Commercial Awareness Contracts in the UK excluding London

Commercial Awareness
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 316 356
Rank change year-on-year +27 +40 +62
Contract jobs citing Commercial Awareness 54 71 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.35% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.41% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 25 45
10th Percentile £315 £325 £404
25th Percentile £394 £425 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £510
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +22.55% +7.37%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £650
90th Percentile £663 £830 £728
UK median daily rate £525 £625 £595
% change year-on-year -16.00% +4.96% +8.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £34.88 - -
25th Percentile £40.31 - -
Median hourly rate £51.25 £26.73 -
Median % change year-on-year +91.73% - -
75th Percentile £62.81 - -
90th Percentile £68.63 - -
UK median hourly rate £51.25 £26.73 -
% change year-on-year +91.73% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,601 17,153 20,838
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.50% 84.38% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,223 10,226 14,391
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £656 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 837 2,053 1,276
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.31 £10.93
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.25 £15.40
Median hourly rate £25.43 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.08% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.82 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £28.30 £36.50 £36.40
% change year-on-year -22.48% +0.29% +41.73%

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Commercial Awareness as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Commercial Awareness in the UK excluding London

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Commercial Awareness in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Commercial Awareness in the UK excluding London

Commercial Awareness
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Commercial Awareness in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Commercial Awareness in the UK excluding London

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Commercial Awareness in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Commercial Awareness in the UK excluding London

Commercial Awareness
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Commercial Awareness in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Commercial Awareness in the UK excluding London

Commercial Awareness
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
South West +28 20 £550 -18.52% 37
Midlands +24 11 £520 -25.22% 58
West Midlands +20 11 £520 -25.22% 34
North of England +20 7 £598 +139.00% 101
Scotland +14 6 £525 - 33
South East +32 4 £350 -44.00% 114
North West +10 4 £413 +65.00% 62
East of England +25 3 £675 - 37
Wales +4 3 £360 -12.73% 5
Yorkshire +17 2 £598 - 23
North East - 1 £775 - 17
Commercial Awareness
UK

Commercial Awareness
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.70%) Open Workbench
3 1 (1.85%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (1.85%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.85%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.37%) PaaS
1 11 (20.37%) SaaS
2 2 (3.70%) OpenShift
3 1 (1.85%) Azure
3 1 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.85%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (22.22%) PBX
1 12 (22.22%) VoIP
2 3 (5.56%) 4G
2 3 (5.56%) 5G
3 2 (3.70%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.85%) DNS
4 1 (1.85%) Kerberos
4 1 (1.85%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 29 (53.70%) Finance
2 15 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 12 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 4 (7.41%) Marketing
4 4 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Aviation
6 2 (3.70%) Billing
7 1 (1.85%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.85%) Banking
7 1 (1.85%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Military
7 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (20.37%) Project Manager
2 6 (11.11%) Senior
2 6 (11.11%) Service Manager
3 4 (7.41%) Analyst
3 4 (7.41%) Engagement Manager
4 2 (3.70%) Asset Management Analyst
4 2 (3.70%) Asset Management Business Analyst
4 2 (3.70%) Bid Manager
4 2 (3.70%) Business Analyst
4 2 (3.70%) Head of Engineering
4 2 (3.70%) Network Manager
4 2 (3.70%) Network Services Manager
4 2 (3.70%) PMO Analyst
4 2 (3.70%) Product Manager
4 2 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (3.70%) Senior Business Analyst
4 2 (3.70%) Senior Manager
4 2 (3.70%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (1.85%) Customer Support Specialist
5 1 (1.85%) Information Officer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.22%) Video Conferencing
2 10 (18.52%) Blackberry
3 2 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.85%) CCTV
4 1 (1.85%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.85%) IoT
4 1 (1.85%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (1.85%) PKI
4 1 (1.85%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (35.19%) Project Delivery
3 18 (33.33%) Project Management
4 17 (31.48%) Roadmaps
5 13 (24.07%) Agile
6 12 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (20.37%) Migration
7 11 (20.37%) Product Roadmap
7 11 (20.37%) Service Design
8 10 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (18.52%) Cost Reduction
8 10 (18.52%) Customer Requirements
8 10 (18.52%) Impact Assessments
8 10 (18.52%) Root Cause Analysis
8 10 (18.52%) Validation
9 9 (16.67%) Risk Management
9 9 (16.67%) Thought Leadership
10 8 (14.81%) Business Case
11 7 (12.96%) Project Planning
11 7 (12.96%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 24 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 20 (37.04%) SC Cleared
3 12 (22.22%) DV Cleared
4 10 (18.52%) CCNP
4 10 (18.52%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (18.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (9.26%) Degree
6 1 (1.85%) APMP
6 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.85%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.85%) ISEB
6 1 (1.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.85%) PMP
6 1 (1.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.41%) PMO
2 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.70%) QA
3 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.85%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.85%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) Ansible
2 1 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (22.22%) Cisco
1 12 (22.22%) Ericsson
1 12 (22.22%) F5
1 12 (22.22%) Juniper
1 12 (22.22%) Nokia
1 12 (22.22%) Palo Alto
2 10 (18.52%) Avaya
2 10 (18.52%) Ribbon
2 10 (18.52%) VMware
3 3 (5.56%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.70%) Atlassian
4 2 (3.70%) Red Hat
4 2 (3.70%) TOWER Software
5 1 (1.85%) Ab Initio
5 1 (1.85%) Instagram
5 1 (1.85%) SAP
5 1 (1.85%) Siemens
5 1 (1.85%) TikTok