MBA Contract Job Trends in England

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MBA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 473 539
Rank change year-on-year -46 +66 +142
Contract jobs citing MBA 28 22 20
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.088% 0.077% 0.054%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.26% 0.25% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 16 14
10th Percentile £309 £381 £100
25th Percentile £332 £401 £201
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £518 £395
Median % change year-on-year -25.12% +31.18% -12.33%
75th Percentile £529 £628 £607
90th Percentile £704 £713 £674
UK median daily rate £395 £530 £459
% change year-on-year -25.52% +15.53% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £25.40 - £51.75
25th Percentile £40.25 - £52.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - £58.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.91%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 10,797 8,730 11,311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.98% 30.50% 30.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,074 5,378 7,146
10th Percentile £313 £305 £300
25th Percentile £419 £420 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 907 416 690
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.67 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.07 £25.26 £25.41
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.37 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -46.91% -8.71% +15.31%
75th Percentile £56.69 £68.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £79.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.35
% change year-on-year -37.13% -23.59% +16.34%

MBA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

MBA job vacancy trend in England

MBA
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MBA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MBA

MBA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MBA in England over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MBA in England

MBA
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MBA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MBA

MBA
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MBA in England over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for MBA in England

MBA
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MBA within the England region over the 6 months to 26 December 2025. 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
London +1 17 £500 -3.38% 44
East Midlands - 6 £347 - 5
Midlands - 6 £347 - 8
North West - 5 £331 - 4
North of England - 5 £331 - 4
East of England - 2 - - 1
MBA
UK

MBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 7 (25.00%) Confluence
2 1 (3.57%) CMS
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (10.71%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Endur
2 2 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (3.57%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (3.57%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 9 (32.14%) Power Platform
2 3 (10.71%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (7.14%) Azure
3 2 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.14%) Power Automate
3 2 (7.14%) SaaS
4 1 (3.57%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (32.14%) Power BI
2 2 (7.14%) Tableau
3 1 (3.57%) Essbase
3 1 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 18 (64.29%) Finance
2 12 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 10 (35.71%) Banking
4 7 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (17.86%) Corporate Banking
5 5 (17.86%) Retail Banking
6 4 (14.29%) Retail
7 2 (7.14%) Automotive
7 2 (7.14%) Back Office
7 2 (7.14%) Financial Institution
7 2 (7.14%) Legal
7 2 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (7.14%) Telecoms
8 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (3.57%) Marketing
8 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Project Manager
2 6 (21.43%) Analyst
3 5 (17.86%) Business Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Product Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Senior
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Back Office Business Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Banking Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Banking Business Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Banking Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Endur Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Endur Business Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Financial Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) IT Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Lead
5 2 (7.14%) OpenLink Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) OpenLink Business Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Principal Business Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (32.14%) PMI
2 6 (21.43%) Product Ownership
3 2 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (7.14%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.57%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (46.43%) Agile
2 13 (46.43%) Project Management
3 9 (32.14%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (32.14%) Change Management
3 9 (32.14%) Decision-Making
4 8 (28.57%) Scrum
5 7 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 7 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
6 6 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (17.86%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 5 (17.86%) Computer Science
7 5 (17.86%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 5 (17.86%) CRM
7 5 (17.86%) Kanban
7 5 (17.86%) Lean Six Sigma
7 5 (17.86%) Resource Allocation
7 5 (17.86%) Six Sigma
7 5 (17.86%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (100.00%) Degree
1 28 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 9 (32.14%) PMI Certification
2 9 (32.14%) PMP
3 5 (17.86%) SAFe Agilist
4 2 (7.14%) CFA
5 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.57%) PhD
5 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) QA
2 5 (17.86%) Basel III
3 1 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.29%) SAP
3 3 (10.71%) OpenLink
4 2 (7.14%) Hitachi
4 2 (7.14%) ION Trading
5 1 (3.57%) Anaplan
5 1 (3.57%) Avaloq
5 1 (3.57%) Oracle
5 1 (3.57%) Salesforce