Commercial Awareness Job Trends in Manchester

Commercial Awareness
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Commercial Awareness skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 148 144
Rank change year-on-year +42 -4 +65
Permanent jobs citing Commercial Awareness 26 8 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.89% 0.30% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.32% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 3
10th Percentile £55,500 - £44,500
25th Percentile £60,000 - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.14%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £88,750
90th Percentile - - £95,500
North West median annual salary £60,000 £40,000 £59,231
% change year-on-year +50.00% -32.47% -3.30%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,325 2,507 2,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.71% 94.00% 90.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,407 1,181 1,840
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Commercial Awareness job vacancy trend in Manchester

Commercial Awareness
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Commercial Awareness.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Commercial Awareness

Commercial Awareness
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Commercial Awareness in Manchester over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Commercial Awareness in Manchester

Commercial Awareness
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Commercial Awareness within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bolton - 3 £65,000 -
Salford - 3 £65,000 - 1
Wigan - 3 £65,000 - 1
Commercial Awareness
North West

Commercial Awareness
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 9 (34.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (34.62%) Power Platform
2 4 (15.38%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (34.62%) Power BI
2 4 (15.38%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (15.38%) Data Mining
General
1 22 (84.62%) Social Skills
2 20 (76.92%) Finance
3 15 (57.69%) Back Office
3 15 (57.69%) Law
3 15 (57.69%) Military
3 15 (57.69%) Telecoms
4 9 (34.62%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (15.38%) Retail
6 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (57.69%) Project Manager
2 9 (34.62%) Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Financial Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Commercial Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Account Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 15 (57.69%) Driving Licence
2 5 (19.23%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (19.23%) Social Media
3 4 (15.38%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (19.23%) Actionable Insight
2 5 (19.23%) Agile
2 5 (19.23%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 5 (19.23%) Business Analysis
2 5 (19.23%) Business Case
2 5 (19.23%) Business Development
2 5 (19.23%) Decision-Making
2 5 (19.23%) ERP
2 5 (19.23%) Financial Modelling
2 5 (19.23%) Pricing Strategy
3 4 (15.38%) Coaching
3 4 (15.38%) Customer Experience
3 4 (15.38%) Data Analysis
3 4 (15.38%) Data Management
3 4 (15.38%) Performance Management
3 4 (15.38%) Service Delivery
3 4 (15.38%) WFM
4 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (3.85%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) SQL
1 4 (15.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) ACCA
1 5 (19.23%) CIMA
1 5 (19.23%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Facebook
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Cisco
2 1 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (3.85%) Fortinet
2 1 (3.85%) Juniper
2 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto
2 1 (3.85%) Zscaler