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 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 166 199
Rank change year-on-year 0 +33 +24
Contract jobs citing Commercial Awareness 13 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.33% 0.097% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.11% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 6
10th Percentile £450 £220 £400
25th Percentile £495 £250 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £300 £456
Median % change year-on-year +84.00% -34.25% -17.05%
75th Percentile £618 £388 £473
90th Percentile £657 £440 £553
England median daily rate £525 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -16.00% +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.14 - -
Median hourly rate £29.27 - -
75th Percentile £51.95 - -
90th Percentile £64.28 - -
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.00 -
% change year-on-year +16.07% - -

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 3,518 3,479 4,740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.88% 84.05% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,234 2,116 3,185
10th Percentile £268 £300 £295
25th Percentile £375 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -0.20% +0.20%
75th Percentile £555 £585 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 249 210
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.07 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.48 £14.00 £18.31
Median hourly rate £22.63 £25.30 £29.30
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% -13.65% +46.50%
75th Percentile £43.91 £48.75 £45.67
90th Percentile £73.13 £70.00 £56.51
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +62.40%

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 August 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Hourly rate histogram 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 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire -1 8 £524 - 25
North West +2 3 - - 44
North East - 2 £775 - 12
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 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) GIS
General
1 11 (84.62%) Finance
2 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (15.38%) Architect
1 2 (15.38%) Chief Operating Officer
1 2 (15.38%) Project Controller
1 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
1 2 (15.38%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (15.38%) SAP Manager
1 2 (15.38%) SAP Project Manager
1 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (7.69%) Buyer
2 1 (7.69%) IT Buyer
2 1 (7.69%) Lead
2 1 (7.69%) Planning Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Portfolio Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Portfolio Planning Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Product Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Technical Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Technical Product Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Technology Director
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (46.15%) Business Case
2 6 (46.15%) Roadmaps
2 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (38.46%) Budget Management
4 4 (30.77%) Architecture Roadmap
4 4 (30.77%) Emotional Intelligence
4 4 (30.77%) Portfolio Management
4 4 (30.77%) Strategic Planning
4 4 (30.77%) Validation
5 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
6 2 (15.38%) Agile
6 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
6 2 (15.38%) ERP
6 2 (15.38%) Identity Management
6 2 (15.38%) Privileged Access Management
6 2 (15.38%) Product Roadmap
6 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
6 2 (15.38%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (15.38%) PMP
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) SAP