Commercial Awareness Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Commercial Awareness
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Commercial Awareness skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 90 120
Rank change year-on-year -7 +30 -22
Contract jobs citing Commercial Awareness 12 10 5
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.81% 0.69% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.76% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile £370 - £184
25th Percentile £484 - £224
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £295
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.18%
75th Percentile £750 - £362
90th Percentile - - £400
South East median daily rate £675 - £469
% change year-on-year - - -10.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Commercial Awareness falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,298 1,319 1,553
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 87.11% 91.09% 91.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 881 736 942
10th Percentile £300 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £412 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £534 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% +6.75% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £518
% change year-on-year -2.06% -1.45% +1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 37 68
10th Percentile £14.75 £27.15 £28.50
25th Percentile £19.00 £42.50 £49.40
Median hourly rate £47.48 £61.50 £61.72
Median % change year-on-year -22.80% -0.36% +12.21%
75th Percentile £81.00 £64.73 £67.75
90th Percentile £97.50 £70.15 £77.20
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £47.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -52.38% -14.10% +37.50%

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Commercial Awareness relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Commercial Awareness job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Commercial Awareness
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Commercial Awareness.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Commercial Awareness

Commercial Awareness
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Commercial Awareness in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Commercial Awareness in Berkshire

Commercial Awareness
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Commercial Awareness.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Commercial Awareness

Commercial Awareness
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Wokingham - 6 £492 - 1
Reading +6 4 £750 - 7
Slough - 1 £225 - 21
Commercial Awareness
South East

Commercial Awareness
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) AWS
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) Firewall
2 6 (50.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Burp Suite
1 6 (50.00%) Metasploit
General
1 11 (91.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Advertising
3 1 (8.33%) Law
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Penetration Tester
1 6 (50.00%) Tester
2 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Product Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Security Product Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Designer
4 1 (8.33%) HR Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Product Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Security Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Product Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Service Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Telecoms Designer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) Business Development
2 6 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 6 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (50.00%) Information Security
2 6 (50.00%) Line Management
2 6 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 6 (50.00%) Security Management
3 3 (25.00%) Digital Innovation
3 3 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (25.00%) Product Strategy
3 3 (25.00%) Product Vision
3 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Experience
4 1 (8.33%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
4 1 (8.33%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Degree
2 6 (50.00%) CHECK Team Member
2 6 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 6 (50.00%) Cyber Scheme
2 6 (50.00%) Postgraduate
2 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) GDPR
1 6 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (50.00%) PCI DSS
1 6 (50.00%) PMO
1 6 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (25.00%) Palo Alto