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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 146 140
Rank change year-on-year +10 -6 +61
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 923 582 744
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.94% 1.99% 1.72%
As % of the General category 3.58% 3.14% 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 337 414
10th Percentile £162 £195 £170
25th Percentile £213 £313 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £468 £425
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% +10.00% -5.56%
75th Percentile £535 £600 £532
90th Percentile £625 £725 £614
UK excluding London median daily rate £358 £375 £400
% change year-on-year -4.53% -6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 44 151
10th Percentile £13.89 £13.00 £11.77
25th Percentile £15.67 £14.51 £13.99
Median hourly rate £18.50 £16.25 £18.35
Median % change year-on-year +13.83% -11.43% -20.42%
75th Percentile £24.15 £26.74 £38.12
90th Percentile £34.39 £33.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.34 £19.16 £18.00
% change year-on-year -4.28% +6.42% -20.67%

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 25,766 18,539 25,093
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.11% 63.24% 58.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,810 11,839 15,826
10th Percentile £306 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £640 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £766
UK excluding London median daily rate £476 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +0.21% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,650 792 1,938
10th Percentile £13.72 £14.00 £12.77
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £60.56 £56.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.01
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year +10.00% -11.50% -2.59%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +11 834 £400 -18.78% 694
UK excluding London -10 576 £358 -4.53% 573
London +29 298 £459 -16.59% 193
Work from Home +22 246 £444 -11.25% 249
South East -34 127 £450 +44.00% 186
North of England -3 119 £436 +21.79% 140
Midlands -38 102 £300 -23.27% 96
South West +17 89 £299 -40.30% 66
East of England +21 87 £200 -50.00% 50
West Midlands -39 65 £350 - 41
Yorkshire -24 59 £391 -0.70% 41
North West -16 51 £438 +27.37% 87
East Midlands -8 37 £200 -50.31% 55
Scotland -16 36 £400 -5.88% 22
Wales -14 11 £213 -35.83% 12
North East -16 9 £450 -21.74% 13
Northern Ireland +3 6 £475 +18.75% 11

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 71 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 29 (3.14%) Confluence
3 15 (1.63%) CMS
4 9 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.76%) WordPress
6 3 (0.33%) Drupal
6 3 (0.33%) MS Project Server
7 2 (0.22%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) Camunda
8 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
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
1 195 (21.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 125 (13.54%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (7.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 46 (4.98%) Microsoft Project
5 20 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.98%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.65%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (0.65%) InDesign
7 6 (0.65%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.33%) 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 (1.08%) Loan IQ
1 10 (1.08%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.65%) Shopify
4 3 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.33%) Maximo
4 3 (0.33%) Primavera
4 3 (0.33%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.33%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.22%) HFM
5 2 (0.22%) Magento
5 2 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.11%) Actimize
6 1 (0.11%) iTrent
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.11%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 88 (9.53%) Azure
1 88 (9.53%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (6.72%) Power Platform
3 34 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (3.03%) AWS
5 20 (2.17%) Google Workspace
5 20 (2.17%) SaaS
6 12 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (1.19%) GCP
8 10 (1.08%) OCI
9 8 (0.87%) GitHub
10 7 (0.76%) Entra ID
11 6 (0.65%) BigCommerce
12 5 (0.54%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (0.54%) Google Analytics
13 4 (0.43%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (0.43%) OneDrive
13 4 (0.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.84%) VPN
2 10 (1.08%) DNS
2 10 (1.08%) LAN
2 10 (1.08%) Skype
3 9 (0.98%) Firewall
4 8 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.65%) DHCP
5 6 (0.65%) Intranet
5 6 (0.65%) Network Security
5 6 (0.65%) WAN
6 4 (0.43%) SMS
6 4 (0.43%) VLAN
7 3 (0.33%) SAN
7 3 (0.33%) VoIP
8 2 (0.22%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.22%) Internet
8 2 (0.22%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.22%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.11%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (6.50%) Power BI
2 16 (1.73%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.76%) GIS
5 6 (0.65%) Electronic Patient Records
5 6 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
5 6 (0.65%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.65%) Spatial Data
6 5 (0.54%) MySQL
6 5 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.43%) Metadata
8 3 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.33%) Power Query
8 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.22%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.22%) Data Mart
9 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 78 (8.45%) JIRA
2 17 (1.84%) Git
3 11 (1.19%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.98%) JUnit
5 8 (0.87%) Cucumber
5 8 (0.87%) JMeter
5 8 (0.87%) Selenium
5 8 (0.87%) WebDriver
6 6 (0.65%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.43%) GitLab
8 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.22%) Subversion
8 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.22%) Vite
9 1 (0.11%) Hudson
9 1 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.11%) Maven
9 1 (0.11%) MSI
9 1 (0.11%) Postman
9 1 (0.11%) ScriptRunner
General
1 550 (59.59%) Social Skills
2 246 (26.65%) Finance
3 169 (18.31%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (11.05%) Public Sector
5 61 (6.61%) Legal
6 56 (6.07%) Marketing
7 45 (4.88%) Retail
8 43 (4.66%) Banking
9 31 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (2.38%) Manufacturing
11 19 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (2.06%) Telecoms
12 17 (1.84%) Military
13 13 (1.41%) Local Government
14 11 (1.19%) Advertising
14 11 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.19%) Electronics
15 10 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (0.98%) Billing
16 9 (0.98%) Police
Job Titles
1 121 (13.11%) Analyst
2 108 (11.70%) Project Manager
3 66 (7.15%) Senior
4 63 (6.83%) Administrator
5 52 (5.63%) Coordinator
5 52 (5.63%) Support Officer
6 51 (5.53%) Break Fix Engineer
7 50 (5.42%) Lead
8 45 (4.88%) IT Support
9 38 (4.12%) Technical Support
10 37 (4.01%) Business Analyst
11 36 (3.90%) Consultant
11 36 (3.90%) Junior
12 35 (3.79%) Hardware Engineer
13 34 (3.68%) Project Officer
14 33 (3.58%) Project Support Officer
15 30 (3.25%) Project Coordinator
16 28 (3.03%) Senior Manager
16 28 (3.03%) Senior Project Manager
17 24 (2.60%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.84%) HTML
2 15 (1.63%) VML
3 11 (1.19%) CSS
3 11 (1.19%) Spring
3 11 (1.19%) XML
4 10 (1.08%) Middleware
5 8 (0.87%) WireMock
6 7 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (0.76%) REST
7 6 (0.65%) ADO
7 6 (0.65%) JWT
8 5 (0.54%) HTML5
8 5 (0.54%) JSON
8 5 (0.54%) OAuth
9 4 (0.43%) .NET
9 4 (0.43%) Kafka
9 4 (0.43%) Web Services
10 3 (0.33%) React
10 3 (0.33%) SailPoint
10 3 (0.33%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (7.48%) Onboarding
2 38 (4.12%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.14%) Product Ownership
4 23 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (2.17%) NHS
7 18 (1.95%) Mobile App
8 16 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.19%) Driving Licence
9 11 (1.19%) Learning Management System
9 11 (1.19%) Social Media
10 10 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (0.98%) Data Structures
11 9 (0.98%) Insider Threat
12 8 (0.87%) Freedom of Information
12 8 (0.87%) Tandem
13 7 (0.76%) Blog
13 7 (0.76%) e-Learning
13 7 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (0.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 72 (7.80%) Windows
2 22 (2.38%) Windows 10
3 14 (1.52%) Linux
4 10 (1.08%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.76%) 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%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.11%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (24.70%) Problem-Solving
2 216 (23.40%) Project Management
3 196 (21.24%) Time Management
4 159 (17.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 141 (15.28%) Agile
6 134 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 134 (14.52%) Customer Service
7 133 (14.41%) Project Delivery
8 100 (10.83%) Decision-Making
9 88 (9.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 71 (7.69%) AI
11 70 (7.58%) Migration
12 68 (7.37%) Collaborative Working
12 68 (7.37%) ITIL
13 65 (7.04%) Data Protection
14 63 (6.83%) Business Intelligence
15 62 (6.72%) PRINCE2
16 55 (5.96%) Analytics
17 54 (5.85%) Programme Management
17 54 (5.85%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 36 (3.90%) SQL
2 22 (2.38%) Python
3 15 (1.63%) JavaScript
4 8 (0.87%) C#
5 7 (0.76%) PowerShell
5 7 (0.76%) T-SQL
6 4 (0.43%) Java
7 2 (0.22%) Bash
7 2 (0.22%) Korn
7 2 (0.22%) PHP
7 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.22%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.22%) VBA
8 1 (0.11%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.11%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.11%) Groovy
8 1 (0.11%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 132 (14.30%) Degree
2 115 (12.46%) Security Cleared
3 102 (11.05%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.68%) PMP
5 28 (3.03%) PMI Certification
6 24 (2.60%) DV Cleared
7 18 (1.95%) DBS Check
8 17 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.52%) APMP
10 12 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 10 (1.08%) CTC Cleared
13 9 (0.98%) CISSP
14 5 (0.54%) CSPO
15 4 (0.43%) A+ Certification
15 4 (0.43%) CISA
15 4 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.33%) CIMA
16 3 (0.33%) CISM
16 3 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (10.18%) PMO
2 39 (4.23%) QA
3 30 (3.25%) SLA
4 28 (3.03%) Data Quality
5 21 (2.28%) Accessibility
5 21 (2.28%) GDPR
6 19 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.76%) NIST
8 6 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.65%) GRC
8 6 (0.65%) IFRS
8 6 (0.65%) ISO 20022
8 6 (0.65%) SEPA
9 5 (0.54%) Disclosure Scotland
9 5 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.43%) GAAP
10 4 (0.43%) PSD2
10 4 (0.43%) WCAG
11 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 48 (5.20%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.41%) Docker
3 2 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.11%) Firmware
4 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.11%) Samba
4 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.08%) Grafana
3 10 (1.08%) ServiceCenter
4 9 (0.98%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.33%) Terraform
6 2 (0.22%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.22%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.22%) WSUS
7 1 (0.11%) Ansible
7 1 (0.11%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.11%) Kibana
7 1 (0.11%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.11%) OPNET
7 1 (0.11%) Packer
7 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.11%) SCOM
7 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.11%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 253 (27.41%) Microsoft
2 66 (7.15%) ServiceNow
3 65 (7.04%) HP
4 58 (6.28%) SAP
5 31 (3.36%) Google
6 28 (3.03%) Oracle
7 23 (2.49%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.84%) Adobe
9 16 (1.73%) Cisco
10 14 (1.52%) Apple
10 14 (1.52%) Dell
11 12 (1.30%) Citrix
11 12 (1.30%) Remedy
12 6 (0.65%) Sitecore
13 5 (0.54%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.54%) Workday
14 4 (0.43%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.43%) Databricks
14 4 (0.43%) ESRI
15 3 (0.33%) Instagram