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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 133 187
Rank change year-on-year +17 +54 -16
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,233 676 526
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.30% 2.08% 1.36%
As % of the General category 4.17% 3.27% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 567 333 313
10th Percentile £185 £185 £165
25th Percentile £263 £288 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £408 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -9.33% -
75th Percentile £538 £560 £538
90th Percentile £625 £700 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £373 £400
% change year-on-year +7.38% -6.88% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 298 91 56
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.72 £15.50 £18.35
Median hourly rate £23.14 £19.50 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +18.64% -48.85% +81.09%
75th Percentile £43.96 £26.51 -
90th Percentile - £38.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.37 £18.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year +68.69% -52.78% +81.78%

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 20,661 22,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.16% 63.52% 57.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,441 12,839 13,661
10th Percentile £313 £275 £291
25th Percentile £418 £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 £741 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £498
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.62% -0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,305 1,166 1,210
10th Percentile £13.77 £13.50 £14.23
25th Percentile £16.80 £16.17 £17.12
Median hourly rate £31.10 £25.15 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.66% -31.10% +32.73%
75th Percentile £55.00 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £69.20 £70.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.53 £22.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year +42.98% -38.75% +38.46%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +19 1,051 £400 -5.88% 1,967
UK excluding London +6 787 £400 +7.38% 1,613
Work from Home +78 419 £403 -9.44% 674
London +27 375 £450 -5.26% 635
North of England +20 195 £400 -9.09% 358
South East -36 176 £425 +11.84% 447
Midlands -9 128 £403 +31.51% 288
South West +27 107 £300 -23.08% 176
North West -7 86 £484 +17.33% 209
Scotland +26 83 £410 +2.50% 100
West Midlands -17 81 £448 +46.12% 165
Yorkshire +12 77 £365 -17.05% 101
East of England -2 61 £350 -22.22% 173
East Midlands +1 45 £275 -12.00% 123
North East -18 32 £488 +3.17% 54
Northern Ireland +19 29 £258 -30.87% 52
Wales -14 16 - - 43

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 88 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 38 (3.08%) Confluence
3 30 (2.43%) CMS
4 13 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.57%) Drupal
6 6 (0.49%) WordPress
7 5 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.16%) IIS
10 1 (0.081%) Apache
10 1 (0.081%) Camunda
10 1 (0.081%) CICS
10 1 (0.081%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.081%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.081%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 260 (21.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 211 (17.11%) Microsoft Office
3 113 (9.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 61 (4.95%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (1.95%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (1.14%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.49%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.32%) InDesign
10 2 (0.16%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.16%) Navisworks
10 2 (0.16%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.16%) Revit
10 2 (0.16%) Trello
11 1 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 13 (1.05%) Magento
2 7 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.32%) HFM
4 4 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.24%) Shopify
5 3 (0.24%) TrackWise
6 2 (0.16%) Primavera
6 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.081%) Actimize
7 1 (0.081%) Changepoint
7 1 (0.081%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.081%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.081%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.081%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.081%) Orchard Housing
7 1 (0.081%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 89 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (6.73%) Azure
3 68 (5.52%) Power Platform
4 58 (4.70%) AWS
5 29 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (1.46%) Google Workspace
8 17 (1.38%) SaaS
9 16 (1.30%) Entra ID
10 15 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
11 13 (1.05%) GCP
12 12 (0.97%) Google Sheets
13 10 (0.81%) OpenShift
14 8 (0.65%) Slack
15 6 (0.49%) GitHub
15 6 (0.49%) Google Analytics
15 6 (0.49%) Miro
15 6 (0.49%) Power Automate
16 5 (0.41%) OCI
16 5 (0.41%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.87%) LAN
2 15 (1.22%) WAN
3 12 (0.97%) Network Security
4 11 (0.89%) Firewall
5 10 (0.81%) DNS
6 9 (0.73%) MPLS
7 7 (0.57%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (0.41%) Intranet
8 5 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (0.41%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.41%) VLAN
8 5 (0.41%) VPN
9 4 (0.32%) Broadband
9 4 (0.32%) DHCP
9 4 (0.32%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.24%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.24%) VoIP
11 2 (0.16%) BIG-IP
11 2 (0.16%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (5.43%) Power BI
2 14 (1.14%) SQL Server
3 10 (0.81%) Relational Database
4 8 (0.65%) Tableau
5 7 (0.57%) Power Query
6 6 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.41%) Metadata
8 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.24%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.16%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.16%) ClickHouse
10 2 (0.16%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.16%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.16%) MS Access
10 2 (0.16%) MySQL
10 2 (0.16%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.081%) Apache Iceberg
11 1 (0.081%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.081%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 88 (7.14%) JIRA
2 27 (2.19%) Jenkins
3 19 (1.54%) Git
4 8 (0.65%) Subversion
5 7 (0.57%) Bitbucket
5 7 (0.57%) Gradle
6 5 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.32%) JUnit
7 4 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.24%) GitLab
8 3 (0.24%) Maven
8 3 (0.24%) Mockito
8 3 (0.24%) Selenium
8 3 (0.24%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.16%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.16%) Gemini Tracker
9 2 (0.16%) JMeter
9 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.16%) Vite
General
1 862 (69.91%) Social Skills
2 426 (34.55%) Finance
3 238 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
4 174 (14.11%) Legal
5 136 (11.03%) Public Sector
6 66 (5.35%) Retail
7 56 (4.54%) Marketing
8 55 (4.46%) Banking
9 43 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
10 40 (3.24%) Local Government
11 38 (3.08%) Manufacturing
12 37 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
13 32 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 26 (2.11%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.46%) Military
17 16 (1.30%) Investment Banking
18 13 (1.05%) Publishing
19 12 (0.97%) Financial Institution
19 12 (0.97%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 150 (12.17%) Analyst
2 125 (10.14%) Administrator
3 95 (7.70%) Project Manager
4 70 (5.68%) Support Officer
5 68 (5.52%) Coordinator
6 67 (5.43%) Lead
7 57 (4.62%) Senior
8 51 (4.14%) Project Officer
9 45 (3.65%) Project Support Officer
10 37 (3.00%) Business Analyst
11 28 (2.27%) IT Support
11 28 (2.27%) Project Coordinator
12 27 (2.19%) IT Manager
12 27 (2.19%) Support Engineer
13 24 (1.95%) Delivery Manager
14 23 (1.87%) Junior
15 20 (1.62%) Developer
15 20 (1.62%) PMO Analyst
15 20 (1.62%) Programme Manager
15 20 (1.62%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.70%) HTML
2 16 (1.30%) CSS
3 13 (1.05%) REST
3 13 (1.05%) VML
4 12 (0.97%) Spring
5 11 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (0.89%) Spring Boot
6 10 (0.81%) Hibernate
6 10 (0.81%) Kafka
6 10 (0.81%) Middleware
6 10 (0.81%) React
6 10 (0.81%) XML
7 9 (0.73%) Redux
8 7 (0.57%) Terraform
9 6 (0.49%) .NET
9 6 (0.49%) Web Services
10 4 (0.32%) ADO
10 4 (0.32%) SOAP
11 3 (0.24%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.24%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 123 (9.98%) Onboarding
2 118 (9.57%) Virtual Team
3 116 (9.41%) Web Conferencing
4 110 (8.92%) Podcast
5 74 (6.00%) Management Information System
6 38 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
7 32 (2.60%) Product Ownership
8 30 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
9 22 (1.78%) Driving Licence
10 17 (1.38%) Learning Management System
11 14 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.05%) Cloud Native
12 13 (1.05%) e-Learning
12 13 (1.05%) Freedom of Information
13 11 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
14 10 (0.81%) Blog
14 10 (0.81%) Data Centre
14 10 (0.81%) Hedge funds
15 9 (0.73%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 75 (6.08%) Windows
2 16 (1.30%) Windows 10
3 10 (0.81%) Linux
3 10 (0.81%) Mac OS
4 8 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.16%) VMS
7 1 (0.081%) Android
7 1 (0.081%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.081%) Unix
7 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.081%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (26.85%) Stakeholder Management
2 260 (21.09%) Problem-Solving
3 226 (18.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 217 (17.60%) Customer Service
5 214 (17.36%) Agile
6 199 (16.14%) Project Management
7 163 (13.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 157 (12.73%) Project Delivery
9 119 (9.65%) Decision-Making
10 106 (8.60%) AI
11 95 (7.70%) Time Management
12 88 (7.14%) PRINCE2
13 87 (7.06%) ITIL
14 85 (6.89%) Service Delivery
15 82 (6.65%) Change Management
16 81 (6.57%) Migration
17 78 (6.33%) Collaborative Working
18 75 (6.08%) Logistics
19 74 (6.00%) Data Protection
20 72 (5.84%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (3.49%) SQL
2 23 (1.87%) Python
3 17 (1.38%) Java
4 13 (1.05%) PowerShell
5 8 (0.65%) PL/SQL
6 7 (0.57%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.57%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.41%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.24%) R
8 3 (0.24%) VBA
9 2 (0.16%) Bash
9 2 (0.16%) C#
9 2 (0.16%) Korn
10 1 (0.081%) COBOL
10 1 (0.081%) Groovy
10 1 (0.081%) Perl
10 1 (0.081%) PHP
10 1 (0.081%) REXX
Qualifications
1 171 (13.87%) Security Cleared
2 157 (12.73%) Degree
3 135 (10.95%) BPSS Clearance
4 122 (9.89%) SC Cleared
5 42 (3.41%) DV Cleared
6 30 (2.43%) DBS Check
7 28 (2.27%) PMI Certification
7 28 (2.27%) PMP
8 20 (1.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 10 (0.81%) CISSP
10 9 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (0.73%) HNC
11 8 (0.65%) CIPD
11 8 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (0.57%) A+ Certification
12 7 (0.57%) CISM
12 7 (0.57%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.49%) ACCA
13 6 (0.49%) CIMA
13 6 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (10.87%) PMO
2 59 (4.79%) QA
3 55 (4.46%) Data Quality
4 37 (3.00%) GDPR
5 28 (2.27%) SLA
6 25 (2.03%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.89%) GRC
9 9 (0.73%) NIST
10 8 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.49%) WCAG
13 5 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.41%) COBIT
13 5 (0.41%) NCSC
14 4 (0.32%) IFRS
15 3 (0.24%) GMP
15 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 3 (0.24%) P3O
16 2 (0.16%) GAAP
System Software
1 43 (3.49%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.73%) Docker
3 8 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.24%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.16%) Firmware
6 1 (0.081%) GPFS
6 1 (0.081%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.081%) NFS
6 1 (0.081%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.89%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 9 (0.73%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.57%) Control-M
5 6 (0.49%) Ansible
6 5 (0.41%) SCCM
6 5 (0.41%) WSUS
7 4 (0.32%) Grafana
7 4 (0.32%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.24%) Packer
9 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.16%) OPNET
9 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.081%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.081%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.081%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 381 (30.90%) Microsoft
2 59 (4.79%) SAP
3 52 (4.22%) ServiceNow
4 43 (3.49%) Oracle
5 41 (3.33%) Google
6 29 (2.35%) Salesforce
7 22 (1.78%) Cisco
8 15 (1.22%) Adobe
9 13 (1.05%) SolarWinds
10 11 (0.89%) VMware
10 11 (0.89%) Workday
11 10 (0.81%) Apple
12 8 (0.65%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.57%) Braze
13 7 (0.57%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.41%) Aruba
14 5 (0.41%) Databricks
14 5 (0.41%) Xero
15 4 (0.32%) Civica
15 4 (0.32%) DocuSign