Commercial Awareness Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Commercial Awareness
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Commercial Awareness skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 56 69
Rank change year-on-year -16 +13 +12
Contract jobs citing Commercial Awareness 3 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.36% 0.67% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.74% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £490 £269 £393
25th Percentile £550 £360 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% - -
75th Percentile £709 £538 £556
90th Percentile £745 - £568
West Midlands median daily rate £650 £514 £538
% change year-on-year +26.58% -4.47% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 725 538 641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 87.24% 90.12% 83.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 366 402
10th Percentile £263 £200 £240
25th Percentile £403 £394 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +13.51% -3.65%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £575
90th Percentile £665 £706 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 12 44
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £13.48
25th Percentile £16.08 £20.18 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.23 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.57% +6.05% +112.09%
75th Percentile £23.58 £53.19 £67.50
90th Percentile £29.07 £57.05 £68.38
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.46 £20.12 £23.00
% change year-on-year +6.66% -12.52% +29.94%

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Commercial Awareness job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Commercial Awareness
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Commercial Awareness
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Commercial Awareness in Birmingham over the 6 months to 15 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Commercial Awareness in Birmingham

Commercial Awareness
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Director
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Case
1 3 (100.00%) Emotional Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement