Commercial Analyst
UK

The median Commercial Analyst salary in the UK is £38,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 661 858 1204
Rank change year-on-year +197 +346 -319
Permanent jobs requiring a Commercial Analyst 233 119 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.12% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.13% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 101 21 15
10th Percentile £25,000 £42,000 £35,300
25th Percentile £31,250 - £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +11.11% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Commercial Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Commercial Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Commercial Analyst in the UK

Commercial Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Commercial Analyst.

Salary trend for Commercial Analyst in the UK

Commercial Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Commercial Analyst over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Commercial Analyst in the UK

Commercial Analyst
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Commercial Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +197 226 £38,250 -23.50% 20
Work from Home +150 150 £45,000 -10.00% 8
UK excluding London +34 147 £37,500 -25.00% 14
London +151 74 £80,000 +39.13% 8
South East +43 65 £33,500 -41.74% 5
Midlands +19 39 £31,250 -37.50% 1
West Midlands +30 28 £30,000 -40.00% 1
North of England +41 22 £37,500 -22.68% 4
North West +23 19 £37,500 - 3
East Midlands +2 11 £32,500 -
South West -21 8 £37,750 -5.63% 1
East of England +1 6 £55,000 - 2
Scotland -59 5 £45,000 -18.18% 2
Yorkshire +53 2 £40,000 -17.53% 1
Wales - 2 £28,750 -
North East - 1 £26,500 -

Commercial Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Commercial Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Commercial Analyst in the job title.

1 201 (86.27%) Finance
2 190 (81.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 170 (72.96%) Analytical Skills
4 169 (72.53%) Social Skills
5 158 (67.81%) Decision-Making
6 147 (63.09%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 145 (62.23%) Microsoft
8 139 (59.66%) Budgeting
9 134 (57.51%) CIMA
10 131 (56.22%) ACCA
11 128 (54.94%) Actionable Insight
12 121 (51.93%) Business Case
13 118 (50.64%) Influencing Skills
14 115 (49.36%) Agile
15 113 (48.50%) Broadband
16 112 (48.07%) Mentoring
17 58 (24.89%) Power Platform
18 53 (22.75%) Business Intelligence
19 52 (22.32%) Power BI
20 44 (18.88%) Degree
21 33 (14.16%) Data Analysis
22 31 (13.30%) Analytics
23 27 (11.59%) SQL
24 26 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
25 25 (10.73%) Visualisation
26 22 (9.44%) Microsoft Office
27 19 (8.15%) Mathematics
28 18 (7.73%) Legal
29 17 (7.30%) Retail
29 17 (7.30%) Financial Modelling

Commercial Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (2.58%) SAS
Applications
1 190 (81.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (9.44%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (3.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.72%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 58 (24.89%) Power Platform
2 6 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (2.15%) Azure
4 1 (0.43%) Intacct
4 1 (0.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 113 (48.50%) Broadband
2 2 (0.86%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (22.32%) Power BI
2 9 (3.86%) Power Query
3 6 (2.58%) Tableau
4 5 (2.15%) Oracle BI EE
5 2 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.86%) RStudio
General
1 201 (86.27%) Finance
2 170 (72.96%) Analytical Skills
3 169 (72.53%) Social Skills
4 118 (50.64%) Influencing Skills
5 18 (7.73%) Legal
6 17 (7.30%) Retail
7 15 (6.44%) Manufacturing
8 12 (5.15%) Back Office
8 12 (5.15%) Local Government
8 12 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.58%) Marketing
10 2 (0.86%) Publishing
10 2 (0.86%) Retail Finance
11 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.86%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.15%) Smartcard
2 11 (4.72%) FMCG
3 2 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.43%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.29%) Windows
1 3 (1.29%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (67.81%) Decision-Making
2 147 (63.09%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 139 (59.66%) Budgeting
4 128 (54.94%) Actionable Insight
5 121 (51.93%) Business Case
6 115 (49.36%) Agile
7 112 (48.07%) Mentoring
8 53 (22.75%) Business Intelligence
9 33 (14.16%) Data Analysis
10 31 (13.30%) Analytics
11 26 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
12 25 (10.73%) Visualisation
13 19 (8.15%) Mathematics
14 17 (7.30%) Financial Modelling
15 16 (6.87%) Economics
15 16 (6.87%) Stakeholder Management
16 14 (6.01%) Business Strategy
16 14 (6.01%) Data Visualisation
17 13 (5.58%) Data Analytics
18 11 (4.72%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 27 (11.59%) SQL
2 13 (5.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 10 (4.29%) VBA
4 5 (2.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 134 (57.51%) CIMA
2 131 (56.22%) ACCA
3 44 (18.88%) Degree
4 5 (2.15%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (0.86%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 145 (62.23%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.43%) SAP
3 5 (2.15%) Oracle
4 1 (0.43%) IBM
4 1 (0.43%) Sage