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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 134 150
Rank change year-on-year -14 +16 +48
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 897 605 689
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.83% 2.09% 1.61%
As % of the General category 3.39% 3.30% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 306 389
10th Percentile £164 £195 £162
25th Percentile £250 £306 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £435
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +3.45% -6.35%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £519
90th Percentile £625 £725 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 59 146
10th Percentile £13.70 £13.00 £11.77
25th Percentile £15.62 £13.50 £13.93
Median hourly rate £18.50 £16.67 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.01% -20.64% -4.33%
75th Percentile £24.49 £26.51 £38.12
90th Percentile £40.73 £33.78 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.80 £19.49 £19.93
% change year-on-year -8.71% -2.17% -4.98%

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 26,471 18,328 24,630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 53.90% 63.34% 57.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,017 11,568 15,462
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% -2.73% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £756 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +3.58% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,759 831 1,979
10th Percentile £13.72 £13.46 £12.78
25th Percentile £17.73 £16.94 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.75 £27.94 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +10.06% -7.36% -7.20%
75th Percentile £60.35 £55.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £67.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.27 £24.42 £28.50
% change year-on-year +23.96% -14.32% +1.21%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -2 810 £425 -8.11% 858
UK excluding London -31 542 £400 +6.67% 709
London +29 317 £450 -16.28% 248
Work from Home +20 248 £463 -7.50% 329
North of England -14 123 £450 +14.29% 145
South East -63 113 £450 +15.38% 234
Midlands -32 91 £280 -20.00% 123
South West +20 87 £310 -38.10% 67
East of England +14 71 £200 -50.00% 91
Yorkshire -9 61 £411 +2.81% 52
West Midlands -50 57 £350 +7.69% 66
North West -15 51 £461 +28.66% 79
Scotland -13 39 £400 - 24
East Midlands -13 33 £200 -48.85% 57
North East -24 11 £450 - 15
Northern Ireland +8 10 £313 +4.17% 22
Wales -17 10 £180 -45.65% 18

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 68 (7.58%) SharePoint
2 32 (3.57%) Confluence
3 18 (2.01%) CMS
4 10 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.67%) WordPress
6 3 (0.33%) Drupal
6 3 (0.33%) MS Project Server
7 2 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.22%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) Camunda
8 1 (0.11%) CICS
8 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.11%) Tuxedo
8 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 172 (19.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 116 (12.93%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (7.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 39 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (1.00%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.56%) InDesign
7 5 (0.56%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.22%) Trello
10 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.11%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.89%) Loan IQ
2 8 (0.89%) Magento
2 8 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.67%) Shopify
4 5 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.45%) HFM
6 3 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.33%) Primavera
6 3 (0.33%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.33%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.22%) Maximo
7 2 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.11%) Actimize
8 1 (0.11%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.11%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.11%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.11%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 91 (10.14%) Azure
2 78 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (5.57%) Power Platform
4 35 (3.90%) AWS
5 33 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (2.23%) Google Workspace
6 20 (2.23%) SaaS
7 12 (1.34%) GCP
8 11 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.23%) OCI
9 9 (1.00%) Entra ID
9 9 (1.00%) GitHub
9 9 (1.00%) Google Sheets
10 6 (0.67%) BigCommerce
10 6 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (0.56%) Slack
12 4 (0.45%) Amazon S3
12 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.33%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (0.33%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.45%) VPN
2 10 (1.11%) LAN
3 9 (1.00%) DNS
4 8 (0.89%) Firewall
4 8 (0.89%) Skype
5 7 (0.78%) Intranet
5 7 (0.78%) Network Security
6 6 (0.67%) WAN
7 5 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.45%) DHCP
8 4 (0.45%) SMS
8 4 (0.45%) VLAN
9 3 (0.33%) MPLS
9 3 (0.33%) SAN
9 3 (0.33%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.33%) VoIP
10 2 (0.22%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.22%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.22%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (5.57%) Power BI
2 15 (1.67%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.78%) Electronic Patient Records
4 7 (0.78%) GIS
4 7 (0.78%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
5 6 (0.67%) Spatial Data
5 6 (0.67%) Tableau
6 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.33%) Metadata
7 3 (0.33%) MS Access
7 3 (0.33%) MySQL
7 3 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.33%) Power Query
8 2 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.22%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 78 (8.70%) JIRA
2 20 (2.23%) Git
3 15 (1.67%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.00%) Cucumber
4 9 (1.00%) JMeter
4 9 (1.00%) JUnit
4 9 (1.00%) Selenium
4 9 (1.00%) WebDriver
5 6 (0.67%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.56%) GitLab
7 4 (0.45%) Subversion
8 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.22%) Vite
9 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.11%) Gradle
9 1 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.11%) Postman
9 1 (0.11%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 553 (61.65%) Social Skills
2 264 (29.43%) Finance
3 169 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (11.04%) Public Sector
5 73 (8.14%) Legal
6 52 (5.80%) Retail
7 48 (5.35%) Banking
8 47 (5.24%) Marketing
9 28 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (2.12%) Local Government
11 18 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
11 18 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
12 17 (1.90%) Manufacturing
13 16 (1.78%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.67%) Military
15 14 (1.56%) Investment Banking
16 11 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 10 (1.11%) Advertising
18 9 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
18 9 (1.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 123 (13.71%) Analyst
2 110 (12.26%) Project Manager
3 65 (7.25%) Senior
4 60 (6.69%) Administrator
5 52 (5.80%) Lead
5 52 (5.80%) Support Officer
6 48 (5.35%) Coordinator
7 40 (4.46%) Business Analyst
8 39 (4.35%) IT Support
9 36 (4.01%) Project Officer
10 35 (3.90%) Project Support Officer
11 34 (3.79%) Technical Support
12 33 (3.68%) Consultant
13 30 (3.34%) Senior Manager
13 30 (3.34%) Senior Project Manager
14 27 (3.01%) Project Coordinator
15 23 (2.56%) Junior
16 22 (2.45%) Support Specialist
17 19 (2.12%) Break Fix Engineer
17 19 (2.12%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.90%) HTML
1 17 (1.90%) VML
2 12 (1.34%) CSS
2 12 (1.34%) Spring
3 11 (1.23%) XML
4 9 (1.00%) Middleware
4 9 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
4 9 (1.00%) WireMock
5 6 (0.67%) .NET
6 5 (0.56%) Kafka
6 5 (0.56%) REST
7 4 (0.45%) JSON
7 4 (0.45%) JWT
7 4 (0.45%) React
7 4 (0.45%) Web Services
8 3 (0.33%) HTML5
8 3 (0.33%) Node.js
8 3 (0.33%) OAuth
8 3 (0.33%) Redux
8 3 (0.33%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (9.14%) Onboarding
2 42 (4.68%) Management Information System
3 35 (3.90%) Product Ownership
4 25 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
6 19 (2.12%) NHS
7 18 (2.01%) Virtual Team
8 16 (1.78%) Web Conferencing
9 15 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.23%) Learning Management System
11 11 (1.23%) Podcast
12 10 (1.11%) e-Learning
13 9 (1.00%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.00%) Freedom of Information
13 9 (1.00%) Social Media
14 8 (0.89%) Insider Threat
15 7 (0.78%) Driving Licence
16 6 (0.67%) Data Centre
16 6 (0.67%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 77 (8.58%) Windows
2 19 (2.12%) Windows 10
3 11 (1.23%) Mac OS
4 9 (1.00%) Linux
5 8 (0.89%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.22%) Unix
6 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.11%) Android
7 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.11%) CentOS
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (23.97%) Problem-Solving
2 209 (23.30%) Project Management
3 183 (20.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 149 (16.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 147 (16.39%) Agile
6 135 (15.05%) Time Management
7 134 (14.94%) Project Delivery
8 124 (13.82%) Customer Service
9 100 (11.15%) Decision-Making
10 90 (10.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 81 (9.03%) AI
12 69 (7.69%) ITIL
13 66 (7.36%) Collaborative Working
13 66 (7.36%) Migration
14 61 (6.80%) Data Protection
15 60 (6.69%) Logistics
16 59 (6.58%) PRINCE2
17 54 (6.02%) Programme Management
17 54 (6.02%) Waterfall
18 51 (5.69%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 34 (3.79%) SQL
2 16 (1.78%) Python
3 11 (1.23%) PowerShell
4 8 (0.89%) C#
5 7 (0.78%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.67%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.56%) Java
8 3 (0.33%) Bash
9 2 (0.22%) Korn
9 2 (0.22%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.22%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.22%) VBA
10 1 (0.11%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.11%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.11%) COBOL
10 1 (0.11%) Groovy
10 1 (0.11%) PHP
10 1 (0.11%) R
10 1 (0.11%) REXX
Qualifications
1 135 (15.05%) Degree
2 102 (11.37%) Security Cleared
3 89 (9.92%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.79%) PMP
5 28 (3.12%) PMI Certification
6 22 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (2.45%) DV Cleared
7 17 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (1.90%) DBS Check
8 11 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 10 (1.11%) APMP
10 8 (0.89%) CISSP
11 7 (0.78%) CIMA
11 7 (0.78%) CTC Cleared
12 6 (0.67%) A+ Certification
12 6 (0.67%) ACCA
13 5 (0.56%) CSPO
14 4 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (10.26%) PMO
2 45 (5.02%) QA
3 34 (3.79%) Data Quality
4 32 (3.57%) SLA
5 22 (2.45%) GDPR
6 19 (2.12%) Accessibility
7 18 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.00%) NIST
9 8 (0.89%) GRC
9 8 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.78%) IFRS
11 6 (0.67%) ISO 20022
11 6 (0.67%) SEPA
12 5 (0.56%) GAAP
13 4 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.45%) PSD2
13 4 (0.45%) WCAG
14 3 (0.33%) IFRS 9
14 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 52 (5.80%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.56%) Docker
3 2 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 2 (0.22%) Firmware
3 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.11%) Samba
4 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 28 (3.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (1.56%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.11%) Grafana
3 10 (1.11%) ServiceCenter
4 9 (1.00%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.56%) Terraform
6 4 (0.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.22%) Ansible
7 2 (0.22%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.22%) OPNET
7 2 (0.22%) Packer
7 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.11%) Control-M
8 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.11%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 235 (26.20%) Microsoft
2 59 (6.58%) ServiceNow
3 53 (5.91%) SAP
4 37 (4.12%) Oracle
5 34 (3.79%) Google
6 32 (3.57%) HP
7 21 (2.34%) Salesforce
8 18 (2.01%) Cisco
9 17 (1.90%) Adobe
10 13 (1.45%) Apple
10 13 (1.45%) Dell
11 11 (1.23%) Remedy
12 10 (1.11%) Citrix
13 6 (0.67%) Sitecore
14 5 (0.56%) Concur
14 5 (0.56%) DocuSign
15 4 (0.45%) Alteryx
15 4 (0.45%) SolarWinds
15 4 (0.45%) Tagetik
15 4 (0.45%) Workday