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 27 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 180 142
Rank change year-on-year +49 -38 +79
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 820 493 788
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.21% 1.47% 1.80%
As % of the General category 3.63% 2.39% 3.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 391 287 411
10th Percentile £163 £193 £205
25th Percentile £233 £350 £246
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £525 £584 £550
90th Percentile £667 £689 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £358 £425 £375
% change year-on-year -15.76% +13.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 24 66
10th Percentile £13.53 £13.25 £13.29
25th Percentile £15.74 £14.28 £14.88
Median hourly rate £18.87 £19.00 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -28.97% -9.32%
75th Percentile £25.50 £28.54 £45.88
90th Percentile £44.29 £31.48 £58.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.50 £20.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -7.50% +17.65% -47.69%

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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 22,569 20,589 25,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 60.70% 61.20% 59.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,122 12,304 17,126
10th Percentile £280 £288 £275
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £737 £756 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,430 711 1,126
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.48 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.50 £18.50 £16.50
Median hourly rate £23.58 £27.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.27% -15.38% +30.00%
75th Percentile £45.46 £55.00 £58.94
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £70.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £26.13 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.79% -12.92% +37.24%

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 27 December 2025.

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 27 December 2025.

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 27 December 2025. 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 +49 718 £400 -20.00% 902
UK excluding London +38 539 £358 -15.76% 722
London +15 221 £475 -11.63% 267
Work from Home +14 181 £400 -20.00% 367
South East +35 144 £388 - 242
Midlands +3 90 £300 -27.54% 128
North of England -13 88 £446 +22.19% 157
South West +34 79 £218 -60.45% 73
East of England +33 79 £388 -22.50% 91
West Midlands -4 54 £325 -13.33% 75
North West +9 50 £453 +34.22% 81
East Midlands +5 36 £200 -51.69% 50
Yorkshire -36 31 £440 +20.55% 62
Scotland -5 30 £400 -5.88% 21
Northern Ireland +7 18 £350 -33.33% 8
Wales +4 15 £225 -24.05% 17
North East -3 7 £520 -11.49% 15

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 74 (9.02%) SharePoint
2 32 (3.90%) Confluence
3 9 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.98%) CMS
5 6 (0.73%) SAS
6 5 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.12%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.12%) MS Project Server
7 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 161 (19.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 135 (16.46%) Microsoft Office
3 69 (8.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 39 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (2.32%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (2.07%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.61%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.49%) InDesign
9 2 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.12%) CATIA
10 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.12%) MadCap Flare
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.12%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
1 6 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.37%) Maximo
2 3 (0.37%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 3 (0.37%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.24%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.24%) Loan IQ
3 2 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.24%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.24%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.24%) Shopify
3 2 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.24%) Workfront
4 1 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.12%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 51 (6.22%) Azure
2 49 (5.98%) Power Platform
3 44 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (2.32%) Google Workspace
5 16 (1.95%) AWS
5 16 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (1.22%) SaaS
7 9 (1.10%) Entra ID
8 7 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (0.73%) PowerApps
10 5 (0.61%) OneDrive
11 4 (0.49%) Figma
11 4 (0.49%) Smartsheet
11 4 (0.49%) Viva Engage
12 3 (0.37%) GitHub
12 3 (0.37%) Google Analytics
12 3 (0.37%) Google Drive
12 3 (0.37%) Lucidchart
12 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.37%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.95%) VPN
2 10 (1.22%) DNS
2 10 (1.22%) Firewall
2 10 (1.22%) TCP/IP
3 9 (1.10%) LAN
4 7 (0.85%) DHCP
4 7 (0.85%) WAN
4 7 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.73%) Internet
5 6 (0.73%) Wireless
6 5 (0.61%) Network Security
6 5 (0.61%) Skype
7 2 (0.24%) Broadband
7 2 (0.24%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.24%) Intranet
7 2 (0.24%) MPLS
7 2 (0.24%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.12%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.61%) Power BI
2 7 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (0.85%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.73%) Metadata
4 5 (0.61%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.49%) MySQL
5 4 (0.49%) Star Schema
6 3 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.24%) Data Mart
7 2 (0.24%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.24%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.24%) EDMS
7 2 (0.24%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 2 (0.24%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.24%) Tick Data
8 1 (0.12%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 76 (9.27%) JIRA
2 5 (0.61%) Git
3 4 (0.49%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.24%) Maven
5 1 (0.12%) GitLab
5 1 (0.12%) JUnit
5 1 (0.12%) Postman
5 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.12%) TestRail
General
1 537 (65.49%) Social Skills
2 212 (25.85%) Finance
3 146 (17.80%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (9.88%) Public Sector
5 47 (5.73%) Marketing
6 40 (4.88%) Banking
7 36 (4.39%) Retail
8 35 (4.27%) Manufacturing
9 33 (4.02%) Legal
10 26 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (2.68%) Telecoms
12 20 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
13 18 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 15 (1.83%) Aerospace
14 15 (1.83%) Electronics
15 14 (1.71%) Investment Banking
16 11 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (1.22%) Billing
17 10 (1.22%) Financial Institution
17 10 (1.22%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 110 (13.41%) Analyst
2 90 (10.98%) Project Manager
3 70 (8.54%) IT Support
4 52 (6.34%) Administrator
5 45 (5.49%) Break Fix Engineer
6 42 (5.12%) Coordinator
7 41 (5.00%) Lead
8 40 (4.88%) Senior
9 37 (4.51%) Support Officer
10 32 (3.90%) Hardware Engineer
11 30 (3.66%) Junior
11 30 (3.66%) Support Engineer
12 28 (3.41%) Business Analyst
12 28 (3.41%) Technical Support
13 22 (2.68%) 1st Line Support
13 22 (2.68%) Field Engineer
14 21 (2.56%) Support Technician
15 20 (2.44%) Field Hardware Engineer
16 19 (2.32%) IT Engineer
17 18 (2.20%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.98%) HTML
2 7 (0.85%) ADO
3 5 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (0.61%) Spring
4 4 (0.49%) CSS
4 4 (0.49%) REST
5 3 (0.37%) Middleware
5 3 (0.37%) XML
6 2 (0.24%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.24%) HTML5
6 2 (0.24%) JSON
6 2 (0.24%) JWT
6 2 (0.24%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.24%) OAuth
6 2 (0.24%) SOAP
6 2 (0.24%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (0.24%) VML
7 1 (0.12%) .NET
7 1 (0.12%) OpenAPI
7 1 (0.12%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 53 (6.46%) Onboarding
2 35 (4.27%) Management Information System
3 22 (2.68%) Driving Licence
4 21 (2.56%) Mobile App
5 20 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.20%) Product Ownership
7 15 (1.83%) Data Centre
7 15 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (1.83%) NHS
7 15 (1.83%) Security Posture
8 13 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.34%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.10%) Insider Threat
10 9 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (0.98%) Social Media
12 7 (0.85%) Life Science
12 7 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (0.73%) CMDB
13 6 (0.73%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 69 (8.41%) Windows
2 24 (2.93%) Windows 10
3 23 (2.80%) Linux
4 9 (1.10%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.37%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.24%) Unix
7 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
2 174 (21.22%) Time Management
3 167 (20.37%) Project Management
4 129 (15.73%) Agile
5 122 (14.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 118 (14.39%) Customer Service
7 90 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 78 (9.51%) Project Delivery
9 72 (8.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 70 (8.54%) Migration
11 65 (7.93%) Collaborative Working
12 64 (7.80%) Asset Management
13 63 (7.68%) Business Intelligence
14 62 (7.56%) Decision-Making
15 61 (7.44%) PRINCE2
16 59 (7.20%) ITIL
17 54 (6.59%) Risk Management
18 46 (5.61%) Cybersecurity
19 44 (5.37%) Project Governance
19 44 (5.37%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 34 (4.15%) SQL
2 25 (3.05%) Python
3 11 (1.34%) Java
4 10 (1.22%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.73%) R
6 5 (0.61%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.12%) C
8 1 (0.12%) C#
8 1 (0.12%) C++
8 1 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.12%) Jython
8 1 (0.12%) Korn
8 1 (0.12%) PHP
8 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 128 (15.61%) Security Cleared
2 121 (14.76%) SC Cleared
3 100 (12.20%) Degree
4 26 (3.17%) PMP
5 22 (2.68%) PMI Certification
6 19 (2.32%) Master's Degree
7 17 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.07%) DV Cleared
8 15 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.34%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.22%) CTC Cleared
10 10 (1.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 9 (1.10%) APMP
12 7 (0.85%) HND
13 6 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.61%) CISSP
14 5 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.49%) A+ Certification
15 4 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (8.05%) PMO
2 31 (3.78%) QA
3 26 (3.17%) SLA
4 25 (3.05%) GDPR
4 25 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.95%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.46%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.22%) Def Stans
7 10 (1.22%) GRC
8 9 (1.10%) NIST
9 7 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
10 6 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.37%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.37%) P3O
13 2 (0.24%) COBIT
13 2 (0.24%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.24%) PMBOK
14 1 (0.12%) GxP
System Software
1 26 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.37%) Firmware
4 3 (0.37%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.12%) Docker
6 1 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.73%) SCCM
3 5 (0.61%) Ansible
4 3 (0.37%) ServiceCenter
5 2 (0.24%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.24%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.12%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.12%) Grafana
6 1 (0.12%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.12%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.12%) Packer
6 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.12%) SCOM
6 1 (0.12%) Terraform
6 1 (0.12%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 233 (28.41%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.22%) HP
2 51 (6.22%) SAP
3 46 (5.61%) ServiceNow
4 24 (2.93%) Salesforce
5 18 (2.20%) Google
5 18 (2.20%) Oracle
6 14 (1.71%) Cisco
7 11 (1.34%) Adobe
8 10 (1.22%) Citrix
9 8 (0.98%) Datto
9 8 (0.98%) Workday
10 7 (0.85%) Apple
10 7 (0.85%) Atlassian
10 7 (0.85%) Remedy
10 7 (0.85%) VMware
11 6 (0.73%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.61%) Databricks
12 5 (0.61%) Dell
13 4 (0.49%) CheckPoint