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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 725 852 1015
Rank change year-on-year +127 +163 -186
Permanent jobs citing MBA 166 125 229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.60% 0.38% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 52 67 46
10th Percentile £55,376 £58,200 £36,250
25th Percentile £67,000 £72,500 £57,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £82,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% +26.92% -10.34%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £125,938
90th Percentile £124,750 £113,500 £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 27,486 32,730 43,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.51% 33.01% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,243 14,736 18,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,483 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.49% +4.70% +1.01%

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 18 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 18 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 +124 152 £80,000 -3.03% 102
UK excluding London +25 93 £80,000 -3.03% 27
London +94 61 £73,596 -8.01% 70
South East +16 45 £85,000 +3.03% 12
Work from Home +89 32 £70,000 -17.65% 38
East of England - 15 £70,000 - 2
Midlands 0 13 £35,000 -30.00% 5
South West - 11 £60,000 - 4
West Midlands +18 10 £33,750 -32.50% 4
North of England +57 7 £72,500 - 3
North West +10 6 £76,250 - 2
Yorkshire +83 1 £50,000 - 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 £72,500 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £65,000 -

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 (15.06%) Skype for Business
2 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (15.66%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (9.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (5.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.41%) Shopify
2 2 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 25 (15.06%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (14.46%) SaaS
3 16 (9.64%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.20%) Azure
4 2 (1.20%) Miro
5 1 (0.60%) AWS
5 1 (0.60%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (0.60%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 30 (18.07%) 5G
1 30 (18.07%) Broadband
2 25 (15.06%) Cisco IOS
2 25 (15.06%) Skype
2 25 (15.06%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (12.65%) Tableau
2 16 (9.64%) Power BI
3 7 (4.22%) Data Mining
4 3 (1.81%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 119 (71.69%) Finance
2 72 (43.37%) Social Skills
3 69 (41.57%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (36.75%) Marketing
5 39 (23.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (23.49%) Pharmaceutical
6 32 (19.28%) Telecoms
7 31 (18.67%) Automotive
8 22 (13.25%) Legal
9 16 (9.64%) Banking
10 13 (7.83%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (6.63%) Investment Banking
12 9 (5.42%) Law
13 5 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (3.01%) Retail
14 2 (1.20%) Games
14 2 (1.20%) General Ledger
14 2 (1.20%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.60%) Advertising
15 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (15.66%) Senior
2 22 (13.25%) Support Engineer
3 20 (12.05%) Product Manager
4 14 (8.43%) Analyst
5 12 (7.23%) Development Manager
6 11 (6.63%) IT Manager
7 10 (6.02%) Business Development Manager
7 10 (6.02%) Business Manager
7 10 (6.02%) Category Manager
7 10 (6.02%) Project Manager
7 10 (6.02%) Senior Analyst
7 10 (6.02%) Senior Manager
8 9 (5.42%) Data Manager
9 8 (4.82%) Financial Analyst
9 8 (4.82%) Lead
10 7 (4.22%) Graduate
10 7 (4.22%) Graduate Support Engineer
10 7 (4.22%) Senior Financial Analyst
11 5 (3.01%) Data Analyst
11 5 (3.01%) Head of Engineering
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.63%) Web Services
2 3 (1.81%) .NET
2 3 (1.81%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 25 (15.06%) Video Conferencing
2 11 (6.63%) Algorithms
2 11 (6.63%) Data Structures
3 10 (6.02%) Biopharmaceutical
3 10 (6.02%) Life Science
3 10 (6.02%) Onboarding
4 9 (5.42%) Taxonomies
5 2 (1.20%) FMCG
5 2 (1.20%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.20%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.20%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.60%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.60%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 25 (15.06%) Windows
1 25 (15.06%) Windows 10
1 25 (15.06%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (36.14%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (34.34%) Agile
3 56 (33.73%) Market Research
4 52 (31.33%) Analytics
5 51 (30.72%) Roadmaps
6 40 (24.10%) Mentoring
7 35 (21.08%) Project Management
8 34 (20.48%) Business Development
8 34 (20.48%) Due Diligence
9 33 (19.88%) Strategic Roadmap
10 32 (19.28%) Competitive Intelligence
10 32 (19.28%) Data Analysis
11 30 (18.07%) Decision-Making
11 30 (18.07%) Knowledge Transfer
11 30 (18.07%) Matrix Organization
11 30 (18.07%) Storytelling
12 29 (17.47%) Data Analytics
12 29 (17.47%) Visualisation
13 28 (16.87%) Product Management
13 28 (16.87%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 31 (18.67%) SQL
2 7 (4.22%) Python
3 3 (1.81%) VB
4 1 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 166 (100.00%) Degree
1 166 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 25 (15.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 19 (11.45%) PhD
4 15 (9.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (6.02%) CFA
5 10 (6.02%) CIMA
6 9 (5.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 8 (4.82%) PMI Certification
7 8 (4.82%) PMP
8 4 (2.41%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.20%) CITP
9 2 (1.20%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.20%) Security Cleared
9 2 (1.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.60%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.65%) Data Quality
2 14 (8.43%) QA
3 9 (5.42%) Accessibility
3 9 (5.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 9 (5.42%) GDPR
4 7 (4.22%) PMO
5 1 (0.60%) NEBOSH
Systems Management
1 1 (0.60%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 30 (18.07%) Virgin Media
2 25 (15.06%) Apple
2 25 (15.06%) Cisco
2 25 (15.06%) Microsoft
2 25 (15.06%) Polycom
3 9 (5.42%) CA
4 4 (2.41%) SAP
5 2 (1.20%) Panasonic
5 2 (1.20%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.60%) Ariba
6 1 (0.60%) Optimizely