Organisational Skills Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Organisational Skills
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Organisational Skills in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 84 80 96
Rank change year-on-year -4 +16 +40
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 54 32 18
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 2.34% 1.91% 0.98%
As % of the General category 4.04% 3.11% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 27 10
10th Percentile £170 £158 £196
25th Percentile £210 £195 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £375 £433
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -13.29% +6.46%
75th Percentile £500 £494 £450
90th Percentile £580 £550 £608
England median daily rate £400 £500 £413
% change year-on-year -20.00% +21.21% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £14.74 - -
25th Percentile £15.67 - -
Median hourly rate £27.21 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.82 £17.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.10% -42.50% -2.41%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,337 1,029 995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 58.05% 61.47% 54.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 855 640 681
10th Percentile £216 £200 £220
25th Percentile £400 £375 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £507 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.46% +1.50% -
75th Percentile £581 £612 £600
90th Percentile £658 £701 £698
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 40 48
10th Percentile £13.97 £14.70 £13.87
25th Percentile £16.00 £18.41 £16.38
Median hourly rate £21.25 £23.82 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.79% +28.76% +7.08%
75th Percentile £30.00 £31.55 £34.50
90th Percentile £40.27 £50.25 £69.13
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.67% -9.09% +32.00%

Organisational Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Organisational Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Organisational Skills job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Organisational Skills
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Organisational Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Organisational Skills

Organisational Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Organisational Skills in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Organisational Skills in the West Midlands

Organisational Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Organisational Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Organisational Skills

Organisational Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Organisational Skills in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Organisational Skills in the West Midlands

Organisational Skills
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region 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
Birmingham +1 22 £300 -36.84% 22
Coventry -5 8 £269 -43.42% 5
Warwickshire -12 7 £463 +137.18% 15
Staffordshire +5 3 £173 -65.50% 8
Smethwick - 3 - -
Worcestershire - 2 £363 - 8
West Bromwich - 1 £170 -
Organisational Skills
England

Organisational Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 12 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.41%) Confluence
3 3 (5.56%) CMS
4 1 (1.85%) HCL Notes
4 1 (1.85%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (37.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (35.19%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (18.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.85%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (1.85%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Maximo
2 1 (1.85%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (7.41%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.56%) Google Workspace
2 3 (5.56%) PowerApps
3 2 (3.70%) Azure
4 1 (1.85%) AWS
4 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.85%) GCP
4 1 (1.85%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) Broadband
1 1 (1.85%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (1.85%) Firewall
1 1 (1.85%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) Power BI
2 2 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.70%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.85%) EDMS
3 1 (1.85%) Metadata
3 1 (1.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Git
1 2 (3.70%) Jenkins
1 2 (3.70%) JIRA
2 1 (1.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 38 (70.37%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.37%) Finance
3 10 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (9.26%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.56%) Aerospace
5 3 (5.56%) Automotive
5 3 (5.56%) Legal
5 3 (5.56%) Publishing
6 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Local Government
7 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.85%) Marketing
7 1 (1.85%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 9 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 8 (14.81%) Break Fix Engineer
3 5 (9.26%) Administrator
4 4 (7.41%) Analyst
4 4 (7.41%) Field Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) Field Hardware Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) Hardware Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) Junior
4 4 (7.41%) Lead
5 3 (5.56%) Assistant Project Manager
5 3 (5.56%) Content Editor
5 3 (5.56%) Coordinator
5 3 (5.56%) Developer
5 3 (5.56%) Help Desk Administrator
6 2 (3.70%) Business Performance Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Calypso Developer
6 2 (3.70%) Computer Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (3.70%) Performance Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Project Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) HTML
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (3.70%) Spring
3 1 (1.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) Driving Licence
1 4 (7.41%) Mobile App
2 3 (5.56%) NHS
2 3 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.70%) Derivative
3 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.70%) Operational Technology
3 2 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.85%) Animation
4 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.70%) Linux
2 1 (1.85%) Windows
2 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (31.48%) Time Management
2 13 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (22.22%) Project Management
4 11 (20.37%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (18.52%) Customer Service
6 9 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (12.96%) Agile
8 5 (9.26%) Actionable Insight
8 5 (9.26%) Data Entry
8 5 (9.26%) Migration
8 5 (9.26%) Order Management
9 4 (7.41%) AI
9 4 (7.41%) Break/Fix
9 4 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (7.41%) ITIL
9 4 (7.41%) Knowledge Management
9 4 (7.41%) Service Delivery
10 3 (5.56%) Data Modelling
10 3 (5.56%) Facilities Management
10 3 (5.56%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.26%) SQL
2 2 (3.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (3.70%) Java
3 1 (1.85%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.85%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (5.56%) DBS Check
1 3 (5.56%) Degree
2 2 (3.70%) CCNP
2 2 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (3.70%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.70%) PMP
2 2 (3.70%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.85%) CCNA
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.11%) PMO
2 3 (5.56%) QA
3 2 (3.70%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.85%) P3O
4 1 (1.85%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) Ansible
2 1 (1.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.81%) HP
3 5 (9.26%) Oracle
4 4 (7.41%) Salesforce
4 4 (7.41%) SAP
5 3 (5.56%) Google
6 2 (3.70%) Calypso
6 2 (3.70%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.85%) Autodesk
7 1 (1.85%) Cisco
7 1 (1.85%) ConnectWise
7 1 (1.85%) F5
7 1 (1.85%) Juniper
7 1 (1.85%) Lotus
7 1 (1.85%) NetScout
7 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto