Commercial Awareness Contracts in the West Midlands

Commercial Awareness
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 128 155
Rank change year-on-year +27 +27 -45
Contract jobs citing Commercial Awareness 8 11 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.42% 0.46% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.52% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 11
10th Percentile £419 - £325
25th Percentile £444 - £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.99%
75th Percentile £850 - £520
90th Percentile £865 - £653
England median daily rate £625 £595 £550
% change year-on-year +4.96% +8.26% +10.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,617 2,107 3,207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.00% 88.53% 90.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 1,446 2,363
10th Percentile £275 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £406 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% +17.47%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £694 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 45 71
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.81
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +4.24% +1.07%
75th Percentile £41.13 £23.75 £19.86
90th Percentile £57.75 £51.25 £22.25
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Commercial Awareness in the West Midlands

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Commercial Awareness in the West Midlands

Commercial Awareness
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Commercial Awareness in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Commercial Awareness in the West Midlands

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Commercial Awareness in the West Midlands

Commercial Awareness
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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
Warwickshire - 5 £800 - 3
Worcestershire - 2 £590 - 3
Birmingham +6 1 £375 - 8
Commercial Awareness
England

Commercial Awareness
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Primavera
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) SDH
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Aeronautics
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Head of Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Head of IT
1 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Application Development Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Development Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Data Scientist
2 1 (12.50%) Development Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Head of IT Services
2 1 (12.50%) Head of Programmes
2 1 (12.50%) IT Development Manager
2 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
2 1 (12.50%) IT Programme Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Research Scientist
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (25.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Thinking
1 3 (37.50%) Budget Management
1 3 (37.50%) Business Strategy
1 3 (37.50%) Coaching
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (37.50%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (25.00%) Analytics
2 2 (25.00%) Data Management
2 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (25.00%) Physics
2 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (25.00%) Virtual Team Management
3 1 (12.50%) BPMN
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C++
1 2 (25.00%) MATLAB
1 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) Juniper
2 1 (12.50%) Nokia