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 5 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 129 181
Rank change year-on-year +6 +52 -6
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,114 695 546
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.09% 2.11% 1.39%
As % of the General category 3.81% 3.34% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 538 348 337
10th Percentile £183 £185 £151
25th Percentile £263 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £444 £405
Median % change year-on-year -4.23% +9.57% -10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £517
90th Percentile £625 £713 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £373 £391
% change year-on-year +7.38% -4.61% -8.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 87 81
10th Percentile £13.90 £13.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £14.67 £20.50
Median hourly rate £23.08 £19.97 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +15.57% -47.61% +64.17%
75th Percentile £43.96 £27.23 -
90th Percentile - £39.65 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.54 £19.97 £38.12
% change year-on-year +42.89% -47.61% +81.52%

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 29,244 20,793 22,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.98% 63.19% 57.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,402 12,994 14,143
10th Percentile £313 £278 £290
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,147 1,115 1,399
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £16.19 £16.96
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +27.07%
75th Percentile £60.00 £50.75 £57.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.81 £22.14 £38.12
% change year-on-year +48.17% -41.92% +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 5 August 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 5 August 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 5 August 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 -4 974 £425 -5.56% 1,472
UK excluding London -18 678 £400 +7.38% 1,248
London +34 376 £450 -14.29% 423
Work from Home +56 367 £431 -5.74% 527
North of England +19 172 £425 +6.25% 295
South East -52 150 £435 +8.63% 373
South West +32 113 £310 -0.96% 118
Midlands -39 104 £375 +15.38% 228
Yorkshire +4 76 £382 -19.15% 105
West Midlands -45 72 £443 +36.15% 129
North West -19 68 £503 +42.09% 145
Scotland +3 59 £425 -8.11% 51
East of England -4 46 £354 +66.47% 133
East Midlands -2 31 £275 +22.22% 99
North East -17 28 £450 -4.76% 48
Northern Ireland +17 22 £225 -37.72% 40
Wales -8 15 - - 38

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 72 (6.46%) SharePoint
2 44 (3.95%) Confluence
3 29 (2.60%) CMS
4 13 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.63%) Drupal
5 7 (0.63%) WordPress
6 5 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.18%) Apache
7 2 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.090%) Camunda
8 1 (0.090%) CICS
8 1 (0.090%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.090%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.090%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.090%) Tuxedo
8 1 (0.090%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.090%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.090%) WebSphere
Applications
1 206 (18.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 149 (13.38%) Microsoft Office
3 84 (7.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 56 (5.03%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.44%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (1.26%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.54%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.45%) InDesign
9 4 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.27%) Trello
11 1 (0.090%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.090%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.090%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.090%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (1.17%) Magento
2 6 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.36%) HFM
3 4 (0.36%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.27%) Primavera
4 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.27%) TrackWise
5 2 (0.18%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.18%) Shopify
6 1 (0.090%) Actimize
6 1 (0.090%) Changepoint
6 1 (0.090%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.090%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.090%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.090%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.090%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.090%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 97 (8.71%) Azure
2 85 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (5.21%) AWS
3 58 (5.21%) Power Platform
4 35 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (2.33%) SaaS
6 21 (1.89%) GCP
7 19 (1.71%) Google Workspace
8 18 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (1.26%) Entra ID
10 12 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
11 10 (0.90%) OCI
12 9 (0.81%) GitHub
12 9 (0.81%) Google Sheets
12 9 (0.81%) OpenShift
13 8 (0.72%) Slack
14 6 (0.54%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (0.54%) Google Analytics
14 6 (0.54%) Serverless
15 5 (0.45%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.24%) LAN
2 14 (1.26%) DNS
2 14 (1.26%) Firewall
3 13 (1.17%) WAN
4 12 (1.08%) Network Security
5 10 (0.90%) VPN
6 8 (0.72%) MPLS
6 8 (0.72%) VLAN
7 7 (0.63%) Cisco Nexus
7 7 (0.63%) DHCP
8 5 (0.45%) Intranet
8 5 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (0.45%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.45%) VoIP
8 5 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.36%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.27%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.27%) SAN
10 3 (0.27%) Skype
10 3 (0.27%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (5.21%) Power BI
2 18 (1.62%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.81%) Tableau
5 7 (0.63%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
6 4 (0.36%) GIS
6 4 (0.36%) MySQL
6 4 (0.36%) Spatial Data
6 4 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.27%) Big Data
7 3 (0.27%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.27%) Power Query
8 2 (0.18%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.18%) ClickHouse
8 2 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.18%) Metadata
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.18%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 97 (8.71%) JIRA
2 27 (2.42%) Jenkins
3 25 (2.24%) Git
4 9 (0.81%) Bitbucket
4 9 (0.81%) Cucumber
4 9 (0.81%) JMeter
4 9 (0.81%) JUnit
4 9 (0.81%) Selenium
4 9 (0.81%) WebDriver
5 8 (0.72%) Subversion
6 7 (0.63%) Gradle
7 5 (0.45%) GitLab
7 5 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.18%) Gemini Tracker
9 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.18%) Vite
10 1 (0.090%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.090%) Postman
10 1 (0.090%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 750 (67.32%) Social Skills
2 383 (34.38%) Finance
3 218 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (12.84%) Legal
5 110 (9.87%) Public Sector
6 65 (5.83%) Marketing
7 60 (5.39%) Retail
8 55 (4.94%) Banking
9 35 (3.14%) Documentation Skills
10 32 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (2.42%) Manufacturing
11 27 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (2.24%) Local Government
14 23 (2.06%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.62%) Investment Banking
16 16 (1.44%) Military
17 14 (1.26%) Financial Institution
17 14 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
18 13 (1.17%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 138 (12.39%) Analyst
2 101 (9.07%) Project Manager
3 86 (7.72%) Administrator
4 74 (6.64%) Lead
5 62 (5.57%) Senior
5 62 (5.57%) Support Officer
6 48 (4.31%) Coordinator
6 48 (4.31%) Project Officer
7 42 (3.77%) Project Support Officer
8 40 (3.59%) Business Analyst
9 30 (2.69%) IT Support
10 26 (2.33%) IT Manager
11 24 (2.15%) Support Engineer
12 23 (2.06%) Junior
12 23 (2.06%) Project Coordinator
13 21 (1.89%) Senior Manager
13 21 (1.89%) Senior Project Manager
14 20 (1.80%) Delivery Manager
14 20 (1.80%) Test Manager
15 19 (1.71%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.89%) HTML
2 17 (1.53%) CSS
2 17 (1.53%) Spring
3 13 (1.17%) VML
4 12 (1.08%) XML
5 11 (0.99%) Kafka
5 11 (0.99%) Middleware
6 10 (0.90%) React
7 9 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
7 9 (0.81%) Redux
7 9 (0.81%) WireMock
8 8 (0.72%) REST
8 8 (0.72%) Spring Boot
9 7 (0.63%) .NET
9 7 (0.63%) Hibernate
10 4 (0.36%) JSON
10 4 (0.36%) JWT
11 3 (0.27%) HTML5
11 3 (0.27%) Node.js
11 3 (0.27%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 106 (9.52%) Onboarding
2 85 (7.63%) Web Conferencing
3 84 (7.54%) Virtual Team
4 78 (7.00%) Podcast
5 60 (5.39%) Management Information System
6 39 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
7 36 (3.23%) Product Ownership
8 25 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (1.62%) Driving Licence
10 17 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (1.26%) Learning Management System
11 14 (1.26%) Social Media
12 13 (1.17%) e-Learning
12 13 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.08%) Data Centre
14 11 (0.99%) Life Science
15 10 (0.90%) Blog
15 10 (0.90%) Hedge funds
15 10 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
16 9 (0.81%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 81 (7.27%) Windows
2 18 (1.62%) Windows 10
3 12 (1.08%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.99%) Linux
5 9 (0.81%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.18%) Unix
6 2 (0.18%) VMS
7 1 (0.090%) Android
7 1 (0.090%) CentOS
7 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.090%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (24.69%) Stakeholder Management
2 234 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
3 209 (18.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 203 (18.22%) Agile
5 199 (17.86%) Project Management
6 166 (14.90%) Customer Service
7 149 (13.38%) Project Delivery
8 143 (12.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 120 (10.77%) Decision-Making
10 105 (9.43%) AI
11 101 (9.07%) Time Management
12 83 (7.45%) PRINCE2
13 80 (7.18%) ITIL
14 79 (7.09%) Migration
15 76 (6.82%) Service Delivery
16 72 (6.46%) Collaborative Working
17 70 (6.28%) Change Management
17 70 (6.28%) Logistics
17 70 (6.28%) Risk Management
18 68 (6.10%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 46 (4.13%) SQL
2 20 (1.80%) Python
3 14 (1.26%) PowerShell
4 12 (1.08%) Java
5 8 (0.72%) PL/SQL
6 7 (0.63%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.63%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.45%) C#
8 3 (0.27%) Bash
8 3 (0.27%) Korn
9 2 (0.18%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.18%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.18%) VBA
10 1 (0.090%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.090%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.090%) COBOL
10 1 (0.090%) Groovy
10 1 (0.090%) PHP
10 1 (0.090%) R
10 1 (0.090%) REXX
Qualifications
1 163 (14.63%) Degree
2 144 (12.93%) Security Cleared
3 105 (9.43%) SC Cleared
4 95 (8.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 40 (3.59%) DV Cleared
6 33 (2.96%) PMP
7 31 (2.78%) PMI Certification
8 30 (2.69%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 12 (1.08%) CISSP
11 10 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.72%) A+ Certification
14 7 (0.63%) CISM
14 7 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (0.54%) ACCA
15 6 (0.54%) CIMA
15 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (0.45%) CCNA
16 5 (0.45%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (10.32%) PMO
2 53 (4.76%) QA
3 44 (3.95%) Data Quality
4 35 (3.14%) GDPR
5 27 (2.42%) SLA
6 22 (1.97%) Accessibility
7 19 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.99%) GRC
8 11 (0.99%) NIST
9 9 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.54%) GAAP
13 5 (0.45%) SEPA
14 4 (0.36%) IFRS
14 4 (0.36%) ISO 20022
14 4 (0.36%) NCSC
14 4 (0.36%) WCAG
15 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 3 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 50 (4.49%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.35%) Docker
3 5 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.27%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (0.18%) Firmware
6 1 (0.090%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.090%) Samba
6 1 (0.090%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.090%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.62%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.99%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 10 (0.90%) Grafana
5 9 (0.81%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.72%) Terraform
7 7 (0.63%) Control-M
8 5 (0.45%) Ansible
9 3 (0.27%) Packer
9 3 (0.27%) SCCM
9 3 (0.27%) ServiceCenter
9 3 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.27%) WSUS
10 2 (0.18%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.18%) OPNET
11 1 (0.090%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.090%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.090%) Kibana
11 1 (0.090%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.090%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 292 (26.21%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.57%) ServiceNow
3 47 (4.22%) Oracle
3 47 (4.22%) SAP
4 43 (3.86%) Google
5 26 (2.33%) Salesforce
6 23 (2.06%) Cisco
7 17 (1.53%) Adobe
8 13 (1.17%) SolarWinds
9 11 (0.99%) Workday
10 10 (0.90%) Apple
11 8 (0.72%) VMware
12 7 (0.63%) Braze
12 7 (0.63%) Palo Alto
13 6 (0.54%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.45%) Aruba
14 5 (0.45%) Concur
14 5 (0.45%) Databricks
14 5 (0.45%) DocuSign
14 5 (0.45%) Xero