Organisational Skills Contracts

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 have cited Organisational Skills over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 193 236
Rank change year-on-year +58 +43 -1
Contract jobs citing Organisational Skills 733 792 1,107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.72% 1.39% 1.27%
As % of the General category 2.97% 2.37% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 540 677
10th Percentile £163 £200 £204
25th Percentile £250 £312 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -5.26% +20.94%
75th Percentile £534 £575 £581
90th Percentile £613 £676 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £403 £425
% change year-on-year +1.86% -5.29% +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 45 141
10th Percentile £11.77 £13.21 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.97 £14.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £18.35 £22.90 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.87% -16.73% +46.47%
75th Percentile £38.12 £50.42 £48.75
90th Percentile - £58.01 £55.84
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.07 £22.69 £25.25
% change year-on-year -20.38% -10.14% +34.49%

All General Skills
UK

Organisational Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,707 33,460 49,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.06% 58.60% 56.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,592 23,193 34,217
10th Percentile £275 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,917 1,020 1,414
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.46 £17.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.60 £22.45
Median % change year-on-year -10.72% +49.68% -0.22%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.43
90th Percentile £66.25 £72.55 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £29.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -2.59% +52.63% -4.76%

Organisational Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Organisational Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Organisational Skills in the UK

Organisational Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Organisational Skills.

Daily rate trend for Organisational Skills in the UK

Organisational Skills
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Organisational Skills over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Organisational Skills in the UK

Organisational Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Organisational Skills.

Hourly rate trend for Organisational Skills in the UK

Organisational Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Organisational Skills over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Organisational Skills in the UK

Organisational Skills
Top 17 Contract 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 May 2024. 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 +54 604 £450 -5.26% 1,224
UK excluding London +61 493 £410 +1.86% 1,035
Work from Home +65 244 £450 -4.00% 343
London +21 204 £450 -12.20% 273
South East +30 123 £215 -52.22% 224
East of England +47 91 £425 -15.00% 128
Scotland +44 84 £375 - 75
North of England +25 75 £393 -10.29% 263
South West +20 54 £475 +13.77% 141
Midlands +39 51 £400 +6.67% 193
North West +13 41 £350 -22.22% 143
West Midlands +23 33 £475 +26.67% 104
Yorkshire +25 24 £375 -14.29% 91
East Midlands +17 17 £400 +14.29% 89
Northern Ireland +15 11 £435 +24.29% 14
North East +17 10 £500 +25.00% 38
Wales +22 6 £145 -52.26% 40

Organisational Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 56 (7.64%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.14%) Confluence
3 18 (2.46%) SharePoint Server
4 8 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.82%) CMS
6 5 (0.68%) CICS
7 4 (0.55%) SAS
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 131 (17.87%) Microsoft Office
2 118 (16.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 66 (9.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.32%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (2.18%) Photoshop
6 12 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (1.09%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.95%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.41%) InDesign
11 2 (0.27%) Adobe Captivate
11 2 (0.27%) PTC Creo
11 2 (0.27%) Windchill
12 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.36%) Teamcenter
2 8 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.95%) Shopify
4 6 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.41%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.41%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.41%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.27%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.27%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.27%) Unica
7 1 (0.14%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.14%) PeopleSoft HRMS
7 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 69 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (4.91%) Azure
3 17 (2.32%) Azure Stack
4 13 (1.77%) AWS
4 13 (1.77%) Power Platform
5 10 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (1.09%) Canva
7 8 (1.09%) Slack
7 8 (1.09%) Yammer
8 7 (0.95%) BigCommerce
9 4 (0.55%) OCI
9 4 (0.55%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 3 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.41%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.41%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 2 (0.27%) GCP
11 2 (0.27%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (4.64%) Firewall
2 22 (3.00%) LAN
3 21 (2.86%) BGP
4 13 (1.77%) VPN
5 12 (1.64%) Wireless
6 11 (1.50%) Intranet
7 10 (1.36%) Cisco ASA
8 9 (1.23%) Structured Cabling
9 8 (1.09%) Internet
10 7 (0.95%) Cisco ISE
10 7 (0.95%) Network Security
10 7 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.82%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.68%) VoIP
13 4 (0.55%) Broadband
13 4 (0.55%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (0.55%) MPLS
13 4 (0.55%) NX-OS
13 4 (0.55%) WAN
14 3 (0.41%) Unicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.77%) Power BI
2 8 (1.09%) Oracle Database
2 8 (1.09%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (0.82%) DB2
4 6 (0.82%) Tableau
5 5 (0.68%) OLTP
6 4 (0.55%) SAP HANA
7 3 (0.41%) Oracle Database 10g
7 3 (0.41%) Oracle Database 11g
7 3 (0.41%) Oracle Discoverer
7 3 (0.41%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.27%) EDMS
8 2 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.27%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.27%) MySQL
9 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.14%) Big Data
9 1 (0.14%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 37 (5.05%) JIRA
2 6 (0.82%) Git
3 5 (0.68%) RStudio
4 4 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.27%) GitLab
6 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.14%) Subversion
6 1 (0.14%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 445 (60.71%) Social Skills
2 187 (25.51%) Finance
3 137 (18.69%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (14.05%) Presentation Skills
5 85 (11.60%) Influencing Skills
6 68 (9.28%) Public Sector
7 40 (5.46%) Legal
8 33 (4.50%) Marketing
9 32 (4.37%) Banking
9 32 (4.37%) Retail
10 23 (3.14%) Telecoms
11 18 (2.46%) Manufacturing
12 15 (2.05%) Mandarin Language
12 15 (2.05%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.23%) Advertising
14 8 (1.09%) Aerospace
14 8 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.09%) Publishing
15 7 (0.95%) Electronics
15 7 (0.95%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 110 (15.01%) Analyst
2 75 (10.23%) Project Manager
3 53 (7.23%) Administrator
4 48 (6.55%) Senior
5 39 (5.32%) Support Engineer
6 37 (5.05%) Lead
7 32 (4.37%) Desktop Support
8 28 (3.82%) Desktop Engineer
9 27 (3.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 26 (3.55%) Coordinator
11 20 (2.73%) Business Analyst
12 17 (2.32%) Consultant
12 17 (2.32%) Hardware Engineer
12 17 (2.32%) Windows Engineer
13 15 (2.05%) Architect
13 15 (2.05%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
14 14 (1.91%) Service Analyst
15 13 (1.77%) Senior Manager
16 12 (1.64%) IT Manager
16 12 (1.64%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.95%) VML
2 6 (0.82%) XML
3 5 (0.68%) HTML
4 4 (0.55%) CSS
5 3 (0.41%) IDoc
6 2 (0.27%) .NET
6 2 (0.27%) LDAP
6 2 (0.27%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (0.27%) Spring
6 2 (0.27%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.14%) Ajax
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Camel
7 1 (0.14%) EDI
7 1 (0.14%) Flash
7 1 (0.14%) FpML
7 1 (0.14%) JAXB
7 1 (0.14%) jQuery
7 1 (0.14%) POSIX
7 1 (0.14%) XML Schema
7 1 (0.14%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.14%) Driving Licence
1 45 (6.14%) Self-Motivation
2 34 (4.64%) Management Information System
3 18 (2.46%) Data Centre
3 18 (2.46%) Private Cloud
4 14 (1.91%) Onboarding
5 12 (1.64%) Video Editing
6 11 (1.50%) PMI
6 11 (1.50%) Virtual Team
7 10 (1.36%) NHS
8 9 (1.23%) Mainframe
8 9 (1.23%) Product Ownership
8 9 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.09%) Blog
10 7 (0.95%) CCTV
10 7 (0.95%) Digital Media
10 7 (0.95%) Photography
10 7 (0.95%) Replication
11 6 (0.82%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 134 (18.28%) Windows
2 75 (10.23%) Windows 10
3 35 (4.77%) Windows 7
4 31 (4.23%) Apple iOS
5 16 (2.18%) Linux
6 14 (1.91%) Android
7 13 (1.77%) Unix
8 8 (1.09%) Mac OS
8 8 (1.09%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.68%) zOS
10 2 (0.27%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.14%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.14%) Solaris
11 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (29.33%) Project Management
2 175 (23.87%) Time Management
3 158 (21.56%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (14.60%) Agile
5 103 (14.05%) Decision-Making
6 97 (13.23%) Stakeholder Management
7 82 (11.19%) Customer Service
8 74 (10.10%) ITIL
9 58 (7.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 55 (7.50%) Business Strategy
11 54 (7.37%) Project Delivery
12 52 (7.09%) Risk Management
13 49 (6.68%) PRINCE2
14 47 (6.41%) Business Development
15 43 (5.87%) Collaborative Working
16 42 (5.73%) Migration
17 41 (5.59%) Change Management
18 33 (4.50%) Data Protection
18 33 (4.50%) Programme Management
19 32 (4.37%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (3.82%) Python
2 25 (3.41%) SQL
3 8 (1.09%) JavaScript
4 6 (0.82%) Java
4 6 (0.82%) Perl
4 6 (0.82%) PowerShell
5 5 (0.68%) COBOL
5 5 (0.68%) PL/SQL
5 5 (0.68%) REXX
6 3 (0.41%) R
7 1 (0.14%) C#
7 1 (0.14%) Dart
7 1 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.14%) Ruby
7 1 (0.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 133 (18.14%) Security Cleared
2 115 (15.69%) Degree
3 65 (8.87%) DV Cleared
4 63 (8.59%) SC Cleared
5 17 (2.32%) PMP
6 16 (2.18%) PMI Certification
7 11 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (1.36%) CISM
9 9 (1.23%) CCNP
10 8 (1.09%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.95%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.95%) HNC
11 7 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 6 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (0.82%) NVQ Level 3
13 3 (0.41%) APMG
13 3 (0.41%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.41%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (8.32%) PMO
2 31 (4.23%) SLA
3 23 (3.14%) GDPR
3 23 (3.14%) QA
4 19 (2.59%) Government Security Classifications
5 11 (1.50%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.23%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.95%) NIST
8 6 (0.82%) Disclosure Scotland
9 5 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.41%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.14%) GRC
12 1 (0.14%) GxP
12 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.14%) P3O
12 1 (0.14%) RMADS
System Software
1 51 (6.96%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.00%) Firmware
3 13 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.95%) VMware NSX
5 5 (0.68%) BitLocker
6 4 (0.55%) NFS
6 4 (0.55%) vSphere
7 3 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.27%) Docker
8 2 (0.27%) HDFS
8 2 (0.27%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.14%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.14%) GPFS
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 42 (5.73%) SCCM
2 8 (1.09%) VxRail
3 7 (0.95%) Nessus
3 7 (0.95%) SCOM
4 6 (0.82%) Ansible
5 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.68%) WSUS
6 4 (0.55%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.41%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.41%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 3 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (0.41%) Terraform
8 2 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.27%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.27%) Netcool
8 2 (0.27%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.14%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 203 (27.69%) Microsoft
2 63 (8.59%) SAP
3 34 (4.64%) HP
4 26 (3.55%) Apple
4 26 (3.55%) Oracle
5 21 (2.86%) ServiceNow
6 20 (2.73%) Atlassian
7 18 (2.46%) Adobe
7 18 (2.46%) Cisco
7 18 (2.46%) VMware
8 14 (1.91%) Dell
9 11 (1.50%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.09%) Citrix
10 8 (1.09%) ScienceLogic
11 7 (0.95%) Juniper
11 7 (0.95%) Palo Alto
11 7 (0.95%) Sitecore
12 6 (0.82%) Ariba
12 6 (0.82%) Google
13 5 (0.68%) Nokia