MBA Contract Job Trends in the South East

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for MBA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 163 178
Rank change year-on-year -59 +15 +35
Contract jobs citing MBA 5 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.076% 0.028% 0.068%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% 0.071% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £470 - £443
25th Percentile £500 - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £325 £625
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% -48.00% +197.62%
75th Percentile - - £681
90th Percentile - - £708
England median daily rate £651 £595 £435
% change year-on-year +9.33% +36.78% -22.32%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,840 1,406 1,860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 43.31% 39.49% 41.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,878 909 1,175
10th Percentile £329 £208 £313
25th Percentile £463 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £501 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £638
90th Percentile £733 £650 £700
England median daily rate £530 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 126 127
10th Percentile £18.25 - £21.85
25th Percentile £33.70 £18.87 £39.50
Median hourly rate £61.16 £25.15 £60.46
Median % change year-on-year +143.18% -58.40% +0.76%
75th Percentile £85.00 £49.69 £74.31
90th Percentile £102.10 £81.00 £90.00
England median hourly rate £51.00 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +102.78% -52.10% -

MBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

MBA job vacancy trend in the South East

MBA
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MBA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MBA

MBA
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MBA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MBA

MBA
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MBA within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 October 2026. 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
Surrey - 2 £550 - 4
West Sussex - 2 - -
Thames Valley - 1 £450 - 23
Berkshire - 1 £450 - 21
MBA
England

MBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Business Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Business Relationship Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
1 2 (40.00%) Relationships Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) AI
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) Programme Management
2 4 (80.00%) Strategic Planning
3 3 (60.00%) Budget Management
3 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (60.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (40.00%) Business Case
4 2 (40.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (40.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 5 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 5 (100.00%) PMP
2 2 (40.00%) PgMP
3 1 (20.00%) CISM
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) PMO
1 2 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) GRC
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) NIST