Business Continuity Contracts in England

Business Continuity
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Business Continuity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Continuity over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 350 396 404
Rank change year-on-year +46 +8 +51
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 196 262 419
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.53% 0.55% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.61% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 171 293
10th Percentile £270 £313 £277
25th Percentile £352 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £590 £675 £638
90th Percentile £725 £745 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 20
10th Percentile £14.58 £24.75 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £26.83 -
Median hourly rate £16.17 £40.24 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -59.82% +68.30% +7.46%
75th Percentile £21.07 £55.00 -
90th Percentile £29.43 £57.25 £24.07
UK median hourly rate £16.17 £40.24 £23.91
% change year-on-year -59.82% +68.30% +6.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Business Continuity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,539 42,849 64,514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.92% 90.01% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,657 30,069 45,905
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £446 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £767 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,292 1,514 1,744
10th Percentile £12.84 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.18 £37.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +49.28% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.13 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.04% +40.67% +7.00%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Business Continuity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Continuity in England

Business Continuity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity in England.

Daily rate trend for Business Continuity in England

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Continuity in England

Business Continuity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity in England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Continuity in England

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Continuity in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Continuity in England

Business Continuity
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Continuity within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
London +46 91 £438 -18.60% 113
North of England +42 37 £463 -11.06% 34
South East +10 37 £513 -16.33% 64
North West +42 34 £488 -15.77% 17
South West +10 16 £495 -5.71% 22
Midlands 0 7 £613 +19.51% 25
West Midlands -1 6 £600 -7.69% 19
East of England -2 3 £600 +20.00% 14
Yorkshire +10 2 £370 -33.48% 13
North East +12 1 - - 4
East Midlands +8 1 £700 +46.60% 6
Business Continuity
UK

Business Continuity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 12 (6.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.57%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.51%) Confluence
3 1 (0.51%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 10 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.06%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (2.55%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.51%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.51%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.51%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.51%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.69%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (9.18%) Azure
3 7 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (3.06%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.06%) SaaS
5 5 (2.55%) PaaS
6 4 (2.04%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.04%) IaaS
7 3 (1.53%) AWS
7 3 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (1.53%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (1.53%) GitHub
7 3 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (1.53%) Serverless
8 2 (1.02%) Azure API Management
8 2 (1.02%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.02%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (10.20%) Firewall
2 19 (9.69%) SAN
3 6 (3.06%) WAN
4 5 (2.55%) DNS
4 5 (2.55%) Intranet
5 4 (2.04%) LAN
5 4 (2.04%) Network Security
5 4 (2.04%) Wireless
6 3 (1.53%) DHCP
6 3 (1.53%) Fibre Channel
6 3 (1.53%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (1.02%) BIG-IP
7 2 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (1.02%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (1.02%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (1.02%) Internet
7 2 (1.02%) NAS
7 2 (1.02%) SSL
7 2 (1.02%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.06%) Power BI
2 3 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.53%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.02%) MySQL
4 1 (0.51%) Data Mart
4 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.51%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.51%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.51%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Git
1 2 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
1 2 (1.02%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.51%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.51%) GoCD
2 1 (0.51%) JIRA
2 1 (0.51%) JUnit
General
1 54 (27.55%) Finance
2 39 (19.90%) Social Skills
3 28 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 22 (11.22%) Banking
5 16 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.08%) Legal
7 7 (3.57%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.06%) Law
9 4 (2.04%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.53%) Electronics
10 3 (1.53%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.53%) Marketing
11 2 (1.02%) French Language
11 2 (1.02%) Retail
12 1 (0.51%) Billing
12 1 (0.51%) German Language
12 1 (0.51%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.51%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 41 (20.92%) Analyst
2 24 (12.24%) Architect
3 14 (7.14%) IT Manager
3 14 (7.14%) Support Engineer
4 13 (6.63%) Business Analyst
4 13 (6.63%) Senior
5 12 (6.12%) Lead
6 11 (5.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 11 (5.61%) Operations Analyst
6 11 (5.61%) Service Manager
6 11 (5.61%) Technical Architect
7 10 (5.10%) Incident Manager
8 9 (4.59%) Project Manager
9 8 (4.08%) Test Analyst
10 7 (3.57%) IT Services Manager
10 7 (3.57%) Operations Business Analyst
10 7 (3.57%) Technical Analyst
11 6 (3.06%) Availability Manager
11 6 (3.06%) Service Architect
12 5 (2.55%) Cybersecurity Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.53%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.02%) .NET
2 2 (1.02%) OAuth
2 2 (1.02%) OpenID
2 2 (1.02%) SAML
2 2 (1.02%) SPML
3 1 (0.51%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.51%) Android Jetpack
3 1 (0.51%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.51%) Dagger
3 1 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.51%) Jest
3 1 (0.51%) Jetpack Compose
3 1 (0.51%) Middleware
3 1 (0.51%) Node.js
3 1 (0.51%) React
3 1 (0.51%) Retrofit
3 1 (0.51%) RxJava
3 1 (0.51%) Web Services
3 1 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.22%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.63%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (2.55%) Replication
4 4 (2.04%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.53%) CMDB
5 3 (1.53%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.53%) PKI
5 3 (1.53%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.53%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.02%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.02%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.02%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.02%) NHS
6 2 (1.02%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.51%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.51%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.51%) SCADA
7 1 (0.51%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (12.24%) Windows
2 13 (6.63%) Windows Server 2016
3 12 (6.12%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (4.59%) Linux
5 4 (2.04%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.53%) Unix
6 3 (1.53%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.02%) Solaris
8 1 (0.51%) Android
8 1 (0.51%) HPUX
8 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.51%) VMS
8 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (53.06%) Disaster Recovery
2 43 (21.94%) ITIL
3 36 (18.37%) Roadmaps
4 35 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (17.35%) Business Strategy
5 34 (17.35%) Validation
6 32 (16.33%) Project Management
7 31 (15.82%) Data Protection
8 28 (14.29%) Information Security
8 28 (14.29%) IT Strategy
9 26 (13.27%) Agile
10 25 (12.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (12.24%) Service Management
12 22 (11.22%) Cyber Resilience
12 22 (11.22%) Strategic Roadmap
12 22 (11.22%) Use Case
13 21 (10.71%) Risk Management
14 19 (9.69%) Change Management
14 19 (9.69%) Incident Management
15 18 (9.18%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.10%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.04%) Python
2 4 (2.04%) SQL
3 3 (1.53%) Java
4 2 (1.02%) AWK
4 2 (1.02%) Bash
4 2 (1.02%) Bicep
4 2 (1.02%) Bourne shell
4 2 (1.02%) Korn
4 2 (1.02%) Perl
4 2 (1.02%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.51%) C
5 1 (0.51%) C#
5 1 (0.51%) Go
5 1 (0.51%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.51%) PHP
5 1 (0.51%) Ruby
5 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.51%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (16.33%) Security Cleared
2 23 (11.73%) SC Cleared
3 17 (8.67%) Degree
4 6 (3.06%) CISSP
4 6 (3.06%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.55%) CISM
5 5 (2.55%) PMP
6 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.53%) CISA
7 3 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.53%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.53%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (1.02%) CCNP
8 2 (1.02%) ISEB
8 2 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.02%) RHCE
8 2 (1.02%) RHCSA
8 2 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.76%) NIST
2 8 (4.08%) QA
3 7 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.06%) Accessibility
4 6 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (3.06%) GRC
4 6 (3.06%) SLA
5 5 (2.55%) COBIT
6 4 (2.04%) ISO 22301
7 3 (1.53%) GDPR
7 3 (1.53%) IASME
7 3 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (1.53%) PMO
8 2 (1.02%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.51%) ISO 9000
9 1 (0.51%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (11.73%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.02%) Docker
5 1 (0.51%) Firmware
5 1 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.51%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (9.18%) SCCM
2 6 (3.06%) Ansible
3 4 (2.04%) Terraform
4 3 (1.53%) Red Hat Satellite
4 3 (1.53%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.53%) WSUS
5 2 (1.02%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.02%) NetBackup
5 2 (1.02%) Oracle ZFS
5 2 (1.02%) yum
6 1 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.51%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.51%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.51%) Control-M
6 1 (0.51%) Grafana
6 1 (0.51%) Nessus
6 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.51%) Puppet
6 1 (0.51%) SCOM
6 1 (0.51%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 33 (16.84%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.67%) Cisco
2 17 (8.67%) EMC
3 14 (7.14%) CheckPoint
3 14 (7.14%) HP
4 13 (6.63%) Avaya
4 13 (6.63%) Citrix
5 7 (3.57%) VMware
6 6 (3.06%) Remedy
6 6 (3.06%) SAP
7 5 (2.55%) Adobe
7 5 (2.55%) Reuters
8 4 (2.04%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.53%) BT
9 3 (1.53%) Oracle
9 3 (1.53%) Veritas
10 2 (1.02%) CA
10 2 (1.02%) F5
10 2 (1.02%) Infoblox
10 2 (1.02%) Salesforce