Hybrid/Remote Commercial Awareness Job Trends

Commercial Awareness
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Commercial Awareness skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 315 378
Rank change year-on-year +181 +63 +15
Permanent jobs citing Commercial Awareness 485 113 103
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.96% 0.67% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 0.72% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 342 59 51
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £41,250 £58,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,110 £58,500 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% -36.76% +32.14%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £97,250 £83,000 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £43,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +26.44% -33.08% -7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 19,953 15,755 19,120
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.51% 93.83% 88.22%
Number of salaries quoted 14,223 8,440 11,340
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,700
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Commercial Awareness and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Commercial Awareness job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Commercial Awareness
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Commercial Awareness.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Commercial Awareness

Commercial Awareness
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Commercial Awareness over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Commercial Awareness salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Commercial Awareness
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 15 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.41%) Confluence
3 2 (0.41%) WordPress
4 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (4.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.62%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.62%) InDesign
5 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.62%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.21%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.21%) Blender
7 1 (0.21%) Revit
Business Applications
1 11 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 11 (2.27%) Shopify
2 8 (1.65%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.82%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.62%) FastStats
4 3 (0.62%) FastStats PeopleStage
4 3 (0.62%) Primavera
4 3 (0.62%) SAP BPC
4 3 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.41%) Misys Midas
5 2 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.41%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.21%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 103 (21.24%) SaaS
2 43 (8.87%) Azure
3 28 (5.77%) AWS
3 28 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (4.33%) Power Platform
5 19 (3.92%) Google Analytics
6 18 (3.71%) Google Ads
7 15 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (3.09%) Google Tag Manager
8 9 (1.86%) OneDrive
9 8 (1.65%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (1.44%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.44%) Meta Ads
11 6 (1.24%) GCP
12 4 (0.82%) Anthropic Claude
12 4 (0.82%) Bloomreach
12 4 (0.82%) WeChat
13 3 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
14 2 (0.41%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (0.41%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.92%) Firewall
2 11 (2.27%) VPN
3 10 (2.06%) DHCP
3 10 (2.06%) DNS
3 10 (2.06%) VLAN
4 5 (1.03%) LAN
4 5 (1.03%) SMS
4 5 (1.03%) WLAN
5 4 (0.82%) DWDM
5 4 (0.82%) Internet
5 4 (0.82%) Unified Communications
5 4 (0.82%) WebEx
6 3 (0.62%) 5G
6 3 (0.62%) Network Security
7 2 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.21%) FTP
8 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.21%) SNMP
8 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.92%) Power BI
2 9 (1.86%) Tableau
3 5 (1.03%) Looker
4 3 (0.62%) SAP BW
4 3 (0.62%) SAP HANA
4 3 (0.62%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.21%) Big Data
5 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.21%) MySQL
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.21%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 7 (1.44%) JIRA
2 2 (0.41%) Git
3 1 (0.21%) MLflow
General
1 259 (53.40%) Social Skills
2 130 (26.80%) Finance
3 108 (22.27%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (17.73%) Marketing
5 72 (14.85%) Presentation Skills
6 55 (11.34%) Legal
7 54 (11.13%) Organisational Skills
7 54 (11.13%) Retail
8 50 (10.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (6.80%) Telecoms
10 29 (5.98%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (5.57%) Manufacturing
12 25 (5.15%) Public Sector
13 24 (4.95%) Electronics
14 17 (3.51%) Billing
15 15 (3.09%) Law
16 12 (2.47%) Automotive
16 12 (2.47%) Local Government
17 11 (2.27%) Aerospace
18 10 (2.06%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 58 (11.96%) Consultant
2 55 (11.34%) Senior
3 43 (8.87%) Account Manager
4 32 (6.60%) Lead
5 27 (5.57%) Business Manager
6 24 (4.95%) Project Manager
7 23 (4.74%) Development Manager
8 22 (4.54%) Sales Engineer
8 22 (4.54%) Senior Manager
9 21 (4.33%) Business Development Manager
10 20 (4.12%) IT Manager
10 20 (4.12%) Procurement Officer
11 18 (3.71%) Change Consultant
12 17 (3.51%) Architect
13 16 (3.30%) Change Management Consultant
13 16 (3.30%) Management Consultant
13 16 (3.30%) Product Manager
14 13 (2.68%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.47%) Senior Consultant
16 10 (2.06%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.62%) CarPlay
2 2 (0.41%) .NET
2 2 (0.41%) Jakarta EE
2 2 (0.41%) Middleware
2 2 (0.41%) Node.js
2 2 (0.41%) SOAP
2 2 (0.41%) Web Services
2 2 (0.41%) XML
2 2 (0.41%) XSLT
3 1 (0.21%) Flash
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.21%) PySpark
3 1 (0.21%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.21%) Spring
3 1 (0.21%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 48 (9.90%) Onboarding
2 36 (7.42%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (4.74%) Driving Licence
3 23 (4.74%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.92%) IoT
5 11 (2.27%) AI Agents
5 11 (2.27%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.27%) Web Conferencing
6 10 (2.06%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.65%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.65%) iPhone
8 7 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.44%) Freedom of Information
8 7 (1.44%) Freedom of Information Act
8 7 (1.44%) NHS
8 7 (1.44%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (1.24%) FMCG
9 6 (1.24%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.71%) Windows
2 16 (3.30%) Windows Server
3 9 (1.86%) Android
4 5 (1.03%) Linux
5 4 (0.82%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.62%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (37.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 129 (26.60%) Problem-Solving
3 112 (23.09%) Decision-Making
4 110 (22.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 96 (19.79%) CRM
6 78 (16.08%) Project Management
7 77 (15.88%) Agile
8 70 (14.43%) Customer Experience
9 69 (14.23%) Project Delivery
10 66 (13.61%) AI
11 65 (13.40%) Business Development
12 59 (12.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 58 (11.96%) Collaborative Culture
14 56 (11.55%) Presales
15 54 (11.13%) Roadmaps
16 52 (10.72%) Analytics
17 48 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
18 45 (9.28%) B2B
19 41 (8.45%) Customer Engagement
20 38 (7.84%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 17 (3.51%) SQL
2 10 (2.06%) Python
3 6 (1.24%) C++
4 4 (0.82%) Java
4 4 (0.82%) R
5 3 (0.62%) Embedded C++
5 3 (0.62%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.41%) C
6 2 (0.41%) C#
6 2 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.41%) PHP
6 2 (0.41%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.41%) XPath
7 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 52 (10.72%) Degree
2 17 (3.51%) Security Cleared
3 14 (2.89%) ACCA
4 13 (2.68%) CIMA
4 13 (2.68%) DBS Check
5 12 (2.47%) CISA
5 12 (2.47%) CISM
5 12 (2.47%) CISSP
5 12 (2.47%) CRISC
6 9 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.65%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.65%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.44%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.44%) ISACA
8 7 (1.44%) PMP
9 6 (1.24%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (1.03%) HNC
10 5 (1.03%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (2.68%) NIST
3 12 (2.47%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.47%) GDPR
4 11 (2.27%) SLA
5 10 (2.06%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.06%) PMO
5 10 (2.06%) QA
6 9 (1.86%) Actionable Recommendations
6 9 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.65%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.44%) COBIT
8 7 (1.44%) SOC 1
8 7 (1.44%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.82%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.41%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.41%) IFRS
10 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.21%) GxP
System Software
1 17 (3.51%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.89%) Hyper-V
2 14 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.21%) Docker
3 1 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 120 (24.74%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.39%) Google
3 25 (5.15%) HubSpot
4 17 (3.51%) Cisco
5 16 (3.30%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.89%) VMware
7 13 (2.68%) Fortinet
7 13 (2.68%) SAP
8 11 (2.27%) Palo Alto
9 10 (2.06%) Oracle
10 9 (1.86%) Juniper
10 9 (1.86%) N-able
10 9 (1.86%) SonicWALL
10 9 (1.86%) Veeam
10 9 (1.86%) WatchGuard
10 9 (1.86%) YouTube
11 6 (1.24%) Arista
11 6 (1.24%) Meraki
11 6 (1.24%) Pinterest
11 6 (1.24%) TikTok