Commercial Awareness
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Commercial Awareness skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 427 278 616
Rank change year-on-year -149 +338 -106
Permanent jobs citing Commercial Awareness 554 1,365 770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 1.30% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 1.36% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 214 286 361
10th Percentile £32,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,579 £45,639 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £74,375 £87,419 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Commercial Awareness in the UK

Commercial Awareness
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Commercial Awareness over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Commercial Awareness in the UK

Commercial Awareness
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Commercial Awareness within the UK 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -168 454 £52,500 -19.23% 243
UK excluding London -169 434 £50,000 - 204
Work from Home -107 282 £55,000 -26.67% 100
South East -38 114 £50,000 +0.05% 54
North of England -144 110 £43,461 -33.14% 62
North West -19 66 £50,000 +7.17% 39
Midlands -74 64 £55,000 +4.76% 27
London -43 61 £86,600 +21.54% 50
East of England -36 60 £55,000 +37.50% 23
West Midlands -18 40 £53,750 -17.31% 19
Yorkshire -95 39 £31,500 -51.54% 18
South West -17 38 £43,000 -7.03% 26
Scotland -63 27 - - 16
East Midlands -64 24 £70,000 +48.94% 8
Northern Ireland +37 13 - - 5
Wales +5 8 - - 2
North East -27 5 £37,500 -61.54% 6

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 9 (1.62%) Office Communications Server
2 6 (1.08%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 59 (10.65%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.08%) Trello
6 3 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.54%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.54%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.36%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.36%) Avid Media Composer
7 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.18%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 10 (1.81%) Infor SunSystems
1 10 (1.81%) iTrent
2 4 (0.72%) MIS ActiveH
3 2 (0.36%) Primavera
4 1 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 35 (6.32%) Azure
2 23 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (3.79%) AWS
4 15 (2.71%) Power Platform
4 15 (2.71%) SaaS
5 7 (1.26%) Google Docs
5 7 (1.26%) Mimecast
6 6 (1.08%) Amazon S3
6 6 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (1.08%) Serverless
7 4 (0.72%) Entra ID
7 4 (0.72%) GitHub
8 3 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.36%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.36%) PaaS
10 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.18%) BrowserStack
10 1 (0.18%) GCP
10 1 (0.18%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.17%) Internet
2 11 (1.99%) Firewall
3 10 (1.81%) VoIP
4 9 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (1.44%) Network Security
5 8 (1.44%) Unified Communications
5 8 (1.44%) VPN
6 7 (1.26%) LAN
6 7 (1.26%) WAN
7 6 (1.08%) HTTP
7 6 (1.08%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.72%) Wireless
9 3 (0.54%) BGP
9 3 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (0.54%) EIGRP
9 3 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.54%) MPLS
9 3 (0.54%) OSPF
9 3 (0.54%) PBX
9 3 (0.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.81%) BusinessObjects
2 8 (1.44%) Power BI
3 7 (1.26%) Geospatial Data
3 7 (1.26%) GIS
4 5 (0.90%) Tableau
5 4 (0.72%) MySQL
6 3 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.54%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.36%) Looker
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (3.97%) JIRA
2 4 (0.72%) ESLint
2 4 (0.72%) IntelliJ
3 3 (0.54%) Git
4 2 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.18%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.18%) Postman
5 1 (0.18%) Selenium
General
1 299 (53.97%) Social Skills
2 151 (27.26%) Finance
3 67 (12.09%) Marketing
4 58 (10.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (9.21%) Legal
6 45 (8.12%) Presentation Skills
7 43 (7.76%) Manufacturing
8 34 (6.14%) Organisational Skills
8 34 (6.14%) Telecoms
9 31 (5.60%) Automotive
9 31 (5.60%) Retail
10 28 (5.05%) Aviation
11 26 (4.69%) Public Sector
12 21 (3.79%) Aerospace
13 20 (3.61%) Billing
14 12 (2.17%) Games
14 12 (2.17%) Law
15 11 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 155 (27.98%) Architect
2 131 (23.65%) Solutions Architect
3 121 (21.84%) Presales Solution Architect
4 63 (11.37%) Project Manager
5 34 (6.14%) Graduate
5 34 (6.14%) Senior
6 31 (5.60%) Consultant
7 28 (5.05%) Developer
8 25 (4.51%) Lead
9 23 (4.15%) Support Engineer
9 23 (4.15%) Technical Engineer
9 23 (4.15%) Technical Support
9 23 (4.15%) Technical Support Engineer
10 21 (3.79%) Senior Manager
11 19 (3.43%) Analyst
12 17 (3.07%) ServiceNow Architect
13 15 (2.71%) Linux Consultant
14 14 (2.53%) Senior Project Manager
15 13 (2.35%) Team Leader
16 12 (2.17%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.53%) REST
2 8 (1.44%) .NET
3 7 (1.26%) JSON
3 7 (1.26%) Laravel
4 6 (1.08%) CSS
4 6 (1.08%) HTML
4 6 (1.08%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (0.72%) ADO
5 4 (0.72%) Jest
5 4 (0.72%) React
5 4 (0.72%) Redux
6 3 (0.54%) RESTful
7 2 (0.36%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.36%) Leaflet
8 1 (0.18%) D3.js
8 1 (0.18%) EDI
8 1 (0.18%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.86%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (5.05%) IoT
3 25 (4.51%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.43%) Client/Server
5 18 (3.25%) Blog
5 18 (3.25%) Raspberry Pi
6 17 (3.07%) Driving Licence
7 16 (2.89%) Product Ownership
8 15 (2.71%) Social Media
9 14 (2.53%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.44%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.26%) e-Health
11 7 (1.26%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.08%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.08%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (0.90%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.90%) Housing Association
13 5 (0.90%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.90%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.79%) Linux
2 18 (3.25%) Android
2 18 (3.25%) Apple iOS
3 15 (2.71%) Windows
4 10 (1.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (44.58%) Problem-Solving
2 140 (25.27%) Presales
3 126 (22.74%) Business Case
4 124 (22.38%) IT Strategy
5 121 (21.84%) Contract Negotiation
6 118 (21.30%) Analytics
7 116 (20.94%) Technology Strategy
7 116 (20.94%) Thought Leadership
8 115 (20.76%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 107 (19.31%) Data Analytics
10 104 (18.77%) Actionable Insight
11 97 (17.51%) Coaching
12 95 (17.15%) Project Management
13 90 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
14 87 (15.70%) Agile
15 85 (15.34%) Customer Service
16 61 (11.01%) Business Development
17 57 (10.29%) Decision-Making
18 54 (9.75%) Project Delivery
19 51 (9.21%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 17 (3.07%) C
2 12 (2.17%) SQL
3 11 (1.99%) JavaScript
4 9 (1.62%) C++
5 8 (1.44%) Python
6 7 (1.26%) PHP
7 6 (1.08%) Apex Code
7 6 (1.08%) VB
7 6 (1.08%) VB6
8 2 (0.36%) C#
8 2 (0.36%) Java
8 2 (0.36%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.36%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.18%) Bash
Qualifications
1 146 (26.35%) Security Cleared
2 130 (23.47%) SC Cleared
3 108 (19.49%) Degree
4 24 (4.33%) HNC
5 22 (3.97%) ACCA
6 20 (3.61%) HND
7 10 (1.81%) Numerate Degree
8 8 (1.44%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.44%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.44%) RIBA
9 7 (1.26%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.08%) CCNP
10 6 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.90%) MRICS
12 4 (0.72%) CIMA
12 4 (0.72%) CISM
12 4 (0.72%) CISSP
12 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.54%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.14%) SLA
2 20 (3.61%) QA
3 11 (1.99%) PMO
4 9 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (1.44%) GDPR
6 6 (1.08%) ISO 9001
6 6 (1.08%) NEBOSH
7 5 (0.90%) GRC
8 4 (0.72%) IFRS
8 4 (0.72%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.54%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.36%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 2 (0.36%) NIST
11 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.18%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (0.54%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.18%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.18%) SCCM
2 1 (0.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 85 (15.34%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.79%) Salesforce
2 21 (3.79%) ServiceNow
3 19 (3.43%) Cisco
4 18 (3.25%) CA
5 13 (2.35%) Meraki
5 13 (2.35%) SAP
6 12 (2.17%) Google
7 10 (1.81%) Infor
8 6 (1.08%) Adobe
8 6 (1.08%) Juniper
9 5 (0.90%) Dell
9 5 (0.90%) Genesys
9 5 (0.90%) Openreach
9 5 (0.90%) Thales
9 5 (0.90%) YouTube
10 4 (0.72%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.54%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.54%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.54%) SolarWinds