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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 522 747 841
Rank change year-on-year +225 +94 +166
Permanent jobs citing MBA 193 165 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.16% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.71% 0.59% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 156 51 63
10th Percentile £40,000 £55,140 £60,250
25th Percentile £64,923 £67,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,315 £72,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% -12.12% +15.38%
75th Percentile £73,708 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £130,000 £107,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,315 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -13.36% -3.03% +120.00%

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 27,102 27,804 32,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.91% 26.92% 33.46%
Number of salaries quoted 10,972 17,251 14,583
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,546 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MBA in the UK

MBA
Top 9 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 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
England +193 192 £69,315 -13.36% 644
UK excluding London +259 160 £69,315 -13.36% 618
North of England +172 136 £69,315 -4.39% 121
North West +120 133 £69,315 -9.10% 52
London +84 32 £92,500 +18.52% 118
South East +65 22 £40,000 -52.94% 205
Work from Home +93 6 £73,750 +5.36% 119
Yorkshire +62 3 £80,000 +60.00% 49
South West +96 2 £138,000 +130.00% 65

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 17 (8.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (7.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Adaptiv
1 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (4.66%) AWS
2 6 (3.11%) Azure
2 6 (3.11%) Collibra
3 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.04%) GCP
4 2 (1.04%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.81%) Internet
1 17 (8.81%) LAN
1 17 (8.81%) WAN
1 17 (8.81%) Wireless
2 1 (0.52%) 5G
2 1 (0.52%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.04%) Power BI
2 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.52%) KDB
2 1 (0.52%) Metadata
2 1 (0.52%) Tableau
General
1 140 (72.54%) Social Skills
2 23 (11.92%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (10.88%) Finance
4 17 (8.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (7.25%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (6.22%) Marketing
7 7 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.11%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.59%) Banking
9 5 (2.59%) Law
10 4 (2.07%) Legal
11 3 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.04%) Back Office
12 2 (1.04%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (1.04%) Retail Banking
12 2 (1.04%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.52%) Billing
13 1 (0.52%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 121 (62.69%) Commissioning Manager
2 17 (8.81%) Infrastructure Support
2 17 (8.81%) Network Support
3 16 (8.29%) Project Manager
3 16 (8.29%) Senior
4 14 (7.25%) Lead
5 11 (5.70%) Senior Manager
6 5 (2.59%) Product Manager
6 5 (2.59%) Senior Project Manager
6 5 (2.59%) Services Director
7 4 (2.07%) Senior Product Manager
8 3 (1.55%) Architect
8 3 (1.55%) IT Manager
8 3 (1.55%) IT Project Manager
8 3 (1.55%) Senior IT Manager
8 3 (1.55%) Senior IT Project Manager
9 2 (1.04%) Analyst
9 2 (1.04%) Business Analyst
9 2 (1.04%) Network Manager
9 2 (1.04%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.52%) .NET
1 1 (0.52%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.81%) Virtual Team
2 13 (6.74%) FMCG
3 3 (1.55%) PMI
4 1 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.52%) Blockchain
4 1 (0.52%) Credit Risk
4 1 (0.52%) Data Fabric
4 1 (0.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (0.52%) IoT
4 1 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.52%) Life Science
4 1 (0.52%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.52%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.52%) Online Banking
4 1 (0.52%) Over-the-Top Content
4 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.52%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.81%) Windows
2 1 (0.52%) Android
2 1 (0.52%) Android TV
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (62.69%) People Management
1 121 (62.69%) Performance Optimisation
2 26 (13.47%) Analytics
3 25 (12.95%) Project Management
4 20 (10.36%) Data Analysis
4 20 (10.36%) Thought Leadership
5 16 (8.29%) Artificial Intelligence
5 16 (8.29%) Business Analytics
6 15 (7.77%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (6.22%) Decision-Making
7 12 (6.22%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (5.70%) Analytical Thinking
8 11 (5.70%) Economics
8 11 (5.70%) Market Research
8 11 (5.70%) Scorecard
8 11 (5.70%) Statistics
8 11 (5.70%) SWOT Analysis
9 10 (5.18%) Business Development
10 9 (4.66%) Computer Science
10 9 (4.66%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.07%) SQL
2 1 (0.52%) Java
Qualifications
1 193 (100.00%) Degree
1 193 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 113 (58.55%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (3.63%) AWS Certification
4 7 (3.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 6 (3.11%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.55%) PMP
7 2 (1.04%) Postgraduate
7 2 (1.04%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (0.52%) CFA
8 1 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.81%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.04%) GDPR
3 1 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (0.52%) COBIT
3 1 (0.52%) GRC
3 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.52%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (0.52%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 17 (8.81%) Unisys
2 15 (7.77%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.70%) Capita
4 7 (3.63%) Informatica
5 4 (2.07%) SAP
6 1 (0.52%) Ariba
6 1 (0.52%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.52%) Broadcom
6 1 (0.52%) Databricks
6 1 (0.52%) FIS
6 1 (0.52%) Google
6 1 (0.52%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.52%) Murex
6 1 (0.52%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.52%) Sparx
6 1 (0.52%) VMware