CBAP Contracts

Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
UK

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

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 565 651
Rank change year-on-year +65 +86 +187
Contract jobs citing CBAP 51 30 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.069% 0.052%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.52% 0.23% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 19 16
10th Percentile £298 £302 £406
25th Percentile £328 £344 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £425 £625
Median % change year-on-year +5.53% -32.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £562 £488 £688
90th Percentile £663 £555 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £449 £375 £495
% change year-on-year +19.60% -24.24% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £59.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £59.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,754 12,940 15,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.87% 29.79% 26.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,039 8,021 9,992
10th Percentile £277 £313 £350
25th Percentile £412 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £704 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 649 1,105 737
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.00 £15.23
25th Percentile £20.15 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £27.94 £40.94 £55.85
Median % change year-on-year -31.75% -26.70% +25.51%
75th Percentile £59.90 £65.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.32 £43.00 £53.67
% change year-on-year -41.12% -19.87% +52.46%

CBAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CBAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CBAP in the UK

CBAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CBAP.

Daily rate trend for CBAP in the UK

CBAP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CBAP over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CBAP in the UK

CBAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CBAP.

Hourly rate trend for CBAP in the UK

CBAP
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CBAP within the UK over the 6 months to 4 July 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
England +87 48 £475 +11.76% 137
London +54 30 £600 +26.32% 50
UK excluding London +35 16 £449 +19.60% 96
North of England +10 10 £419 +11.67% 25
Work from Home +41 6 £461 -5.12% 32
Yorkshire +3 6 £313 -16.67% 7
North West +8 4 £522 - 17
East of England - 3 £450 - 12
Midlands +6 2 £461 +15.25% 20
West Midlands +10 1 £475 +18.75% 14
East Midlands +3 1 £447 - 6
Scotland 0 1 £268 -15.75% 5

CBAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (25.49%) Confluence
2 1 (1.96%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (19.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (15.69%) MS Visio
3 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.96%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Endur
2 1 (1.96%) Actimize
2 1 (1.96%) Aligne
2 1 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.96%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.69%) Power Platform
2 5 (9.80%) Azure
3 4 (7.84%) AWS
4 2 (3.92%) Miro
5 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.96%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.96%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.69%) Power BI
2 5 (9.80%) Tableau
3 4 (7.84%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.96%) GIS
4 1 (1.96%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 15 (29.41%) JIRA
2 3 (5.88%) AdminStudio
General
1 29 (56.86%) Social Skills
2 26 (50.98%) Finance
3 24 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (9.80%) Marketing
4 5 (9.80%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (9.80%) Public Sector
5 4 (7.84%) Banking
6 3 (5.88%) Local Government
7 2 (3.92%) Back Office
7 2 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.96%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.96%) Legal
Job Titles
1 44 (86.27%) Analyst
2 41 (80.39%) Business Analyst
3 11 (21.57%) Senior
3 11 (21.57%) Senior Analyst
4 10 (19.61%) Senior Business Analyst
5 7 (13.73%) Financial Analyst
6 6 (11.76%) Technical Analyst
6 6 (11.76%) Technical Business Analyst
7 5 (9.80%) Finance Business Analyst
7 5 (9.80%) Transformation Analyst
8 4 (7.84%) Business Finance Analyst
8 4 (7.84%) Senior Business Finance Analyst
8 4 (7.84%) Senior Financial Analyst
9 3 (5.88%) Business Data Analyst
9 3 (5.88%) Change Analyst
9 3 (5.88%) Data Analyst
9 3 (5.88%) Data Business Analyst
9 3 (5.88%) Lead
9 3 (5.88%) Lead Business Analyst
10 2 (3.92%) HR Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.96%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (1.96%) LDAP
2 1 (1.96%) OAuth
2 1 (1.96%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.96%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (29.41%) PMI
2 9 (17.65%) Product Ownership
3 7 (13.73%) Management Information System
4 4 (7.84%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.96%) DTCC
5 1 (1.96%) Equities
5 1 (1.96%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.96%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.96%) PDA
5 1 (1.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.92%) Windows
1 2 (3.92%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (80.39%) Business Analysis
2 33 (64.71%) Agile
3 26 (50.98%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (41.18%) Data Analysis
5 20 (39.22%) User Acceptance Testing
6 17 (33.33%) Migration
7 16 (31.37%) Risk Management
7 16 (31.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 15 (29.41%) Analytics
8 15 (29.41%) User Stories
9 14 (27.45%) Change Management
9 14 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (27.45%) Requirements Gathering
10 12 (23.53%) Scrum
10 12 (23.53%) Validation
11 11 (21.57%) Data Migration
11 11 (21.57%) Process Improvement
11 11 (21.57%) Target Operating Model
11 11 (21.57%) Workshop Facilitation
12 10 (19.61%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 13 (25.49%) SQL
2 2 (3.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (52.94%) Degree
2 18 (35.29%) PMI Certification
3 6 (11.76%) IIBA
4 4 (7.84%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.88%) PMP
5 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.92%) CSPO
6 2 (3.92%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.96%) CISM
7 1 (1.96%) CISSP
7 1 (1.96%) CRISC
7 1 (1.96%) SAFe Agilist
7 1 (1.96%) SAS Certification
7 1 (1.96%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.84%) Actionable Recommendations
1 4 (7.84%) MiFID
2 3 (5.88%) Basel III
2 3 (5.88%) IFRS
2 3 (5.88%) IFRS 9
2 3 (5.88%) QA
3 2 (3.92%) COBIT
3 2 (3.92%) GDPR
4 1 (1.96%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.96%) EMIR
4 1 (1.96%) FINRA
4 1 (1.96%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.96%) NIST
4 1 (1.96%) PSD2
4 1 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft
1 6 (11.76%) ServiceNow
2 3 (5.88%) Alteryx
3 2 (3.92%) Atlassian
3 2 (3.92%) Workday
4 1 (1.96%) Calypso
4 1 (1.96%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.96%) ESRI
4 1 (1.96%) Murex
4 1 (1.96%) Okta
4 1 (1.96%) SAP