IIBA Contract Job Trends in the City of London

International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)
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 IIBA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 126 148
Rank change year-on-year +9 +22 +54
Contract jobs citing IIBA 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.12% 0.095% 0.035%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.46% 0.38% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £439 £605 -
25th Percentile £468 £606 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £613 £820
Median % change year-on-year -14.69% -25.30% -
75th Percentile £583 £621 -
90th Percentile £616 £622 -
Central London median daily rate £523 £613 £820
% change year-on-year -14.69% -25.30% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

IIBA 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 434 526 584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.74% 24.88% 20.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 308 349
10th Percentile £328 £353 £346
25th Percentile £450 £463 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £560
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +0.45% -4.68%
75th Percentile £675 £659 £688
90th Percentile £738 £766 £821
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile £19.68 £23.10 £23.45
25th Percentile £23.58 £27.00 £31.63
Median hourly rate £27.00 £32.50 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% -30.11% +7.84%
75th Percentile £37.96 £112.00 £62.63
90th Percentile £54.53 - £71.55
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +80.56% -58.26%

IIBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

IIBA job vacancy trend in the City of London

IIBA
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

IIBA
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IIBA in the City of London over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IIBA in the City of London

IIBA
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Community of Practice
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Epics
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Operations Management
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) CBAP
2 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Xceptor