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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 135 175
Rank change year-on-year +30 +40 -13
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,363 696 540
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.50% 2.12% 1.40%
As % of the General category 4.48% 3.33% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 591 335 315
10th Percentile £185 £185 £165
25th Percentile £263 £300 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £408 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -9.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £553 £550
90th Percentile £618 £700 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £355 £403
% change year-on-year +12.68% -11.80% +0.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 361 114 30
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.00 £13.21
25th Percentile £14.31 £15.50 £15.44
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.99 £23.78
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% -15.96% +1.19%
75th Percentile £43.96 £31.41 £38.12
90th Percentile - £37.63 £50.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.50 £18.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year -1.33% -31.82% +30.95%

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 30,448 20,925 22,374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.78% 63.60% 58.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,837 12,966 13,391
10th Percentile £313 £275 £281
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% 0.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,565 1,206 1,101
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.50 £14.73
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.17 £17.08
Median hourly rate £29.60 £25.15 £35.03
Median % change year-on-year +17.69% -28.20% +27.38%
75th Percentile £54.40 £48.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £67.50 £70.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £21.29 £35.02
% change year-on-year +40.94% -39.21% +27.33%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +26 1,153 £400 -5.88% 2,102
UK excluding London +13 887 £400 +12.68% 1,632
Work from Home +72 434 £402 +0.50% 664
London +32 390 £450 -7.69% 680
North of England +34 212 £381 -11.91% 387
South East -20 201 £450 +19.21% 465
Midlands +9 152 £375 +17.65% 289
South West +13 113 £275 -14.06% 162
North West +1 100 £449 +19.67% 206
West Midlands -1 97 £425 +33.33% 168
Scotland +35 94 £425 +9.68% 88
Yorkshire +7 79 £365 -17.05% 130
East of England -1 73 £400 -11.11% 168
East Midlands +2 53 £275 -12.00% 121
North East -14 33 £388 -17.99% 55
Northern Ireland +14 29 £290 -19.72% 51
Wales -6 22 - - 41

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
1 101 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 46 (3.37%) Confluence
3 29 (2.13%) CMS
4 12 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.59%) WordPress
6 7 (0.51%) Drupal
7 5 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
10 1 (0.073%) Apache
10 1 (0.073%) CICS
10 1 (0.073%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 307 (22.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 252 (18.49%) Microsoft Office
3 131 (9.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 67 (4.92%) Microsoft Project
5 27 (1.98%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (1.03%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.51%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.29%) InDesign
10 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.22%) Navisworks
10 3 (0.22%) Revit
11 2 (0.15%) ProjectWise
11 2 (0.15%) Trello
12 1 (0.073%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.073%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (1.03%) 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%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.073%) iTrent
7 1 (0.073%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.073%) Orchard Housing
7 1 (0.073%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 87 (6.38%) Azure
1 87 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
2 70 (5.14%) Power Platform
3 61 (4.48%) AWS
4 30 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
6 19 (1.39%) Google Workspace
7 17 (1.25%) Entra ID
7 17 (1.25%) 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%) Canva
13 6 (0.44%) GitHub
13 6 (0.44%) Google Analytics
13 6 (0.44%) Power Automate
13 6 (0.44%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.76%) LAN
2 16 (1.17%) WAN
3 12 (0.88%) Network Security
4 11 (0.81%) Firewall
5 10 (0.73%) DNS
6 9 (0.66%) MPLS
7 7 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (0.37%) Broadband
8 5 (0.37%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (0.37%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.37%) VLAN
8 5 (0.37%) VPN
9 4 (0.29%) DHCP
9 4 (0.29%) Intranet
9 4 (0.29%) VoIP
10 3 (0.22%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (5.06%) Power BI
2 12 (0.88%) Relational Database
3 9 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (0.66%) SQL Server
4 8 (0.59%) Tableau
5 6 (0.44%) Power Query
6 5 (0.37%) Metadata
7 4 (0.29%) MS Access
8 3 (0.22%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.15%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.15%) ClickHouse
9 2 (0.15%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.15%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.15%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.15%) MySQL
10 1 (0.073%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.073%) Apache Iceberg
10 1 (0.073%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 103 (7.56%) JIRA
2 28 (2.05%) Jenkins
3 21 (1.54%) 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%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
General
1 967 (70.95%) Social Skills
2 449 (32.94%) Finance
3 254 (18.64%) Analytical Skills
4 174 (12.77%) Legal
5 152 (11.15%) Public Sector
6 73 (5.36%) Retail
7 60 (4.40%) Marketing
8 55 (4.04%) Banking
9 48 (3.52%) Manufacturing
10 45 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
10 45 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
10 45 (3.30%) Local Government
11 34 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 31 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
13 30 (2.20%) Telecoms
14 22 (1.61%) Military
15 19 (1.39%) Aviation
16 16 (1.17%) Investment Banking
17 14 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
18 13 (0.95%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 170 (12.47%) Administrator
2 154 (11.30%) Analyst
3 96 (7.04%) Project Manager
4 84 (6.16%) Coordinator
5 81 (5.94%) Support Officer
6 74 (5.43%) Lead
7 55 (4.04%) Project Officer
8 54 (3.96%) Senior
9 50 (3.67%) Project Support Officer
10 35 (2.57%) Business Analyst
11 33 (2.42%) Project Coordinator
12 29 (2.13%) IT Manager
13 28 (2.05%) IT Support
14 27 (1.98%) Support Engineer
15 23 (1.69%) Junior
16 22 (1.61%) Delivery Manager
16 22 (1.61%) Developer
16 22 (1.61%) Programme Manager
17 21 (1.54%) Test Manager
18 19 (1.39%) PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.25%) HTML
2 15 (1.10%) REST
3 14 (1.03%) Spring
4 13 (0.95%) CSS
4 13 (0.95%) Hibernate
4 13 (0.95%) Spring Boot
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%) React
7 9 (0.66%) Redux
8 8 (0.59%) Terraform
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%) RESTful
10 6 (0.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 136 (9.98%) Onboarding
2 119 (8.73%) Virtual Team
3 115 (8.44%) Web Conferencing
4 110 (8.07%) Podcast
5 90 (6.60%) Management Information System
6 46 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (2.57%) Driving Licence
8 32 (2.35%) Product Ownership
9 31 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (1.17%) Cloud Native
11 15 (1.10%) Learning Management System
12 14 (1.03%) Data Centre
12 14 (1.03%) Freedom of Information
13 13 (0.95%) e-Learning
14 12 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (0.88%) Social Media
15 11 (0.81%) Life Science
15 11 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
16 10 (0.73%) Blog
16 10 (0.73%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 75 (5.50%) Windows
2 16 (1.17%) Windows 10
3 10 (0.73%) Mac OS
4 9 (0.66%) Linux
5 7 (0.51%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.29%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.15%) VMS
7 2 (0.15%) zOS
8 1 (0.073%) Android
8 1 (0.073%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.073%) Unix
8 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (27.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 294 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
3 253 (18.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 243 (17.83%) Customer Service
5 214 (15.70%) Agile
6 203 (14.89%) Project Management
7 175 (12.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 168 (12.33%) Project Delivery
9 131 (9.61%) Decision-Making
10 114 (8.36%) AI
11 112 (8.22%) Time Management
12 94 (6.90%) Change Management
13 90 (6.60%) Logistics
14 89 (6.53%) PRINCE2
14 89 (6.53%) Service Delivery
15 88 (6.46%) ITIL
16 87 (6.38%) Collaborative Working
17 84 (6.16%) Migration
18 78 (5.72%) Data Protection
18 78 (5.72%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (2.86%) SQL
2 22 (1.61%) Python
3 20 (1.47%) Java
4 14 (1.03%) PowerShell
5 8 (0.59%) PL/SQL
5 8 (0.59%) TypeScript
6 6 (0.44%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.22%) R
7 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.22%) VBA
8 2 (0.15%) Bash
8 2 (0.15%) C#
8 2 (0.15%) Korn
9 1 (0.073%) COBOL
9 1 (0.073%) Groovy
9 1 (0.073%) Perl
9 1 (0.073%) PHP
9 1 (0.073%) REXX
Qualifications
1 187 (13.72%) Security Cleared
2 169 (12.40%) Degree
3 141 (10.34%) BPSS Clearance
4 135 (9.90%) SC Cleared
5 47 (3.45%) DV Cleared
6 37 (2.71%) DBS Check
7 29 (2.13%) PMP
8 28 (2.05%) PMI Certification
9 20 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 13 (0.95%) HNC
11 11 (0.81%) CISSP
12 9 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.59%) CIPD
13 8 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.51%) CISM
14 7 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (0.44%) ACCA
15 6 (0.44%) CIMA
15 6 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (10.42%) PMO
2 63 (4.62%) Data Quality
3 59 (4.33%) QA
4 42 (3.08%) GDPR
5 27 (1.98%) SLA
6 22 (1.61%) Accessibility
7 18 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.88%) GRC
9 11 (0.81%) NIST
10 8 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.44%) NCSC
13 5 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.37%) COBIT
14 4 (0.29%) IFRS
14 4 (0.29%) P3O
14 4 (0.29%) WCAG
15 3 (0.22%) COSHH
15 3 (0.22%) GMP
15 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 40 (2.93%) 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 19 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.81%) 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
5 6 (0.44%) Ansible
5 6 (0.44%) SCCM
6 5 (0.37%) WSUS
7 3 (0.22%) Packer
8 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.15%) OPNET
8 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.073%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.073%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.073%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 439 (32.21%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.84%) SAP
3 47 (3.45%) Oracle
4 46 (3.37%) ServiceNow
5 45 (3.30%) Google
6 27 (1.98%) Salesforce
7 22 (1.61%) Cisco
8 14 (1.03%) Adobe
9 13 (0.95%) SolarWinds
10 12 (0.88%) VMware
11 11 (0.81%) Workday
12 10 (0.73%) Apple
13 8 (0.59%) Alteryx
14 7 (0.51%) Braze
14 7 (0.51%) Palo Alto
15 6 (0.44%) HP
16 5 (0.37%) Aruba
16 5 (0.37%) Databricks
16 5 (0.37%) HubSpot
16 5 (0.37%) Xero