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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 135 176
Rank change year-on-year +9 +41 -5
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,152 683 545
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.15% 2.08% 1.40%
As % of the General category 3.90% 3.28% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 342 337
10th Percentile £181 £185 £151
25th Percentile £263 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £412 £449 £405
Median % change year-on-year -8.30% +10.86% -10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £519
90th Percentile £625 £713 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £374 £375
% change year-on-year +7.02% -0.33% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 89 81
10th Percentile £13.87 £13.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.84 £14.84 £20.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £19.97 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -47.61% +63.18%
75th Percentile £43.96 £27.21 -
90th Percentile - £39.20 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.11 £19.97 £38.12
% change year-on-year +15.72% -47.61% +81.31%

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 29,557 20,841 22,339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.14% 63.36% 57.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,559 13,017 14,072
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 £494
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% -1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,204 1,118 1,390
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.25 £14.06
25th Percentile £17.25 £16.30 £17.02
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +27.24% -34.02% +27.07%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.69 £57.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.05 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.23 £22.14 £38.12
% change year-on-year +45.55% -41.92% +46.90%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 +12 1,008 £425 -5.56% 1,507
UK excluding London -7 702 £400 +7.02% 1,275
London +31 387 £450 -14.29% 407
Work from Home +59 373 £425 -10.53% 508
North of England +5 177 £423 +2.42% 306
South East -49 151 £450 +12.50% 406
South West +32 114 £305 -4.77% 123
Midlands -25 113 £363 +13.73% 221
Yorkshire +8 78 £370 -21.69% 111
West Midlands -33 77 £425 +30.77% 133
North West -12 71 £500 +39.66% 145
Scotland +11 62 £425 -10.53% 53
East of England 0 53 £354 +66.47% 141
East Midlands +1 35 £275 +30.33% 88
North East -21 28 £450 -4.76% 55
Northern Ireland +16 22 £225 -37.72% 15
Wales -11 13 - - 39

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 (6.51%) SharePoint
2 44 (3.82%) Confluence
3 31 (2.69%) CMS
4 14 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.61%) Drupal
5 7 (0.61%) WordPress
6 5 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.17%) Apache
7 2 (0.17%) IIS
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.087%) Camunda
8 1 (0.087%) CICS
8 1 (0.087%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.087%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.087%) Tuxedo
8 1 (0.087%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.087%) WebLogic
Applications
1 224 (19.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 163 (14.15%) Microsoft Office
3 92 (7.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 59 (5.12%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (1.82%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (1.22%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.52%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.43%) InDesign
9 4 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.26%) Trello
11 1 (0.087%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.087%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.087%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.087%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.087%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (1.13%) Magento
2 6 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.35%) HFM
3 4 (0.35%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.26%) Primavera
4 3 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.26%) TrackWise
5 2 (0.17%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.17%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.17%) Shopify
6 1 (0.087%) Actimize
6 1 (0.087%) iTrent
6 1 (0.087%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.087%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.087%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.087%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.087%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.087%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 99 (8.59%) Azure
2 89 (7.73%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (5.21%) AWS
4 57 (4.95%) Power Platform
5 36 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (2.17%) SaaS
7 22 (1.91%) Google Workspace
8 21 (1.82%) GCP
9 19 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (1.22%) Entra ID
11 13 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (0.95%) Google Sheets
13 10 (0.87%) GitHub
13 10 (0.87%) OCI
14 9 (0.78%) OpenShift
15 8 (0.69%) Slack
16 7 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
17 6 (0.52%) Google Analytics
17 6 (0.52%) OneDrive
17 6 (0.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.08%) LAN
2 13 (1.13%) DNS
2 13 (1.13%) Firewall
2 13 (1.13%) WAN
3 12 (1.04%) Network Security
4 9 (0.78%) VPN
5 8 (0.69%) MPLS
6 7 (0.61%) Cisco Nexus
6 7 (0.61%) VLAN
7 6 (0.52%) DHCP
8 5 (0.43%) Intranet
8 5 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (0.43%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.43%) VoIP
9 4 (0.35%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.26%) Broadband
10 3 (0.26%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.26%) SAN
10 3 (0.26%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.95%) Power BI
2 18 (1.56%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.78%) Tableau
5 7 (0.61%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.35%) MySQL
6 4 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.26%) Big Data
7 3 (0.26%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.26%) Power Query
8 2 (0.17%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.17%) ClickHouse
8 2 (0.17%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.17%) Metadata
8 2 (0.17%) MS Access
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.17%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.17%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 97 (8.42%) JIRA
2 28 (2.43%) Jenkins
3 25 (2.17%) Git
4 10 (0.87%) Cucumber
4 10 (0.87%) Selenium
5 9 (0.78%) Bitbucket
5 9 (0.78%) JMeter
5 9 (0.78%) JUnit
5 9 (0.78%) WebDriver
6 8 (0.69%) Subversion
7 7 (0.61%) Gradle
8 5 (0.43%) GitLab
8 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.17%) Gemini Tracker
10 2 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.17%) Postman
10 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.17%) Vite
11 1 (0.087%) MSI
General
1 780 (67.71%) Social Skills
2 389 (33.77%) Finance
3 227 (19.70%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (12.50%) Legal
5 117 (10.16%) Public Sector
6 66 (5.73%) Marketing
7 64 (5.56%) Retail
8 58 (5.03%) Banking
9 36 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
10 34 (2.95%) Manufacturing
11 33 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
12 29 (2.52%) Local Government
13 28 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 24 (2.08%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.56%) Investment Banking
17 16 (1.39%) Military
18 14 (1.22%) Advertising
18 14 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
19 13 (1.13%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 138 (11.98%) Analyst
2 102 (8.85%) Project Manager
3 99 (8.59%) Administrator
4 73 (6.34%) Lead
5 63 (5.47%) Support Officer
6 62 (5.38%) Senior
7 50 (4.34%) Coordinator
8 49 (4.25%) Project Officer
9 43 (3.73%) Project Support Officer
10 39 (3.39%) Business Analyst
11 30 (2.60%) IT Support
12 26 (2.26%) IT Manager
13 25 (2.17%) Junior
13 25 (2.17%) Support Engineer
14 24 (2.08%) Project Coordinator
15 23 (2.00%) Delivery Manager
16 21 (1.82%) Senior Manager
16 21 (1.82%) Senior Project Manager
17 20 (1.74%) Test Manager
18 19 (1.65%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.91%) HTML
2 17 (1.48%) CSS
2 17 (1.48%) Spring
3 13 (1.13%) VML
4 12 (1.04%) Kafka
4 12 (1.04%) Middleware
4 12 (1.04%) XML
5 10 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
5 10 (0.87%) React
6 9 (0.78%) Redux
6 9 (0.78%) REST
6 9 (0.78%) WireMock
7 8 (0.69%) Spring Boot
8 7 (0.61%) .NET
8 7 (0.61%) Hibernate
9 4 (0.35%) JSON
9 4 (0.35%) JWT
10 3 (0.26%) HTML5
10 3 (0.26%) Node.js
10 3 (0.26%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 111 (9.64%) Onboarding
2 85 (7.38%) Web Conferencing
3 84 (7.29%) Virtual Team
4 78 (6.77%) Podcast
5 64 (5.56%) Management Information System
6 43 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (3.04%) Product Ownership
8 25 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (1.65%) Driving Licence
10 17 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
11 16 (1.39%) Social Media
12 14 (1.22%) Learning Management System
12 14 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.13%) e-Learning
14 12 (1.04%) Data Centre
15 11 (0.95%) Blog
15 11 (0.95%) Freedom of Information
15 11 (0.95%) Life Science
15 11 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
16 10 (0.87%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 82 (7.12%) Windows
2 19 (1.65%) Windows 10
3 12 (1.04%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.95%) Linux
5 10 (0.87%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.26%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.17%) Unix
7 2 (0.17%) VMS
8 1 (0.087%) Android
8 1 (0.087%) CentOS
8 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.087%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (24.31%) Stakeholder Management
2 246 (21.35%) Problem-Solving
3 219 (19.01%) Continuous Improvement
4 207 (17.97%) Agile
5 203 (17.62%) Project Management
6 173 (15.02%) Customer Service
7 153 (13.28%) Project Delivery
8 146 (12.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 122 (10.59%) Decision-Making
10 107 (9.29%) Time Management
11 106 (9.20%) AI
12 86 (7.47%) PRINCE2
13 82 (7.12%) Migration
14 79 (6.86%) ITIL
15 76 (6.60%) Service Delivery
16 73 (6.34%) Logistics
17 72 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
17 72 (6.25%) Risk Management
18 70 (6.08%) DevOps
19 69 (5.99%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (3.99%) SQL
2 21 (1.82%) Python
3 14 (1.22%) PowerShell
4 13 (1.13%) Java
5 8 (0.69%) PL/SQL
6 7 (0.61%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.61%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.43%) C#
8 3 (0.26%) Bash
8 3 (0.26%) Korn
9 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.17%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.17%) VBA
10 1 (0.087%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.087%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.087%) COBOL
10 1 (0.087%) Groovy
10 1 (0.087%) PHP
10 1 (0.087%) R
10 1 (0.087%) REXX
Qualifications
1 165 (14.32%) Degree
2 153 (13.28%) Security Cleared
3 113 (9.81%) SC Cleared
4 96 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 41 (3.56%) DV Cleared
6 33 (2.86%) PMP
7 31 (2.69%) PMI Certification
8 29 (2.52%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 12 (1.04%) CISSP
11 10 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.69%) A+ Certification
14 7 (0.61%) CISM
14 7 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (0.52%) ACCA
15 6 (0.52%) CIMA
15 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (0.43%) CCNA
16 5 (0.43%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (10.50%) PMO
2 54 (4.69%) QA
3 47 (4.08%) Data Quality
4 36 (3.13%) GDPR
5 26 (2.26%) SLA
6 23 (2.00%) Accessibility
7 19 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.95%) GRC
8 11 (0.95%) NIST
9 10 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.52%) GAAP
13 4 (0.35%) IFRS
13 4 (0.35%) NCSC
13 4 (0.35%) SEPA
13 4 (0.35%) WCAG
14 3 (0.26%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.26%) PSD2
System Software
1 50 (4.34%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.39%) Docker
3 5 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.26%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (0.17%) Firmware
6 1 (0.087%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.087%) Samba
6 1 (0.087%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (1.65%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.95%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 10 (0.87%) Grafana
5 9 (0.78%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.69%) Terraform
7 7 (0.61%) Control-M
8 5 (0.43%) Ansible
9 4 (0.35%) SCCM
9 4 (0.35%) WSUS
10 3 (0.26%) Packer
10 3 (0.26%) ServiceCenter
10 3 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.17%) OPNET
12 1 (0.087%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.087%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.087%) Kibana
12 1 (0.087%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 315 (27.34%) Microsoft
2 61 (5.30%) ServiceNow
3 52 (4.51%) SAP
4 47 (4.08%) Oracle
5 46 (3.99%) Google
6 27 (2.34%) Salesforce
7 23 (2.00%) Cisco
8 17 (1.48%) Adobe
9 13 (1.13%) SolarWinds
10 11 (0.95%) Apple
10 11 (0.95%) Workday
11 8 (0.69%) VMware
12 7 (0.61%) Braze
12 7 (0.61%) Palo Alto
13 6 (0.52%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.43%) Aruba
14 5 (0.43%) Concur
14 5 (0.43%) Databricks
14 5 (0.43%) DocuSign
14 5 (0.43%) Xero