MBA Contracts in the UK excluding London

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 329 380 436
Rank change year-on-year +51 +56 +65
Contract jobs citing MBA 7 8 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.055% 0.039% 0.059%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% 0.11% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 13
10th Percentile £362 £525 -
25th Percentile £424 £629 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £676 £400
Median % change year-on-year -14.94% +69.00% -17.53%
75th Percentile £744 £725 £475
90th Percentile £775 - £570
UK median daily rate £500 £460 £450
% change year-on-year +8.70% +2.22% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £92.50
Median hourly rate - - £95.00
75th Percentile - - £97.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £63.75 £51.50
% change year-on-year -5.88% +23.79% -17.60%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,548 7,618 7,918
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.55% 37.05% 33.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,786 4,399 5,311
10th Percentile £210 £269 £286
25th Percentile £390 £425 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £530
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% - +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £635
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 413 933 660
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.54 £14.23
25th Percentile £21.25 £16.50 £19.46
Median hourly rate £40.59 £40.94 £49.72
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% -17.66% +44.65%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.08 £77.50 £78.12
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +27.06%

MBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for MBA in the UK excluding London

MBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for MBA in the UK excluding London

MBA
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MBA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MBA in the UK excluding London

MBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for MBA in the UK excluding London

MBA
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 MBA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
South East +37 3 £433 -17.62% 34
South West - 2 £750 - 2
North of England +12 1 £650 -5.52% 7
Yorkshire - 1 £650 - 2
East Midlands - 1 - - 4
Midlands - 1 - - 6
MBA
UK

MBA
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:

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (14.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (14.29%) SAP CO
1 1 (14.29%) SAP FI
1 1 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (14.29%) Lucidchart
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Legal
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Military
4 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
4 1 (14.29%) Electronics
4 1 (14.29%) General Ledger
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Process Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) HR Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Lead Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Process Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Product Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Business Case
2 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (28.57%) Contract Negotiation
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Financial Modelling
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Service Design
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
3 1 (14.29%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
3 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
1 7 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
4 1 (14.29%) PMP
4 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Ariba
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce