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 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 516 | 513 | 611 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | +98 | +169 |
| Contract jobs citing CBAP | 58 | 38 | 27 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.17% | 0.10% | 0.057% |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 0.52% | 0.35% | 0.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 42 | 28 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £400 | £294 |
| 25th Percentile | £393 | £422 | £313 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £425 | £460 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.76% | -7.61% | -16.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £503 | £597 |
| 90th Percentile | £663 | £549 | £625 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £405 | £425 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.71% | -20.93% | +2.38% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £59.00 | - | £52.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 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 | 11,088 | 10,740 | 13,401 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.40% | 29.26% | 28.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,028 | 6,545 | 8,601 |
| 10th Percentile | £289 | £312 | £308 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £423 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £636 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | £725 | £726 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £515 | £535 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.91% | -3.74% | +1.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 934 | 492 | 752 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.10 | £18.13 | £17.28 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.87 | £24.18 | £26.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £46.18 | £53.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -45.54% | -12.87% | +17.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £40.41 | £67.01 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £75.00 | £80.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £48.18 | £51.89 |
| % change year-on-year | -47.80% | -7.15% | +15.31% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CBAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
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Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CBAP.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CBAP over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CBAP.
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Top 13 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +19 | 54 | £490 | +15.29% | 4 |
| London | +31 | 35 | £613 | +32.43% | 2 |
| UK excluding London | -35 | 18 | £405 | -4.71% | 3 |
| Work from Home | +13 | 14 | £475 | +69.88% | 2 |
| North of England | -39 | 8 | £405 | -17.97% | |
| North West | -24 | 6 | £460 | +11.39% | |
| Midlands | -18 | 4 | £426 | -18.86% | 1 |
| East of England | - | 3 | £450 | - | |
| South East | +10 | 2 | £404 | -10.01% | 1 |
| West Midlands | -24 | 2 | £463 | -11.90% | |
| Yorkshire | -33 | 2 | £313 | -45.65% | |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | £401 | - | 1 |
| Scotland | -6 | 1 | £268 | -15.75% |
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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:
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