The first table below looks at the demand for MBA in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MBA over the 3 months to 19 June 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 currently tracked.

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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Rank 495 499 563
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +64
Contract jobs citing MBA 46 71 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.096% 0.122% 0.061%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.527% 0.712% 0.386%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 44 14
Average daily rate £475 £463 £544
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -14.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £300 £293
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £643 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £525 £330 £290
% change year-on-year
+59.09% +13.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £21.87 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8728 9969 9842
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.14% 17.18% 15.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4650 5163 4803
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 491 522 685
Average hourly rate £22.13 £20.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.92% -8.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.28 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%

MBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

MBA Daily Rate Trend

MBA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MBA within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

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 within the UK.

MBA Hourly Rate Trend

MBA
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MBA within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -10 42 £475 - 17
London +9 28 £240 -51.14% 13
City of London +11 17 £240 -46.66% 2
South East +18 6 £513 +68.03% 3
West Midlands - 4 £550 -
South West +32 2 - - 1
Surrey +21 2 £500 -
Wiltshire +5 2 - - 1
Hampshire -3 2 £525 - 1
Hertfordshire - - - -
Lancashire - - - -
Oxfordshire - - - -
South Yorkshire - - - -
Bristol - - - -
Chester - - - -
Dagenham - - - -
Feltham - - - -
Gatwick - - - -
Guildford - - - -
Leeds - - - -
Oxford - - - -
Preston - - - -
Reading - - - -
Shanklin - - - -
Sheffield - - - -
Slough - - - - 1
Southampton - - - - 1
Uxbridge - - - -
Berkshire - - - - 1
Buckinghamshire - - - - 1

MBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 55 (67.90%) Finance
2 53 (65.43%) Degree
3 37 (45.68%) Project Management
4 25 (30.86%) Banking
5 20 (24.69%) PRINCE2
6 15 (18.52%) Business Analysis
7 14 (17.28%) Legal
7 14 (17.28%) Telecoms
8 13 (16.05%) Internet
8 13 (16.05%) Investment Banking
9 12 (14.81%) MS PowerPoint
10 11 (13.58%) E-Commerce
10 11 (13.58%) Management Information System
11 10 (12.35%) Risk Management
11 10 (12.35%) Agile Software Development
12 9 (11.11%) Cadence
12 9 (11.11%) MS Excel
12 9 (11.11%) Computer Science
12 9 (11.11%) Product Management
13 8 (9.877%) Market Research
13 8 (9.877%) Financial Modelling
13 8 (9.877%) ITIL
13 8 (9.877%) SAP
13 8 (9.877%) PMI Certification
13 8 (9.877%) Service Management
14 7 (8.642%) Games
14 7 (8.642%) PRINCE
14 7 (8.642%) Sun
14 7 (8.642%) VoIP
14 7 (8.642%) Change Control

MBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 3 (3.704%) Middleware
2 2 (2.469%) JSP
2 2 (2.469%) .NET
3 1 (1.235%) J2EE
3 1 (1.235%) Velocity
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.173%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.469%) SAS
3 1 (1.235%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 12 (14.81%) MS PowerPoint
2 9 (11.11%) MS Excel
3 5 (6.173%) MS Visio
3 5 (6.173%) MS Office
4 3 (3.704%) MS Project
5 1 (1.235%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (4.938%) SAP GRC
1 4 (4.938%) SAP FI
1 4 (4.938%) SAP MM
1 4 (4.938%) SAP FI/CO
1 4 (4.938%) SAP CO
2 2 (2.469%) Eagle PACE
2 2 (2.469%) Eagle STAR
3 1 (1.235%) HFM
3 1 (1.235%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.235%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.05%) Internet
2 7 (8.642%) VoIP
3 1 (1.235%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.235%) FTP
3 1 (1.235%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.469%) QlikView
1 2 (2.469%) Oracle ODI
1 2 (2.469%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.235%) Essbase
2 1 (1.235%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.235%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.235%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (1.235%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (2.469%) JIRA
General
1 55 (67.90%) Finance
2 25 (30.86%) Banking
3 14 (17.28%) Legal
3 14 (17.28%) Telecoms
4 13 (16.05%) Investment Banking
5 7 (8.642%) Games
5 7 (8.642%) Marketing
5 7 (8.642%) Law
6 5 (6.173%) Front Office
7 4 (4.938%) Retail
7 4 (4.938%) Billing
7 4 (4.938%) Automotive
8 2 (2.469%) German Language
8 2 (2.469%) Back Office
9 1 (1.235%) Electronics
9 1 (1.235%) Military
9 1 (1.235%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.235%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.235%) Private Banking
9 1 (1.235%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 20 (24.69%) Analyst
2 15 (18.52%) Project Manager
2 15 (18.52%) Business Analyst
3 9 (11.11%) Consultant
4 7 (8.642%) Designer
5 6 (7.407%) Architect
6 4 (4.938%) SAP Consultant
7 3 (3.704%) Technical Architect
7 3 (3.704%) Technical Project Manager
7 3 (3.704%) Developer
7 3 (3.704%) Technical Manager
7 3 (3.704%) Strategy Consultant
7 3 (3.704%) Strategy Analyst
8 2 (2.469%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.469%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
8 2 (2.469%) Business Manager
8 2 (2.469%) IT Strategy Consultant
8 2 (2.469%) SAP Manager
8 2 (2.469%) Lead Architect
8 2 (2.469%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.58%) Management Information System
2 9 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 6 (7.407%) Economics
3 6 (7.407%) PMI
4 5 (6.173%) Derivative
5 4 (4.938%) Statistics
5 4 (4.938%) Mathematics
6 3 (3.704%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (2.469%) Hedge funds
7 2 (2.469%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.469%) Market Risk
7 2 (2.469%) RMADS
7 2 (2.469%) Physics
7 2 (2.469%) Fixed Income
7 2 (2.469%) Equities
7 2 (2.469%) CESG
7 2 (2.469%) CESG CLAS
8 1 (1.235%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.235%) CMDB
8 1 (1.235%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.235%) UNIX
1 1 (1.235%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (45.68%) Project Management
2 20 (24.69%) PRINCE2
3 15 (18.52%) Business Analysis
4 11 (13.58%) E-Commerce
5 10 (12.35%) Risk Management
5 10 (12.35%) Agile Software Development
6 9 (11.11%) Product Management
7 8 (9.877%) Market Research
7 8 (9.877%) Financial Modelling
7 8 (9.877%) ITIL
7 8 (9.877%) Service Management
8 7 (8.642%) PRINCE
8 7 (8.642%) Change Control
8 7 (8.642%) Refactoring
9 6 (7.407%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (6.173%) Programme Management
10 5 (6.173%) ERP
10 5 (6.173%) Project Planning
10 5 (6.173%) Analytics
11 4 (4.938%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.173%) SQL
2 2 (2.469%) C#
2 2 (2.469%) Java
3 1 (1.235%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.235%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.235%) C++
3 1 (1.235%) C
Qualifications
1 53 (65.43%) Degree
2 8 (9.877%) PMI Certification
3 6 (7.407%) CISSP
3 6 (7.407%) CISA
4 4 (4.938%) CFA
4 4 (4.938%) PMP
5 3 (3.704%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (2.469%) PhD
6 2 (2.469%) ACCA
6 2 (2.469%) CISM
6 2 (2.469%) CIMA
7 1 (1.235%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.235%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.642%) QA
2 2 (2.469%) JSP 440
2 2 (2.469%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 9 (11.11%) Cadence
2 8 (9.877%) SAP
3 7 (8.642%) Sun
4 6 (7.407%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.469%) Twitter
5 2 (2.469%) Tableau
5 2 (2.469%) Omniture
5 2 (2.469%) Mantas
5 2 (2.469%) Actimize
5 2 (2.469%) Business Objects
5 2 (2.469%) Oracle
5 2 (2.469%) CA
5 2 (2.469%) Hyperion
6 1 (1.235%) Calypso
6 1 (1.235%) HP
6 1 (1.235%) BMC
6 1 (1.235%) Salesforce.com
6 1 (1.235%) Bloomberg
6 1 (1.235%) Remedy
6 1 (1.235%) Google
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