Commercial Awareness Contracts in England

Commercial Awareness
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Commercial Awareness skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Commercial Awareness over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 431 491 614
Rank change year-on-year +60 +123 -89
Contract jobs citing Commercial Awareness 109 166 172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.34% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.38% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 88 99
10th Percentile £320 £459 £373
25th Percentile £500 £498 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +11.11%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £644
90th Percentile £743 £752 £750
UK median daily rate £625 £591 £550
% change year-on-year +5.77% +7.44% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £26.73 - -
UK median hourly rate £26.73 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Commercial Awareness is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,821 44,233 63,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.48% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,850 31,044 45,163
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,250 1,565 1,721
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.68 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +52.24% +4.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Commercial Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Commercial Awareness as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Commercial Awareness in England

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Commercial Awareness in England.

Daily rate trend for Commercial Awareness in England

Commercial Awareness
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Commercial Awareness in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Commercial Awareness in England

Commercial Awareness
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Commercial Awareness in England.

Hourly rate trend for Commercial Awareness in England

Commercial Awareness
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Commercial Awareness within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +55 42 £625 - 46
South West +43 35 £675 +36.36% 33
South East +13 19 £625 +4.96% 63
Midlands +24 6 £695 - 35
West Midlands +17 6 £695 - 21
North of England +3 4 £250 -56.80% 56
North West -2 3 £250 -45.95% 36
East of England +4 2 - - 17
Yorkshire +10 1 - - 16
Commercial Awareness
UK

Commercial Awareness
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.75%) Confluence
3 1 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.92%) IIS
3 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (22.94%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (22.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (22.02%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (22.02%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.83%) Simulink
4 1 (0.92%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.92%) InDesign
4 1 (0.92%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (11.01%) Workday HCM
2 4 (3.67%) Shopify
3 1 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.92%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.67%) BigCommerce
2 3 (2.75%) AWS
2 3 (2.75%) Azure
2 3 (2.75%) PaaS
2 3 (2.75%) SaaS
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.83%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.92%) GCP
4 1 (0.92%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.42%) SDH
1 7 (6.42%) WAN
2 4 (3.67%) Junos
3 3 (2.75%) PBX
3 3 (2.75%) VoIP
4 1 (0.92%) Firewall
4 1 (0.92%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.92%) Wireless
4 1 (0.92%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.75%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 27 (24.77%) JIRA
2 10 (9.17%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.92%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.92%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.92%) Selenium
General
1 62 (56.88%) Finance
2 49 (44.95%) Social Skills
3 35 (32.11%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (27.52%) Presentation Skills
5 20 (18.35%) Telecoms
6 10 (9.17%) Public Sector
7 8 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (6.42%) Aeronautics
8 7 (6.42%) Aerospace
9 6 (5.50%) Retail
10 5 (4.59%) Military
11 4 (3.67%) Banking
11 4 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (2.75%) Digital Economy
12 3 (2.75%) Legal
12 3 (2.75%) Marketing
13 2 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.83%) Local Government
14 1 (0.92%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.92%) Police
Job Titles
1 28 (25.69%) Lead
2 24 (22.02%) Project Leader
3 18 (16.51%) Analyst
3 18 (16.51%) Architect
4 14 (12.84%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (11.93%) Consultant
5 13 (11.93%) Payroll Consultant
5 13 (11.93%) Senior
5 13 (11.93%) Workday Consultant
6 9 (8.26%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (7.34%) Business Analyst
8 5 (4.59%) Senior Business Analyst
9 4 (3.67%) Product Manager
9 4 (3.67%) Test Engineer
10 3 (2.75%) Business Architect
10 3 (2.75%) IT Manager
10 3 (2.75%) Requirements Analyst
10 3 (2.75%) Risk Analyst
10 3 (2.75%) Technical Analyst
10 3 (2.75%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.67%) VML
2 2 (1.83%) Ajax
2 2 (1.83%) Node.js
3 1 (0.92%) .NET
3 1 (0.92%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.92%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.59%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.75%) Blackberry
2 3 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (2.75%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (1.83%) Algorithms
3 2 (1.83%) Derivative
3 2 (1.83%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.92%) CMDB
4 1 (0.92%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.83%) Windows
2 1 (0.92%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.92%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (53.21%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (35.78%) Project Management
3 38 (34.86%) Workshop Facilitation
4 34 (31.19%) Project Delivery
5 33 (30.28%) Agile
6 32 (29.36%) Stakeholder Management
7 26 (23.85%) Project Planning
8 25 (22.94%) Data Management
8 25 (22.94%) PRINCE2
8 25 (22.94%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 24 (22.02%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 17 (15.60%) Business Analysis
11 15 (13.76%) ERP
11 15 (13.76%) Human Resource Management
11 15 (13.76%) Line Management
11 15 (13.76%) Roadmaps
12 13 (11.93%) Decision-Making
12 13 (11.93%) People Management
13 11 (10.09%) Enterprise Architecture
13 11 (10.09%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.50%) Python
2 4 (3.67%) MATLAB
3 2 (1.83%) C++
4 1 (0.92%) Java
4 1 (0.92%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (44.95%) Security Cleared
2 33 (30.28%) DV Cleared
3 25 (22.94%) APMP
4 23 (21.10%) SC Cleared
5 17 (15.60%) Degree
6 7 (6.42%) CCNP
6 7 (6.42%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (6.42%) HND
6 7 (6.42%) TOGAF Certification
7 4 (3.67%) JNCIA
8 3 (2.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.83%) ACCA
9 2 (1.83%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.83%) PhD
10 1 (0.92%) CIMA
10 1 (0.92%) CISA
10 1 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.92%) CSPO
10 1 (0.92%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (24.77%) PMO
2 4 (3.67%) GDPR
3 3 (2.75%) GRC
4 2 (1.83%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.92%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.92%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.92%) IFRS
5 1 (0.92%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.92%) QA
5 1 (0.92%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.92%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 1 (0.92%) Avamar
1 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.92%) SCOM
1 1 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (33.03%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.93%) Workday
3 12 (11.01%) Cisco
4 10 (9.17%) IBM
4 10 (9.17%) Juniper
4 10 (9.17%) Nokia
5 8 (7.34%) SAP
6 5 (4.59%) Adobe
6 5 (4.59%) VMware
7 4 (3.67%) Ciena
7 4 (3.67%) Google
7 4 (3.67%) Palo Alto
7 4 (3.67%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.67%) Sitecore
8 3 (2.75%) Avaya
8 3 (2.75%) Dell
8 3 (2.75%) Ericsson
8 3 (2.75%) Intel
8 3 (2.75%) Ribbon
9 2 (1.83%) Oracle