Commercial Director Contracts

Commercial Director
UK

The median Commercial Director daily rate in the UK is £900, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 551 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Commercial Director 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £875 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 - -
75th Percentile £925 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £900 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 30,099 36,157 49,488
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 92.88% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,017 23,284 34,166
10th Percentile £281 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,529 2,029 1,475
10th Percentile £13.59 £14.23 £14.45
25th Percentile £17.25 £20.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.16
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +2.00% +64.15%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% +23.29% +71.36%

Commercial Director
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Commercial Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Commercial Director in the UK

Commercial Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Commercial Director.

Daily rate trend for Commercial Director in the UK

Commercial Director
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Commercial Director within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
UK excluding London - 2 £900 - 10
South East - 1 - -
Wales - 1 £900 - 3
England - 1 - - 17

Commercial Director Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 August 2025, Commercial Director contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Commercial Director in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) NEC
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Register

Commercial Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) NEC