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 24 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 578 486 572
Rank change year-on-year -92 +86 +91
Contract jobs citing CBAP 53 33 19
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.044%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.35% 0.36% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 14 13
10th Percentile £406 £309 £315
25th Percentile £422 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £461 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.46% +15.25% -36.00%
75th Percentile £554 £606 £500
90th Percentile £671 £671 £670
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £436 £375
% change year-on-year +19.27% +16.27% -15.26%

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 15,143 9,091 13,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.59% 30.78% 30.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,080 5,749 8,271
10th Percentile £350 £295 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -1.59% -3.00%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £646
90th Percentile £725 £708 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £501 £525
% change year-on-year -0.20% -4.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,096 512 1,063
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.22 £13.85
25th Percentile £21.25 £22.27 £17.80
Median hourly rate £46.13 £41.38 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.49% +3.44% -25.93%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.25 £79.87 £75.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.46 £45.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +1.02% +12.50% -20.00%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 -79 51 £510 +3.29% 5
London -50 40 £500 -20.00% 3
Work from Home -20 12 £495 +10.63% 1
UK excluding London -81 12 £520 +19.27% 4
West Midlands -54 4 £528 -4.09% 1
Midlands -55 4 £528 +5.82% 1
North of England -69 3 £530 +76.67%
Scotland +10 2 £436 +2.59%
Yorkshire -53 2 £530 +30.46%
South West - 2 £404 -
North West -37 1 £555 +107.09%
South East - 1 - - 2

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 19 (35.85%) Confluence
2 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (39.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (22.64%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (22.64%) MS Visio
3 10 (18.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (5.66%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (9.43%) NetSuite
2 2 (3.77%) Endur
2 2 (3.77%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.89%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (1.89%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.98%) Lucidchart
2 8 (15.09%) SaaS
3 6 (11.32%) Power Platform
4 4 (7.55%) Azure
5 2 (3.77%) AWS
6 1 (1.89%) Apigee
6 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.89%) GCP
6 1 (1.89%) Kong
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.32%) Power BI
2 3 (5.66%) Tableau
3 1 (1.89%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (1.89%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 19 (35.85%) JIRA
2 1 (1.89%) Postman
General
1 35 (66.04%) Social Skills
2 30 (56.60%) Finance
3 13 (24.53%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (24.53%) Banking
4 6 (11.32%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (9.43%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (7.55%) Financial Institution
7 3 (5.66%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.66%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.89%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.89%) Legal
8 1 (1.89%) Local Government
8 1 (1.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 51 (96.23%) Analyst
2 49 (92.45%) Business Analyst
3 19 (35.85%) Senior
3 19 (35.85%) Senior Analyst
3 19 (35.85%) Senior Business Analyst
4 6 (11.32%) Service Analyst
5 5 (9.43%) Operations Analyst
5 5 (9.43%) Operations Business Analyst
5 5 (9.43%) Senior Operations Analyst
5 5 (9.43%) Service Operations Analyst
6 4 (7.55%) Lead
6 4 (7.55%) Lead Business Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) Banking Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) Banking Business Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) Business IT Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) Data Business Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) IT Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) IT Business Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
8 2 (3.77%) Product Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) FHIR
1 1 (1.89%) JSON
1 1 (1.89%) OAuth
1 1 (1.89%) REST
1 1 (1.89%) RESTful
1 1 (1.89%) SOAP
1 1 (1.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (32.08%) PMI
2 8 (15.09%) Product Ownership
3 4 (7.55%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (7.55%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.66%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.89%) Derivative
5 1 (1.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.77%) AIX
1 2 (3.77%) Linux
1 2 (3.77%) Solaris
1 2 (3.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (84.91%) Agile
2 36 (67.92%) Business Analysis
2 36 (67.92%) User Stories
3 29 (54.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (49.06%) Requirements Gathering
4 26 (49.06%) Workshop Facilitation
5 25 (47.17%) Waterfall
6 17 (32.08%) Acceptance Criteria
6 17 (32.08%) Project Management
6 17 (32.08%) SDLC
6 17 (32.08%) Use Case
7 15 (28.30%) DevOps
7 15 (28.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (24.53%) Decision-Making
9 13 (24.53%) Migration
9 13 (24.53%) Project Delivery
9 13 (24.53%) Validation
10 12 (22.64%) BPMN
10 12 (22.64%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.53%) SQL
2 2 (3.77%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (60.38%) Degree
2 20 (37.74%) IIBA
2 20 (37.74%) PMI Certification
3 8 (15.09%) SC Cleared
3 8 (15.09%) Security Cleared
4 7 (13.21%) ISEB
5 6 (11.32%) CSPO
6 5 (9.43%) PMP
7 2 (3.77%) CAPM
7 2 (3.77%) Master's Degree
7 2 (3.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (1.89%) CFA
8 1 (1.89%) CISM
8 1 (1.89%) CISSP
8 1 (1.89%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.87%) QA
2 3 (5.66%) GDPR
3 2 (3.77%) GRC
3 2 (3.77%) ISO 8583
3 2 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.77%) NIST
3 2 (3.77%) PCI DSS
3 2 (3.77%) PSD2
3 2 (3.77%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.89%) Basel III
4 1 (1.89%) COREP
4 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.89%) FINREP
4 1 (1.89%) HL7
4 1 (1.89%) MiFID
4 1 (1.89%) PMO
4 1 (1.89%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 13 (24.53%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.43%) Salesforce
2 5 (9.43%) Zuora
3 2 (3.77%) Ariba
3 2 (3.77%) Databricks
3 2 (3.77%) SAP
4 1 (1.89%) Bloomberg
4 1 (1.89%) Google
4 1 (1.89%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.89%) Oracle
4 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.89%) TOWER Software
4 1 (1.89%) Wolters Kluwer