Master of Business Administration (MBA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for MBA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 559 676 806
Rank change year-on-year +117 +130 -141
Contract jobs citing MBA 32 42 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.071% 0.054%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.26% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 24 34
10th Percentile £257 £252 £413
25th Percentile £389 £293 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -18.18% -11.65%
75th Percentile £689 £552 £794
90th Percentile £725 £647 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £676 £425 £485
% change year-on-year +59.06% -12.37% +21.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £53.63 £49.45 £28.25
25th Percentile £57.19 £49.75 £40.63
Median hourly rate £63.75 £51.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.79% -17.60% +40.06%
75th Percentile £69.69 £75.13 £67.75
90th Percentile £72.88 £88.55 £70.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £95.00 -

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,175 16,164 19,041
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.53% 27.33% 21.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,128 10,779 12,573
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £744 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,075 848 773
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.84 £20.00 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.82%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.94 £34.69
% change year-on-year -18.02% +43.96% +0.43%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MBA.

Daily rate trend for MBA in the UK

MBA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MBA over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MBA in the UK

MBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MBA.

Hourly rate trend for MBA in the UK

MBA
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MBA over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MBA in the UK

MBA
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MBA within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +104 30 £460 +2.22% 92
London +104 21 £400 -24.91% 50
Work from Home +128 12 £525 -4.55% 41
UK excluding London +59 8 £676 +59.06% 32
North of England +31 6 £688 +6.17% 10
North West +24 6 £688 +6.17% 7
South East +14 2 £525 +42.37% 11

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.25%) Confluence
1 2 (6.25%) SAS
1 2 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (31.25%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (15.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.25%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 15 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 13 (40.63%) Finance
3 10 (31.25%) Marketing
4 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (12.50%) Banking
5 4 (12.50%) Financial Institution
5 4 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (9.38%) Manufacturing
6 3 (9.38%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (6.25%) Advertising
7 2 (6.25%) Telecoms
8 1 (3.13%) Automotive
8 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Analyst
1 7 (21.88%) Senior
2 5 (15.63%) Product Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Security Project Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Architect
4 3 (9.38%) Business Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Consultant
4 3 (9.38%) Credit Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Marketing Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Research Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Senior Architect
4 3 (9.38%) Senior Research Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 3 (9.38%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Scrum Master
5 2 (6.25%) Strategy Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Credit Risk
2 4 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 3 (9.38%) Reference Data
4 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.13%) CMDB
5 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.13%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Project Management
2 9 (28.13%) Agile
2 9 (28.13%) Business Case
2 9 (28.13%) Decision-Making
3 8 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 7 (21.88%) Application Security
4 7 (21.88%) Cloud Security
4 7 (21.88%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (21.88%) Data Strategy
4 7 (21.88%) Threat Management
5 6 (18.75%) Business Development
5 6 (18.75%) Pricing Strategy
5 6 (18.75%) Product Management
5 6 (18.75%) Product Roadmap
5 6 (18.75%) Roadmaps
5 6 (18.75%) Scrum
6 5 (15.63%) Business Strategy
6 5 (15.63%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (15.63%) Risk Management
6 5 (15.63%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) Python
2 3 (9.38%) MATLAB
2 3 (9.38%) VBA
3 2 (6.25%) C++
3 2 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (100.00%) Degree
1 32 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 7 (21.88%) CISA
2 7 (21.88%) CISM
2 7 (21.88%) CISSP
3 5 (15.63%) PhD
4 3 (9.38%) CFA
4 3 (9.38%) Postgraduate
5 2 (6.25%) Azure Certification
5 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (6.25%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (3.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) Marketo
2 4 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 2 (6.25%) CA
3 2 (6.25%) CA Agile Central
3 2 (6.25%) SAP
3 2 (6.25%) Zoho
4 1 (3.13%) BMC
4 1 (3.13%) Remedy
4 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.13%) Workday