Commercial Awareness Contract Job Trends

Commercial Awareness
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Commercial Awareness skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
2 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 454 471 463
Rank change year-on-year +17 -8 +61
Contract jobs citing Commercial Awareness 232 86 105
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.26% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.29% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 43 32
10th Percentile £446 £335 £409
25th Percentile £494 £494 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £525 £588
Median % change year-on-year +13.81% -10.64% +11.90%
75th Percentile £717 £609 £738
90th Percentile £858 £718 £794
UK excluding London median daily rate £507 £520 £453
% change year-on-year -2.45% +14.80% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 8
10th Percentile £18.00 £27.14 -
25th Percentile - £29.79 -
Median hourly rate £19.48 £47.75 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.20% +70.54% -53.33%
75th Percentile £76.88 £85.00 £30.19
90th Percentile £83.00 £95.00 £36.82
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.48 £34.89 £28.00
% change year-on-year -44.16% +24.59% -53.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,382 30,011 32,696
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.49% 90.62% 85.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,976 18,637 19,780
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £734 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,269 1,869 1,352
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.32 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.17 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.96% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £65.60 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.00 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.02 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.86% -48.10% +1.18%

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Commercial Awareness job vacancy trend in the UK

Commercial Awareness
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Commercial Awareness
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Commercial Awareness over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Commercial Awareness in the UK

Commercial Awareness
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Commercial Awareness
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Commercial Awareness over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Commercial Awareness in the UK

Commercial Awareness
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 2 October 2026. 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
England +8 215 £575 +9.52% 1,366
London -5 110 £630 +8.43% 571
UK excluding London -58 94 £507 -2.45% 900
Work from Home -19 71 £600 +9.09% 552
North of England -68 22 £514 -2.10% 222
South East -46 21 £586 +14.34% 271
Midlands -49 19 £475 -8.61% 174
South West -28 15 £485 -17.45% 66
Yorkshire -30 14 £475 -4.04% 88
East of England -16 13 £450 -33.33% 80
West Midlands -40 13 £488 -6.20% 115
North West -47 8 £563 +7.14% 104
East Midlands -9 6 £475 - 59
Scotland - 4 £488 - 50
Wales -11 2 £575 +119.05% 16

Commercial Awareness
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.88%) Confluence
3 2 (0.86%) Apache
3 2 (0.86%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.86%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.43%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) Luigi
Applications
1 9 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.72%) Trello
4 3 (1.29%) CPLEX
4 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.86%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.86%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.86%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 2 (0.86%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.43%) Endur
3 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.43%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 31 (13.36%) Azure
2 26 (11.21%) AWS
3 15 (6.47%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (6.03%) Power Platform
5 13 (5.60%) GCP
6 8 (3.45%) SaaS
7 7 (3.02%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.72%) Asana
9 4 (1.72%) Azure AI
9 4 (1.72%) Copilot Studio
9 4 (1.72%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.29%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.29%) Snowflake
11 2 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.86%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.86%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.02%) BGP
1 7 (3.02%) Cisco Nexus
1 7 (3.02%) OSPF
1 7 (3.02%) VLAN
1 7 (3.02%) VXLAN
2 6 (2.59%) NX-OS
3 2 (0.86%) Broadband
3 2 (0.86%) Internet
3 2 (0.86%) Network Security
4 1 (0.43%) IPv4
4 1 (0.43%) IPv6
4 1 (0.43%) RTP
4 1 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.45%) Power BI
2 5 (2.16%) Metadata
3 4 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.29%) Big Data
4 3 (1.29%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.29%) Tableau
5 2 (0.86%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.86%) GIS
5 2 (0.86%) MySQL
5 2 (0.86%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.43%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.43%) MS Access
6 1 (0.43%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (8.62%) JIRA
2 2 (0.86%) Hudson
2 2 (0.86%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.43%) Git
3 1 (0.43%) QADirector
3 1 (0.43%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.43%) Zephyr
General
1 122 (52.59%) Social Skills
2 88 (37.93%) Finance
3 41 (17.67%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (12.93%) Public Sector
5 21 (9.05%) Retail
6 20 (8.62%) Influencing Skills
7 17 (7.33%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (6.90%) Marketing
9 15 (6.47%) Banking
10 13 (5.60%) Legal
11 10 (4.31%) Telecoms
12 9 (3.88%) Manufacturing
13 8 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (3.02%) Billing
14 7 (3.02%) Law
14 7 (3.02%) Military
15 5 (2.16%) Back Office
15 5 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (1.72%) Aerospace
16 4 (1.72%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 43 (18.53%) Senior
2 33 (14.22%) Project Manager
3 27 (11.64%) Senior Manager
4 19 (8.19%) Architect
4 19 (8.19%) Lead
5 13 (5.60%) Consultant
5 13 (5.60%) Product Manager
6 11 (4.74%) Analyst
6 11 (4.74%) Senior Project Manager
7 9 (3.88%) Data Manager
7 9 (3.88%) Product Owner
8 7 (3.02%) Programme Director
8 7 (3.02%) Programme Manager
9 6 (2.59%) Business Analyst
9 6 (2.59%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (2.59%) Senior Product Manager
9 6 (2.59%) Technical Manager
10 5 (2.16%) Contracts Manager
10 5 (2.16%) Data Centre Manager
10 5 (2.16%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.29%) PySpark
1 3 (1.29%) VML
1 3 (1.29%) WebAuthn
2 2 (0.86%) .NET
2 2 (0.86%) Kafka
2 2 (0.86%) PyTorch
2 2 (0.86%) TensorFlow
2 2 (0.86%) Terraform
3 1 (0.43%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.43%) ADO
3 1 (0.43%) EDI
3 1 (0.43%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.43%) LangChain
3 1 (0.43%) LDAP
3 1 (0.43%) MACH
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.43%) React
3 1 (0.43%) REST
3 1 (0.43%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.43%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 17 (7.33%) Onboarding
3 16 (6.90%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.45%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.02%) AI Agents
5 7 (3.02%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.02%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.16%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.72%) CMDB
7 4 (1.72%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.29%) IoT
8 3 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.29%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.29%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.29%) Social Media
9 2 (0.86%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.29%) Windows
2 1 (0.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (59.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 79 (34.05%) Agile
3 53 (22.84%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (22.41%) Roadmaps
5 48 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 48 (20.69%) Decision-Making
6 44 (18.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 39 (16.81%) AI
8 37 (15.95%) Project Management
9 33 (14.22%) Analytics
10 32 (13.79%) Project Delivery
11 30 (12.93%) Change Management
12 29 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
13 25 (10.78%) Business Case
14 23 (9.91%) Enterprise Architecture
14 23 (9.91%) PRINCE2
14 23 (9.91%) Risk Management
15 20 (8.62%) Budget Management
15 20 (8.62%) Scrum
16 19 (8.19%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.60%) Python
2 12 (5.17%) SQL
3 2 (0.86%) Bash
3 2 (0.86%) C#
3 2 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (0.86%) Java
3 2 (0.86%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.86%) R
4 1 (0.43%) Go
4 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.43%) Scala
4 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (25.86%) Security Cleared
2 39 (16.81%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.33%) Degree
4 9 (3.88%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.59%) PMP
6 5 (2.16%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.72%) APMP
7 4 (1.72%) CISSP
7 4 (1.72%) CSPO
7 4 (1.72%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.72%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.29%) ACCA
8 3 (1.29%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.29%) CIMA
8 3 (1.29%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.29%) PhD
8 3 (1.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.86%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.45%) Data Quality
1 8 (3.45%) QA
2 6 (2.59%) PMO
3 4 (1.72%) GDPR
3 4 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 4 (1.72%) SLA
3 4 (1.72%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
4 2 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.86%) GRC
4 2 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.86%) NIST
5 1 (0.43%) Basel III
5 1 (0.43%) COBIT
5 1 (0.43%) IFRS
5 1 (0.43%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (1.29%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.29%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 47 (20.26%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.31%) SAP
2 10 (4.31%) ServiceNow
3 9 (3.88%) Cisco
3 9 (3.88%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.02%) F5
5 6 (2.59%) IBM
5 6 (2.59%) Oracle
6 5 (2.16%) Databricks
6 5 (2.16%) Google
7 4 (1.72%) Foundry
7 4 (1.72%) JD Edwards
8 3 (1.29%) VMware
9 2 (0.86%) Citrix
9 2 (0.86%) Cognos
9 2 (0.86%) Dell
9 2 (0.86%) ESRI
9 2 (0.86%) NEC
9 2 (0.86%) Siemens
9 2 (0.86%) Veritas
1,565 Commercial Awareness jobs Nationwide