IIBA Contract Job Trends 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 22 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 355 408
Rank change year-on-year -18 +53 +81
Contract jobs citing IIBA 7 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.043% 0.035% 0.048%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.10% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 10
10th Percentile £277 £407 £429
25th Percentile £366 £407 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £415 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.46% -20.95% +20.60%
75th Percentile £488 £427 £550
90th Percentile £493 £429 £554
UK median daily rate £488 £441 £525
% change year-on-year +10.67% -16.10% +5.00%

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 5,825 5,795 7,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.93% 33.90% 34.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,518 3,389 4,582
10th Percentile £213 £250 £265
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% +2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £624 £643
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 773 451 616
10th Percentile £16.59 £18.50 £15.74
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.30 £24.94
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £51.90
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% -3.65% +15.32%
75th Percentile £35.50 £68.46 £68.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £53.67
% change year-on-year -47.05% -11.49% +19.26%

IIBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IIBA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

IIBA job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IIBA
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IIBA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IIBA

IIBA
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IIBA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IIBA in the UK excluding London

IIBA
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IIBA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IIBA

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 22 October 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
South East +13 3 £475 - 3
Scotland -1 1 £268 -36.76%
North of England -29 1 £285 -30.91% 3
Midlands -29 1 £450 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £285 -
South West - 1 £500 -
West Midlands - 1 £450 -
IIBA
UK

IIBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (28.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Aviation
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Business Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Requirements Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Mortgage Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Conflict Resolution
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Line Management
2 3 (42.86%) Mathematics
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Requirements Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Requirements Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Requirements Management
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
3 2 (28.57%) Business Case
3 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) User Stories
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Scrum
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Progress
1 1 (14.29%) SAP