
3 9 (0.66%) Mac OS
4 7 (0.51%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.15%) Android
6 2 (0.15%) VMS
6 2 (0.15%) zOS
7 1 (0.073%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.073%) Unix
7 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (27.87%) Stakeholder Management
2 301 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
3 253 (18.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 248 (18.14%) Customer Service
5 216 (15.80%) Agile
6 205 (15.00%) Project Management
7 174 (12.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 170 (12.44%) Project Delivery
9 129 (9.44%) Decision-Making
10 113 (8.27%) AI
10 113 (8.27%) Time Management
11 94 (6.88%) Change Management
12 93 (6.80%) Service Delivery
13 90 (6.58%) ITIL
13 90 (6.58%) PRINCE2
14 89 (6.51%) Logistics
15 88 (6.44%) Collaborative Working
16 84 (6.14%) Migration
17 83 (6.07%) Risk Management
18 80 (5.85%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 39 (2.85%) SQL
2 21 (1.54%) Python
3 20 (1.46%) Java
4 13 (0.95%) PowerShell
5 8 (0.59%) PL/SQL
6 7 (0.51%) TypeScript
7 5 (0.37%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.15%) Bash
9 2 (0.15%) Korn
9 2 (0.15%) R
9 2 (0.15%) VBA
10 1 (0.073%) C#
10 1 (0.073%) COBOL
10 1 (0.073%) Groovy
10 1 (0.073%) Perl
10 1 (0.073%) PHP
10 1 (0.073%) REXX
Qualifications
1 187 (13.68%) Security Cleared
2 166 (12.14%) Degree
3 139 (10.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 135 (9.88%) SC Cleared
5 47 (3.44%) DV Cleared
6 37 (2.71%) DBS Check
7 29 (2.12%) PMP
8 27 (1.98%) PMI Certification
9 21 (1.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 13 (0.95%) HNC
11 11 (0.80%) CISSP
12 9 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.59%) CIPD
14 7 (0.51%) CISM
14 7 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.44%) ACCA
15 6 (0.44%) CIMA
15 6 (0.44%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (10.10%) PMO
2 64 (4.68%) Data Quality
3 59 (4.32%) QA
4 43 (3.15%) GDPR
5 28 (2.05%) SLA
6 24 (1.76%) Accessibility
7 19 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (0.95%) GRC
9 11 (0.80%) NIST
10 7 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.37%) COBIT
11 5 (0.37%) 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 19650
System Software
1 42 (3.07%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.88%) Docker
3 9 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.15%) Firmware
6 2 (0.15%) vSphere
7 1 (0.073%) GPFS
7 1 (0.073%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.073%) NFS
7 1 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.80%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 10 (0.73%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.51%) Control-M
4 7 (0.51%) Grafana
4 7 (0.51%) Prometheus
4 7 (0.51%) SCCM
5 6 (0.44%) Ansible
6 4 (0.29%) WSUS
7 3 (0.22%) Packer
7 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.15%) OPNET
9 1 (0.073%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.073%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.073%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.073%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 442 (32.33%) Microsoft
2 64 (4.68%) SAP
3 46 (3.37%) Oracle
3 46 (3.37%) ServiceNow
4 45 (3.29%) Google
5 26 (1.90%) Salesforce
6 21 (1.54%) Cisco
7 12 (0.88%) Adobe
7 12 (0.88%) SolarWinds
7 12 (0.88%) VMware
8 11 (0.80%) Workday
9 10 (0.73%) Apple
10 8 (0.59%) Alteryx
11 7 (0.51%) Braze
11 7 (0.51%) Palo Alto
12 6 (0.44%) HP
13 5 (0.37%) Aruba
13 5 (0.37%) Databricks
13 5 (0.37%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.37%) Xero