The first table below looks at the demand for MBA in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MBA over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Rank 192 210 240
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +30
Contract jobs citing MBA 7 9 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.110% 0.114% 0.050%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.748% 0.840% 0.408%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 5
Average daily rate £265 £588 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-54.89% +6.81%
UK excluding London average daily rate £538 £428 £300
% change year-on-year
+25.73% +42.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
936 1071 1225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 14.74% 13.61% 12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 617 644 780
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £250 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 48 53
Average hourly rate £36.29 £17.87 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+103.13% -14.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £23.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MBA
London

MBA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MBA across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

City of London MBA Jobs Demand Trend

MBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London MBA Daily Rate Trend

MBA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MBA across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London MBA Daily Rate Histogram

MBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London MBA Hourly Rate Trend

MBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing MBA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MBA.

1 9 (64.29%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Degree
3 4 (28.57%) Banking
3 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 4 (28.57%) Project Management
4 3 (21.43%) Mobile Commerce
4 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
4 3 (21.43%) Content Management
4 3 (21.43%) Investment Banking
4 3 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (21.43%) Time Management
4 3 (21.43%) Project Planning
5 2 (14.29%) Marketing
5 2 (14.29%) CFA
5 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
5 2 (14.29%) CRM
6 1 (7.143%) FTP
6 1 (7.143%) SLA
6 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
6 1 (7.143%) PMP
6 1 (7.143%) PMI Certification
6 1 (7.143%) CA
6 1 (7.143%) Hyperion
6 1 (7.143%) Internet
6 1 (7.143%) CIMA
6 1 (7.143%) Change Management
6 1 (7.143%) Back Office
6 1 (7.143%) ACCA
6 1 (7.143%) Economics
6 1 (7.143%) Strategic Planning

MBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing MBA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MBA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (7.143%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (7.143%) Eagle PACE
1 1 (7.143%) Eagle STAR
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) FTP
1 1 (7.143%) Internet
General
1 9 (64.29%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Banking
2 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 3 (21.43%) Investment Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Marketing
5 1 (7.143%) Back Office
5 1 (7.143%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (7.143%) Retail
5 1 (7.143%) Billing
5 1 (7.143%) Dutch Language
5 1 (7.143%) German Language
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
1 4 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Business Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Consultant
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Senior Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Billing Project Manager
3 1 (7.143%) CRM Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) Business Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) IT Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) IT Strategy Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) Strategy Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) Strategy Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Marketing Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) IT Strategy Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) Payments Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Economics
1 1 (7.143%) Statistics
1 1 (7.143%) Mathematics
1 1 (7.143%) Social Media
1 1 (7.143%) iPad
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Project Management
2 3 (21.43%) Mobile Commerce
2 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
2 3 (21.43%) Content Management
2 3 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (21.43%) Time Management
2 3 (21.43%) Project Planning
3 2 (14.29%) CRM
4 1 (7.143%) Change Management
4 1 (7.143%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.143%) Direct Marketing
4 1 (7.143%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (7.143%) Investment Management
4 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) CFA
3 1 (7.143%) PMP
3 1 (7.143%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.143%) CIMA
3 1 (7.143%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.143%) CA
1 1 (7.143%) Hyperion
1 1 (7.143%) Google
1 1 (7.143%) Facebook
1 1 (7.143%) Twitter