Commercial Manager
UK
The median Commercial Manager daily rate in the UK is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 May 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 8 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 502 | 510 | 639 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +8 | +129 | +154 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Commercial Manager | 27 | 77 | 55 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.093% | 0.18% | 0.094% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.10% | 0.19% | 0.099% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17 | 46 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | £394 | £431 | £467 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £489 | £531 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £625 | £575 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.70% | -4.17% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £650 | £684 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £684 | £745 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £625 | £560 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.61% | +6.67% | +14.13% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £28.75 | - |
| Median hourly rate | - | £32.50 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -45.83% | +0.42% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £36.25 | £61.88 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £32.50 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -45.83% | +0.42% |
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 | 26,930 | 40,005 | 55,472 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.50% | 92.75% | 94.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,553 | 26,036 | 38,744 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,045 | 2,664 | 1,555 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.75 | £36.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.23% | -18.89% | +90.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £76.15 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.50 | £40.00 | £42.26 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.25% | -5.35% | +116.50% |
Commercial Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Commercial Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Commercial Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Commercial Manager.
Commercial Manager
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Commercial Manager over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.
Commercial Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Commercial Manager.
Commercial Manager
Top 10 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Commercial Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +33 | 24 | £625 | +8.70% | 84 |
| UK excluding London | +38 | 19 | £625 | +11.61% | 46 |
| South East | +49 | 15 | £625 | +16.28% | 22 |
| Work from Home | +12 | 11 | £600 | +4.35% | 37 |
| London | +25 | 7 | £600 | -7.69% | 39 |
| Scotland | +16 | 2 | £386 | - | |
| North of England | +11 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Midlands | +11 | 1 | £725 | +29.46% | 15 |
| North West | +9 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| West Midlands | +5 | 1 | £725 | +29.46% | 8 |
Commercial Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Commercial Manager 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 Manager in the job title.
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Commercial Manager 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: