Commercial Awareness Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Commercial Awareness
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Commercial Awareness skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 108 139
Rank change year-on-year -12 +31 +2
Contract jobs citing Commercial Awareness 13 10 6
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.61% 0.53% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.59% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £370 - £204
25th Percentile £484 - £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.53%
75th Percentile £750 - £418
90th Percentile - - £422
South East median daily rate £675 - £469
% change year-on-year - - -10.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,829 1,709 2,198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 86.40% 89.76% 91.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,207 1,009 1,419
10th Percentile £268 £273 £213
25th Percentile £400 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £603
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £518
% change year-on-year -2.06% -1.45% +1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 47 98
10th Percentile £15.32 £23.31 £19.78
25th Percentile £17.40 £39.50 £26.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £55.28
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +2.65% +141.19%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.22 £65.71
90th Percentile £92.93 £67.20 £73.21
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £47.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -52.38% -14.10% +37.50%

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Commercial Awareness relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Commercial Awareness job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Commercial Awareness
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Commercial Awareness.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Commercial Awareness

Commercial Awareness
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Commercial Awareness in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Commercial Awareness in the Thames Valley

Commercial Awareness
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Commercial Awareness.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Commercial Awareness

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 31 December 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
Berkshire -7 12 £675 - 30
Buckinghamshire - 1 - - 10
Commercial Awareness
South East

Commercial Awareness
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Azure
2 6 (46.15%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) Firewall
2 6 (46.15%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Burp Suite
1 6 (46.15%) Metasploit
2 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 11 (84.62%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Advertising
3 1 (7.69%) Law
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
3 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Penetration Tester
1 6 (46.15%) Tester
2 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Product Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Security Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Security Product Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Delivery Director
4 1 (7.69%) Designer
4 1 (7.69%) HR Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Product Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Security Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Product Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Service Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms Designer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) Customer Service
3 6 (46.15%) Business Development
3 6 (46.15%) Cloud Security
3 6 (46.15%) Information Security
3 6 (46.15%) Line Management
3 6 (46.15%) Penetration Testing
3 6 (46.15%) Regulatory Compliance
3 6 (46.15%) Security Management
4 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
5 3 (23.08%) Digital Innovation
5 3 (23.08%) Product Roadmap
5 3 (23.08%) Product Strategy
5 3 (23.08%) Product Vision
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
7 1 (7.69%) Agile
7 1 (7.69%) Business Analysis
7 1 (7.69%) Scrum
7 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Degree
2 6 (46.15%) CHECK Team Member
2 6 (46.15%) CREST Certified
2 6 (46.15%) Cyber Scheme
2 6 (46.15%) Postgraduate
2 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
2 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (53.85%) QA
2 6 (46.15%) GDPR
2 6 (46.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (46.15%) PCI DSS
2 6 (46.15%) PMO
3 1 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Fortinet
1 3 (23.08%) Palo Alto