Commercial Awareness Contracts in the South East

Commercial Awareness
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 180 186 251
Rank change year-on-year +6 +65 -47
Contract jobs citing Commercial Awareness 19 29 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.34% 0.50% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.56% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 18 6
10th Percentile £353 £460 £107
25th Percentile £562 £461 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £325
Median % change year-on-year +13.54% +69.37% -41.65%
75th Percentile £678 £700 £444
90th Percentile £800 £769 £513
England median daily rate £625 £600 £550
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £26.73 - -
England median hourly rate £26.73 £89.78 £47.50
% change year-on-year -70.23% +89.00% +23.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,700 5,144 6,975
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.72% 89.27% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,750 3,583 4,716
10th Percentile £250 £250 £229
25th Percentile £400 £403 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £594
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 220 289
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.20 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.21 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +127.27% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.72 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £62.37
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.77 £24.35
% change year-on-year -1.19% +51.01% +1.46%

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Commercial Awareness as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Commercial Awareness in the South East

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Commercial Awareness in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Commercial Awareness in the South East

Commercial Awareness
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Commercial Awareness in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Commercial Awareness in the South East

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Commercial Awareness in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Commercial Awareness in the South East

Commercial Awareness
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Thames Valley -4 10 £220 -56.86% 27
Berkshire -7 8 - - 8
Hampshire +5 7 £625 -15.25% 12
Buckinghamshire +22 2 £220 -52.17% 8
Surrey - 1 - - 8
Sussex - 1 £410 -
Commercial Awareness
England

Commercial Awareness
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (10.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) SDH
1 1 (5.26%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
1 9 (47.37%) Telecoms
2 5 (26.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Military
4 2 (10.53%) Finance
5 1 (5.26%) Aeronautics
5 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.26%) Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Local Government
5 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Analyst
2 7 (36.84%) Senior
2 7 (36.84%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Test Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Business Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Business Requirements Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Requirements Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Senior Business Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Senior Requirements Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Integration Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) IT Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Principal Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Principal Test Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Test and Integration Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Business Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Coordinator
6 1 (5.26%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (47.37%) Project Management
3 8 (42.11%) Collaborative Working
3 8 (42.11%) Infrastructure Management
3 8 (42.11%) Portfolio Management
4 7 (36.84%) Acceptance Criteria
4 7 (36.84%) Business Analysis
4 7 (36.84%) Critical Thinking
4 7 (36.84%) Customer-Centricity
4 7 (36.84%) User Stories
5 5 (26.32%) Business Strategy
6 4 (21.05%) End-to-End Testing
6 4 (21.05%) Integration Testing
6 4 (21.05%) System Integration Testing
6 4 (21.05%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (21.05%) Validation
7 2 (10.53%) Agile
7 2 (10.53%) Change Management
7 2 (10.53%) System Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) MATLAB
1 2 (10.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 5 (26.32%) Degree
2 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) ISTQB
4 1 (5.26%) APMP
4 1 (5.26%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Def Stans
1 2 (10.53%) PMO
2 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Cisco
1 1 (5.26%) IBM
1 1 (5.26%) Juniper
1 1 (5.26%) Nokia