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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 134 186
Rank change year-on-year +33 +52 -19
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 1,425 718 514
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.60% 2.17% 1.36%
As % of the General category 4.63% 3.42% 2.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 600 336 290
10th Percentile £185 £185 £163
25th Percentile £263 £289 £251
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £406 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -9.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £625 £700 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £390 £365 £400
% change year-on-year +6.78% -8.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 128 24
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.00 £12.98
25th Percentile £14.31 £15.50 £13.45
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.99 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% -11.30% -6.47%
75th Percentile £43.96 £31.93 £29.06
90th Percentile - £42.13 £52.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.50 £18.00 £22.56
% change year-on-year +2.78% -20.21% +7.43%

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 30,797 20,995 22,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 56.09% 63.51% 58.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,960 13,047 13,078
10th Percentile £313 £275 £281
25th Percentile £420 £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 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,644 1,219 1,011
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.51 £14.73
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.17 £17.16
Median hourly rate £28.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.32% -28.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £53.75 £46.27 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £67.00 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 £21.39 £35.00
% change year-on-year +35.58% -38.89% +30.69%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +28 1,211 £400 -5.88% 2,373
UK excluding London +17 934 £390 +6.78% 1,793
Work from Home +76 442 £400 - 793
London +39 403 £446 -6.05% 748
North of England +36 225 £365 -14.12% 438
South East -8 221 £449 +12.19% 473
Midlands +11 167 £375 +22.45% 343
South West +6 111 £275 +3.77% 187
West Midlands +12 107 £425 +38.78% 182
North West +4 106 £449 +19.67% 231
Scotland +38 96 £425 +3.66% 104
Yorkshire +19 86 £365 -13.10% 152
East of England -3 73 £400 -17.95% 176
East Midlands +7 58 £260 -16.80% 161
North East -8 33 £325 -31.22% 58
Northern Ireland +13 29 £290 -19.72% 39
Wales -6 25 £600 +126.42% 60

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 (7.51%) SharePoint
2 45 (3.16%) Confluence
3 30 (2.11%) CMS
4 13 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.49%) Drupal
6 7 (0.49%) WordPress
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.070%) Apache
8 1 (0.070%) CICS
8 1 (0.070%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 317 (22.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 267 (18.74%) Microsoft Office
3 133 (9.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 65 (4.56%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (1.68%) Spreadsheet
6 15 (1.05%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.35%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.21%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.14%) InDesign
10 2 (0.14%) Navisworks
10 2 (0.14%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.14%) Revit
10 2 (0.14%) Trello
11 1 (0.070%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.070%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.070%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (0.98%) Magento
2 7 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.28%) HFM
5 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.28%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.21%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.21%) Primavera
6 3 (0.21%) Shopify
6 3 (0.21%) TrackWise
7 2 (0.14%) Changepoint
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.14%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.070%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 91 (6.39%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (5.82%) Azure
3 67 (4.70%) Power Platform
4 61 (4.28%) AWS
5 28 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
6 19 (1.33%) Google Workspace
7 17 (1.19%) Entra ID
7 17 (1.19%) SaaS
8 15 (1.05%) GCP
8 15 (1.05%) Google Sheets
8 15 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
9 10 (0.70%) Miro
9 10 (0.70%) OpenShift
10 8 (0.56%) Slack
11 7 (0.49%) GitHub
11 7 (0.49%) Google Analytics
11 7 (0.49%) OneDrive
12 6 (0.42%) Canva
12 6 (0.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.75%) LAN
2 15 (1.05%) WAN
3 13 (0.91%) Network Security
4 9 (0.63%) DNS
4 9 (0.63%) Firewall
4 9 (0.63%) MPLS
5 7 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
5 7 (0.49%) VPN
6 6 (0.42%) Broadband
6 6 (0.42%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.35%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.35%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (0.35%) VLAN
7 5 (0.35%) VoIP
8 4 (0.28%) DHCP
8 4 (0.28%) Intranet
8 4 (0.28%) NAS
8 4 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.21%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.21%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (4.63%) Power BI
2 12 (0.84%) Relational Database
3 9 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.56%) Tableau
5 7 (0.49%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.35%) MS Access
6 5 (0.35%) Power Query
7 4 (0.28%) Metadata
7 4 (0.28%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.21%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.14%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.14%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.14%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.070%) OLTP
10 1 (0.070%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.070%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 102 (7.16%) JIRA
2 28 (1.96%) Jenkins
3 18 (1.26%) Git
4 8 (0.56%) Subversion
5 7 (0.49%) Gradle
5 7 (0.49%) JUnit
6 6 (0.42%) Maven
6 6 (0.42%) Mockito
6 6 (0.42%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.28%) Selenium
9 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.21%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.14%) Gemini Tracker
10 2 (0.14%) GitLab
10 2 (0.14%) JMeter
10 2 (0.14%) Postman
10 2 (0.14%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1,019 (71.51%) Social Skills
2 465 (32.63%) Finance
3 264 (18.53%) Analytical Skills
4 174 (12.21%) Legal
5 157 (11.02%) Public Sector
6 70 (4.91%) Retail
7 62 (4.35%) Marketing
8 56 (3.93%) Banking
9 49 (3.44%) Manufacturing
10 47 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
10 47 (3.30%) Local Government
11 46 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
12 36 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 31 (2.18%) Telecoms
14 30 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (1.54%) Aviation
16 21 (1.47%) Military
17 17 (1.19%) Aerospace
18 16 (1.12%) Investment Banking
19 15 (1.05%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 191 (13.40%) Administrator
2 154 (10.81%) Analyst
3 107 (7.51%) Project Manager
4 94 (6.60%) Coordinator
5 82 (5.75%) Support Officer
6 74 (5.19%) Lead
7 55 (3.86%) Project Officer
8 50 (3.51%) Project Support Officer
9 48 (3.37%) Senior
10 36 (2.53%) Business Analyst
10 36 (2.53%) Project Coordinator
11 30 (2.11%) IT Manager
11 30 (2.11%) IT Support
11 30 (2.11%) Support Engineer
12 23 (1.61%) Junior
13 22 (1.54%) Data Administrator
13 22 (1.54%) Delivery Manager
13 22 (1.54%) Programme Manager
14 20 (1.40%) PMO Analyst
14 20 (1.40%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (0.98%) HTML
1 14 (0.98%) Spring
2 13 (0.91%) Hibernate
2 13 (0.91%) REST
2 13 (0.91%) Spring Boot
3 12 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
4 11 (0.77%) VML
5 10 (0.70%) CSS
5 10 (0.70%) Kafka
5 10 (0.70%) Middleware
6 9 (0.63%) Terraform
7 8 (0.56%) Web Services
8 7 (0.49%) React
8 7 (0.49%) Redux
8 7 (0.49%) SOAP
8 7 (0.49%) XML
9 6 (0.42%) ActiveMQ
9 6 (0.42%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.42%) JPA
9 6 (0.42%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 141 (9.89%) Onboarding
2 122 (8.56%) Virtual Team
3 115 (8.07%) Web Conferencing
4 110 (7.72%) Podcast
5 104 (7.30%) Management Information System
6 53 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
7 40 (2.81%) Driving Licence
8 33 (2.32%) Data Protection Act
9 31 (2.18%) Product Ownership
10 16 (1.12%) Cloud Native
10 16 (1.12%) Data Centre
10 16 (1.12%) Learning Management System
11 14 (0.98%) Freedom of Information
12 12 (0.84%) e-Learning
12 12 (0.84%) Social Media
13 11 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (0.77%) Life Science
13 11 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
14 10 (0.70%) Hedge funds
14 10 (0.70%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 73 (5.12%) Windows
2 15 (1.05%) Windows 10
3 10 (0.70%) Linux
4 8 (0.56%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.49%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.42%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.21%) Android
8 2 (0.14%) VMS
8 2 (0.14%) zOS
9 1 (0.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.070%) Unix
9 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (27.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 311 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
3 259 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 258 (18.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 217 (15.23%) Agile
6 216 (15.16%) Project Management
7 184 (12.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 176 (12.35%) Project Delivery
9 129 (9.05%) Decision-Making
10 123 (8.63%) Time Management
11 119 (8.35%) AI
12 98 (6.88%) Change Management
13 95 (6.67%) ITIL
14 94 (6.60%) Logistics
14 94 (6.60%) Service Delivery
15 89 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
16 88 (6.18%) PRINCE2
17 87 (6.11%) Migration
17 87 (6.11%) Risk Management
18 85 (5.96%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 37 (2.60%) SQL
2 20 (1.40%) Java
3 18 (1.26%) Python
4 12 (0.84%) PowerShell
5 8 (0.56%) PL/SQL
6 6 (0.42%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.21%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.14%) Bash
8 2 (0.14%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.14%) Korn
8 2 (0.14%) R
8 2 (0.14%) VBA
9 1 (0.070%) COBOL
9 1 (0.070%) Perl
9 1 (0.070%) REXX
Qualifications
1 198 (13.89%) Security Cleared
2 167 (11.72%) Degree
3 140 (9.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 140 (9.82%) SC Cleared
4 50 (3.51%) DV Cleared
5 43 (3.02%) DBS Check
6 28 (1.96%) PMP
7 25 (1.75%) PMI Certification
8 21 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 13 (0.91%) HNC
10 11 (0.77%) CISSP
11 9 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.56%) CIPD
12 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.49%) CISM
14 6 (0.42%) A+ Certification
14 6 (0.42%) ACCA
14 6 (0.42%) CIMA
14 6 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (10.18%) PMO
2 65 (4.56%) Data Quality
3 63 (4.42%) QA
4 45 (3.16%) GDPR
5 34 (2.39%) SLA
6 25 (1.75%) Accessibility
7 19 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (0.91%) GRC
9 11 (0.77%) NIST
10 8 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.42%) NCSC
13 5 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.35%) COBIT
14 4 (0.28%) IFRS
14 4 (0.28%) P3O
14 4 (0.28%) WCAG
15 3 (0.21%) COSHH
15 3 (0.21%) GMP
15 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 43 (3.02%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.84%) Docker
3 9 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.28%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.14%) Firmware
6 2 (0.14%) vSphere
7 1 (0.070%) GPFS
7 1 (0.070%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.070%) NFS
7 1 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 10 (0.70%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.56%) SCCM
5 7 (0.49%) Control-M
5 7 (0.49%) Grafana
5 7 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.42%) Ansible
7 4 (0.28%) WSUS
8 3 (0.21%) Packer
8 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.14%) OPNET
10 1 (0.070%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.070%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.070%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.070%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 463 (32.49%) Microsoft
2 72 (5.05%) SAP
3 49 (3.44%) Oracle
4 47 (3.30%) ServiceNow
5 46 (3.23%) Google
6 26 (1.82%) Salesforce
7 22 (1.54%) Cisco
8 14 (0.98%) Adobe
9 12 (0.84%) SolarWinds
9 12 (0.84%) VMware
10 11 (0.77%) Workday
11 9 (0.63%) Apple
12 8 (0.56%) Alteryx
12 8 (0.56%) HP
13 7 (0.49%) Braze
13 7 (0.49%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.35%) Aruba
14 5 (0.35%) Databricks
14 5 (0.35%) HubSpot
14 5 (0.35%) Xero