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

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	95	134	189
Rank change year-on-year	+39	+55	-30
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills	1,608	737	491
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	2.91%	2.20%	1.32%
As % of the General category	5.06%	3.49%	2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted	657	337	273
10^th Percentile	£184	£185	£163
25^th Percentile	£263	£300	£308
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£400	£425	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-5.88%	-5.56%	+5.88%
75^th Percentile	£538	£550	£560
90^th Percentile	£625	£684	£668
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£400
% change year-on-year	+6.67%	-6.25%	+2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted	486	155	26
10^th Percentile	£13.31	£13.00	£13.06
25^th Percentile	£14.06	£15.61	£13.55
Median hourly rate	£17.69	£20.00	£22.56
Median % change year-on-year	-11.55%	-11.35%	-16.44%
75^th Percentile	£43.96	£30.70	£29.69
90^th Percentile	-	£45.38	£51.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£18.82	£22.56
% change year-on-year	-7.01%	-16.58%	+7.17%

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.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills	31,752	21,139	21,829
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	57.56%	63.08%	58.74%
Number of daily rates quoted	18,425	13,190	12,856
10^th Percentile	£313	£275	£285
25^th Percentile	£420	£400	£410
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£500	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£638	£625	£645
90^th Percentile	£738	£738	£756
UK excluding London median daily rate	£500	£475	£480
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	-1.04%	-4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2,976	1,281	866
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£13.57	£15.00
25^th Percentile	£15.87	£16.17	£17.00
Median hourly rate	£26.98	£24.34	£30.85
Median % change year-on-year	+10.83%	-21.10%	+12.18%
75^th Percentile	£53.78	£43.75	£58.00
90^th Percentile	£77.50	£67.00	£70.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£26.50	£21.00	£29.00
% change year-on-year	+26.19%	-27.59%	+11.54%

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 Daily Rate Trend

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 23 October 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.

Organisational Skills Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Organisational Skills over the 6 months to 23 October 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 23 October 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	+35	1,368	£402	-10.67%	1,184
UK excluding London	+29	1,077	£400	+6.67%	892
Work from Home	+75	472	£413	-8.33%	441
London	+31	431	£450	-2.81%	351
North of England	+45	264	£375	-14.77%	182
South East	0	257	£400	-12.57%	262
Midlands	+35	201	£402	+14.96%	173
North West	+16	131	£483	+17.09%	101
West Midlands	+20	127	£447	+27.79%	100
Scotland	+38	110	£425	+6.25%	50
South West	-7	108	£225	-1.10%	96
Yorkshire	+30	97	£365	-17.05%	60
East of England	+5	92	£388	-24.61%	84
East Midlands	+18	72	£233	-25.60%	73
North East	-10	36	£363	-23.28%	23
Northern Ireland	+8	29	£290	-19.72%	28
Wales	+4	29	£336	+40.00%	33

Organisational Skills Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Organisational Skills also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Organisational Skills.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	33.5%	538
2	Stakeholder Management	27.1%	436
3	Problem-Solving	21.9%	352
4	Microsoft Excel	21.6%	347
5	Microsoft Office	18.6%	299
6	Customer Service	18.5%	298
7	Continuous Improvement	18.2%	292
8	Security Cleared	14.5%	233
9	Project Management	14.4%	231
10	Agile	13.6%	219
11	Project Delivery	12.4%	200
12	Stakeholder Engagement	12.1%	195
13	Degree	10.9%	176
14	PMO	9.8%	158
14	SC Cleared	9.8%	158
16	BPSS Clearance	9.0%	145
17	Time Management	8.8%	142
18	Decision-Making	8.6%	139
19	Microsoft PowerPoint	8.5%	136
20	AI	7.6%	122
21	SharePoint	7.2%	115
22	JIRA	6.8%	110
23	Change Management	6.7%	107
24	Collaborative Working	6.6%	106
25	Service Delivery	6.5%	104
26	Data Protection	6.2%	100
27	Risk Management	6.1%	98
28	ITIL	6.0%	97
28	Logistics	6.0%	97
30	Migration	5.8%	93

Organisational Skills Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	71.7%	1,153
2	Finance	31.2%	502
3	Analytical Skills	18.7%	301
4	Legal	11.3%	182
5	Public Sector	9.9%	159
6	Retail	5.3%	85
7	Marketing	4.4%	70
8	Banking	4.3%	69
9	Manufacturing	4.2%	68
10	Documentation Skills	3.4%	54
11	Influencing Skills	3.1%	50
12	Local Government	3.0%	49
13	Inclusion and Diversity	2.7%	44
14	Aerospace	2.3%	37
14	Telecoms	2.3%	37
16	Aviation	2.2%	35
17	Presentation Skills	1.9%	31
18	Advertising	1.4%	23
19	Financial Institution	1.1%	18
19	Investment Banking	1.1%	18