International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for IIBA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 690 791
Rank change year-on-year +122 +101 -116
Contract jobs citing IIBA 19 25 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.043% 0.041% 0.077%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.15% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 16 52
10th Percentile - £367 £410
25th Percentile £405 £414 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £446 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.13% -6.05% +2.98%
75th Percentile £420 £505 £625
90th Percentile £455 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £433 £425
% change year-on-year -5.20% +1.76% -3.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £53.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £53.00
% change year-on-year - - -3.37%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

IIBA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,426 16,516 19,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.71% 27.16% 21.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,287 11,014 12,721
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £499
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.21% +10.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,050 874 783
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.76 £20.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.73
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +32.16% -0.69%
75th Percentile £61.30 £67.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.58 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £49.52 £30.48
% change year-on-year -19.22% +62.47% -17.62%

IIBA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IIBA in the UK

IIBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IIBA in the UK

IIBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IIBA in the UK

IIBA
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IIBA within the UK over the 6 months to 18 April 2024. 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 +125 17 £410 -13.68% 4
UK excluding London +51 15 £410 -5.20% 4
East of England - 7 £410 - 1
North of England +38 5 £410 -8.13%
North West +23 5 £410 -8.13%
Work from Home +130 4 £475 +1.60% 3
London +101 4 £475 -13.64% 2
Scotland +33 2 £435 +2.35%
South East +22 1 £500 +3.09% 1

IIBA
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 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) AWS
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 12 (63.16%) Manufacturing
1 12 (63.16%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
2 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Finance
4 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Legal
5 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (100.00%) Analyst
1 19 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Senior
2 4 (21.05%) Senior Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Senior Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Business IT Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) IT Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (89.47%) Six Sigma
2 15 (78.95%) Business Analysis
2 15 (78.95%) Lean Six Sigma
3 14 (73.68%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (68.42%) Requirements Gathering
5 12 (63.16%) Business Process Modelling
5 12 (63.16%) Data Governance
5 12 (63.16%) Data Protection
5 12 (63.16%) Requirements Analysis
5 12 (63.16%) Requirements Engineering
5 12 (63.16%) Stakeholder Analysis
6 3 (15.79%) Agile
6 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (15.79%) Service Design
7 2 (10.53%) Customer Experience
7 2 (10.53%) Decision-Making
7 2 (10.53%) Lean UX
7 2 (10.53%) Value Proposition
7 2 (10.53%) Wardley Maps
7 2 (10.53%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (89.47%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) CBAP
3 1 (5.26%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (63.16%) GDPR
1 12 (63.16%) Good Clinical Practice
1 12 (63.16%) GxP
2 1 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Google
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle
1 1 (5.26%) SAP