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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 727 846 980
Rank change year-on-year +119 +134 -145
Permanent jobs citing MBA 172 134 221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.63% 0.41% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 57 71 43
10th Percentile £56,556 £55,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £67,000 £72,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £82,500 £78,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% +5.77% +7.59%
75th Percentile £87,500 £88,125 £133,125
90th Percentile £123,500 £115,000 £200,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £82,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -3.03% +120.00% -48.28%

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 27,489 32,962 42,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.71% 32.63% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17,297 14,888 18,855
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% +7.73% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,276 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.49% +2.55% +0.50%

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 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MBA in the UK

MBA
Top 15 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 10 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +129 153 £80,000 -3.03% 95
UK excluding London +38 93 £80,000 -3.03% 31
London +102 62 £73,596 -5.04% 53
South East +18 45 £85,000 +3.03% 14
Work from Home +79 32 £70,000 -17.65% 40
East of England - 15 £70,000 - 2
Midlands -7 13 £35,000 -30.00% 4
South West - 11 £60,000 - 2
West Midlands +5 10 £33,750 -32.50% 4
North of England +53 7 £72,500 - 8
North West +8 6 £76,250 - 6
Yorkshire +88 1 £50,000 - 2
East Midlands - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £65,000 -
Wales - 1 £72,500 - 1

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 25 (14.53%) Skype for Business
2 1 (0.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (15.12%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (8.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (5.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.33%) Shopify
2 2 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 25 (14.53%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (13.95%) SaaS
3 16 (9.30%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.16%) Azure
4 2 (1.16%) Miro
5 1 (0.58%) AWS
5 1 (0.58%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (0.58%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 30 (17.44%) 5G
1 30 (17.44%) Broadband
2 25 (14.53%) Cisco IOS
2 25 (14.53%) Skype
2 25 (14.53%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (12.21%) Tableau
2 16 (9.30%) Power BI
3 7 (4.07%) Data Mining
4 3 (1.74%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (1.16%) JIRA
General
1 120 (69.77%) Finance
2 77 (44.77%) Social Skills
3 74 (43.02%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (35.47%) Marketing
5 40 (23.26%) Pharmaceutical
6 39 (22.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (19.19%) Telecoms
8 32 (18.60%) Automotive
9 22 (12.79%) Legal
10 16 (9.30%) Banking
11 13 (7.56%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (6.40%) Investment Banking
13 9 (5.23%) Law
14 5 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (2.91%) Retail
15 2 (1.16%) Games
15 2 (1.16%) General Ledger
15 2 (1.16%) Public Sector
16 1 (0.58%) Advertising
16 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 27 (15.70%) Senior
2 22 (12.79%) Support Engineer
3 20 (11.63%) Product Manager
4 16 (9.30%) IT Manager
5 15 (8.72%) Category Manager
6 14 (8.14%) Analyst
7 12 (6.98%) Development Manager
8 11 (6.40%) Project Manager
8 11 (6.40%) Senior Manager
9 10 (5.81%) Business Development Manager
9 10 (5.81%) Business Manager
9 10 (5.81%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (5.23%) Data Manager
11 8 (4.65%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (4.65%) Lead
12 7 (4.07%) Graduate
12 7 (4.07%) Graduate Support Engineer
12 7 (4.07%) Senior Financial Analyst
13 5 (2.91%) Head of Engineering
13 5 (2.91%) Lead Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.40%) Web Services
2 3 (1.74%) .NET
2 3 (1.74%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.53%) Video Conferencing
2 11 (6.40%) Algorithms
2 11 (6.40%) Data Structures
3 10 (5.81%) Biopharmaceutical
3 10 (5.81%) Life Science
3 10 (5.81%) Onboarding
4 9 (5.23%) Taxonomies
5 2 (1.16%) FMCG
5 2 (1.16%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.16%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.16%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.58%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.58%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 25 (14.53%) Windows
1 25 (14.53%) Windows 10
1 25 (14.53%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (36.63%) Agile
2 60 (34.88%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (32.56%) Market Research
4 52 (30.23%) Analytics
5 51 (29.65%) Roadmaps
6 40 (23.26%) Mentoring
7 39 (22.67%) Business Development
8 36 (20.93%) Project Management
9 35 (20.35%) Decision-Making
10 34 (19.77%) Due Diligence
11 33 (19.19%) Strategic Roadmap
12 32 (18.60%) Competitive Intelligence
12 32 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (18.60%) Data Analysis
13 30 (17.44%) Knowledge Transfer
13 30 (17.44%) Matrix Organization
13 30 (17.44%) Storytelling
14 29 (16.86%) Data Analytics
14 29 (16.86%) Visualisation
15 28 (16.28%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (18.02%) SQL
2 7 (4.07%) Python
3 3 (1.74%) VB
4 1 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 172 (100.00%) Degree
1 172 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 25 (14.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 19 (11.05%) PhD
4 15 (8.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (5.81%) CFA
5 10 (5.81%) CIMA
6 9 (5.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 8 (4.65%) PMI Certification
7 8 (4.65%) PMP
8 4 (2.33%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.16%) CITP
9 2 (1.16%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.16%) Security Cleared
9 2 (1.16%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.58%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.21%) Data Quality
2 14 (8.14%) QA
3 9 (5.23%) Accessibility
3 9 (5.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 9 (5.23%) GDPR
4 7 (4.07%) PMO
5 1 (0.58%) NEBOSH
Systems Management
1 1 (0.58%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 30 (17.44%) Virgin Media
2 25 (14.53%) Apple
2 25 (14.53%) Cisco
2 25 (14.53%) Microsoft
2 25 (14.53%) Polycom
3 9 (5.23%) CA
4 4 (2.33%) SAP
5 2 (1.16%) Panasonic
5 2 (1.16%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.58%) Ariba
6 1 (0.58%) Optimizely