Master of Business Administration (MBA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MBA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 726 573 669
Rank change year-on-year -153 +96 0
Permanent jobs citing MBA 87 104 97
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.074% 0.21% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.42% 0.59% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 20
10th Percentile £34,050 £47,500 £46,225
25th Percentile £72,500 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,908 £73,596
Median % change year-on-year +21.38% -10.45% -9.42%
75th Percentile £98,750 £79,375 £103,750
90th Percentile £115,500 £113,750 £130,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £92,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +23.33% +15.38% -21.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20,528 17,506 20,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.38% 35.25% 28.02%
Number of salaries quoted 11,484 7,426 9,003
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,869 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.95% -9.52% -

MBA
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MBA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

MBA job vacancy trend in the UK

MBA
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MBA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MBA

MBA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MBA over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for MBA in the UK

MBA
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MBA within the UK over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -129 87 £80,000 +21.38% 329
London -41 79 £80,000 +28.00% 239
UK excluding London -181 7 £92,500 +23.33% 109
North West -33 4 - - 9
North of England -55 4 - - 16
Work from Home -57 2 £72,500 +16.00% 97
South East -91 2 £95,000 - 37
South West -74 1 £90,000 -34.78% 16

MBA
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 (13.79%) Confluence
2 7 (8.05%) CMS
3 3 (3.45%) Drupal
4 2 (2.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 5 (5.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (19.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (3.45%) Workfront
3 2 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.15%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.15%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.15%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 18 (20.69%) AWS
2 15 (17.24%) Google Workspace
3 14 (16.09%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (6.90%) Serverless
5 4 (4.60%) Azure
5 4 (4.60%) GCP
6 3 (3.45%) Amazon Bedrock
6 3 (3.45%) Lucidchart
7 1 (1.15%) Datadog
7 1 (1.15%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.75%) Network Security
2 1 (1.15%) ATM
2 1 (1.15%) Frame Relay
2 1 (1.15%) LAN
2 1 (1.15%) MPLS
2 1 (1.15%) SNMP
2 1 (1.15%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.15%) VoIP
2 1 (1.15%) WAN
2 1 (1.15%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.45%) Metadata
2 1 (1.15%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 12 (13.79%) JIRA
General
1 32 (36.78%) Marketing
2 31 (35.63%) Social Skills
3 28 (32.18%) Finance
4 24 (27.59%) Law
5 21 (24.14%) Manufacturing
6 19 (21.84%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (21.84%) Pharmaceutical
7 10 (11.49%) Public Sector
8 9 (10.34%) Legal
9 8 (9.20%) Banking
10 5 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (5.75%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (4.60%) Spanish Language
12 3 (3.45%) Arabic Language
12 3 (3.45%) Digital Healthcare
12 3 (3.45%) Italian Language
12 3 (3.45%) Publishing
13 2 (2.30%) Investment Banking
13 2 (2.30%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 14 (16.09%) Senior
2 11 (12.64%) Product Manager
3 10 (11.49%) Development Manager
3 10 (11.49%) Product Development Manager
3 10 (11.49%) Senior Manager
4 9 (10.34%) Consultant
5 7 (8.05%) Account Manager
5 7 (8.05%) Architect
6 6 (6.90%) Business Consultant
6 6 (6.90%) Lead
7 5 (5.75%) Campaign Manager
7 5 (5.75%) Campaign Planning Manager
7 5 (5.75%) Senior Campaign Manager
8 4 (4.60%) Engagement Manager
8 4 (4.60%) Head of Finance
8 4 (4.60%) Head of Strategy
8 4 (4.60%) Product Director
8 4 (4.60%) Sales Manager
8 4 (4.60%) Senior Engagement Manager
8 4 (4.60%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (21.84%) HTML
2 15 (17.24%) Google Maps API
3 10 (11.49%) React
4 4 (4.60%) .NET
4 4 (4.60%) Kafka
5 3 (3.45%) Flutter
5 3 (3.45%) React Native
5 3 (3.45%) REST
6 1 (1.15%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 19 (21.84%) Biopharmaceutical
2 15 (17.24%) AI Agents
2 15 (17.24%) Augmented Reality
2 15 (17.24%) Virtual Reality
3 14 (16.09%) Onboarding
4 12 (13.79%) Product Ownership
5 8 (9.20%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (8.05%) Marketing Technology
7 4 (4.60%) Social Media
8 3 (3.45%) Life Science
8 3 (3.45%) Mobile App
8 3 (3.45%) Taxonomies
9 2 (2.30%) Data Centre
10 1 (1.15%) Cloud Native
10 1 (1.15%) Industry 4.0
10 1 (1.15%) Private Cloud
10 1 (1.15%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.15%) Linux
1 1 (1.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (65.52%) AI
2 50 (57.47%) Customer Experience
3 47 (54.02%) Roadmaps
4 34 (39.08%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (35.63%) Product Management
6 30 (34.48%) Product Roadmap
7 25 (28.74%) Agile
7 25 (28.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (28.74%) Decision-Making
8 24 (27.59%) Business Development
8 24 (27.59%) Coaching
8 24 (27.59%) Computer Science
9 23 (26.44%) Value Proposition
10 22 (25.29%) Analytics
10 22 (25.29%) GTM Strategy
11 20 (22.99%) Co-Creation
12 19 (21.84%) Machine Learning
12 19 (21.84%) Mentoring
12 19 (21.84%) Neuroscience
12 19 (21.84%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.49%) TypeScript
2 4 (4.60%) Java
2 4 (4.60%) JavaScript
2 4 (4.60%) Python
Qualifications
1 87 (100.00%) Degree
1 87 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 13 (14.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (6.90%) ACCA
3 6 (6.90%) CIMA
4 4 (4.60%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (3.45%) AWS Certification
5 3 (3.45%) CCSP
5 3 (3.45%) CISSP
5 3 (3.45%) Postgraduate
6 2 (2.30%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.30%) PMP
6 2 (2.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (2.30%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.30%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.15%) CCNA
7 1 (1.15%) CCNP
7 1 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.15%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.60%) IFRS
2 3 (3.45%) PMO
3 2 (2.30%) NIST
4 1 (1.15%) COBIT
4 1 (1.15%) GRC
4 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.15%) QA
4 1 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (1.15%) OpenView
1 1 (1.15%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 21 (24.14%) Salesforce
2 15 (17.24%) Facebook
2 15 (17.24%) Google
2 15 (17.24%) OpenAI
3 8 (9.20%) Microsoft
4 7 (8.05%) Adobe
5 6 (6.90%) Anaplan
6 5 (5.75%) Palo Alto
7 4 (4.60%) Monzo
8 3 (3.45%) Cisco
8 3 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (3.45%) Oracle
9 2 (2.30%) Arista
9 2 (2.30%) Cognizant
9 2 (2.30%) Fortinet
9 2 (2.30%) Juniper
9 2 (2.30%) SAP
10 1 (1.15%) AppDynamics
10 1 (1.15%) Dynatrace
10 1 (1.15%) ExtraHop