MBA Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for MBA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 334 463
Rank change year-on-year +39 +129 +153
Contract jobs citing MBA 9 11 14
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.091% 0.072% 0.054%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.33% 0.26% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 7
10th Percentile - £278 £450
25th Percentile £341 £395 £482
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £493 £538
Median % change year-on-year -12.18% -8.37% +2.38%
75th Percentile £553 £525 £594
90th Percentile £604 - £630
UK median daily rate £500 £460 £450
% change year-on-year +8.70% +2.22% -16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £51.25 £92.50
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £95.00
Median % change year-on-year - -44.74% -
75th Percentile - £53.75 £97.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £63.75 £51.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +25.00% -18.40%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

MBA 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,762 4,242 6,586
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 27.64% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,651 4,417
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £730 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 269 292
10th Percentile £19.10 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -33.85% +33.22%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £83.84 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

MBA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing MBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MBA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

MBA
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing MBA.

MBA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

MBA
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing MBA over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

MBA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

MBA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (11.11%) Slack
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Banking
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Financial Institution
3 2 (22.22%) Front Office
3 2 (22.22%) Legal
4 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Business Development Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Business Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Development Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Front Office Business Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Governance Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) HR Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior IT Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior IT Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Equities
1 2 (22.22%) Fixed Income
1 2 (22.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Agile
1 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (22.22%) Business Development
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 2 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
3 2 (22.22%) Economics
3 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (11.11%) Business Case
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Experience
4 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 1 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (11.11%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
1 9 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (22.22%) CFA
3 1 (11.11%) CAPM
3 1 (11.11%) PgMP
3 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
3 1 (11.11%) PMP
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft