MBA Jobs in the UK excluding London

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for MBA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 413 671 724
Rank change year-on-year +258 +53 +100
Permanent jobs citing MBA 160 94 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.13% 0.060%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.76% 0.48% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 138 28 13
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,500 £45,250
25th Percentile £64,923 £61,250 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,315 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% -3.03% +120.00%
75th Percentile £73,708 £87,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - £89,750 £111,000
UK median annual salary £69,315 £72,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year -4.39% -12.12% +15.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

MBA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,171 19,670 21,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.45% 26.71% 37.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,608 12,252 8,060
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £79,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%

MBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MBA in the UK excluding London

MBA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MBA in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for MBA in the UK excluding London

MBA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing MBA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MBA in the UK excluding London

MBA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MBA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +163 136 £69,315 -4.39% 12
North West +107 133 £69,315 -9.10% 6
South East +67 22 £40,000 -52.94% 15
Yorkshire +64 3 £80,000 +60.00% 3
South West +109 2 £138,000 +130.00% 4
MBA
UK

MBA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 14 (8.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (8.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (3.75%) Collibra
2 5 (3.13%) Azure
2 5 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.63%) AWS
4 1 (0.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (0.63%) GCP
4 1 (0.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.63%) Internet
1 17 (10.63%) LAN
1 17 (10.63%) WAN
1 17 (10.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.63%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.63%) Metadata
1 1 (0.63%) Power BI
General
1 124 (77.50%) Social Skills
2 19 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (10.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (6.88%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (5.63%) Finance
6 6 (3.75%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.13%) Law
8 3 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 121 (75.63%) Commissioning Manager
2 17 (10.63%) Infrastructure Support
2 17 (10.63%) Network Support
3 14 (8.75%) Project Manager
4 8 (5.00%) Senior
5 6 (3.75%) Lead
6 3 (1.88%) Architect
6 3 (1.88%) IT Manager
6 3 (1.88%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (1.88%) Senior IT Manager
6 3 (1.88%) Senior IT Project Manager
6 3 (1.88%) Senior Manager
6 3 (1.88%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (1.25%) Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.63%) Lead Architect
8 1 (0.63%) Lead Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.63%) Principal Architect
8 1 (0.63%) Principal Security Architect
8 1 (0.63%) Security Architect
8 1 (0.63%) Supply Chain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.63%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.63%) Virtual Team
2 13 (8.13%) FMCG
3 3 (1.88%) PMI
4 1 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.63%) Blockchain
4 1 (0.63%) Data Fabric
4 1 (0.63%) IoT
4 1 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.63%) Life Science
4 1 (0.63%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.63%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 17 (10.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (75.63%) People Management
1 121 (75.63%) Performance Optimisation
2 17 (10.63%) Analytics
3 16 (10.00%) Business Analytics
4 14 (8.75%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (8.75%) Project Management
5 12 (7.50%) Thought Leadership
6 11 (6.88%) Analytical Thinking
6 11 (6.88%) Data Analysis
6 11 (6.88%) Economics
6 11 (6.88%) Market Research
6 11 (6.88%) Scorecard
6 11 (6.88%) Statistics
6 11 (6.88%) SWOT Analysis
7 7 (4.38%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (3.75%) Computer Science
8 6 (3.75%) Data Governance
8 6 (3.75%) Data Stewardship
8 6 (3.75%) Supply Chain Management
9 5 (3.13%) Analytical Modelling
Qualifications
1 160 (100.00%) Degree
1 160 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 113 (70.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.88%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.25%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.63%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (0.63%) GDPR
Vendors
1 17 (10.63%) Unisys
2 14 (8.75%) Microsoft
3 11 (6.88%) Capita
4 7 (4.38%) Informatica
5 2 (1.25%) SAP
6 1 (0.63%) Ariba
6 1 (0.63%) Databricks
6 1 (0.63%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.63%) Sparx