Master of Business Administration (MBA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MBA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 30 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 670 961 935
Rank change year-on-year +291 -26 -219
Permanent jobs citing MBA 57 129 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.10% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.33% 0.35% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 34 61 51
10th Percentile - £46,775 £45,000
25th Percentile £67,000 £68,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +41.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £100,000 £76,875
90th Percentile £107,000 £130,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,250 £75,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.33% +30.43% -23.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,523 37,320 32,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.54% 29.53% 24.78%
Number of salaries quoted 10,978 17,212 17,882
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,102 £41,250 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £49,590
% change year-on-year +5.00% +0.83% +1.20%

MBA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MBA in the UK

MBA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MBA.

Salary trend for MBA in the UK

MBA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MBA over the 6 months to 30 November 2023.

Salary histogram for MBA in the UK

MBA
Top 10 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 30 November 2023. 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 +264 48 £80,000 +6.67% 113
London +289 37 £80,000 -5.88% 78
UK excluding London +178 11 £75,250 +0.33% 39
North of England +158 7 £47,500 +18.75% 8
Work from Home +235 5 £49,000 -44.00% 46
Yorkshire - 5 £47,500 - 4
South East +135 2 £50,500 -32.67% 12
North West +107 2 - - 4
East of England +125 1 £100,000 +8.11% 6
South West +62 1 £165,000 +229.67% 4

MBA
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:

Applications
1 10 (17.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (15.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (22.81%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.75%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 13 (22.81%) AWS
1 13 (22.81%) AWS CodePipeline
1 13 (22.81%) Azure
1 13 (22.81%) Entra ID
1 13 (22.81%) Sentry
2 8 (14.04%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.75%) SaaS
3 1 (1.75%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.51%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.04%) Power BI
2 2 (3.51%) Tableau
3 1 (1.75%) Apache Hive
3 1 (1.75%) DTS
3 1 (1.75%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (22.81%) CircleCI
General
1 35 (61.40%) Finance
2 26 (45.61%) Social Skills
3 19 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 18 (31.58%) Automotive
4 18 (31.58%) Pharmaceutical
5 15 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (19.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (19.30%) Retail
7 7 (12.28%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (10.53%) Legal
9 3 (5.26%) Marketing
10 2 (3.51%) French Language
11 1 (1.75%) Banking
11 1 (1.75%) General Ledger
11 1 (1.75%) Law
11 1 (1.75%) Police
11 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.75%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 32 (56.14%) Senior
2 16 (28.07%) Senior Manager
3 14 (24.56%) Architect
4 13 (22.81%) Senior Architect
4 13 (22.81%) Senior Technical Architect
4 13 (22.81%) Technical Architect
5 8 (14.04%) Category Manager
5 8 (14.04%) IT Manager
6 7 (12.28%) Project Manager
6 7 (12.28%) Senior Project Manager
7 4 (7.02%) Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) Technology Director
8 3 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
9 2 (3.51%) Business Analyst
9 2 (3.51%) Chief Information Officer
9 2 (3.51%) CIO
9 2 (3.51%) Consultant
9 2 (3.51%) Development Manager
9 2 (3.51%) Sales Consultant
9 2 (3.51%) Senior Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.81%) Node.js
2 1 (1.75%) .NET
2 1 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.51%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.51%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.51%) PMI
2 2 (3.51%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.75%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.75%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.75%) IoT
3 1 (1.75%) iPad
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (35.09%) Agile
2 19 (33.33%) Project Management
3 16 (28.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (26.32%) Business Development
4 15 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (22.81%) Business Strategy
6 12 (21.05%) IT Strategy
7 11 (19.30%) Analytics
7 11 (19.30%) Decision-Making
8 10 (17.54%) Customer Experience
9 9 (15.79%) Data Analytics
9 9 (15.79%) Economics
10 8 (14.04%) Business Analytics
10 8 (14.04%) Computer Science
10 8 (14.04%) Financial Analysis
10 8 (14.04%) Financial Modelling
10 8 (14.04%) Supplier Management
11 7 (12.28%) Data Science
12 6 (10.53%) Planning and Forecasting
12 6 (10.53%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.82%) SQL
2 14 (24.56%) JavaScript
3 13 (22.81%) C#
3 13 (22.81%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.75%) Python
4 1 (1.75%) VBA
Qualifications
1 57 (100.00%) Degree
1 57 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 13 (22.81%) AWS Certification
3 7 (12.28%) PMI Certification
4 6 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (8.77%) PMP
6 2 (3.51%) PhD
6 2 (3.51%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.75%) CBAP
7 1 (1.75%) CISM
7 1 (1.75%) CISSP
7 1 (1.75%) PgMP
7 1 (1.75%) Postgraduate
7 1 (1.75%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.75%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (22.81%) Docker
2 1 (1.75%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 13 (22.81%) Grafana
1 13 (22.81%) Kibana
1 13 (22.81%) Kubernetes
1 13 (22.81%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (22.81%) Oracle
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.75%) Alteryx
3 1 (1.75%) Yardi