IIBA Contracts in the UK excluding London

International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for IIBA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 387 445
Rank change year-on-year +70 +58 +55
Contract jobs citing IIBA 17 16 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.077% 0.046%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.37% 0.21% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 9
10th Percentile - - £392
25th Percentile £405 £405 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £422 £410 £433
Median % change year-on-year +2.93% -5.20% -1.14%
75th Percentile £460 £415 £474
90th Percentile £489 £429 £481
UK median daily rate £424 £410 £446
% change year-on-year +3.41% -8.13% -6.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

IIBA 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,549 7,659 7,944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.59% 37.06% 33.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,781 4,418 5,333
10th Percentile £210 £269 £285
25th Percentile £390 £425 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £530 £530
Median % change year-on-year -5.57% - +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £633
90th Percentile £688 £725 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 413 937 664
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.61 £14.08
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £19.33
Median hourly rate £40.59 £40.94 £49.72
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% -17.66% +43.34%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.08 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +28.57%

IIBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing IIBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IIBA in the UK excluding London

IIBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IIBA in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IIBA in the UK excluding London

IIBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IIBA in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IIBA in the UK excluding London

IIBA
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IIBA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Scotland +18 6 £422 -2.99%
North of England +16 4 £410 - 1
North West +14 4 £410 - 1
South West - 3 £500 -
South East +40 1 - - 1
Midlands +13 1 £447 - 1
East Midlands +11 1 £447 -
Wales - 1 £450 -
Channel Islands - 1 - -
IIBA
UK

IIBA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 5 (29.41%) Confluence
2 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.88%) CMS
3 1 (5.88%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (11.76%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (5.88%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (29.41%) JIRA
General
1 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (35.29%) Public Sector
2 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Automotive
3 4 (23.53%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (94.12%) Analyst
1 16 (94.12%) Business Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Senior
2 3 (17.65%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Senior Business Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Business IT Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Transformation
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Transformation Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) IT Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) .NET
1 1 (5.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
1 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
1 2 (11.76%) Virtual Team
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Business Analysis
2 10 (58.82%) Agile
2 10 (58.82%) Six Sigma
3 6 (35.29%) Lean UX
3 6 (35.29%) Systems Thinking
3 6 (35.29%) User Experience
4 5 (29.41%) GAP Analysis
4 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (29.41%) Value Proposition
4 5 (29.41%) Wardley Maps
4 5 (29.41%) Waterfall
4 5 (29.41%) Wireframes
5 4 (23.53%) Change Management
5 4 (23.53%) Creative Thinking
5 4 (23.53%) Feasibility Study
5 4 (23.53%) Minimum Viable Product
5 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
5 4 (23.53%) Target Operating Model
5 4 (23.53%) User Stories
6 3 (17.65%) User Research
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) ISEB
2 3 (17.65%) Degree
3 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) CBAP
4 1 (5.88%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
1 3 (17.65%) Salesforce
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle