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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 134 176
Rank change year-on-year +24 +42 -6
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,290 690 535
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.37% 2.11% 1.40%
As % of the General category 4.27% 3.31% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 583 341 310
10th Percentile £185 £185 £165
25th Percentile £263 £300 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £420 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -6.78% -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £538
90th Percentile £615 £700 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £373 £400
% change year-on-year +7.38% -6.88% -3.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 96 43
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.00 £13.30
25th Percentile £15.14 £15.50 £20.63
Median hourly rate £22.57 £18.00 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +25.38% -52.78% +81.09%
75th Percentile £43.96 £26.51 -
90th Percentile - £39.88 £45.62
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £17.96 £38.12
% change year-on-year +53.12% -52.89% +84.82%

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 30,189 20,828 22,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.42% 63.61% 57.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,788 12,892 13,343
10th Percentile £313 £275 £290
25th Percentile £419 £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 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,378 1,179 1,137
10th Percentile £13.64 £13.50 £14.67
25th Percentile £16.62 £16.17 £17.44
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £38.07
Median % change year-on-year +19.28% -33.94% +38.44%
75th Percentile £55.00 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.75 £70.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.74 £21.40 £38.12
% change year-on-year +43.68% -43.87% +46.62%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +22 1,095 £400 -10.71% 1,832
UK excluding London +9 828 £400 +7.38% 1,480
Work from Home +75 430 £406 -5.38% 587
London +21 386 £450 -8.16% 589
North of England +24 202 £400 -7.51% 319
South East -33 185 £436 +15.56% 444
Midlands -7 137 £389 +21.88% 270
South West +23 110 £294 -24.68% 150
North West -2 92 £484 +17.33% 175
Scotland +30 89 £410 +2.50% 84
West Midlands -9 88 £425 +36.00% 153
Yorkshire +18 77 £365 -13.10% 106
East of England -1 65 £375 -16.67% 154
East Midlands +1 47 £275 -31.25% 117
North East -19 33 £488 +3.17% 44
Northern Ireland +18 30 £258 -28.72% 42
Wales -13 18 - - 42

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 94 (7.29%) SharePoint
2 40 (3.10%) Confluence
3 30 (2.33%) CMS
4 13 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.54%) Drupal
5 7 (0.54%) WordPress
6 5 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.16%) IIS
9 1 (0.078%) Apache
9 1 (0.078%) Camunda
9 1 (0.078%) CICS
9 1 (0.078%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.078%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 283 (21.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 227 (17.60%) Microsoft Office
3 119 (9.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 65 (5.04%) Microsoft Project
5 26 (2.02%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (1.09%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.47%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.31%) InDesign
10 2 (0.16%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.16%) Navisworks
10 2 (0.16%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.16%) Revit
10 2 (0.16%) Trello
11 1 (0.078%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.078%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (1.09%) Magento
2 7 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.31%) HFM
3 4 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.23%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.23%) Shopify
4 3 (0.23%) TrackWise
5 2 (0.16%) Changepoint
5 2 (0.16%) Primavera
5 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.078%) Actimize
6 1 (0.078%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.078%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.078%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.078%) Orchard Housing
6 1 (0.078%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.078%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 89 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
2 85 (6.59%) Azure
3 71 (5.50%) Power Platform
4 59 (4.57%) AWS
5 29 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (1.40%) Google Workspace
7 18 (1.40%) SaaS
8 16 (1.24%) Entra ID
9 15 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
10 14 (1.09%) GCP
11 13 (1.01%) Google Sheets
12 10 (0.78%) OpenShift
13 8 (0.62%) Slack
14 7 (0.54%) Miro
15 6 (0.47%) Canva
15 6 (0.47%) GitHub
15 6 (0.47%) Google Analytics
15 6 (0.47%) Power Automate
15 6 (0.47%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.86%) LAN
2 16 (1.24%) WAN
3 12 (0.93%) Firewall
3 12 (0.93%) Network Security
4 10 (0.78%) DNS
5 9 (0.70%) MPLS
6 7 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (0.39%) Intranet
7 5 (0.39%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (0.39%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.39%) VLAN
7 5 (0.39%) VPN
8 4 (0.31%) Broadband
8 4 (0.31%) DHCP
9 3 (0.23%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.23%) VoIP
9 3 (0.23%) Wireless
10 2 (0.16%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (5.43%) Power BI
2 14 (1.09%) SQL Server
3 10 (0.78%) Relational Database
4 8 (0.62%) Tableau
5 7 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (0.54%) Power Query
6 5 (0.39%) Metadata
7 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.23%) MS Access
8 3 (0.23%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.16%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.16%) ClickHouse
9 2 (0.16%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.16%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.16%) MySQL
9 2 (0.16%) PowerPivot
10 1 (0.078%) Big Data
10 1 (0.078%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.078%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 94 (7.29%) JIRA
2 27 (2.09%) Jenkins
3 19 (1.47%) Git
4 8 (0.62%) Subversion
5 7 (0.54%) Bitbucket
5 7 (0.54%) Gradle
6 5 (0.39%) JUnit
6 5 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.31%) Maven
7 4 (0.31%) Mockito
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.31%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.23%) GitLab
8 3 (0.23%) Selenium
8 3 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.16%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.16%) Gemini Tracker
9 2 (0.16%) JMeter
9 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.16%) Vite
General
1 905 (70.16%) Social Skills
2 444 (34.42%) Finance
3 249 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
4 179 (13.88%) Legal
5 145 (11.24%) Public Sector
6 68 (5.27%) Retail
7 58 (4.50%) Marketing
8 54 (4.19%) Banking
9 44 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
9 44 (3.41%) Local Government
10 42 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
11 41 (3.18%) Manufacturing
12 33 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
13 30 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 28 (2.17%) Telecoms
15 22 (1.71%) Military
16 17 (1.32%) Investment Banking
17 14 (1.09%) Aviation
18 13 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
18 13 (1.01%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 155 (12.02%) Analyst
2 143 (11.09%) Administrator
3 98 (7.60%) Project Manager
4 77 (5.97%) Coordinator
5 73 (5.66%) Lead
5 73 (5.66%) Support Officer
6 55 (4.26%) Senior
7 51 (3.95%) Project Officer
8 45 (3.49%) Project Support Officer
9 38 (2.95%) Business Analyst
10 32 (2.48%) Project Coordinator
11 29 (2.25%) IT Support
12 27 (2.09%) IT Manager
12 27 (2.09%) Support Engineer
13 25 (1.94%) Delivery Manager
14 24 (1.86%) Junior
15 22 (1.71%) Programme Manager
16 20 (1.55%) Developer
16 20 (1.55%) PMO Analyst
16 20 (1.55%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.55%) HTML
2 15 (1.16%) CSS
3 13 (1.01%) REST
3 13 (1.01%) VML
4 12 (0.93%) Spring
5 11 (0.85%) Hibernate
5 11 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (0.85%) Spring Boot
6 10 (0.78%) Middleware
6 10 (0.78%) XML
7 9 (0.70%) Kafka
7 9 (0.70%) React
7 9 (0.70%) Redux
8 8 (0.62%) Terraform
9 6 (0.47%) .NET
9 6 (0.47%) Web Services
10 5 (0.39%) SOAP
11 4 (0.31%) ActiveMQ
11 4 (0.31%) ADO
11 4 (0.31%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 131 (10.16%) Onboarding
2 119 (9.22%) Virtual Team
3 116 (8.99%) Web Conferencing
4 110 (8.53%) Podcast
5 80 (6.20%) Management Information System
6 40 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
7 34 (2.64%) Product Ownership
8 31 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
9 24 (1.86%) Driving Licence
10 17 (1.32%) Learning Management System
11 14 (1.09%) Cloud Native
11 14 (1.09%) e-Learning
11 14 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.01%) Freedom of Information
13 12 (0.93%) Data Centre
14 11 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
15 10 (0.78%) Blog
15 10 (0.78%) Life Science
15 10 (0.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 75 (5.81%) Windows
2 16 (1.24%) Windows 10
3 10 (0.78%) Linux
3 10 (0.78%) Mac OS
4 8 (0.62%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.16%) VMS
6 2 (0.16%) zOS
7 1 (0.078%) Android
7 1 (0.078%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.078%) Unix
7 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (27.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 276 (21.40%) Problem-Solving
3 240 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 221 (17.13%) Customer Service
5 219 (16.98%) Agile
6 205 (15.89%) Project Management
7 170 (13.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 165 (12.79%) Project Delivery
9 127 (9.84%) Decision-Making
10 110 (8.53%) AI
11 102 (7.91%) Time Management
12 92 (7.13%) PRINCE2
13 88 (6.82%) Service Delivery
14 87 (6.74%) ITIL
15 86 (6.67%) Migration
16 84 (6.51%) Change Management
17 82 (6.36%) Logistics
18 78 (6.05%) Collaborative Working
19 77 (5.97%) Data Protection
20 75 (5.81%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (3.33%) SQL
2 22 (1.71%) Python
3 17 (1.32%) Java
4 13 (1.01%) PowerShell
5 8 (0.62%) PL/SQL
6 7 (0.54%) T-SQL
7 6 (0.47%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.47%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.23%) R
8 3 (0.23%) VBA
9 2 (0.16%) Bash
9 2 (0.16%) C#
9 2 (0.16%) Korn
10 1 (0.078%) COBOL
10 1 (0.078%) Groovy
10 1 (0.078%) Perl
10 1 (0.078%) PHP
10 1 (0.078%) REXX
Qualifications
1 183 (14.19%) Security Cleared
2 165 (12.79%) Degree
3 140 (10.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 132 (10.23%) SC Cleared
5 43 (3.33%) DV Cleared
6 32 (2.48%) DBS Check
7 30 (2.33%) PMI Certification
8 29 (2.25%) PMP
9 20 (1.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 11 (0.85%) CISSP
11 10 (0.78%) HNC
12 9 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.62%) CIPD
13 8 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.54%) CISM
14 7 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (0.47%) A+ Certification
15 6 (0.47%) ACCA
15 6 (0.47%) CIMA
15 6 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (10.93%) PMO
2 63 (4.88%) QA
3 60 (4.65%) Data Quality
4 41 (3.18%) GDPR
5 28 (2.17%) SLA
6 25 (1.94%) Accessibility
7 18 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.93%) GRC
9 11 (0.85%) NIST
10 7 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.47%) NCSC
11 6 (0.47%) WCAG
12 5 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.39%) COBIT
13 4 (0.31%) IFRS
13 4 (0.31%) P3O
14 3 (0.23%) COSHH
14 3 (0.23%) GMP
14 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 42 (3.26%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.70%) Docker
3 8 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.16%) Firmware
6 1 (0.078%) GPFS
6 1 (0.078%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.078%) NFS
6 1 (0.078%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.85%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 9 (0.70%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.54%) Control-M
5 6 (0.47%) Ansible
6 5 (0.39%) Grafana
6 5 (0.39%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.39%) SCCM
6 5 (0.39%) WSUS
7 3 (0.23%) Packer
8 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.16%) OPNET
8 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.078%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.078%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.078%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 408 (31.63%) Microsoft
2 61 (4.73%) SAP
3 52 (4.03%) ServiceNow
4 47 (3.64%) Oracle
5 42 (3.26%) Google
6 30 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 22 (1.71%) Cisco
8 15 (1.16%) Adobe
9 13 (1.01%) SolarWinds
10 11 (0.85%) VMware
10 11 (0.85%) Workday
11 10 (0.78%) Apple
12 8 (0.62%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.54%) Braze
13 7 (0.54%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.39%) Aruba
14 5 (0.39%) Databricks
14 5 (0.39%) Xero
15 4 (0.31%) Civica
15 4 (0.31%) Concur