Commercial Awareness Contracts

Commercial Awareness
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Commercial Awareness skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Commercial Awareness over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 478 529 643
Rank change year-on-year +51 +114 -85
Contract jobs citing Commercial Awareness 114 179 205
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.31% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.34% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 93 123
10th Percentile £339 £431 £375
25th Percentile £476 £494 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £591 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +7.44% +4.76%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £638
90th Percentile £739 £748 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £510 £475
% change year-on-year +22.55% +7.37% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £26.73 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.73 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Commercial Awareness is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,140 52,105 79,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.25% 89.83% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,924 36,124 55,482
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,724 1,874
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.17 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Commercial Awareness as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Commercial Awareness in the UK

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Commercial Awareness in the UK

Commercial Awareness
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Commercial Awareness over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Commercial Awareness in the UK

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Commercial Awareness.

Hourly rate trend for Commercial Awareness in the UK

Commercial Awareness
Top 15 Contract 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 9 May 2024. 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 +60 109 £625 +4.17% 253
UK excluding London +23 71 £625 +22.55% 215
London +55 42 £625 - 46
South West +43 35 £675 +36.36% 33
Work from Home +109 33 £625 +13.64% 85
South East +13 19 £625 +4.96% 63
Midlands +24 6 £695 - 35
West Midlands +17 6 £695 - 21
North of England +3 4 £250 -56.80% 56
North West -2 3 £250 -45.95% 36
Scotland +36 2 £503 +7.49% 14
East of England +4 2 - - 17
Northern Ireland - 2 £481 - 4
Wales +19 1 £413 +3.13% 2
Yorkshire +10 1 - - 16

Commercial Awareness
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.51%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.63%) Confluence
3 1 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.88%) IIS
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (21.93%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (21.05%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (21.05%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.75%) Simulink
4 1 (0.88%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.88%) InDesign
4 1 (0.88%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (10.53%) Workday HCM
2 4 (3.51%) Shopify
3 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.88%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.51%) Azure
1 4 (3.51%) BigCommerce
2 3 (2.63%) AWS
2 3 (2.63%) PaaS
2 3 (2.63%) SaaS
3 2 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.75%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.88%) GCP
4 1 (0.88%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.14%) SDH
1 7 (6.14%) WAN
2 4 (3.51%) Junos
3 3 (2.63%) PBX
3 3 (2.63%) VoIP
4 1 (0.88%) Firewall
4 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.88%) Wireless
4 1 (0.88%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.63%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 27 (23.68%) JIRA
2 10 (8.77%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.88%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.88%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.88%) Selenium
General
1 66 (57.89%) Finance
2 54 (47.37%) Social Skills
3 38 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (26.32%) Presentation Skills
5 20 (17.54%) Telecoms
6 12 (10.53%) Public Sector
7 8 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (6.14%) Aeronautics
8 7 (6.14%) Aerospace
8 7 (6.14%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (5.26%) Retail
10 5 (4.39%) Banking
10 5 (4.39%) Military
11 3 (2.63%) Digital Economy
11 3 (2.63%) Legal
11 3 (2.63%) Marketing
12 2 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.75%) Local Government
13 1 (0.88%) Back Office
13 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (24.56%) Lead
2 24 (21.05%) Project Leader
3 19 (16.67%) Analyst
4 18 (15.79%) Architect
5 14 (12.28%) Solutions Architect
6 13 (11.40%) Consultant
6 13 (11.40%) Payroll Consultant
6 13 (11.40%) Senior
6 13 (11.40%) Workday Consultant
7 9 (7.89%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (7.02%) Business Analyst
9 5 (4.39%) Senior Business Analyst
10 4 (3.51%) IT Manager
10 4 (3.51%) Product Manager
10 4 (3.51%) Project Manager
10 4 (3.51%) Risk Analyst
10 4 (3.51%) Test Engineer
11 3 (2.63%) Business Architect
11 3 (2.63%) Technical Analyst
11 3 (2.63%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.51%) VML
2 2 (1.75%) Ajax
2 2 (1.75%) Node.js
3 1 (0.88%) .NET
3 1 (0.88%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.88%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.39%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.63%) Blackberry
2 3 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (2.63%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (1.75%) Algorithms
3 2 (1.75%) Derivative
3 2 (1.75%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.88%) CMDB
4 1 (0.88%) e-Health
4 1 (0.88%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.75%) Windows
2 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.88%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (50.88%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (35.09%) Project Management
3 38 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 34 (29.82%) Project Delivery
5 33 (28.95%) Agile
6 32 (28.07%) Stakeholder Management
7 26 (22.81%) PRINCE2
7 26 (22.81%) Project Planning
8 25 (21.93%) Data Management
8 25 (21.93%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 24 (21.05%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 17 (14.91%) Business Analysis
11 15 (13.16%) ERP
11 15 (13.16%) Human Resource Management
11 15 (13.16%) Line Management
11 15 (13.16%) Roadmaps
12 13 (11.40%) Decision-Making
12 13 (11.40%) People Management
13 11 (9.65%) Enterprise Architecture
13 11 (9.65%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.26%) Python
2 4 (3.51%) MATLAB
3 2 (1.75%) C++
4 1 (0.88%) Java
4 1 (0.88%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (42.98%) Security Cleared
2 33 (28.95%) DV Cleared
3 25 (21.93%) APMP
4 23 (20.18%) SC Cleared
5 19 (16.67%) Degree
6 7 (6.14%) CCNP
6 7 (6.14%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (6.14%) HND
6 7 (6.14%) TOGAF Certification
7 4 (3.51%) JNCIA
8 3 (2.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.75%) ACCA
9 2 (1.75%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.75%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.75%) PhD
10 1 (0.88%) CIMA
10 1 (0.88%) CISA
10 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.88%) CSPO
10 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (23.68%) PMO
2 4 (3.51%) GDPR
3 3 (2.63%) GRC
4 2 (1.75%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.88%) IFRS
5 1 (0.88%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.88%) QA
5 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.88%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 1 (0.88%) Avamar
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.88%) SCOM
1 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.40%) Workday
3 12 (10.53%) Cisco
4 10 (8.77%) IBM
4 10 (8.77%) Juniper
4 10 (8.77%) Nokia
5 8 (7.02%) SAP
6 5 (4.39%) Adobe
6 5 (4.39%) VMware
7 4 (3.51%) Ciena
7 4 (3.51%) Google
7 4 (3.51%) Palo Alto
7 4 (3.51%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.51%) Sitecore
8 3 (2.63%) Avaya
8 3 (2.63%) Dell
8 3 (2.63%) Ericsson
8 3 (2.63%) Intel
8 3 (2.63%) Ribbon
9 2 (1.75%) Oracle