Commercial Awareness Contracts

Commercial Awareness
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 452 508 629
Rank change year-on-year +56 +121 -78
Contract jobs citing Commercial Awareness 115 187 219
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.33% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.37% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 98 129
10th Percentile £328 £447 £395
25th Percentile £450 £494 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £595 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.96% +8.26% +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £638
90th Percentile £741 £766 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £510 £475
% change year-on-year +22.55% +7.37% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £27.11 - -
25th Percentile £27.68 - £10.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 - £10.50
75th Percentile - - £10.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 - £10.50
% change year-on-year - - -72.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,764 50,288 79,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.53% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,622 34,810 55,795
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,524 1,667 1,882
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.99%

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Commercial Awareness in the UK

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Commercial Awareness in the UK

Commercial Awareness
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Commercial Awareness over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Commercial Awareness in the UK

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Commercial Awareness in the UK

Commercial Awareness
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 31 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 +32 111 £625 +4.17% 243
UK excluding London +7 72 £625 +22.55% 182
London +50 41 £625 -3.10% 68
South West +39 39 £675 +36.36% 33
Work from Home +99 34 £625 +11.61% 107
South East -3 19 £625 +4.17% 48
North of England 0 5 £300 -44.19% 45
West Midlands +9 4 £800 - 19
Midlands +9 4 £800 - 33
North West +2 4 £300 -35.14% 26
East of England +3 2 - - 15
Northern Ireland - 2 £481 - 1
Scotland +32 1 £525 +17.65% 11
Yorkshire +7 1 - - 16

Commercial Awareness
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 4 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.61%) Confluence
3 1 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.87%) IIS
3 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 26 (22.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (21.74%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (20.87%) Microsoft Project
3 24 (20.87%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.74%) Simulink
5 1 (0.87%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.87%) InDesign
5 1 (0.87%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (10.43%) Workday HCM
2 4 (3.48%) Shopify
3 1 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.87%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.48%) AWS
1 4 (3.48%) BigCommerce
1 4 (3.48%) PaaS
1 4 (3.48%) SaaS
2 3 (2.61%) Azure
3 2 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.74%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.74%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.87%) GCP
4 1 (0.87%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.09%) SDH
1 7 (6.09%) WAN
2 4 (3.48%) Junos
2 4 (3.48%) PBX
2 4 (3.48%) VoIP
3 1 (0.87%) Firewall
3 1 (0.87%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.87%) Wireless
3 1 (0.87%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.61%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.74%) Power BI
2 2 (1.74%) Tableau
3 1 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 27 (23.48%) JIRA
2 10 (8.70%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.87%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.87%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.87%) Selenium
General
1 64 (55.65%) Finance
2 57 (49.57%) Social Skills
3 37 (32.17%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (26.09%) Presentation Skills
5 21 (18.26%) Telecoms
6 12 (10.43%) Public Sector
7 9 (7.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (6.96%) Aerospace
9 7 (6.09%) Aeronautics
9 7 (6.09%) Retail
10 6 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (4.35%) Banking
12 4 (3.48%) Marketing
12 4 (3.48%) Military
13 3 (2.61%) Digital Economy
13 3 (2.61%) Legal
14 2 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (1.74%) Local Government
15 1 (0.87%) Games
15 1 (0.87%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (24.35%) Lead
2 24 (20.87%) Project Leader
3 20 (17.39%) Analyst
4 15 (13.04%) Architect
5 14 (12.17%) Senior
6 13 (11.30%) Consultant
6 13 (11.30%) Payroll Consultant
6 13 (11.30%) Workday Consultant
7 11 (9.57%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (7.83%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (6.96%) Business Analyst
10 5 (4.35%) Product Manager
10 5 (4.35%) Project Manager
10 5 (4.35%) Senior Business Analyst
11 4 (3.48%) Risk Analyst
11 4 (3.48%) Test Engineer
12 3 (2.61%) Business Architect
12 3 (2.61%) Requirements Analyst
12 3 (2.61%) Technical Analyst
12 3 (2.61%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.48%) VML
2 2 (1.74%) Ajax
2 2 (1.74%) Node.js
3 1 (0.87%) .NET
3 1 (0.87%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.87%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.48%) Blackberry
1 4 (3.48%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (2.61%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.74%) Derivative
3 2 (1.74%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.87%) CMDB
4 1 (0.87%) e-Health
4 1 (0.87%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.87%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.74%) Windows
2 1 (0.87%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.87%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (53.91%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (35.65%) Project Management
3 38 (33.04%) Workshop Facilitation
4 36 (31.30%) Project Delivery
5 34 (29.57%) Agile
6 30 (26.09%) Project Planning
7 29 (25.22%) Stakeholder Management
8 27 (23.48%) PRINCE2
9 26 (22.61%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 25 (21.74%) Data Management
11 24 (20.87%) Creative Problem-Solving
12 19 (16.52%) ERP
13 17 (14.78%) Business Analysis
13 17 (14.78%) Roadmaps
14 15 (13.04%) Human Resource Management
14 15 (13.04%) Line Management
15 14 (12.17%) Decision-Making
16 13 (11.30%) People Management
17 11 (9.57%) Enterprise Architecture
17 11 (9.57%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.48%) Python
2 3 (2.61%) SQL
3 2 (1.74%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.87%) Java
4 1 (0.87%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 47 (40.87%) Security Cleared
2 34 (29.57%) DV Cleared
3 25 (21.74%) APMP
4 20 (17.39%) SC Cleared
5 17 (14.78%) Degree
6 8 (6.96%) CCNP
6 8 (6.96%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (6.09%) HND
7 7 (6.09%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (3.48%) JNCIA
8 4 (3.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.74%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.87%) ACCA
10 1 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.87%) CSPO
10 1 (0.87%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.87%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (25.22%) PMO
2 4 (3.48%) GDPR
3 3 (2.61%) GRC
4 2 (1.74%) Def Stans
4 2 (1.74%) QA
5 1 (0.87%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.87%) IFRS
5 1 (0.87%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.87%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.87%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.87%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 1 (0.87%) Avamar
1 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.87%) SCOM
1 1 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.30%) Cisco
2 13 (11.30%) Workday
3 11 (9.57%) Juniper
3 11 (9.57%) Nokia
4 10 (8.70%) IBM
5 8 (6.96%) SAP
6 6 (5.22%) VMware
7 5 (4.35%) Adobe
7 5 (4.35%) Palo Alto
8 4 (3.48%) Avaya
8 4 (3.48%) Ciena
8 4 (3.48%) Ericsson
8 4 (3.48%) Google
8 4 (3.48%) Ribbon
8 4 (3.48%) Salesforce
8 4 (3.48%) Sitecore
9 3 (2.61%) Dell
9 3 (2.61%) Intel
10 2 (1.74%) Oracle