CBAP Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for CBAP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 123 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing CBAP 8 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.44% 0.20% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.58% 0.76% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 0
10th Percentile £373 £488 -
25th Percentile £404 £534 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.60% - -
75th Percentile £647 £656 -
90th Percentile £675 £668 -
Central London median daily rate £509 £625 -
% change year-on-year -18.60% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

CBAP 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 505 527 501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.52% 25.86% 20.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 313 317
10th Percentile £354 £335 £358
25th Percentile £425 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £658 £638 £688
90th Percentile £738 £743 £794
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £25.90 £24.78 £29.39
25th Percentile £26.13 £28.94 £45.09
Median hourly rate £27.75 £72.25 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.59% -0.34% +68.60%
75th Percentile £38.38 £112.00 £75.63
90th Percentile £54.35 - £76.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.50 £72.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year -63.32% +20.42% +39.53%

CBAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

CBAP job vacancy trend in the City of London

CBAP
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CBAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CBAP

CBAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CBAP in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CBAP in the City of London

CBAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Banking
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
4 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Analyst
2 7 (87.50%) Business Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Payments Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Payments Business Analyst
4 2 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Banking Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Senior
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Product Ownership
2 4 (50.00%) PMI
3 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 1 (12.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 6 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (62.50%) Business Analysis
3 5 (62.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (50.00%) Kanban
4 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
4 4 (50.00%) Scrum
4 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (50.00%) Use Case
4 4 (50.00%) User Stories
4 4 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (37.50%) Anti-Money Laundering
5 3 (37.50%) Backlog Management
5 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
5 3 (37.50%) KYC
5 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
6 2 (25.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Java
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (25.00%) ISEB
4 1 (12.50%) IIBA
4 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
4 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) PSD2
1 3 (37.50%) QA
2 2 (25.00%) ISO 8583
2 2 (25.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (12.50%) ISO 20022
3 1 (12.50%) SEPA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Xceptor