Commercial Manager Contracts in England

Commercial Manager
UK > England

The median Commercial Manager daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 466 566
Rank change year-on-year -16 +100 +157
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Commercial Manager 34 61 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.18% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.20% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 41 24
10th Percentile £392 £450 £403
25th Percentile £400 £523 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £538
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.63% +7.50%
75th Percentile £678 £675 £689
90th Percentile £730 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £53.05 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - -11.58% -19.00%
UK median hourly rate - £53.05 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +32.63% -46.00%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,213 30,896 41,071
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.51% 92.97% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,268 19,982 28,914
10th Percentile £280 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,371 1,701 1,332
10th Percentile £13.65 £14.16 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.44 £20.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +2.60% +68.69%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.69
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.58% +68.04%

Commercial Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Commercial Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Commercial Manager in England

Commercial Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Commercial Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Commercial Manager job vacancies in England

Commercial Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Commercial Manager in England over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Commercial Manager in England

Commercial Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Commercial Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Commercial Manager job vacancies in England

Commercial Manager
DemandTrendContract 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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +6 17 £588 -2.08% 48
South West - 7 £425 - 1
South East +18 5 £400 -32.15% 18
North of England -18 3 - - 4
Yorkshire - 2 - - 1
Midlands -7 1 £360 -55.00% 5
North West -10 1 - - 3
East Midlands - 1 £360 - 2
Commercial Manager
UK

Commercial Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 August 2025, Commercial Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Commercial Manager in the job title.

1 17 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 16 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (38.24%) Legal
4 11 (32.35%) Public Sector
5 9 (26.47%) Finance
6 8 (23.53%) SC Cleared
6 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
7 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
8 5 (14.71%) NEC
8 5 (14.71%) Facilities Management
9 4 (11.76%) Supplier Management
9 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (11.76%) Law
9 4 (11.76%) Contract Negotiation
10 3 (8.82%) E-Procurement
10 3 (8.82%) Project Delivery
10 3 (8.82%) Risk Management
10 3 (8.82%) Project Management
10 3 (8.82%) Strategic Planning
11 2 (5.88%) Degree
11 2 (5.88%) Agile
11 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Management
11 2 (5.88%) Coaching
11 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
11 2 (5.88%) Cost Management
11 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
11 2 (5.88%) Customer-Centricity
11 2 (5.88%) Supplier Relationship Management

Commercial Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) Google Workspace
1 1 (2.94%) PaaS
1 1 (2.94%) SaaS
General
1 13 (38.24%) Legal
2 11 (32.35%) Public Sector
3 9 (26.47%) Finance
4 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
5 4 (11.76%) Law
6 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.94%) Advertising
7 1 (2.94%) Banking
7 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Military
7 1 (2.94%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.94%) FMCG
2 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.94%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 16 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (14.71%) Facilities Management
4 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (11.76%) Contract Negotiation
4 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (11.76%) Supplier Management
5 3 (8.82%) E-Procurement
5 3 (8.82%) Project Delivery
5 3 (8.82%) Project Management
5 3 (8.82%) Risk Management
5 3 (8.82%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (5.88%) Agile
6 2 (5.88%) Coaching
6 2 (5.88%) Cost Management
6 2 (5.88%) Customer-Centricity
6 2 (5.88%) Decision-Making
6 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (5.88%) Supplier Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) SC Cleared
1 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) NEC
2 1 (2.94%) Google
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle