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 17 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 618 493 547
Rank change year-on-year -125 +54 +109
Contract jobs citing CBAP 43 52 33
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.082% 0.16% 0.078%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.26% 0.52% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 30 20
10th Percentile £413 £299 £307
25th Percentile £472 £339 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year +12.43% +8.82% -32.00%
75th Percentile £577 £596 £481
90th Percentile £615 £663 £526
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £449 £388
% change year-on-year +11.48% +15.74% -22.50%
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 16,532 10,007 12,619
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.39% 30.77% 29.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,048 6,209 7,900
10th Percentile £350 £280 £310
25th Percentile £430 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £706 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,192 730 1,045
10th Percentile £17.74 £17.87 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.75 £19.38 £20.75
Median hourly rate £50.74 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +101.76% -40.82% -24.47%
75th Percentile £73.00 £56.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.49 £75.00 £75.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +98.81% -41.51% -21.19%

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 17 July 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 12 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 17 July 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 -131 39 £525 +10.53% 6
London -91 21 £545 -5.22% 3
UK excluding London -93 20 £500 +11.48% 3
Work from Home -47 13 £500 +5.26% 3
South East - 7 £526 - 2
Midlands -54 5 £520 +12.80%
West Midlands -55 5 £520 +9.47%
Scotland -7 3 £425 +58.88%
East of England -22 2 - -
South West - 2 £404 - 1
North West -51 1 £555 +6.32%
North of England -83 1 £555 +32.54%

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 12 (27.91%) Confluence
2 1 (2.33%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (20.93%) MS Visio
2 8 (18.60%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (13.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (2.33%) Elite 3E
2 1 (2.33%) Endur
2 1 (2.33%) Primavera
2 1 (2.33%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.33%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.93%) Azure
2 4 (9.30%) Power Platform
3 3 (6.98%) AWS
3 3 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (6.98%) Lucidchart
4 1 (2.33%) Asana
4 1 (2.33%) Azure AI
4 1 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (2.33%) Figma
4 1 (2.33%) GitHub
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (2.33%) Miro
4 1 (2.33%) SaaS
4 1 (2.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (2.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (2.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.65%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.30%) Power BI
2 2 (4.65%) Metadata
3 1 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.33%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (2.33%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (2.33%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (2.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (23.26%) JIRA
General
1 25 (58.14%) Social Skills
2 22 (51.16%) Finance
3 17 (39.53%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (20.93%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (13.95%) Banking
6 5 (11.63%) Public Sector
7 4 (9.30%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (4.65%) Billing
8 2 (4.65%) Law
8 2 (4.65%) Legal
8 2 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.33%) Back Office
9 1 (2.33%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (2.33%) French Language
9 1 (2.33%) German Language
9 1 (2.33%) Multimedia
9 1 (2.33%) Police
9 1 (2.33%) Publishing
9 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (95.35%) Analyst
2 39 (90.70%) Business Analyst
3 6 (13.95%) Senior
3 6 (13.95%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (13.95%) Senior Business Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
5 3 (6.98%) Automation Analyst
5 3 (6.98%) Process Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Data Business Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Lead
6 2 (4.65%) Lead Business Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Product Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Product Business Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Salesforce Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Salesforce Business Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) Technical Business Analyst
7 1 (2.33%) Operations Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 14 (32.56%) PMI
2 5 (11.63%) Product Ownership
3 4 (9.30%) Onboarding
4 3 (6.98%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.33%) AI Agents
5 1 (2.33%) LIMS
5 1 (2.33%) Media Streaming
5 1 (2.33%) NHS
5 1 (2.33%) Over-the-Top Content
5 1 (2.33%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.33%) Video on Demand
5 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) AIX
1 2 (4.65%) Linux
1 2 (4.65%) Solaris
1 2 (4.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (69.77%) Agile
2 27 (62.79%) Business Analysis
3 26 (60.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (55.81%) Workshop Facilitation
5 18 (41.86%) Requirements Gathering
6 17 (39.53%) User Stories
7 16 (37.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 15 (34.88%) Acceptance Criteria
8 15 (34.88%) User Acceptance Testing
9 14 (32.56%) Waterfall
10 12 (27.91%) SDLC
11 11 (25.58%) DevOps
11 11 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (25.58%) Use Case
12 10 (23.26%) Impact Assessments
12 10 (23.26%) Migration
12 10 (23.26%) Process Improvement
12 10 (23.26%) Validation
13 9 (20.93%) GAP Analysis
14 8 (18.60%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.60%) SQL
2 2 (4.65%) Python
3 1 (2.33%) Korn
Qualifications
1 26 (60.47%) Degree
2 18 (41.86%) PMI Certification
3 11 (25.58%) IIBA
3 11 (25.58%) Security Cleared
4 10 (23.26%) SC Cleared
5 7 (16.28%) PMP
6 6 (13.95%) ISEB
6 6 (13.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (9.30%) ISEB Practitioner
8 3 (6.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (4.65%) CAPM
9 2 (4.65%) CISSP
10 1 (2.33%) CEH
10 1 (2.33%) CISM
10 1 (2.33%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (2.33%) CSPO
10 1 (2.33%) ISTQB
10 1 (2.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.63%) QA
2 3 (6.98%) GDPR
2 3 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (6.98%) NIST
3 2 (4.65%) HL7
3 2 (4.65%) SNOMED CT
3 2 (4.65%) SOC 2
4 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.95%) Salesforce
3 3 (6.98%) CyberArk
3 3 (6.98%) Databricks
4 2 (4.65%) SAP
4 2 (4.65%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.33%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.33%) Google
5 1 (2.33%) Intapp
5 1 (2.33%) OpenAI
5 1 (2.33%) Planview