CBAP Contract Job Trends in the South West

Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for CBAP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 121 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing CBAP 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.037% 0.054% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.070% 0.10% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £319 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £339 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.35% - -
75th Percentile £358 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £500 £375
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -36.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

CBAP 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 West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,434 992 1,736
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 53.39% 53.16% 55.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 891 615 1,095
10th Percentile £313 £246 £360
25th Percentile £450 £440 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
England median daily rate £520 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -0.95% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 68 195
10th Percentile £17.69 £29.28 £25.00
25th Percentile £19.72 £55.94 £40.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +15.06% -13.09%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -47.05% +3.53% +1.96%

CBAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

CBAP job vacancy trend in the South West

CBAP
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CBAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CBAP

CBAP
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CBAP within the South West region over the 6 months to 10 February 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
Somerset - 1 £339 - 1
CBAP
England

CBAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Discovery
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Economics
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft