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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 431 459 603
Rank change year-on-year +28 +144 -94
Contract jobs citing Commercial Awareness 111 182 191
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.38% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.42% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 96 104
10th Percentile £313 £456 £375
25th Percentile £463 £498 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +11.11%
75th Percentile £694 £700 £638
90th Percentile £744 £772 £744
UK median daily rate £625 £595 £550
% change year-on-year +4.96% +8.26% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £27.11 - -
25th Percentile £27.68 - £10.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 - £10.50
75th Percentile - - £10.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £28.00 - £10.50
% change year-on-year - - -72.73%

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 31,636 42,957 64,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.67% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,638 30,177 45,793
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,325 1,518 1,713
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.41
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +61 41 £625 -1.19% 86
South West +37 39 £675 +36.36% 27
South East -5 19 £625 +4.17% 58
North of England +3 5 £300 -44.19% 44
Midlands +12 4 £800 - 49
West Midlands +8 4 £800 - 30
North West -1 4 £300 -35.14% 25
East of England +2 2 - - 14
Yorkshire +12 1 - - 17
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 4 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.70%) Confluence
3 1 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.90%) IIS
3 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (22.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 25 (22.52%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (21.62%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (21.62%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.80%) Simulink
4 1 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.90%) InDesign
4 1 (0.90%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (10.81%) Workday HCM
2 4 (3.60%) Shopify
3 1 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.90%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.60%) AWS
1 4 (3.60%) BigCommerce
1 4 (3.60%) PaaS
1 4 (3.60%) SaaS
2 3 (2.70%) Azure
3 2 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.80%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.90%) GCP
4 1 (0.90%) OCI
4 1 (0.90%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.31%) SDH
1 7 (6.31%) WAN
2 4 (3.60%) Junos
2 4 (3.60%) PBX
2 4 (3.60%) VoIP
3 1 (0.90%) Firewall
3 1 (0.90%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.90%) Wireless
3 1 (0.90%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.90%) Power BI
2 1 (0.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (24.32%) JIRA
2 10 (9.01%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.90%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.90%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.90%) Selenium
General
1 61 (54.95%) Finance
2 54 (48.65%) Social Skills
3 34 (30.63%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (27.03%) Presentation Skills
5 21 (18.92%) Telecoms
6 11 (9.91%) Public Sector
7 9 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (7.21%) Aerospace
9 7 (6.31%) Aeronautics
9 7 (6.31%) Retail
10 4 (3.60%) Banking
10 4 (3.60%) Marketing
10 4 (3.60%) Military
10 4 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.70%) Digital Economy
11 3 (2.70%) Legal
12 2 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.80%) Local Government
13 1 (0.90%) Back Office
13 1 (0.90%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (25.23%) Lead
2 24 (21.62%) Project Leader
3 18 (16.22%) Analyst
4 15 (13.51%) Architect
5 14 (12.61%) Senior
6 13 (11.71%) Consultant
6 13 (11.71%) Payroll Consultant
6 13 (11.71%) Workday Consultant
7 11 (9.91%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (8.11%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (7.21%) Business Analyst
10 5 (4.50%) Product Manager
10 5 (4.50%) Project Manager
10 5 (4.50%) Senior Business Analyst
11 4 (3.60%) Test Engineer
12 3 (2.70%) Business Architect
12 3 (2.70%) Requirements Analyst
12 3 (2.70%) Risk Analyst
12 3 (2.70%) Technical Analyst
12 3 (2.70%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.60%) VML
2 2 (1.80%) Ajax
2 2 (1.80%) Node.js
3 1 (0.90%) .NET
3 1 (0.90%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.90%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.60%) Blackberry
1 4 (3.60%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (2.70%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.80%) Derivative
3 2 (1.80%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.90%) CMDB
4 1 (0.90%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.80%) Windows
2 1 (0.90%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.90%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (55.86%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (36.94%) Project Management
3 38 (34.23%) Workshop Facilitation
4 36 (32.43%) Project Delivery
5 34 (30.63%) Agile
6 30 (27.03%) Project Planning
7 29 (26.13%) Stakeholder Management
8 27 (24.32%) PRINCE2
9 26 (23.42%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 25 (22.52%) Data Management
11 24 (21.62%) Creative Problem-Solving
12 19 (17.12%) ERP
13 17 (15.32%) Business Analysis
13 17 (15.32%) Roadmaps
14 15 (13.51%) Human Resource Management
14 15 (13.51%) Line Management
15 14 (12.61%) Decision-Making
16 13 (11.71%) People Management
17 11 (9.91%) Enterprise Architecture
17 11 (9.91%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.60%) Python
2 2 (1.80%) MATLAB
2 2 (1.80%) SQL
3 1 (0.90%) Java
3 1 (0.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 47 (42.34%) Security Cleared
2 34 (30.63%) DV Cleared
3 25 (22.52%) APMP
4 20 (18.02%) SC Cleared
5 16 (14.41%) Degree
6 8 (7.21%) CCNP
6 8 (7.21%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (6.31%) HND
7 7 (6.31%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (3.60%) JNCIA
8 4 (3.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.80%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.90%) ACCA
10 1 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.90%) CSPO
10 1 (0.90%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (26.13%) PMO
2 4 (3.60%) GDPR
3 3 (2.70%) GRC
4 2 (1.80%) Def Stans
4 2 (1.80%) QA
5 1 (0.90%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.90%) IFRS
5 1 (0.90%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.90%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (4.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.90%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 1 (0.90%) Avamar
1 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.90%) SCOM
1 1 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (31.53%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.71%) Cisco
2 13 (11.71%) Workday
3 11 (9.91%) Juniper
3 11 (9.91%) Nokia
4 10 (9.01%) IBM
5 8 (7.21%) SAP
6 6 (5.41%) VMware
7 5 (4.50%) Adobe
7 5 (4.50%) Palo Alto
8 4 (3.60%) Avaya
8 4 (3.60%) Ciena
8 4 (3.60%) Ericsson
8 4 (3.60%) Google
8 4 (3.60%) Ribbon
8 4 (3.60%) Salesforce
8 4 (3.60%) Sitecore
9 3 (2.70%) Dell
9 3 (2.70%) Intel
10 2 (1.80%) Oracle