MBA Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
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 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 127 113 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Contract jobs citing MBA 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.090% 0.17% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.33% 0.69% -
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 - - -
Central London median daily rate £388 £535 -
% change year-on-year -27.57% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 598 437 458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 26.89% 24.82% 20.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 295 300
10th Percentile £376 £385 £369
25th Percentile £450 £458 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £661
90th Percentile £738 £771 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £549 £525
% change year-on-year -4.28% +4.48% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 5
10th Percentile £18.71 £23.62 £19.45
25th Percentile £24.16 £26.04 £20.22
Median hourly rate £30.03 £45.33 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year -33.74% +117.75% -54.75%
75th Percentile £55.37 £72.81 £27.00
90th Percentile £68.53 £89.13 £55.05
Central London median hourly rate £25.77 £29.07 £27.00
% change year-on-year -11.35% +7.67% -41.30%

MBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

MBA job vacancy trend in the City of London

MBA
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

MBA
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MBA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MBA

MBA
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:

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