MBA Contract Job Trends in the North West

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for MBA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 - 135
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MBA 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.16% - 0.076%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.45% - 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £312 - £664
25th Percentile £324 - £666
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £359 - £688
75th Percentile £403 - £716
90th Percentile £405 - £721
England median daily rate £395 £518 £395
% change year-on-year -23.72% +31.18% -12.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 890 683 837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 35.19% 31.69% 31.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 582 351 553
10th Percentile £226 £213 £255
25th Percentile £388 £356 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £475 £545
Median % change year-on-year +0.79% -12.84% +6.86%
75th Percentile £613 £582 £645
90th Percentile £688 £675 £720
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 55 72
10th Percentile £18.88 £19.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.16 £23.36 £27.89
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% -29.62% +81.78%
75th Percentile £65.06 £53.88 £46.89
90th Percentile £73.75 £78.25 £55.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.37 £52.05
% change year-on-year -46.91% -8.99% +15.67%

MBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

MBA job vacancy trend in the North West

MBA
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

MBA
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Cheshire - 3 £331 - 3
Manchester - 1 £388 -
MBA
England

MBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (75.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Corporate Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Retail Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Banking Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Banking Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Finance Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Finance Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Finance Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Junior
2 1 (25.00%) Junior Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) PMI
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Fintech
2 2 (50.00%) Kanban
2 2 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (50.00%) PMP
2 2 (50.00%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Basel III
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Anaplan
1 1 (25.00%) SAP