Commercial Awareness Job Trends in Dorset

Commercial Awareness
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Commercial Awareness skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 - 91
Rank change year-on-year - - -14
Permanent jobs citing Commercial Awareness 3 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.45% - 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% - 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £28,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -24.00%
75th Percentile £42,500 - £30,250
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £45,000 £39,750 £43,000
% change year-on-year +13.21% -7.56% -14.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset

Commercial Awareness falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 518 188 867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 78.48% 86.64% 85.67%
Number of salaries quoted 313 113 566
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,700 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £66,250
South West median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% +5.88% -2.86%

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Commercial Awareness job vacancy trend in Dorset

Commercial Awareness
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Commercial Awareness.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Commercial Awareness

Commercial Awareness
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Site Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Cost Optimisation
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Presales
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) RIBA
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft