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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 165 127
Rank change year-on-year +36 -38 +90
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 865 483 857
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.24% 1.54% 1.93%
As % of the General category 3.77% 2.48% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 283 416
10th Percentile £156 £200 £205
25th Percentile £210 £341 £246
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £550
90th Percentile £658 £690 £657
UK excluding London median daily rate £353 £425 £370
% change year-on-year -17.06% +14.86% -10.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 20 110
10th Percentile £13.28 £13.25 £11.75
25th Percentile £15.62 £15.07 £13.48
Median hourly rate £18.50 £21.14 £15.46
Median % change year-on-year -12.47% +36.71% -42.16%
75th Percentile £24.52 £26.97 £32.19
90th Percentile £34.93 £30.39 £46.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.50 £20.00 £14.38
% change year-on-year -7.50% +39.06% -53.21%

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 22,944 19,489 26,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 59.35% 61.96% 58.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,391 11,615 16,912
10th Percentile £287 £284 £265
25th Percentile £400 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £735 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £481 £500
% change year-on-year -1.14% -3.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,399 631 1,531
10th Percentile £13.72 £15.62 £13.15
25th Percentile £16.35 £20.00 £15.16
Median hourly rate £22.81 £28.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.54% +7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £47.00 £53.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.30 £26.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -19.62% +6.00% +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 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 30 January 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 30 January 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 30 January 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 +43 765 £425 -15.00% 847
UK excluding London +45 568 £353 -17.06% 805
London +20 241 £475 -9.52% 240
Work from Home +17 199 £425 -18.27% 424
South East +32 141 £450 +38.46% 283
East of England +46 97 £273 -47.40% 104
North of England -28 95 £449 +22.88% 148
Midlands -3 94 £257 -42.87% 127
South West +29 81 £218 -60.45% 82
West Midlands -10 55 £371 -17.32% 83
North West +5 54 £450 +33.33% 77
East Midlands +3 39 £200 -51.69% 44
Yorkshire -51 32 £443 +21.23% 57
Scotland -9 31 £375 - 47
Northern Ireland +10 17 £475 -15.56% 9
Wales +3 16 £225 -24.05% 35
North East -8 9 £520 -11.49% 16

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 (8.67%) SharePoint
2 32 (3.70%) Confluence
3 9 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.69%) SAS
5 5 (0.58%) CMS
5 5 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.35%) MS Project Server
7 1 (0.12%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 162 (18.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 133 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (7.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (4.86%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (2.66%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (1.50%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.58%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.46%) InDesign
9 2 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.12%) CATIA
10 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.12%) MadCap Flare
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.12%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.69%) Loan IQ
2 6 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.46%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.46%) Shopify
4 3 (0.35%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.35%) Maximo
4 3 (0.35%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.35%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.23%) Primavera
5 2 (0.23%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.23%) Workfront
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 58 (6.71%) Azure
2 51 (5.90%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (4.97%) Power Platform
4 19 (2.20%) Google Workspace
5 18 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (1.50%) AWS
7 9 (1.04%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.04%) SaaS
8 7 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (0.58%) OneDrive
10 4 (0.46%) BigCommerce
10 4 (0.46%) GitHub
10 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.46%) Smartsheet
11 3 (0.35%) Figma
11 3 (0.35%) Google Analytics
11 3 (0.35%) Google Drive
11 3 (0.35%) OCI
11 3 (0.35%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.23%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.62%) VPN
2 9 (1.04%) LAN
3 8 (0.92%) WAN
3 8 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (0.81%) DNS
4 7 (0.81%) Skype
4 7 (0.81%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.69%) Internet
6 5 (0.58%) Firewall
6 5 (0.58%) Network Security
7 3 (0.35%) DHCP
7 3 (0.35%) Intranet
8 2 (0.23%) MPLS
8 2 (0.23%) Wireless
9 1 (0.12%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.12%) HTTP
9 1 (0.12%) SNMP
9 1 (0.12%) SSL
9 1 (0.12%) UWB
9 1 (0.12%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (4.74%) Power BI
2 6 (0.69%) Electronic Patient Records
2 6 (0.69%) Metadata
2 6 (0.69%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.46%) MySQL
3 4 (0.46%) Star Schema
4 3 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.35%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.35%) Tick Data
5 2 (0.23%) Data Mart
5 2 (0.23%) Data Vault
5 2 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.23%) GIS
5 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 2 (0.23%) Spatial Data
5 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.12%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 71 (8.21%) JIRA
2 5 (0.58%) Git
2 5 (0.58%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.35%) Maven
3 3 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.12%) GitLab
4 1 (0.12%) JUnit
4 1 (0.12%) Postman
4 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
General
1 549 (63.47%) Social Skills
2 220 (25.43%) Finance
3 142 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (10.06%) Public Sector
5 47 (5.43%) Marketing
6 43 (4.97%) Banking
7 41 (4.74%) Retail
8 39 (4.51%) Legal
9 29 (3.35%) Manufacturing
9 29 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (2.66%) Telecoms
11 21 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
12 19 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (1.73%) Electronics
14 14 (1.62%) Investment Banking
15 13 (1.50%) Aerospace
16 12 (1.39%) Local Government
17 10 (1.16%) Financial Institution
18 9 (1.04%) Billing
19 8 (0.92%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 116 (13.41%) Analyst
2 103 (11.91%) Project Manager
3 72 (8.32%) IT Support
4 51 (5.90%) Administrator
4 51 (5.90%) Break Fix Engineer
5 49 (5.66%) Senior
6 48 (5.55%) Support Officer
7 47 (5.43%) Coordinator
8 46 (5.32%) Lead
9 38 (4.39%) Hardware Engineer
9 38 (4.39%) Technical Support
10 32 (3.70%) Junior
11 29 (3.35%) Business Analyst
12 24 (2.77%) Consultant
12 24 (2.77%) Field Engineer
13 23 (2.66%) 1st Line Support
13 23 (2.66%) Project Officer
13 23 (2.66%) Support Engineer
14 22 (2.54%) Project Support Officer
14 22 (2.54%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.92%) HTML
1 8 (0.92%) VML
2 7 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (0.69%) ADO
3 6 (0.69%) Spring
4 4 (0.46%) REST
5 3 (0.35%) CSS
5 3 (0.35%) Middleware
5 3 (0.35%) XML
6 2 (0.23%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.23%) HTML5
6 2 (0.23%) JSON
6 2 (0.23%) JWT
6 2 (0.23%) OAuth
6 2 (0.23%) SOAP
6 2 (0.23%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (0.12%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (0.12%) OpenAPI
7 1 (0.12%) SAPUI5
7 1 (0.12%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 65 (7.51%) Onboarding
2 34 (3.93%) Management Information System
3 25 (2.89%) NHS
4 23 (2.66%) Product Ownership
5 21 (2.43%) Mobile App
6 19 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (1.85%) Driving Licence
8 15 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.73%) Security Posture
9 13 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.39%) Insider Threat
11 11 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.27%) Data Centre
12 8 (0.92%) Virtual Team
13 7 (0.81%) Social Media
13 7 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
14 6 (0.69%) Credit Risk
14 6 (0.69%) LIMS
14 6 (0.69%) Tandem
15 5 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 78 (9.02%) Windows
2 28 (3.24%) Windows 10
3 23 (2.66%) Linux
4 7 (0.81%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.35%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.23%) Unix
7 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (24.74%) Problem-Solving
2 195 (22.54%) Project Management
3 192 (22.20%) Time Management
4 141 (16.30%) Customer Service
5 128 (14.80%) Stakeholder Management
6 122 (14.10%) Agile
7 101 (11.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 94 (10.87%) Project Delivery
9 78 (9.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 72 (8.32%) Decision-Making
11 71 (8.21%) Migration
12 69 (7.98%) Collaborative Working
13 64 (7.40%) ITIL
14 63 (7.28%) PRINCE2
15 61 (7.05%) Asset Management
16 59 (6.82%) Business Intelligence
17 58 (6.71%) Risk Management
18 48 (5.55%) Data Protection
19 47 (5.43%) Cybersecurity
20 45 (5.20%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 31 (3.58%) SQL
2 24 (2.77%) Python
3 12 (1.39%) Java
4 10 (1.16%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.69%) R
6 5 (0.58%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.12%) C
8 1 (0.12%) C#
8 1 (0.12%) C++
8 1 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.12%) Jython
8 1 (0.12%) Korn
8 1 (0.12%) PHP
8 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 124 (14.34%) Security Cleared
2 115 (13.29%) SC Cleared
3 102 (11.79%) Degree
4 30 (3.47%) PMP
5 23 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.66%) PMI Certification
6 21 (2.43%) DV Cleared
7 17 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.85%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.50%) APMP
9 13 (1.50%) CTC Cleared
9 13 (1.50%) DBS Check
10 11 (1.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 6 (0.69%) CISSP
12 5 (0.58%) HND
12 5 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 3 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.35%) HNC
14 3 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (8.90%) PMO
2 32 (3.70%) QA
2 32 (3.70%) SLA
3 27 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (2.08%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.08%) GDPR
5 12 (1.39%) GRC
6 11 (1.27%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.16%) Def Stans
7 10 (1.16%) NIST
8 9 (1.04%) Disclosure Scotland
9 6 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.58%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.46%) IFRS
12 3 (0.35%) IFRS 9
13 2 (0.23%) COBIT
13 2 (0.23%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.23%) P3O
13 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (3.82%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.35%) Firmware
4 3 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.12%) Docker
5 1 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 25 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.81%) ServiceCenter
3 6 (0.69%) SCCM
4 3 (0.35%) Ansible
5 1 (0.12%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.12%) Grafana
5 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.12%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.12%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (0.12%) Packer
5 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.12%) SCOM
5 1 (0.12%) Terraform
5 1 (0.12%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 246 (28.44%) Microsoft
2 61 (7.05%) HP
2 61 (7.05%) SAP
3 35 (4.05%) ServiceNow
4 25 (2.89%) Salesforce
5 17 (1.97%) Google
5 17 (1.97%) Oracle
6 14 (1.62%) Adobe
7 13 (1.50%) Citrix
8 11 (1.27%) Apple
9 10 (1.16%) Cisco
9 10 (1.16%) Dell
10 9 (1.04%) Remedy
11 8 (0.92%) Datto
12 7 (0.81%) VMware
12 7 (0.81%) Workday
13 5 (0.58%) Computacenter
14 4 (0.46%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.46%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.46%) Sitecore