Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for BCP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited BCP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 674 851 1049
Rank change year-on-year +177 +198 -209
Permanent jobs citing BCP 223 119 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.12% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 89 89 114
10th Percentile £46,005 £43,800 £40,606
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £56,500 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.04% -11.72% +13.78%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £93,000 £89,000 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,350 £50,500 £49,750
% change year-on-year +9.60% +1.51% +10.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

BCP is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

BCP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing BCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for BCP in the UK

BCP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BCP.

Salary trend for BCP in the UK

BCP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing BCP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for BCP in the UK

BCP
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BCP within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +221 220 £63,750 +12.83% 32
London +245 160 £65,000 +22.64% 20
UK excluding London +3 57 £55,350 +9.60% 14
Work from Home +54 29 £62,000 +19.23% 9
South East +22 18 £57,500 - 5
Midlands +15 16 £50,000 +3.09% 2
North of England +52 10 £80,000 +64.95% 2
East Midlands - 10 £50,249 -
South West +3 9 £55,000 +13.40% 1
North West +17 8 £80,000 +64.95% 1
West Midlands +23 6 £50,000 +3.09% 2
East of England +4 3 £57,500 - 2
Yorkshire +91 2 £80,000 +57.06% 1
North East -2 2 £80,000 +39.13%
Scotland -63 1 £53,614 -

BCP
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
1 110 (49.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.04%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.24%) JBoss
4 4 (1.79%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (4.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.24%) Temenos T24
3 3 (1.35%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.90%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 121 (54.26%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (13.45%) Azure
3 12 (5.38%) AWS
4 11 (4.93%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.04%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (2.69%) Power Automate
6 6 (2.69%) PowerApps
7 4 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.35%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (1.35%) Commercetools
8 3 (1.35%) PaaS
8 3 (1.35%) SaaS
8 3 (1.35%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.90%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.90%) IaaS
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 113 (50.67%) WAN
2 106 (47.53%) SD-WAN
3 105 (47.09%) Cisco IOS
3 105 (47.09%) WebEx
3 105 (47.09%) Wireless
4 28 (12.56%) Firewall
5 10 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (3.59%) VPN
7 7 (3.14%) LAN
8 6 (2.69%) Network Security
9 5 (2.24%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (1.79%) 5G
10 4 (1.79%) SAN
11 3 (1.35%) Internet
12 2 (0.90%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (0.90%) DNS
12 2 (0.90%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.90%) VLAN
12 2 (0.90%) VoIP
13 1 (0.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.38%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (2.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (2.24%) MySQL
5 2 (0.90%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.90%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.90%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.45%) Power BI
6 1 (0.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (5.83%) JIRA
2 6 (2.69%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 147 (65.92%) Social Skills
2 46 (20.63%) Finance
3 20 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.62%) Legal
5 15 (6.73%) Banking
6 10 (4.48%) Retail
7 7 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.69%) Law
9 5 (2.24%) Back Office
9 5 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.24%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.79%) Games
10 4 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.35%) Local Government
11 3 (1.35%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.90%) Police
12 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 110 (49.33%) Support Specialist
2 107 (47.98%) IT Support
3 105 (47.09%) IT Support Specialist
4 17 (7.62%) IT Manager
5 16 (7.17%) Senior
6 13 (5.83%) Analyst
7 9 (4.04%) Lead
8 8 (3.59%) Information Manager
8 8 (3.59%) Security Manager
8 8 (3.59%) Systems Engineer
9 7 (3.14%) Head of IT
10 6 (2.69%) Applications Support
10 6 (2.69%) Database Analyst
10 6 (2.69%) Network Manager
10 6 (2.69%) Senior IT Manager
10 6 (2.69%) Senior Manager
10 6 (2.69%) Service Manager
10 6 (2.69%) Systems Analyst
11 5 (2.24%) Administrator
11 5 (2.24%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.28%) Web Services
2 5 (2.24%) REST
3 2 (0.90%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.45%) SignalR
4 1 (0.45%) XML
4 1 (0.45%) XSLT
4 1 (0.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 106 (47.53%) Wiki
2 105 (47.09%) Video Conferencing
3 19 (8.52%) Data Centre
4 16 (7.17%) Management Information System
5 13 (5.83%) Replication
6 7 (3.14%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.69%) AS400
7 6 (2.69%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.90%) FlexPod
10 2 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.90%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.45%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.45%) Cyber Security Posture
11 1 (0.45%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.45%) Cybercrime
11 1 (0.45%) IoT
11 1 (0.45%) PropTech
11 1 (0.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 134 (60.09%) Windows
2 105 (47.09%) Android
2 105 (47.09%) Windows 10
3 10 (4.48%) Linux
3 10 (4.48%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.14%) AIX
5 6 (2.69%) Unix
6 3 (1.35%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.45%) HPUX
7 1 (0.45%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (86.10%) Business Continuity
2 190 (85.20%) Business Continuity Planning
3 113 (50.67%) Computer Science
4 105 (47.09%) Application Virtualisation
4 105 (47.09%) Contract Negotiation
4 105 (47.09%) Mobile Device Management
5 63 (28.25%) Disaster Recovery
6 48 (21.52%) Cybersecurity
7 36 (16.14%) Risk Management
8 25 (11.21%) ITIL
9 22 (9.87%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (8.52%) High Availability
10 19 (8.52%) Incident Response
11 18 (8.07%) DevOps
12 17 (7.62%) Business Strategy
12 17 (7.62%) Roadmaps
13 16 (7.17%) Information Security
13 16 (7.17%) Service Management
13 16 (7.17%) Stakeholder Management
14 13 (5.83%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.28%) PowerShell
2 13 (5.83%) SQL
3 10 (4.48%) RPG
4 6 (2.69%) T-SQL
5 4 (1.79%) Python
6 3 (1.35%) Bash
7 1 (0.45%) Java
7 1 (0.45%) Korn
Qualifications
1 145 (65.02%) Degree
2 109 (48.88%) Master's Degree
3 108 (48.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (6.73%) CISSP
5 12 (5.38%) CISM
6 6 (2.69%) CRISC
7 5 (2.24%) Postgraduate
8 3 (1.35%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.35%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.35%) CCNA
8 3 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (1.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 3 (1.35%) MCSE
8 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.35%) PCI QSA
9 2 (0.90%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.90%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.45%) CCNP
10 1 (0.45%) GSLC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (7.17%) NIST
3 13 (5.83%) PCI DSS
4 9 (4.04%) GDPR
5 8 (3.59%) SLA
6 5 (2.24%) ISO 22301
7 3 (1.35%) COBIT
7 3 (1.35%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.90%) GRC
8 2 (0.90%) QA
9 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.45%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.45%) PMO
9 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 115 (51.57%) VMware ESXi
2 112 (50.22%) Active Directory
3 105 (47.09%) Microsoft App-V
3 105 (47.09%) XenApp
3 105 (47.09%) XenDesktop
4 12 (5.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (4.48%) Firmware
6 6 (2.69%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.45%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 105 (47.09%) AirWatch
1 105 (47.09%) SCCM
2 10 (4.48%) SCOM
3 5 (2.24%) Terraform
4 3 (1.35%) Suricata
5 2 (0.90%) Ansible
5 2 (0.90%) Grafana
5 2 (0.90%) Kibana
5 2 (0.90%) logstash
5 2 (0.90%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.45%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.45%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 132 (59.19%) Microsoft
2 114 (51.12%) Cisco
3 105 (47.09%) Citrix
4 15 (6.73%) VMware
5 12 (5.38%) Dell
5 12 (5.38%) NetApp
6 11 (4.93%) IBM
7 10 (4.48%) Veeam
8 7 (3.14%) Sun
9 6 (2.69%) Oracle
10 5 (2.24%) Splunk
10 5 (2.24%) Temenos
11 4 (1.79%) Commvault
11 4 (1.79%) Zerto
12 3 (1.35%) Juniper
12 3 (1.35%) Palo Alto
12 3 (1.35%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.90%) EMC
13 2 (0.90%) F5
13 2 (0.90%) HP