CBAP Contract Job Trends

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 30 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 499 526
Rank change year-on-year -147 +27 +106
Contract jobs citing CBAP 37 54 41
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.067% 0.16% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 0.52% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 35 29
10th Percentile £405 £308 £400
25th Percentile £435 £366 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.32% +11.76% -22.73%
75th Percentile £577 £619 £511
90th Percentile £638 £663 £545
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £428 £425
% change year-on-year +16.96% +0.59% -29.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 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 17,415 10,358 10,991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.73% 31.54% 29.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,583 6,484 6,674
10th Percentile £350 £283 £313
25th Percentile £445 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £634
90th Percentile £713 £710 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,404 870 609
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.87 £17.98
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £25.26
Median hourly rate £45.35 £25.15 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +80.32% -48.67% -8.69%
75th Percentile £72.25 £42.81 £68.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £70.00 £75.57
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £50.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -49.70% -3.65%

CBAP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

CBAP job vacancy trend in the UK

CBAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CBAP

CBAP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CBAP over the 6 months to 30 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CBAP in the UK

CBAP
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CBAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CBAP

CBAP
Top 9 Contract Job 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 30 September 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
England -142 32 £515 +2.59% 35
London -97 21 £540 -10.00% 22
Work from Home -69 14 £490 -8.75% 19
UK excluding London -104 12 £500 +16.96% 15
South East - 6 £526 - 2
Scotland -18 2 - -
East of England -27 2 - - 2
Midlands -39 2 £450 -2.70% 5
West Midlands -46 2 £450 -2.70% 3

CBAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 13 (35.14%) Confluence
2 1 (2.70%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (18.92%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (2.70%) Elite 3E
2 1 (2.70%) Endur
2 1 (2.70%) Primavera
2 1 (2.70%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.70%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.03%) Azure
2 6 (16.22%) AWS
3 5 (13.51%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (8.11%) Miro
4 3 (8.11%) Power Platform
5 2 (5.41%) Lucidchart
6 1 (2.70%) Asana
6 1 (2.70%) Azure AI
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.70%) Figma
6 1 (2.70%) GitHub
6 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (2.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (2.70%) Snowflake
6 1 (2.70%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) DNS
2 1 (2.70%) CTI
2 1 (2.70%) Network Security
2 1 (2.70%) PBX
2 1 (2.70%) Unified Communications
2 1 (2.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (8.11%) Power BI
3 2 (5.41%) Metadata
4 1 (2.70%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (2.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (35.14%) JIRA
General
1 26 (70.27%) Finance
2 20 (54.05%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (45.95%) Social Skills
4 12 (32.43%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (29.73%) Banking
6 6 (16.22%) Public Sector
7 3 (8.11%) Investment Banking
7 3 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (5.41%) Billing
8 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (5.41%) Law
8 2 (5.41%) Legal
8 2 (5.41%) Local Government
8 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
9 1 (2.70%) Back Office
9 1 (2.70%) French Language
9 1 (2.70%) German Language
9 1 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (2.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 36 (97.30%) Analyst
2 33 (89.19%) Business Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) Senior
3 7 (18.92%) Senior Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) Senior Business Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) Technical Analyst
4 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
4 4 (10.81%) Technical Business Analyst
5 3 (8.11%) Automation Analyst
5 3 (8.11%) Process Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Lead
6 2 (5.41%) Lead Business Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Product Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Product Business Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Salesforce Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Salesforce Business Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Endur Business Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) OpenLink Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) OpenLink Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 14 (37.84%) PMI
2 6 (16.22%) Product Ownership
3 4 (10.81%) Management Information System
3 4 (10.81%) Onboarding
4 3 (8.11%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (2.70%) AI Agents
5 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.70%) IVR
5 1 (2.70%) LIMS
5 1 (2.70%) Media Streaming
5 1 (2.70%) NHS
5 1 (2.70%) Over-the-Top Content
5 1 (2.70%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.70%) Video on Demand
5 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (75.68%) Agile
2 26 (70.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (67.57%) Business Analysis
4 19 (51.35%) Workshop Facilitation
5 18 (48.65%) Acceptance Criteria
6 16 (43.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 16 (43.24%) User Acceptance Testing
6 16 (43.24%) User Stories
7 14 (37.84%) Requirements Gathering
8 12 (32.43%) Use Case
9 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (27.03%) Process Improvement
10 10 (27.03%) Scrum
10 10 (27.03%) SDLC
11 9 (24.32%) DevOps
11 9 (24.32%) GAP Analysis
11 9 (24.32%) Validation
12 8 (21.62%) AI
12 8 (21.62%) Migration
13 7 (18.92%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.03%) SQL
2 1 (2.70%) Korn
Qualifications
1 20 (54.05%) Degree
2 16 (43.24%) PMI Certification
3 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
4 7 (18.92%) SC Cleared
5 5 (13.51%) IIBA
6 4 (10.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (8.11%) ISEB
7 3 (8.11%) ISEB Practitioner
7 3 (8.11%) PMP
8 2 (5.41%) CISSP
8 2 (5.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (2.70%) CEH
9 1 (2.70%) CISM
9 1 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (2.70%) CRISC
9 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.70%) ISTQB
9 1 (2.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) GDPR
1 3 (8.11%) QA
2 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.70%) HL7
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.70%) NIST
2 1 (2.70%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 6 (16.22%) Salesforce
2 3 (8.11%) CyberArk
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.41%) SAP
4 1 (2.70%) Avaya
4 1 (2.70%) Cisco
4 1 (2.70%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.70%) Databricks
4 1 (2.70%) Genesys
4 1 (2.70%) Intapp
4 1 (2.70%) OpenAI
4 1 (2.70%) Planview
4 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow