Commercial Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Commercial Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Commercial Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 304 454
Rank change year-on-year +11 +150 +131
Contract jobs requiring a Commercial Manager 11 41 23
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.27% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.29% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 20 14
10th Percentile £385 £511 £500
25th Percentile £447 £525 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £650 £641 £745
90th Percentile - £650 -
UK median daily rate £625 £555 £600
% change year-on-year +12.61% -7.50% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £60.13
25th Percentile - - £60.31
Median hourly rate - - £61.25
75th Percentile - - £62.81
90th Percentile - - £63.38
UK median hourly rate - £32.50 £61.25
% change year-on-year - -46.94% +55.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Commercial Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Commercial Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Commercial Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Commercial Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Commercial Manager.

Commercial Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Commercial Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Commercial Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Commercial Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Commercial Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Commercial Manager.

Commercial Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Commercial Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Commercial Manager in the job title.

1 5 (45.45%) Legal
2 4 (36.36%) Contract Management
3 3 (27.27%) Programme Governance
3 3 (27.27%) Contract Negotiation
3 3 (27.27%) Onboarding
4 2 (18.18%) Supplier Relationship Management
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Management
4 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.09%) Supplier Management
5 1 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (9.09%) Facilities Management
5 1 (9.09%) Degree
5 1 (9.09%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (9.09%) Migration
5 1 (9.09%) Law
5 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) Oracle
5 1 (9.09%) ERP
5 1 (9.09%) Cisco
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
5 1 (9.09%) Project Management
5 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
5 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Change Control
5 1 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (9.09%) FNZ

Commercial Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle ERP
General
1 5 (45.45%) Legal
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Law
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Contract Management
2 3 (27.27%) Contract Negotiation
2 3 (27.27%) Programme Governance
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Management
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) Supplier Relationship Management
4 1 (9.09%) Change Control
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
4 1 (9.09%) ERP
4 1 (9.09%) Facilities Management
4 1 (9.09%) Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Project Management
4 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (9.09%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco
1 1 (9.09%) FNZ
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle