MBA Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for MBA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 201 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MBA 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.044% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £369 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 - -
75th Percentile £406 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £548 £563 £449
% change year-on-year -2.67% +25.42% -22.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,424 1,056 1,165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 31.13% 26.55% 24.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 953 581 786
10th Percentile £215 £238 £249
25th Percentile £400 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -4.39% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £627
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 72 81
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.03 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.16 £24.14 £26.78
Median hourly rate £35.00 £40.16 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -12.85% -13.03% +113.40%
75th Percentile £63.40 £55.38 -
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £53.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% -4.76% +16.67%

MBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

MBA job vacancy trend in the North of England

MBA
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing MBA

MBA
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 13 November 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
Yorkshire - 1 - - 3
North West - 1 £388 - 2
MBA
England

MBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Financial Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (50.00%) Product Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (50.00%) Stress Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Anaplan
1 1 (50.00%) SAP