Commercial Awareness Contracts in England

Commercial Awareness
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Commercial Awareness skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Commercial Awareness over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 435 453 599
Rank change year-on-year +18 +146 -70
Contract jobs citing Commercial Awareness 115 184 188
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.39% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.44% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 97 102
10th Percentile £311 £456 £378
25th Percentile £450 £500 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +11.11%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £638
90th Percentile £738 £788 £748
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £550
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £27.37 - -
25th Percentile - - £10.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 - £10.50
75th Percentile - - £10.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £28.00 - £10.50
% change year-on-year - - -68.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +42 42 £625 -1.19% 63
South West +31 41 £675 +29.19% 23
South East +1 20 £625 +4.17% 46
North of England -9 5 £300 -44.19% 52
West Midlands +11 4 £800 - 25
Midlands +4 4 £800 - 44
North West -2 4 £300 -35.14% 29
East of England -1 2 - - 9
Yorkshire +5 1 - - 20
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 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.87%) Confluence
2 1 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (0.87%) IIS
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (21.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 25 (21.74%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (20.87%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (20.87%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.74%) Simulink
4 1 (0.87%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.87%) InDesign
4 1 (0.87%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (10.43%) Workday HCM
2 4 (3.48%) Shopify
3 1 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.87%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.48%) AWS
1 4 (3.48%) BigCommerce
1 4 (3.48%) PaaS
1 4 (3.48%) SaaS
2 3 (2.61%) Azure
3 2 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.74%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.87%) GCP
4 1 (0.87%) OCI
4 1 (0.87%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.09%) SDH
1 7 (6.09%) WAN
2 4 (3.48%) Junos
2 4 (3.48%) PBX
2 4 (3.48%) VoIP
3 1 (0.87%) Firewall
3 1 (0.87%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.87%) Wireless
3 1 (0.87%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.61%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.87%) Power BI
2 1 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (21.74%) JIRA
2 10 (8.70%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.87%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.87%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.87%) Selenium
General
1 63 (54.78%) Finance
2 58 (50.43%) Social Skills
3 33 (28.70%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (26.96%) Presentation Skills
5 24 (20.87%) Telecoms
6 11 (9.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (9.57%) Public Sector
7 10 (8.70%) Aerospace
8 7 (6.09%) Aeronautics
8 7 (6.09%) Retail
9 6 (5.22%) Marketing
10 4 (3.48%) Banking
10 4 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.61%) Digital Economy
11 3 (2.61%) Legal
12 2 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.74%) Local Government
12 2 (1.74%) Military
13 1 (0.87%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.87%) Police
Job Titles
1 28 (24.35%) Lead
2 24 (20.87%) Project Leader
3 21 (18.26%) Analyst
4 18 (15.65%) Senior
5 15 (13.04%) Architect
6 14 (12.17%) Consultant
7 13 (11.30%) Payroll Consultant
7 13 (11.30%) Workday Consultant
8 12 (10.43%) Senior Analyst
9 11 (9.57%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (7.83%) Business Analyst
11 6 (5.22%) Senior Business Analyst
12 5 (4.35%) Business Requirements Analyst
12 5 (4.35%) Product Manager
12 5 (4.35%) Project Manager
12 5 (4.35%) Requirements Analyst
12 5 (4.35%) Senior Requirements Analyst
13 3 (2.61%) Governance Analyst
13 3 (2.61%) IT Manager
13 3 (2.61%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.48%) VML
2 2 (1.74%) Ajax
2 2 (1.74%) Node.js
3 1 (0.87%) .NET
3 1 (0.87%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.87%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.48%) Blackberry
1 4 (3.48%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.74%) Derivative
3 2 (1.74%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.87%) CMDB
4 1 (0.87%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.87%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.74%) Windows
2 1 (0.87%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.87%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (57.39%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (40.00%) Project Management
3 38 (33.04%) Workshop Facilitation
4 37 (32.17%) Project Delivery
5 33 (28.70%) Agile
6 32 (27.83%) Project Planning
7 29 (25.22%) Stakeholder Management
8 27 (23.48%) PRINCE2
9 26 (22.61%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 25 (21.74%) Data Management
11 24 (20.87%) Creative Problem-Solving
12 21 (18.26%) ERP
13 20 (17.39%) Business Analysis
14 17 (14.78%) Roadmaps
15 15 (13.04%) Human Resource Management
15 15 (13.04%) Line Management
16 14 (12.17%) Acceptance Criteria
16 14 (12.17%) Decision-Making
16 14 (12.17%) User Stories
17 13 (11.30%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.48%) Python
2 2 (1.74%) MATLAB
2 2 (1.74%) SQL
3 1 (0.87%) Java
3 1 (0.87%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.87%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 45 (39.13%) Security Cleared
2 34 (29.57%) DV Cleared
3 25 (21.74%) APMP
4 18 (15.65%) SC Cleared
5 14 (12.17%) Degree
6 8 (6.96%) CCNP
6 8 (6.96%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (6.09%) HND
7 7 (6.09%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (3.48%) JNCIA
8 4 (3.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.87%) ACCA
9 1 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.87%) CSPO
9 1 (0.87%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (26.96%) PMO
2 4 (3.48%) GDPR
3 3 (2.61%) GRC
4 2 (1.74%) QA
5 1 (0.87%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.87%) IFRS
5 1 (0.87%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.87%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.87%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.87%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 1 (0.87%) Avamar
1 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.87%) SCOM
1 1 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.30%) Cisco
2 13 (11.30%) Workday
3 11 (9.57%) Juniper
3 11 (9.57%) Nokia
4 10 (8.70%) IBM
5 8 (6.96%) SAP
6 6 (5.22%) VMware
7 5 (4.35%) Adobe
7 5 (4.35%) Palo Alto
8 4 (3.48%) Avaya
8 4 (3.48%) Ciena
8 4 (3.48%) Ericsson
8 4 (3.48%) Google
8 4 (3.48%) Ribbon
8 4 (3.48%) Salesforce
8 4 (3.48%) Sitecore
9 3 (2.61%) Dell
9 3 (2.61%) Intel
10 2 (1.74%) Oracle