MBA Contracts in London

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for MBA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 372 473
Rank change year-on-year +29 +101 +95
Contract jobs citing MBA 10 19 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.080% 0.11% 0.074%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% 0.44% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 8
10th Percentile - £205 £388
25th Percentile £341 £275 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £381 £521
Median % change year-on-year +8.20% -26.85% -22.78%
75th Percentile £424 £449 £561
90th Percentile £501 £462 £617
England median daily rate £466 £460 £450
% change year-on-year +1.36% +2.22% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £53.63 £41.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £57.19 £44.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £63.75 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +26.24% -19.20%
75th Percentile £67.50 £69.69 £52.25
90th Percentile - £72.88 £52.55
England median hourly rate £60.00 £63.75 £51.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +25.00% -18.40%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,210 4,292 5,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.58% 24.07% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 2,903 3,919
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £754 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 111 80
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.25 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.74 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £55.50 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

MBA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing MBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for MBA in London

MBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MBA in London.

Daily rate trend for MBA in London

MBA
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MBA in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MBA in London

MBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MBA in London.

Hourly rate trend for MBA in London

MBA
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London +6 3 £535 +30.49% 4
West London +11 1 - - 4
MBA
England

MBA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) SaaS
2 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (10.00%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
1 2 (20.00%) PowerPivot
1 2 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Banking
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Financial Institution
3 2 (20.00%) Front Office
3 2 (20.00%) Legal
3 2 (20.00%) Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) French Language
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (10.00%) Portuguese Language
4 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Retail
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Analyst
1 3 (30.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (30.00%) Business Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Business Development Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Data Scientist
2 2 (20.00%) Development Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Front Office Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Business Operations Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Governance Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Operations Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Data Structures
1 2 (20.00%) Equities
1 2 (20.00%) Fixed Income
1 2 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Analytics
2 5 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Economics
4 3 (30.00%) Data Analysis
4 3 (30.00%) Project Management
4 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (20.00%) Customer Acquisition
5 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
5 2 (20.00%) Data Science
5 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (20.00%) Monetization
5 2 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (20.00%) Statistics
5 2 (20.00%) Storytelling
5 2 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Python
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
1 10 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (20.00%) CFA
3 1 (10.00%) CAPM
3 1 (10.00%) PgMP
3 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Databricks
3 1 (10.00%) Criteo