Commercial Awareness Contracts in the Thames Valley

Commercial Awareness
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Commercial Awareness skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Commercial Awareness over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 127 166
Rank change year-on-year -3 +39 -35
Contract jobs citing Commercial Awareness 10 24 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.37% 0.82% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.89% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £505 £250
Median % change year-on-year -56.44% +102.00% -56.29%
South East median daily rate £625 £550 £325
% change year-on-year +13.54% +69.37% -41.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Commercial Awareness is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,337 2,689 3,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.10% 91.56% 89.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,302 1,867 2,096
10th Percentile £213 £321 £225
25th Percentile £369 £413 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 62 87
10th Percentile £15.48 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.71 £24.86 £11.78
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.36
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.80
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.45
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.72% -18.36%

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Commercial Awareness in the Thames Valley

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Commercial Awareness in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Commercial Awareness in the Thames Valley

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Commercial Awareness in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Commercial Awareness in the Thames Valley

Commercial Awareness
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Berkshire -12 8 - - 7
Buckinghamshire +21 2 £220 -52.17% 6
Commercial Awareness
South East

Commercial Awareness
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 8 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Analyst
1 7 (70.00%) Senior
1 7 (70.00%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Business Requirements Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Requirements Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Business Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Requirements Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Change Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Business Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Change Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Coordinator
3 1 (10.00%) IMAC Coordinator
3 1 (10.00%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 8 (80.00%) Portfolio Management
2 7 (70.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 7 (70.00%) Business Analysis
2 7 (70.00%) Collaborative Working
2 7 (70.00%) Critical Thinking
2 7 (70.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (70.00%) Project Management
2 7 (70.00%) User Stories
3 1 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Logistics
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) Proactive Management
3 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PMO