Commercial Awareness Contracts in the North of England

Commercial Awareness
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 162 176 180
Rank change year-on-year +14 +4 +45
Contract jobs citing Commercial Awareness 7 4 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.21% 0.085% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.099% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 10
10th Percentile £447 £210 £453
25th Percentile £528 £225 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £250 £579
Median % change year-on-year +139.00% -56.80% +5.23%
75th Percentile £666 £275 £647
90th Percentile £754 £290 £650
England median daily rate £544 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £26.73 £89.78
% change year-on-year +161.88% -70.23% +89.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,971 4,053 5,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.98% 85.80% 90.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,909 2,479 3,654
10th Percentile £263 £300 £300
25th Percentile £380 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 358 203
10th Percentile £13.68 £11.05 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.50 £16.22
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £28.70
Median % change year-on-year +62.25% -38.26% +54.36%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.74 £46.03
90th Percentile £83.59 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Commercial Awareness in the North of England

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Commercial Awareness in the North of England

Commercial Awareness
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Commercial Awareness in the North of England

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Commercial Awareness in the North of England

Commercial Awareness
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of 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
North West +11 4 £413 +65.00% 39
Yorkshire +9 2 £598 - 10
North East - 1 £775 - 10
Commercial Awareness
England

Commercial Awareness
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) GIS
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Network Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Network Services Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Service Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Chief Operating Officer
2 1 (14.29%) Product Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Product Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technology Director
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Roadmaps
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Programme Management
4 2 (28.57%) Business Case
4 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (28.57%) Emotional Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Product Management
4 2 (28.57%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Scorecard
4 2 (28.57%) Service Design
4 2 (28.57%) Software License Management
4 2 (28.57%) Supplier Management
4 2 (28.57%) Transition Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) TOWER Software
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Siemens