Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CBAP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 676 806
Rank change year-on-year +100 +130 -135
Contract jobs citing CBAP 22 43 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.072% 0.048%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.26% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 23 19
10th Percentile £316 £411 £423
25th Percentile £363 £515 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +13.64% +12.82%
75th Percentile £519 £688 £638
90th Percentile £668 £750 £665
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £443 £438
% change year-on-year -15.26% +1.15% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £53.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £53.00

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CBAP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,270 16,337 19,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.65% 27.32% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,165 10,899 12,575
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,067 858 776
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £13.46
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.06 £19.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.31
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.28 £50.00 £31.89
% change year-on-year -19.45% +56.79% -14.39%

CBAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CBAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CBAP in the UK

CBAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CBAP.

Daily rate trend for CBAP in the UK

CBAP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CBAP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CBAP in the UK

CBAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CBAP.

Hourly rate trend for CBAP in the UK

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Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CBAP within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +107 20 £400 -36.00% 8
UK excluding London +71 11 £375 -15.26% 5
London +73 9 £600 -4.00% 3
Work from Home +125 8 £500 -23.08% 4
North of England +37 6 £375 -15.26% 1
Yorkshire +24 5 £375 -
Midlands - 3 £400 -
South East - 2 £500 - 2
East Midlands - 2 £450 -
North West +16 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 £350 -

CBAP
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 2 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) SAP PM
1 4 (18.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (13.64%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
1 4 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.55%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Power BI
1 2 (9.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 16 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 12 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (45.45%) Finance
4 5 (22.73%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Banking
5 2 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (9.09%) German Language
5 2 (9.09%) Legal
5 2 (9.09%) Spanish Language
6 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (95.45%) Analyst
1 21 (95.45%) Business Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) SAP Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) SAP Business Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Endur Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Endur Business Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) OpenLink Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) OpenLink Business Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Implementation Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Senior
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Product Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) PMI
2 4 (18.18%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (81.82%) Business Analysis
2 14 (63.64%) Agile
2 14 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 9 (40.91%) DevOps
4 9 (40.91%) Scrum
5 7 (31.82%) Data Analysis
5 7 (31.82%) User Stories
6 6 (27.27%) Business Strategy
6 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (22.73%) Acceptance Criteria
7 5 (22.73%) Computer Science
7 5 (22.73%) Project Management
7 5 (22.73%) Waterfall
8 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
8 4 (18.18%) SDLC
8 4 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
9 3 (13.64%) Coaching
9 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (13.64%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (77.27%) Degree
2 8 (36.36%) PMI Certification
3 3 (13.64%) IIBA
4 2 (9.09%) CSPO
4 2 (9.09%) ISEB
4 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.55%) APMP
5 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.55%) SEPA
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) SAP
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle