Commercial Awareness Contracts in England

Commercial Awareness
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Commercial Awareness skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Commercial Awareness over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 435 487 605
Rank change year-on-year +52 +118 -88
Contract jobs citing Commercial Awareness 107 166 178
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.33% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.36% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 85 100
10th Percentile £316 £418 £342
25th Percentile £469 £494 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +10.11%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £638
90th Percentile £738 £745 £750
UK median daily rate £625 £566 £550
% change year-on-year +10.38% +2.95% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £87.39 £46.25
Median hourly rate £26.73 £89.78 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.23% +89.00% +23.38%
75th Percentile - £92.16 £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £24.80 £89.78 £47.50
% change year-on-year -72.38% +89.00% +23.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Commercial Awareness is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,193 45,529 64,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.24% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,105 31,969 45,783
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,246 1,592 1,771
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £37.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +53.06% +2.08%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +49.20% -

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Commercial Awareness as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Commercial Awareness in England

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Commercial Awareness in England.

Daily rate trend for Commercial Awareness in England

Commercial Awareness
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Commercial Awareness in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Commercial Awareness in England

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Commercial Awareness in England.

Hourly rate trend for Commercial Awareness in England

Commercial Awareness
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Commercial Awareness within the England region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
London +67 38 £625 - 50
South West +36 35 £675 +36.36% 25
South East +3 19 £625 +13.54% 58
West Midlands +25 8 £590 - 20
Midlands +25 8 £590 - 29
North of England +7 4 £250 -56.80% 59
North West +2 3 £250 -53.81% 36
East of England +10 2 - - 18
Yorkshire +17 1 - - 18
Commercial Awareness
UK

Commercial Awareness
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.87%) Confluence
3 1 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.93%) IIS
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (23.36%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (22.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (22.43%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (22.43%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.87%) Simulink
4 1 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.93%) InDesign
4 1 (0.93%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (11.21%) Workday HCM
2 4 (3.74%) Shopify
3 2 (1.87%) Primavera
4 1 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.93%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.74%) BigCommerce
2 3 (2.80%) AWS
2 3 (2.80%) Azure
2 3 (2.80%) PaaS
2 3 (2.80%) SaaS
3 2 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.87%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.93%) GCP
4 1 (0.93%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.54%) SDH
1 7 (6.54%) WAN
2 4 (3.74%) Junos
3 3 (2.80%) PBX
3 3 (2.80%) VoIP
4 1 (0.93%) Firewall
4 1 (0.93%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.93%) Wireless
4 1 (0.93%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.80%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (24.30%) JIRA
2 10 (9.35%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.93%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.93%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.93%) Selenium
General
1 59 (55.14%) Finance
2 47 (43.93%) Social Skills
3 35 (32.71%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (27.10%) Presentation Skills
5 19 (17.76%) Telecoms
6 10 (9.35%) Public Sector
7 8 (7.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (6.54%) Aeronautics
8 7 (6.54%) Aerospace
9 6 (5.61%) Retail
10 5 (4.67%) Military
11 4 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (2.80%) Banking
12 3 (2.80%) Digital Economy
12 3 (2.80%) Legal
12 3 (2.80%) Marketing
13 2 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.87%) Local Government
14 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.93%) Police
Job Titles
1 30 (28.04%) Lead
2 24 (22.43%) Project Leader
3 18 (16.82%) Architect
4 16 (14.95%) Analyst
5 14 (13.08%) Solutions Architect
6 13 (12.15%) Consultant
6 13 (12.15%) Payroll Consultant
6 13 (12.15%) Workday Consultant
7 11 (10.28%) Senior
8 8 (7.48%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (6.54%) Business Analyst
10 4 (3.74%) Senior Business Analyst
10 4 (3.74%) Test Engineer
11 3 (2.80%) Business Architect
11 3 (2.80%) Business Requirements Analyst
11 3 (2.80%) IT Manager
11 3 (2.80%) Requirements Analyst
11 3 (2.80%) Senior Requirements Analyst
11 3 (2.80%) Technical Analyst
11 3 (2.80%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.74%) VML
2 2 (1.87%) Ajax
2 2 (1.87%) Node.js
3 1 (0.93%) .NET
3 1 (0.93%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.93%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.80%) Blackberry
2 3 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (2.80%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (1.87%) Algorithms
3 2 (1.87%) Derivative
3 2 (1.87%) Fixed Income
3 2 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.87%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.93%) CMDB
4 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.87%) Windows
2 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.93%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (54.21%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (38.32%) Project Management
3 38 (35.51%) Workshop Facilitation
4 34 (31.78%) Project Delivery
5 32 (29.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 31 (28.97%) Agile
7 27 (25.23%) Data Management
8 26 (24.30%) Project Planning
9 25 (23.36%) PRINCE2
10 24 (22.43%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 24 (22.43%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 17 (15.89%) Business Analysis
12 15 (14.02%) ERP
12 15 (14.02%) Human Resource Management
12 15 (14.02%) Line Management
13 13 (12.15%) People Management
13 13 (12.15%) Roadmaps
14 12 (11.21%) Decision-Making
15 11 (10.28%) Acceptance Criteria
15 11 (10.28%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.61%) Python
2 4 (3.74%) MATLAB
3 2 (1.87%) C++
4 1 (0.93%) Java
4 1 (0.93%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (43.93%) Security Cleared
2 33 (30.84%) DV Cleared
3 25 (23.36%) APMP
4 21 (19.63%) SC Cleared
5 19 (17.76%) Degree
6 7 (6.54%) CCNP
6 7 (6.54%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (6.54%) HND
6 7 (6.54%) TOGAF Certification
7 4 (3.74%) JNCIA
8 3 (2.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.87%) ACCA
9 2 (1.87%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.87%) PhD
10 1 (0.93%) CIMA
10 1 (0.93%) CISA
10 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.93%) CSPO
10 1 (0.93%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (25.23%) PMO
2 3 (2.80%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.80%) GDPR
3 2 (1.87%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.87%) GRC
4 1 (0.93%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.93%) IFRS
4 1 (0.93%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.93%) QA
4 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.93%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) Avamar
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.93%) SCOM
1 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (33.64%) Microsoft
2 13 (12.15%) Workday
3 12 (11.21%) Cisco
4 10 (9.35%) IBM
4 10 (9.35%) Juniper
4 10 (9.35%) Nokia
5 7 (6.54%) SAP
6 5 (4.67%) Adobe
6 5 (4.67%) VMware
7 4 (3.74%) Ciena
7 4 (3.74%) Google
7 4 (3.74%) Oracle
7 4 (3.74%) Palo Alto
7 4 (3.74%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.74%) Sitecore
8 3 (2.80%) Avaya
8 3 (2.80%) Dell
8 3 (2.80%) Ericsson
8 3 (2.80%) Intel
8 3 (2.80%) Ribbon