City of London MBA Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Master of Business Administration (MBA) in IT contracts within the City of London region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MBA over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Location Berkshire Canary Wharf City of London Docklands, London East of England England Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire London Middlesex Newbury North West Scotland South East Southampton Suffolk UK	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	215	190
Rank change on same period last year	-25
Matching contract IT job ads	4	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.481 %	0.709 %
Daily rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£500
Average daily rate	£350	£625
% change on same period last year	-44.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£750
UK excluding London average daily rate	£492	£540
% change on same period last year	-8.95 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Qualifications City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	832	564
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.067 %	0.634 %
Daily rates quoted	367	210
Average minimum daily rate	£372	£414
Average daily rate	£401	£442
% change on same period last year	-9.27 %
Average maximum daily rate	£430	£469
UK excluding London average daily rate	£327	£332
% change on same period last year	-1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	62	35
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.76	£27.59
Average hourly rate	£25.89	£28.43
% change on same period last year	-8.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.01	£29.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.74	£25.82
% change on same period last year	-4.19 %
MBA London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MBA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing MBA across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

MBA
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing MBA across the City of London region.

MBA
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing MBA across the City of London region.

MBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the City of London region citing MBA also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MBA.

1 9 (81.82 %) Finance 2 4 (36.36 %) Cisco 3 3 (27.27 %) CCIE 3 3 (27.27 %) CCNP 3 3 (27.27 %) MPLS 3 3 (27.27 %) OSPF 3 3 (27.27 %) BGP 3 3 (27.27 %) LAN 3 3 (27.27 %) WAN 3 3 (27.27 %) RIP 3 3 (27.27 %) Education 3 3 (27.27 %) Cisco Certification 3 3 (27.27 %) Banking 3 3 (27.27 %) Network Design 3 3 (27.27 %) Insurance

4 2 (18.18 %) Degree 4 2 (18.18 %) Data Analysis 4 2 (18.18 %) Business Analysis 4 2 (18.18 %) PRINCE2 5 1 (9.091 %) MS Excel 5 1 (9.091 %) SQL 5 1 (9.091 %) Business Objects 5 1 (9.091 %) MS Office 5 1 (9.091 %) Business Intelligence 5 1 (9.091 %) SLA 5 1 (9.091 %) Basel II 5 1 (9.091 %) BusinessObjects 5 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft 5 1 (9.091 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 1 (9.091 %) PRINCE

MBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the City of London region citing MBA also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MBA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) MS Office 1 1 (9.091 %) MS Excel 1 1 (9.091 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 3 (27.27 %) LAN 1 3 (27.27 %) WAN 1 3 (27.27 %) RIP 1 3 (27.27 %) MPLS 1 3 (27.27 %) OSPF 1 3 (27.27 %) BGP 2 1 (9.091 %) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (9.091 %) BusinessObjects	General 1 9 (81.82 %) Finance 2 3 (27.27 %) Education 2 3 (27.27 %) Banking 2 3 (27.27 %) Insurance 3 1 (9.091 %) Pensions 3 1 (9.091 %) Marketing 3 1 (9.091 %) Front Office 3 1 (9.091 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 3 (27.27 %) Business Analyst 1 3 (27.27 %) Analyst 1 3 (27.27 %) Architect 1 3 (27.27 %) Cisco Architect 2 2 (18.18 %) Project Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) Business Process Consultant 3 1 (9.091 %) PRINCE2 Project Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) Consultant 3 1 (9.091 %) Process Consultant 3 1 (9.091 %) Business Consultant 3 1 (9.091 %) Bid Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) Change Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 1 (9.091 %) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (27.27 %) Network Design 2 2 (18.18 %) Data Analysis 2 2 (18.18 %) Business Analysis 2 2 (18.18 %) PRINCE2 3 1 (9.091 %) Business Intelligence 3 1 (9.091 %) PRINCE 3 1 (9.091 %) Change Management 3 1 (9.091 %) Performance Management	Programming Languages 1 1 (9.091 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 3 (27.27 %) CCIE 1 3 (27.27 %) CCNP 1 3 (27.27 %) Cisco Certification 2 2 (18.18 %) Degree 3 1 (9.091 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 1 (9.091 %) CIMA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (9.091 %) SLA 1 1 (9.091 %) Basel II
Vendors 1 4 (36.36 %) Cisco 2 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft 2 1 (9.091 %) Business Objects