Commercial Awareness Job Trends

Commercial Awareness
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs 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 336 399 480
Rank change year-on-year +63 +81 -170
Permanent jobs citing Commercial Awareness 346 328 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 0.61% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.68% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 249 130 164
10th Percentile £30,900 £32,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,754 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £86,500 £98,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -30.83% +9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Commercial Awareness job vacancy trend in the UK

Commercial Awareness
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Commercial Awareness.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Commercial Awareness

Commercial Awareness
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Commercial Awareness in the UK

Commercial Awareness
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Commercial Awareness within the UK 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
England +94 315 £47,500 -24.00% 260
UK excluding London +72 268 £45,000 +8.43% 241
Work from Home +11 85 £58,500 -31.18% 100
South East +42 75 £37,000 +10.45% 88
North of England +44 73 £56,250 +40.63% 51
London +59 58 £70,313 -6.25% 52
South West +21 56 £45,000 -12.20% 28
North West +38 42 £60,000 +50.00% 23
East of England +41 26 £47,500 +48.44% 26
Midlands -10 23 £46,250 -15.91% 34
Yorkshire -7 17 £57,500 +76.92% 20
North East +25 15 £40,000 - 8
West Midlands +8 14 £50,000 -9.09% 17
Scotland +6 13 £95,000 +85.37% 8
East Midlands -26 9 £42,500 -41.38% 16
Wales +7 1 £55,000 -12.00% 8
Northern Ireland -11 1 £57,500 - 3

Commercial Awareness
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.58%) CMS
1 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 50 (14.45%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (10.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (5.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.89%) InDesign
5 3 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (2.02%) Shopify
2 2 (0.58%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.29%) Magento
3 1 (0.29%) OpenCart
Cloud Services
1 38 (10.98%) Azure
2 24 (6.94%) Power Platform
3 18 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (3.76%) SaaS
5 7 (2.02%) Google Analytics
6 5 (1.45%) AWS
6 5 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.87%) Azure AI
7 3 (0.87%) Azure AKS
7 3 (0.87%) Azure App Service
7 3 (0.87%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.87%) Google Ads
7 3 (0.87%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.58%) GCP
8 2 (0.58%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (0.58%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.58%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.29%) Canva
9 1 (0.29%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.96%) VSAT
2 14 (4.05%) Unified Communications
3 12 (3.47%) Firewall
4 6 (1.73%) Wireless
5 5 (1.45%) Internet
6 4 (1.16%) 802.11
6 4 (1.16%) LTE
7 3 (0.87%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.87%) WAN
8 2 (0.58%) LAN
8 2 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.58%) WLAN
9 1 (0.29%) MPLS
9 1 (0.29%) SMS
9 1 (0.29%) SNA
9 1 (0.29%) VLAN
9 1 (0.29%) WebEx
9 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.49%) Power BI
2 4 (1.16%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (1.16%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.29%) Looker
3 1 (0.29%) Power Query
3 1 (0.29%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.16%) JIRA
2 1 (0.29%) Git
2 1 (0.29%) Pivotal Tracker
General
1 172 (49.71%) Social Skills
2 116 (33.53%) Finance
3 54 (15.61%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (12.14%) Marketing
5 29 (8.38%) Telecoms
6 27 (7.80%) Law
7 22 (6.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (6.36%) Military
7 22 (6.36%) Retail
8 20 (5.78%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (5.78%) Public Sector
9 18 (5.20%) Advertising
9 18 (5.20%) Legal
10 15 (4.34%) Back Office
11 14 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (3.76%) Electronics
13 11 (3.18%) Manufacturing
14 9 (2.60%) Billing
14 9 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (2.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 82 (23.70%) Senior
2 48 (13.87%) Consultant
3 44 (12.72%) Support Engineer
3 44 (12.72%) Technical Engineer
3 44 (12.72%) Technical Support
3 44 (12.72%) Technical Support Engineer
4 36 (10.40%) Project Manager
5 33 (9.54%) Senior Consultant
6 22 (6.36%) Analyst
7 16 (4.62%) Lead
8 15 (4.34%) Account Manager
9 14 (4.05%) Architect
9 14 (4.05%) Senior Manager
10 11 (3.18%) NOC Engineer
11 10 (2.89%) Business Manager
11 10 (2.89%) Recruitment Consultant
11 10 (2.89%) Technical Manager
12 9 (2.60%) Marketing Executive
12 9 (2.60%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 9 (2.60%) Senior Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.02%) .NET
2 4 (1.16%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.16%) Flash
3 1 (0.29%) JSON
3 1 (0.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 41 (11.85%) Driving Licence
2 32 (9.25%) Acoustics
2 32 (9.25%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (5.20%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.20%) Renewable Energy
4 17 (4.91%) Social Media
5 10 (2.89%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.60%) Web Conferencing
7 8 (2.31%) IoT
8 7 (2.02%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.02%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (1.16%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.16%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.16%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 4 (1.16%) Life Science
9 4 (1.16%) Machine to Machine
9 4 (1.16%) NHS
9 4 (1.16%) SCADA
10 3 (0.87%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.02%) Windows
2 4 (1.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (23.12%) Mentoring
2 76 (21.97%) Customer Service
3 66 (19.08%) Business Development
4 53 (15.32%) Decision-Making
5 52 (15.03%) Analytics
6 50 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (13.87%) Continuous Improvement
8 47 (13.58%) AI
9 46 (13.29%) CRM
10 39 (11.27%) Project Management
11 38 (10.98%) Agile
11 38 (10.98%) Customer Experience
12 33 (9.54%) Business Intelligence
12 33 (9.54%) Stakeholder Management
13 28 (8.09%) B2B
14 25 (7.23%) Collaborative Culture
14 25 (7.23%) Telesales
15 24 (6.94%) Actionable Insight
15 24 (6.94%) Regulatory Change
16 21 (6.07%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.89%) SQL
2 5 (1.45%) Python
3 4 (1.16%) VBA
4 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 49 (14.16%) Degree
2 33 (9.54%) Cisco Certification
3 32 (9.25%) RIBA
4 30 (8.67%) CCNA
4 30 (8.67%) JNCIA
5 29 (8.38%) Security Cleared
6 23 (6.65%) SC Cleared
7 18 (5.20%) ACCA
7 18 (5.20%) HNC
8 15 (4.34%) DBS Check
9 13 (3.76%) CIMA
10 6 (1.73%) CISSP
11 5 (1.45%) CISM
12 4 (1.16%) CFA
12 4 (1.16%) GCSC
13 3 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.87%) CISA
13 3 (0.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 3 (0.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 3 (0.87%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (2.89%) QA
3 9 (2.60%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.45%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.16%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.87%) GRC
6 3 (0.87%) IFRS
6 3 (0.87%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.87%) SLA
7 2 (0.58%) GDPR
8 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.29%) P3O
8 1 (0.29%) PERC
8 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (2.02%) Firmware
2 2 (0.58%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.16%) Functional Safety
2 3 (0.87%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.87%) PaperCut
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.29%) Ansible
4 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 83 (23.99%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.47%) Cisco
3 11 (3.18%) Adobe
3 11 (3.18%) Starlink
4 10 (2.89%) Xero
5 9 (2.60%) Zoho
6 8 (2.31%) Google
7 6 (1.73%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.73%) SAP
8 4 (1.16%) Facebook
8 4 (1.16%) Freshdesk
8 4 (1.16%) Progress
9 3 (0.87%) Canon
9 3 (0.87%) Cognos
9 3 (0.87%) Foundry
9 3 (0.87%) HP
9 3 (0.87%) Sage
10 2 (0.58%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.58%) NEC
10 2 (0.58%) Zscaler