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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 130 192
Rank change year-on-year +29 +62 -26
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,511 727 494
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.73% 2.19% 1.31%
As % of the General category 4.81% 3.46% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 337 274
10th Percentile £184 £183 £161
25th Percentile £263 £288 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £408 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -9.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £625 £688 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £375 £388
% change year-on-year +6.67% -3.23% -3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 441 146 26
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.00 £13.06
25th Percentile £14.22 £15.60 £13.55
Median hourly rate £18.00 £20.00 £22.56
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -11.35% -16.44%
75th Percentile £43.96 £32.98 £29.69
90th Percentile - £47.90 £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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 31,386 21,013 22,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 56.76% 63.28% 58.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,231 13,114 13,043
10th Percentile £313 £275 £280
25th Percentile £420 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £649
90th Percentile £740 £738 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £478
% change year-on-year +5.26% -0.52% -4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,837 1,247 919
10th Percentile £13.46 £13.59 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.01 £16.30 £17.08
Median hourly rate £27.38 £25.00 £32.28
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -22.55% +8.50%
75th Percentile £53.75 £44.42 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £67.10 £71.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.08 £21.39 £30.00
% change year-on-year +26.59% -28.70% +11.11%

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 15 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.

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 15 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 15 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 +32 1,282 £403 -5.24% 1,000
UK excluding London +25 1,007 £400 +6.67% 707
Work from Home +68 451 £413 -8.33% 426
London +41 410 £450 -1.75% 351
North of England +40 248 £373 -15.23% 146
South East -6 236 £425 - 229
Midlands +30 187 £389 +19.54% 119
North West +12 122 £483 +28.80% 87
West Midlands +8 117 £447 +32.44% 69
Scotland +39 105 £425 +6.25% 46
South West -7 102 £228 -4.21% 73
Yorkshire +23 91 £365 -17.05% 50
East of England 0 86 £375 -30.43% 59
East Midlands +21 68 £245 +8.89% 50
North East -7 35 £363 -14.71% 9
Northern Ireland +9 29 £290 -19.72% 22
Wales -1 27 £600 +150.00% 25

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
1 107 (7.08%) SharePoint
2 47 (3.11%) Confluence
3 30 (1.99%) CMS
4 13 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.40%) Drupal
7 5 (0.33%) WordPress
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.066%) Apache
9 1 (0.066%) CICS
9 1 (0.066%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.066%) SAS
Applications
1 328 (21.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 276 (18.27%) Microsoft Office
3 133 (8.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 65 (4.30%) Microsoft Project
5 29 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
6 19 (1.26%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.33%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.33%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.26%) Revit
9 2 (0.13%) InDesign
9 2 (0.13%) Navisworks
9 2 (0.13%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.066%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.066%) Civil 3D
10 1 (0.066%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.066%) Trello
10 1 (0.066%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (0.99%) Magento
2 7 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.33%) Teamcenter
5 4 (0.26%) HFM
5 4 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.26%) Shopify
6 3 (0.20%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.20%) TrackWise
7 2 (0.13%) Changepoint
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.13%) Primavera
7 2 (0.13%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.066%) FastStats
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.066%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 84 (5.56%) Azure
2 83 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (4.04%) AWS
4 59 (3.90%) Power Platform
5 30 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (1.52%) Google Workspace
8 19 (1.26%) Google Sheets
9 18 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
10 17 (1.13%) Entra ID
10 17 (1.13%) SaaS
11 15 (0.99%) GCP
12 12 (0.79%) Miro
13 11 (0.73%) OpenShift
14 9 (0.60%) Slack
15 8 (0.53%) OneDrive
16 7 (0.46%) GitHub
17 6 (0.40%) Google Analytics
17 6 (0.40%) Power Automate
18 5 (0.33%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 28 (1.85%) LAN
2 17 (1.13%) WAN
3 11 (0.73%) Network Security
4 9 (0.60%) DNS
4 9 (0.60%) Firewall
4 9 (0.60%) MPLS
5 8 (0.53%) VPN
6 7 (0.46%) Broadband
6 7 (0.46%) Cisco Nexus
6 7 (0.46%) TCP/IP
6 7 (0.46%) VLAN
7 6 (0.40%) VoIP
8 5 (0.33%) NAS
8 5 (0.33%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.33%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.26%) DHCP
9 4 (0.26%) Internet
9 4 (0.26%) Intranet
10 3 (0.20%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (3.84%) Power BI
2 11 (0.73%) Metadata
3 10 (0.66%) MS Access
3 10 (0.66%) Relational Database
4 8 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.53%) Tableau
5 7 (0.46%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.33%) Power Query
7 4 (0.26%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.26%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
8 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.13%) Db2
9 2 (0.13%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.13%) GIS
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.066%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 106 (7.02%) JIRA
2 28 (1.85%) Jenkins
3 18 (1.19%) Git
4 8 (0.53%) Subversion
5 7 (0.46%) Gradle
5 7 (0.46%) JUnit
6 6 (0.40%) Maven
6 6 (0.40%) Mockito
6 6 (0.40%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.26%) Selenium
9 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.20%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.13%) Gemini Tracker
10 2 (0.13%) GitLab
10 2 (0.13%) JMeter
10 2 (0.13%) Postman
10 2 (0.13%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1,089 (72.07%) Social Skills
2 481 (31.83%) Finance
3 280 (18.53%) Analytical Skills
4 177 (11.71%) Legal
5 154 (10.19%) Public Sector
6 75 (4.96%) Retail
7 64 (4.24%) Marketing
8 61 (4.04%) Banking
9 59 (3.90%) Manufacturing
10 52 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
11 47 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
11 47 (3.11%) Local Government
12 41 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 34 (2.25%) Telecoms
14 30 (1.99%) Aviation
14 30 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
15 28 (1.85%) Aerospace
16 20 (1.32%) Advertising
17 19 (1.26%) Military
18 17 (1.13%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 214 (14.16%) Administrator
2 155 (10.26%) Analyst
3 113 (7.48%) Project Manager
4 105 (6.95%) Coordinator
5 80 (5.29%) Lead
6 78 (5.16%) Support Officer
7 52 (3.44%) Senior
8 47 (3.11%) Project Officer
9 42 (2.78%) Project Support Officer
10 37 (2.45%) Project Coordinator
11 35 (2.32%) Business Analyst
12 33 (2.18%) Support Engineer
13 32 (2.12%) IT Support
14 27 (1.79%) Delivery Manager
14 27 (1.79%) IT Manager
15 24 (1.59%) Data Administrator
16 23 (1.52%) Junior
17 22 (1.46%) Programme Manager
18 21 (1.39%) PMO Analyst
19 20 (1.32%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (0.93%) Spring
2 13 (0.86%) Hibernate
2 13 (0.86%) REST
2 13 (0.86%) Spring Boot
3 12 (0.79%) HTML
3 12 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
4 11 (0.73%) Middleware
5 10 (0.66%) Kafka
6 9 (0.60%) CSS
6 9 (0.60%) Terraform
6 9 (0.60%) VML
7 8 (0.53%) XML
8 7 (0.46%) React
8 7 (0.46%) Redux
8 7 (0.46%) SOAP
8 7 (0.46%) Web Services
9 6 (0.40%) ActiveMQ
9 6 (0.40%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.40%) RESTful
9 6 (0.40%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 149 (9.86%) Onboarding
2 123 (8.14%) Management Information System
3 122 (8.07%) Virtual Team
4 115 (7.61%) Web Conferencing
5 110 (7.28%) Podcast
6 67 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
7 41 (2.71%) Driving Licence
8 36 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
9 30 (1.99%) Product Ownership
10 19 (1.26%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.06%) Cloud Native
12 15 (0.99%) Learning Management System
13 13 (0.86%) Operational Technology
14 12 (0.79%) NHS
14 12 (0.79%) Social Media
14 12 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
15 11 (0.73%) Freedom of Information
15 11 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (0.66%) e-Learning
16 10 (0.66%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 78 (5.16%) Windows
2 17 (1.13%) Windows 10
3 13 (0.86%) Linux
4 11 (0.73%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.40%) macOS
7 4 (0.26%) Android
8 3 (0.20%) Unix
9 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.13%) VMS
9 2 (0.13%) zOS
10 1 (0.066%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.066%) Solaris
10 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (27.60%) Stakeholder Management
2 330 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
3 279 (18.46%) Customer Service
4 272 (18.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 217 (14.36%) Agile
5 217 (14.36%) Project Management
6 190 (12.57%) Project Delivery
7 187 (12.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 133 (8.80%) Decision-Making
9 129 (8.54%) Time Management
10 116 (7.68%) AI
11 101 (6.68%) Change Management
12 100 (6.62%) Service Delivery
13 99 (6.55%) Collaborative Working
14 97 (6.42%) Logistics
15 96 (6.35%) ITIL
16 94 (6.22%) Risk Management
17 92 (6.09%) Data Protection
18 90 (5.96%) Migration
19 86 (5.69%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 35 (2.32%) SQL
2 20 (1.32%) Python
3 19 (1.26%) Java
4 12 (0.79%) PowerShell
5 8 (0.53%) PL/SQL
6 6 (0.40%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.20%) Perl
7 3 (0.20%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.13%) Bash
8 2 (0.13%) Korn
8 2 (0.13%) R
8 2 (0.13%) VBA
9 1 (0.066%) C#
9 1 (0.066%) COBOL
9 1 (0.066%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.066%) REXX
Qualifications
1 215 (14.23%) Security Cleared
2 165 (10.92%) Degree
3 147 (9.73%) SC Cleared
4 141 (9.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 52 (3.44%) DV Cleared
6 51 (3.38%) DBS Check
7 32 (2.12%) PMP
8 30 (1.99%) PMI Certification
9 15 (0.99%) HNC
9 15 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 12 (0.79%) CISSP
11 9 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.53%) CIPD
13 7 (0.46%) A+ Certification
13 7 (0.46%) HP APS
13 7 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 6 (0.40%) ACCA
14 6 (0.40%) CIMA
14 6 (0.40%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (9.79%) PMO
2 72 (4.77%) Data Quality
3 67 (4.43%) QA
4 48 (3.18%) GDPR
5 37 (2.45%) SLA
6 26 (1.72%) Accessibility
7 18 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (0.99%) GRC
9 13 (0.86%) NIST
10 8 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.40%) NCSC
13 5 (0.33%) COBIT
14 4 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.26%) IFRS
14 4 (0.26%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.26%) P3O
14 4 (0.26%) WCAG
15 3 (0.20%) COSHH
15 3 (0.20%) GMP
System Software
1 42 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.79%) Docker
3 9 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.26%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.20%) Firmware
5 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.13%) GPFS
6 2 (0.13%) NFS
6 2 (0.13%) vSphere
7 1 (0.066%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (0.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 11 (0.73%) SCCM
4 10 (0.66%) Kubernetes
5 7 (0.46%) Control-M
5 7 (0.46%) Grafana
5 7 (0.46%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.40%) Ansible
6 6 (0.40%) WSUS
7 3 (0.20%) Packer
7 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.13%) OPNET
9 1 (0.066%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.066%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.066%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.066%) ServiceCenter
9 1 (0.066%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 499 (33.02%) Microsoft
2 83 (5.49%) SAP
3 53 (3.51%) Google
4 52 (3.44%) Oracle
5 41 (2.71%) ServiceNow
6 31 (2.05%) Salesforce
7 24 (1.59%) Cisco
8 12 (0.79%) Adobe
8 12 (0.79%) SolarWinds
8 12 (0.79%) VMware
9 9 (0.60%) Apple
9 9 (0.60%) HP
10 8 (0.53%) Alteryx
10 8 (0.53%) Workday
11 7 (0.46%) Braze
11 7 (0.46%) Palo Alto
12 6 (0.40%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.33%) Aruba
13 5 (0.33%) Databricks
13 5 (0.33%) IBM