MBA Contract Job Trends in Central London

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for MBA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 124 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing MBA 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.084% 0.15% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.30% 0.60% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £381 £518 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £535 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.57% - -
75th Percentile £394 £553 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £653 £413 £305
% change year-on-year +58.18% +35.14% -41.43%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

MBA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 660 500 514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 27.67% 24.98% 20.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 337 324
10th Percentile £363 £361 £363
25th Percentile £450 £456 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.28% +4.48% -6.67%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £775
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 9
10th Percentile £19.34 £24.16 £19.96
25th Percentile £25.47 £27.39 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.77 £29.07 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.35% +7.67% -41.30%
75th Percentile £42.63 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £85.50 £66.75
London median hourly rate £38.54 £30.67 £26.24
% change year-on-year +25.65% +16.89% -35.21%

MBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MBA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

MBA job vacancy trend in Central London

MBA
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing MBA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing MBA

MBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing MBA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing MBA

MBA
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MBA within the Central London region over the 6 months to 19 April 2026. 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
City of London -14 2 £388 -27.57% 14
MBA
London

MBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Commercial Director
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing Director
1 1 (50.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) FMCG
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Epics
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) PLM
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (50.00%) Product Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft