Organisational Skills Job Trends

Organisational Skills
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Organisational Skills in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Organisational Skills over the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 106 124
Rank change year-on-year +22 +18 +24
Permanent jobs citing Organisational Skills 2,168 1,434 1,722
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.04% 2.88% 2.06%
As % of the General category 4.38% 4.17% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,467 819 997
10th Percentile £26,216 £25,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £36,000 £41,774
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -13.82% -8.39%
75th Percentile £51,313 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £69,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £34,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +10.29% -9.33% -11.76%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 49,504 34,428 47,918
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.69% 69.15% 57.36%
Number of salaries quoted 30,353 18,022 28,433
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £39,818 £35,000 £39,573
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%

Organisational Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Organisational Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Organisational Skills job vacancy trend in the UK

Organisational Skills
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Organisational Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Organisational Skills

Organisational Skills
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Organisational Skills over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Organisational Skills in the UK

Organisational Skills
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Organisational Skills within the UK over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +25 1,933 £37,500 +2.43% 1,812
UK excluding London +28 1,606 £37,500 +10.29% 1,468
Work from Home +34 743 £40,000 +9.26% 620
London +22 447 £42,500 -19.05% 559
South East +8 410 £39,000 +11.43% 440
North of England +13 379 £37,501 +10.30% 356
Midlands +52 304 £37,500 +20.97% 252
East of England +33 208 £34,000 +15.25% 150
South West +2 208 £35,000 +7.69% 160
North West +19 191 £38,000 -5.00% 182
West Midlands +42 170 £45,000 +1.03% 136
Yorkshire +9 146 £38,772 +46.31% 123
East Midlands +16 131 £32,500 +10.17% 115
Scotland +9 50 £33,000 +1.54% 70
Wales -22 50 £28,500 -20.83% 44
North East -37 42 £30,000 -25.00% 56
Northern Ireland -46 31 - - 22
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1

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
1 121 (5.58%) SharePoint
2 69 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 42 (1.94%) CMS
4 26 (1.20%) Confluence
5 23 (1.06%) WordPress
6 14 (0.65%) Apache
7 6 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
7 6 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
7 6 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
7 6 (0.28%) JBoss
8 5 (0.23%) nginx
8 5 (0.23%) Totara
9 4 (0.18%) OpenEdge
10 3 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.092%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.092%) Drupal
11 2 (0.092%) Gentran
11 2 (0.092%) IIS
11 2 (0.092%) Moodle
12 1 (0.046%) WebLogic
Applications
1 356 (16.42%) Microsoft Office
2 295 (13.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 74 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
6 22 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 15 (0.69%) InDesign
8 14 (0.65%) Photoshop
9 12 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
10 9 (0.42%) Adobe After Effects
10 9 (0.42%) AutoCAD
11 8 (0.37%) Trello
12 6 (0.28%) Revit
13 5 (0.23%) CorelDRAW
14 3 (0.14%) Acrobat
14 3 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
14 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
14 3 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
15 2 (0.092%) MS Visio
15 2 (0.092%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 40 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (1.06%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.51%) Shopify
4 8 (0.37%) Fidessa
4 8 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.23%) SAP EHS
5 5 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 4 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.14%) BambooHR
7 3 (0.14%) SAP CRM
7 3 (0.14%) Temenos T24
8 2 (0.092%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.092%) Eloqua
8 2 (0.092%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.092%) Odoo
8 2 (0.092%) Sage 50
8 2 (0.092%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.092%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.092%) SystmOne
9 1 (0.046%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 246 (11.35%) Microsoft 365
2 133 (6.13%) Azure
3 129 (5.95%) SaaS
4 126 (5.81%) Power Platform
5 60 (2.77%) AWS
6 29 (1.34%) Google Analytics
7 27 (1.25%) Entra ID
8 25 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
10 20 (0.92%) OneDrive
11 19 (0.88%) PowerApps
12 17 (0.78%) Canva
13 14 (0.65%) Asana
13 14 (0.65%) Google Workspace
14 13 (0.60%) Figma
15 12 (0.55%) GCP
16 11 (0.51%) Power Automate
17 10 (0.46%) ChatGPT
18 9 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 9 (0.42%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 67 (3.09%) Firewall
2 60 (2.77%) DNS
3 41 (1.89%) TCP/IP
4 39 (1.80%) DHCP
5 35 (1.61%) VPN
5 35 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
5 35 (1.61%) Wireless
6 31 (1.43%) WAN
7 28 (1.29%) LAN
8 27 (1.25%) VLAN
9 24 (1.11%) VoIP
10 21 (0.97%) Network Security
11 19 (0.88%) Internet
11 19 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
12 16 (0.74%) Broadband
13 15 (0.69%) SSL
14 11 (0.51%) Intranet
14 11 (0.51%) Modbus
14 11 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
15 10 (0.46%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (5.40%) Power BI
2 38 (1.75%) SQL Server
3 22 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (0.55%) MySQL
5 9 (0.42%) Power Query
5 9 (0.42%) Tableau
6 7 (0.32%) Big Data
6 7 (0.32%) Metadata
7 6 (0.28%) MongoDB
7 6 (0.28%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.14%) Spatial Data
9 3 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.092%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.092%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.092%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.092%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.092%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 64 (2.95%) JIRA
2 28 (1.29%) Git
3 12 (0.55%) LabVIEW
4 6 (0.28%) Bitbucket
4 6 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (0.18%) Subversion
6 3 (0.14%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.14%) Metasploit
6 3 (0.14%) Postman
6 3 (0.14%) Selenium
6 3 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.092%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.092%) JUnit
7 2 (0.092%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.092%) TestNG
7 2 (0.092%) Yeoman
8 1 (0.046%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.046%) Maven
8 1 (0.046%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.046%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,490 (68.73%) Social Skills
2 591 (27.26%) Finance
3 416 (19.19%) Analytical Skills
4 271 (12.50%) Marketing
5 230 (10.61%) Legal
6 143 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 139 (6.41%) Retail
8 108 (4.98%) Manufacturing
9 94 (4.34%) Public Sector
10 79 (3.64%) Telecoms
11 78 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
12 57 (2.63%) Law
13 48 (2.21%) Banking
14 47 (2.17%) Advertising
15 46 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
16 42 (1.94%) Billing
17 39 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
18 37 (1.71%) Electronics
19 30 (1.38%) Games
19 30 (1.38%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 186 (8.58%) Analyst
2 129 (5.95%) Administrator
3 127 (5.86%) IT Support
3 127 (5.86%) Senior
4 125 (5.77%) Lead
5 102 (4.70%) Consultant
6 86 (3.97%) Coordinator
7 84 (3.87%) Support Engineer
8 75 (3.46%) Account Manager
9 73 (3.37%) Project Manager
10 66 (3.04%) Business Manager
11 60 (2.77%) Development Manager
12 58 (2.68%) Support Analyst
13 56 (2.58%) Business Development Manager
13 56 (2.58%) Technical Support
14 54 (2.49%) IT Engineer
14 54 (2.49%) Support Technician
15 53 (2.44%) Recruitment Consultant
16 47 (2.17%) IT Manager
17 44 (2.03%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (1.94%) HTML
2 38 (1.75%) CSS
3 30 (1.38%) JSON
4 15 (0.69%) React
5 14 (0.65%) OAuth
6 11 (0.51%) XML
7 9 (0.42%) Node.js
8 8 (0.37%) FIX Protocol
8 8 (0.37%) OAuth2
8 8 (0.37%) OpenID
8 8 (0.37%) REST
9 7 (0.32%) EDI
9 7 (0.32%) SOAP
10 6 (0.28%) RESTful
11 5 (0.23%) .NET
11 5 (0.23%) CSS3
11 5 (0.23%) Django
11 5 (0.23%) HTML5
11 5 (0.23%) Spring
11 5 (0.23%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 290 (13.38%) Self-Motivation
2 206 (9.50%) Onboarding
3 150 (6.92%) Web Conferencing
4 147 (6.78%) Management Information System
5 126 (5.81%) Driving Licence
6 114 (5.26%) Virtual Team
7 112 (5.17%) Podcast
8 98 (4.52%) Social Media
9 40 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
10 35 (1.61%) Data Centre
11 32 (1.48%) EPoS
12 27 (1.25%) e-Learning
13 24 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
14 20 (0.92%) CMDB
14 20 (0.92%) Public Cloud
15 18 (0.83%) CCTV
15 18 (0.83%) NHS
16 16 (0.74%) Product Ownership
17 15 (0.69%) Fibre Optics
18 14 (0.65%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 192 (8.86%) Windows
2 70 (3.23%) Linux
3 63 (2.91%) Windows Server
4 21 (0.97%) Windows 10
5 19 (0.88%) Mac OS
6 18 (0.83%) Android
7 12 (0.55%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (0.42%) FreeRTOS
9 9 (0.42%) Windows 7
9 9 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.18%) CentOS
11 4 (0.18%) Unix
11 4 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.14%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.046%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.046%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.046%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 553 (25.51%) Problem-Solving
2 481 (22.19%) Continuous Improvement
3 466 (21.49%) Customer Service
4 372 (17.16%) CRM
5 281 (12.96%) Stakeholder Management
6 279 (12.87%) Project Management
7 237 (10.93%) Decision-Making
8 224 (10.33%) Time Management
9 198 (9.13%) AI
10 186 (8.58%) Collaborative Working
10 186 (8.58%) Project Delivery
11 183 (8.44%) Service Delivery
12 182 (8.39%) Agile
13 162 (7.47%) Process Improvement
14 161 (7.43%) Customer Experience
15 150 (6.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 143 (6.60%) Business Intelligence
17 136 (6.27%) ITIL
18 135 (6.23%) Business Development
19 134 (6.18%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 85 (3.92%) Python
2 82 (3.78%) SQL
3 50 (2.31%) JavaScript
4 33 (1.52%) PowerShell
5 24 (1.11%) Java
6 17 (0.78%) Bash
7 16 (0.74%) C++
8 13 (0.60%) C
8 13 (0.60%) C#
8 13 (0.60%) VBA
9 10 (0.46%) MATLAB
10 8 (0.37%) PHP
11 7 (0.32%) ABAP
11 7 (0.32%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.28%) Korn
12 6 (0.28%) R
13 4 (0.18%) Ada
13 4 (0.18%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.092%) Perl
14 2 (0.092%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 305 (14.07%) Degree
2 113 (5.21%) BPSS Clearance
3 104 (4.80%) Security Cleared
4 91 (4.20%) DBS Check
5 66 (3.04%) SC Cleared
6 39 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 36 (1.66%) Master's Degree
8 35 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (1.11%) HNC
10 22 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
11 21 (0.97%) ACCA
11 21 (0.97%) DV Cleared
12 19 (0.88%) PMI Certification
13 17 (0.78%) PMP
14 16 (0.74%) CIMA
14 16 (0.74%) CISSP
14 16 (0.74%) CRISC
14 16 (0.74%) PhD
15 15 (0.69%) CCNP
16 13 (0.60%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (4.20%) SLA
2 83 (3.83%) GDPR
3 75 (3.46%) Accessibility
4 73 (3.37%) QA
5 66 (3.04%) Data Quality
6 60 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 45 (2.08%) PMO
8 36 (1.66%) ISO 9001
9 26 (1.20%) NIST
10 22 (1.01%) GRC
11 15 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.55%) ISO 19650
13 8 (0.37%) GMP
13 8 (0.37%) IFRS
13 8 (0.37%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.32%) Def Stans
15 6 (0.28%) ISO 22301
15 6 (0.28%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 103 (4.75%) Active Directory
2 34 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (1.01%) Docker
4 16 (0.74%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.55%) Firmware
5 12 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (0.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 4 (0.18%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.18%) XenApp
9 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.092%) DFS Replication
10 2 (0.092%) Samba
11 1 (0.046%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.046%) IAG
11 1 (0.046%) KVM
11 1 (0.046%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 43 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (1.06%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.60%) Ansible
3 13 (0.60%) FortiGate
4 12 (0.55%) Terraform
5 8 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.32%) Autotask
7 6 (0.28%) Packer
8 5 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.23%) Nagios
8 5 (0.23%) SCCM
9 4 (0.18%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.18%) ServiceCenter
10 3 (0.14%) Nessus
10 3 (0.14%) Nmap
10 3 (0.14%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.092%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.092%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.092%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 674 (31.09%) Microsoft
2 82 (3.78%) Cisco
3 68 (3.14%) Google
4 60 (2.77%) Salesforce
5 57 (2.63%) SAP
6 50 (2.31%) HubSpot
7 41 (1.89%) Adobe
8 38 (1.75%) ServiceNow
9 37 (1.71%) VMware
10 35 (1.61%) Oracle
11 27 (1.25%) Dell
12 22 (1.01%) Sage
13 20 (0.92%) HP
14 18 (0.83%) Apple
14 18 (0.83%) Palo Alto
15 17 (0.78%) Xero
16 15 (0.69%) Atlassian
16 15 (0.69%) F5
16 15 (0.69%) Red Hat
17 14 (0.65%) SonicWALL