Commercial Awareness Contracts in England

Commercial Awareness
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Commercial Awareness skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Commercial Awareness over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 406 430 489
Rank change year-on-year +24 +59 +119
Contract jobs citing Commercial Awareness 62 107 166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.29% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.33% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 52 87
10th Percentile £325 £316 £459
25th Percentile £500 £469 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £624 £688 £700
90th Percentile £697 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £625 £573
% change year-on-year -16.00% +9.17% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £38.50 - -
25th Percentile £49.38 - £87.39
Median hourly rate £70.00 £26.73 £89.78
Median % change year-on-year +161.88% -70.23% +89.00%
75th Percentile £76.25 - £92.16
90th Percentile £78.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £24.80 £89.78
% change year-on-year +182.26% -72.38% +89.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,228 32,110 45,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.15% 86.56% 90.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,553 21,055 31,791
10th Percentile £309 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 924 2,255 1,587
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.95 £10.94
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Commercial Awareness in England

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Commercial Awareness in England

Commercial Awareness
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Commercial Awareness in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Commercial Awareness in England

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Commercial Awareness in England

Commercial Awareness
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Commercial Awareness in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Commercial Awareness in England

Commercial Awareness
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
South West +17 22 £550 -18.52% 26
London +24 17 £573 -8.32% 130
Midlands +19 9 £522 -11.46% 34
West Midlands +14 9 £522 -11.46% 23
North of England +14 7 £598 +139.00% 62
South East +21 4 £350 -44.00% 67
North West +11 4 £413 +65.00% 42
East of England +39 3 £675 - 17
Yorkshire +9 2 £598 - 10
North East - 1 £775 - 11
Commercial Awareness
UK

Commercial Awareness
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (3.23%) Confluence
2 1 (1.61%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (11.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.23%) Open Workbench
3 1 (1.61%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (1.61%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.61%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Shopify
2 1 (1.61%) Maximo
2 1 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (17.74%) PaaS
1 11 (17.74%) SaaS
2 5 (8.06%) Azure
3 3 (4.84%) BigCommerce
4 2 (3.23%) AWS
4 2 (3.23%) GitHub
4 2 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.23%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.61%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (19.35%) PBX
1 12 (19.35%) VoIP
2 3 (4.84%) 4G
2 3 (4.84%) 5G
3 2 (3.23%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.61%) DNS
4 1 (1.61%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) GIS
2 1 (1.61%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.61%) InterSystems Cache
2 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.84%) JIRA
General
1 29 (46.77%) Finance
2 25 (40.32%) Social Skills
3 12 (19.35%) Telecoms
4 11 (17.74%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (8.06%) Marketing
7 4 (6.45%) Banking
7 4 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (6.45%) Public Sector
7 4 (6.45%) Retail
8 3 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.23%) Advertising
9 2 (3.23%) Aviation
10 1 (1.61%) Billing
10 1 (1.61%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (1.61%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (16.13%) Project Manager
1 10 (16.13%) Senior
2 7 (11.29%) Business Analyst
3 6 (9.68%) Analyst
4 4 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (6.45%) Senior Business Analyst
5 3 (4.84%) Engagement Manager
5 3 (4.84%) Senior Manager
5 3 (4.84%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (3.23%) Asset Management Analyst
6 2 (3.23%) Asset Management Business Analyst
6 2 (3.23%) Bid Manager
6 2 (3.23%) Data Business Analyst
6 2 (3.23%) Head of Engineering
6 2 (3.23%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (3.23%) Network Manager
6 2 (3.23%) Network Services Manager
6 2 (3.23%) Product Owner
6 2 (3.23%) Python Developer
6 2 (3.23%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.84%) VML
2 2 (3.23%) .NET
2 2 (3.23%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.74%) Video Conferencing
2 10 (16.13%) Blackberry
3 3 (4.84%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.61%) CCTV
5 1 (1.61%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.61%) IoT
5 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.61%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (1.61%) PKI
5 1 (1.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (40.32%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (35.48%) Agile
3 21 (33.87%) Roadmaps
4 19 (30.65%) Project Management
4 19 (30.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (27.42%) Project Delivery
6 14 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (19.35%) Cost Reduction
7 12 (19.35%) Product Roadmap
7 12 (19.35%) Service Design
8 11 (17.74%) Customer Requirements
8 11 (17.74%) Migration
9 10 (16.13%) Impact Assessments
9 10 (16.13%) Root Cause Analysis
9 10 (16.13%) Validation
10 9 (14.52%) Thought Leadership
11 8 (12.90%) Business Case
11 8 (12.90%) Risk Management
12 7 (11.29%) Change Management
12 7 (11.29%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.84%) Python
2 2 (3.23%) C++
2 2 (3.23%) SQL
3 1 (1.61%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (38.71%) Security Cleared
2 20 (32.26%) SC Cleared
3 12 (19.35%) DV Cleared
4 10 (16.13%) CCNP
4 10 (16.13%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (16.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (9.68%) Degree
6 2 (3.23%) PMP
7 1 (1.61%) APMP
7 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.61%) CSPO
7 1 (1.61%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.61%) ISEB
7 1 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) PMO
2 2 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.23%) QA
3 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.61%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 10 (16.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.84%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.23%) Ansible
1 2 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (19.35%) Cisco
1 12 (19.35%) Ericsson
1 12 (19.35%) F5
1 12 (19.35%) Juniper
1 12 (19.35%) Nokia
1 12 (19.35%) Palo Alto
2 10 (16.13%) Avaya
2 10 (16.13%) Ribbon
2 10 (16.13%) VMware
3 7 (11.29%) Microsoft
4 4 (6.45%) SAP
5 3 (4.84%) Adobe
5 3 (4.84%) Salesforce
5 3 (4.84%) Sitecore
6 2 (3.23%) Atlassian
6 2 (3.23%) Databricks
6 2 (3.23%) Red Hat
6 2 (3.23%) TOWER Software
7 1 (1.61%) Instagram
7 1 (1.61%) TikTok