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

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	99	128	190
Rank change year-on-year	+29	+62	-28
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills	1,528	732	495
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	2.76%	2.20%	1.32%
As % of the General category	4.86%	3.48%	2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted	637	335	275
10^th Percentile	£184	£182	£161
25^th Percentile	£263	£288	£270
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£400	£400	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-	-11.11%	+5.88%
75^th Percentile	£538	£550	£550
90^th Percentile	£625	£688	£650
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£375
% change year-on-year	+6.67%	-	-6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted	449	149	26
10^th Percentile	£13.43	£13.00	£13.06
25^th Percentile	£14.13	£15.60	£13.55
Median hourly rate	£17.85	£20.00	£22.56
Median % change year-on-year	-10.75%	-11.35%	-16.44%
75^th Percentile	£43.96	£31.41	£29.69
90^th Percentile	-	£46.64	£51.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£18.82	£22.56
% change year-on-year	-7.01%	-16.58%	+7.17%

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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills	31,467	21,032	22,075
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	56.89%	63.22%	58.69%
Number of daily rates quoted	18,284	13,119	13,034
10^th Percentile	£313	£275	£281
25^th Percentile	£420	£400	£410
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£500	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£638	£625	£647
90^th Percentile	£740	£738	£763
UK excluding London median daily rate	£500	£475	£480
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	-1.04%	-4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2,870	1,259	912
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£13.57	£15.00
25^th Percentile	£16.00	£16.28	£17.06
Median hourly rate	£26.84	£25.00	£32.00
Median % change year-on-year	+7.36%	-21.88%	+7.56%
75^th Percentile	£53.75	£44.42	£59.96
90^th Percentile	£77.50	£67.25	£71.48
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£26.50	£21.30	£30.00
% change year-on-year	+24.41%	-29.00%	+11.11%

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 Daily Rate Trend

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 16 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.

Organisational Skills Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Organisational Skills over the 6 months to 16 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 16 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	+31	1,296	£402	-5.41%	964
UK excluding London	+29	1,018	£400	+6.67%	691
Work from Home	+66	454	£413	-8.33%	409
London	+32	414	£450	-1.75%	312
North of England	+46	253	£374	-15.00%	149
South East	-5	239	£425	-	218
Midlands	+25	188	£389	+19.54%	126
North West	+15	125	£483	+28.80%	89
West Midlands	+13	118	£447	+32.44%	74
Scotland	+31	105	£425	+6.25%	44
South West	-6	103	£228	-4.21%	67
Yorkshire	+29	93	£365	-17.05%	50
East of England	+1	86	£375	-32.19%	62
East Midlands	+23	68	£245	+8.89%	52
North East	-9	35	£363	-14.71%	10
Northern Ireland	+9	29	£290	-19.72%	19
Wales	0	28	£336	+40.00%	19

Organisational Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Organisational Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Organisational Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	33.1%	506
2	Stakeholder Management	27.4%	419
3	Problem-Solving	21.7%	332
4	Microsoft Excel	21.6%	330
5	Customer Service	18.5%	283
6	Microsoft Office	18.3%	279
7	Continuous Improvement	17.8%	272
8	Project Management	14.4%	220
9	Security Cleared	14.3%	218
10	Agile	14.2%	217
11	Project Delivery	12.5%	191
12	Stakeholder Engagement	12.3%	188
13	Degree	10.9%	166
14	SC Cleared	9.8%	149
15	PMO	9.7%	148
16	BPSS Clearance	9.3%	142
17	Microsoft PowerPoint	8.8%	134
18	Decision-Making	8.7%	133
19	Time Management	8.6%	132
20	AI	7.6%	116
21	SharePoint	7.1%	108
22	JIRA	6.9%	106
23	Change Management	6.7%	102
24	Collaborative Working	6.6%	101
24	Service Delivery	6.6%	101
26	Logistics	6.3%	97
27	ITIL	6.3%	96
28	Risk Management	6.2%	94
29	Data Protection	6.0%	92
29	Migration	6.0%	92

Organisational Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	72.1%	1,102
2	Finance	31.8%	486
3	Analytical Skills	18.4%	281
4	Legal	11.6%	177
5	Public Sector	10.1%	154
6	Retail	5.0%	76
7	Marketing	4.3%	65
8	Banking	4.0%	61
9	Manufacturing	3.9%	60
10	Documentation Skills	3.5%	53
11	Influencing Skills	3.1%	47
11	Local Government	3.1%	47
13	Inclusion and Diversity	2.7%	41
14	Telecoms	2.2%	34
15	Aviation	2.0%	31
16	Presentation Skills	2.0%	30
17	Aerospace	1.9%	29
18	Advertising	1.3%	20
19	Military	1.2%	19
20	Investment Banking	1.1%	17