Business Continuity
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Business Continuity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Business Continuity over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 419 440
Rank change year-on-year +48 +21 +85
Permanent jobs citing Business Continuity 702 764 1,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.71% 0.75% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.79% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 483 518 806
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £43,992 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,211 £55,603 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.70% +5.91% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,125 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Continuity 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 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity.

Salary trend for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Continuity within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 +67 646 £57,250 +2.23% 212
UK excluding London -46 394 £50,000 - 145
London +167 291 £75,000 +15.38% 72
Work from Home +24 203 £65,000 +13.04% 84
North of England +43 108 £50,000 -3.85% 40
South East +32 108 £50,000 +9.29% 40
North West +25 59 £51,674 -1.57% 26
Midlands -60 59 £60,000 +47.24% 20
South West -24 45 £47,657 -8.81% 17
West Midlands -14 41 £71,250 +78.13% 14
Yorkshire +57 37 £47,500 +2.70% 9
Wales +22 32 £44,886 +28.25% 1
East of England -24 28 £52,500 -0.94% 14
East Midlands -51 18 £40,000 -22.44% 6
North East +7 14 £50,000 -4.76% 6
Scotland -77 10 £53,940 +6.68% 13
Isle of Man - 4 - -

Business Continuity
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
1 111 (15.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (5.13%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.14%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.57%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (0.57%) Site Server
5 3 (0.43%) SAS
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.28%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.14%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.14%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.43%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.57%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.57%) SAP WM
3 3 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.28%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
5 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 196 (27.92%) Microsoft 365
2 160 (22.79%) Azure
3 52 (7.41%) AWS
4 35 (4.99%) Power Platform
5 32 (4.56%) SaaS
6 20 (2.85%) GCP
7 19 (2.71%) Entra ID
7 19 (2.71%) Google Workspace
7 19 (2.71%) PaaS
8 17 (2.42%) IaaS
9 14 (1.99%) PowerApps
10 13 (1.85%) Nutanix
11 12 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (1.57%) Amazon S3
12 11 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
12 11 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (1.42%) OneDrive
14 8 (1.14%) Power Automate
15 7 (1.00%) GitHub
16 5 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 139 (19.80%) Firewall
2 135 (19.23%) Wireless
3 126 (17.95%) WAN
4 103 (14.67%) SD-WAN
5 94 (13.39%) Cisco IOS
5 94 (13.39%) WebEx
6 78 (11.11%) DNS
7 43 (6.13%) DHCP
8 39 (5.56%) LAN
9 37 (5.27%) SAN
9 37 (5.27%) TCP/IP
10 33 (4.70%) Network Security
10 33 (4.70%) VPN
11 26 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
12 25 (3.56%) Wi-Fi
13 20 (2.85%) NAS
14 17 (2.42%) Internet
15 16 (2.28%) VLAN
16 14 (1.99%) IP Telephony
16 14 (1.99%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.27%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.71%) MySQL
3 17 (2.42%) Power BI
4 15 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (1.71%) MongoDB
7 11 (1.57%) Oracle Database
8 10 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.71%) Big Data
11 3 (0.43%) EDRMS
12 2 (0.28%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.28%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
13 1 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
13 1 (0.14%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 17 (2.42%) Git
2 16 (2.28%) Jenkins
2 16 (2.28%) JIRA
3 9 (1.28%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.57%) Selenium
5 3 (0.43%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.43%) CircleCI
5 3 (0.43%) GitLab
5 3 (0.43%) JUnit
5 3 (0.43%) Subversion
5 3 (0.43%) TestNG
5 3 (0.43%) Travis CI
6 2 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.14%) JMeter
General
1 302 (43.02%) Social Skills
2 150 (21.37%) Finance
3 116 (16.52%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (11.25%) Legal
5 42 (5.98%) Law
6 38 (5.41%) Retail
7 32 (4.56%) Telecoms
8 27 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (3.42%) Banking
9 24 (3.42%) Public Sector
10 18 (2.56%) Manufacturing
10 18 (2.56%) Police
11 17 (2.42%) Games
11 17 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (1.85%) Back Office
15 12 (1.71%) Front Office
16 11 (1.57%) Local Government
17 8 (1.14%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 105 (14.96%) IT Support
2 101 (14.39%) Senior
3 95 (13.53%) IT Support Specialist
3 95 (13.53%) Support Specialist
4 80 (11.40%) Analyst
5 56 (7.98%) IT Manager
6 50 (7.12%) Lead
7 36 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 36 (5.13%) Network Engineer
8 29 (4.13%) Consultant
9 27 (3.85%) Security Manager
10 26 (3.70%) Administrator
10 26 (3.70%) Information Manager
11 24 (3.42%) Senior Network Engineer
11 24 (3.42%) Support Analyst
12 19 (2.71%) Head of IT
13 18 (2.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 18 (2.56%) Service Manager
14 17 (2.42%) Security Analyst
15 16 (2.28%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.56%) Elastic Stack
2 13 (1.85%) ARM Templates
2 13 (1.85%) YAML
3 10 (1.42%) CSS
3 10 (1.42%) HTML
4 9 (1.28%) .NET
5 8 (1.14%) FIX Protocol
6 7 (1.00%) Laravel
6 7 (1.00%) REST
7 6 (0.85%) Web Services
8 4 (0.57%) Akka
8 4 (0.57%) React
9 3 (0.43%) 802.1X
9 3 (0.43%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.43%) Azure Blueprints
9 3 (0.43%) jQuery
10 2 (0.28%) EDI
11 1 (0.14%) Middleware
11 1 (0.14%) Node.js
11 1 (0.14%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 110 (15.67%) Management Information System
2 104 (14.81%) Video Conferencing
3 93 (13.25%) Wiki
4 64 (9.12%) Data Centre
5 43 (6.13%) Security Posture
6 28 (3.99%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.71%) Cyber Threat
8 18 (2.56%) Clustering
9 17 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (1.99%) Replication
12 8 (1.14%) NHS
13 6 (0.85%) AS400
13 6 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.85%) IoT
13 6 (0.85%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 5 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (0.71%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 244 (34.76%) Windows
2 102 (14.53%) Windows 10
3 99 (14.10%) Android
4 80 (11.40%) Windows Server
5 64 (9.12%) Linux
6 12 (1.71%) Mac OS
7 10 (1.42%) Apple iOS
7 10 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (1.28%) CentOS
8 9 (1.28%) Unix
8 9 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (1.00%) VMS
10 6 (0.85%) Windows 7
10 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.28%) SUSE
12 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.14%) AIX
13 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (46.87%) Disaster Recovery
2 214 (30.48%) Business Continuity Planning
3 199 (28.35%) Cybersecurity
4 183 (26.07%) BCP
5 158 (22.51%) Problem-Solving
6 152 (21.65%) Information Security
7 129 (18.38%) ITIL
8 115 (16.38%) Computer Science
9 106 (15.10%) Mobile Device Management
10 101 (14.39%) Contract Negotiation
11 93 (13.25%) Application Virtualisation
12 90 (12.82%) Risk Management
13 89 (12.68%) Project Management
14 83 (11.82%) Continuous Improvement
15 74 (10.54%) Data Protection
16 72 (10.26%) Customer Service
17 63 (8.97%) Service Management
18 61 (8.69%) High Availability
18 61 (8.69%) Incident Management
19 58 (8.26%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 59 (8.40%) PowerShell
2 40 (5.70%) SQL
3 28 (3.99%) Bash
4 19 (2.71%) Python
5 13 (1.85%) T-SQL
6 12 (1.71%) Perl
7 10 (1.42%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.42%) RPG
8 7 (1.00%) PHP
9 3 (0.43%) C#
9 3 (0.43%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.28%) ActionScript
10 2 (0.28%) Java
10 2 (0.28%) Korn
10 2 (0.28%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.14%) AWK
11 1 (0.14%) Bourne shell
11 1 (0.14%) Scala
Qualifications
1 231 (32.91%) Degree
2 101 (14.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 99 (14.10%) Master's Degree
4 51 (7.26%) CISSP
5 42 (5.98%) Security Cleared
6 28 (3.99%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (3.56%) CISM
8 23 (3.28%) GIAC
9 22 (3.13%) CISA
10 21 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
10 21 (2.99%) SC Cleared
11 20 (2.85%) CompTIA Security+
12 19 (2.71%) CRISC
13 17 (2.42%) CompTIA CySA+
14 14 (1.99%) DV Cleared
14 14 (1.99%) MCSE
15 13 (1.85%) CCNP
15 13 (1.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 12 (1.71%) GSEC
16 12 (1.71%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (18.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (9.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 66 (9.40%) GDPR
4 32 (4.56%) NIST
5 29 (4.13%) ISO 22301
6 23 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 19 (2.71%) PCI DSS
8 18 (2.56%) ISO 9001
9 15 (2.14%) COBIT
9 15 (2.14%) ISO 14001
9 15 (2.14%) QA
10 14 (1.99%) SLA
11 13 (1.85%) SOC 2
12 12 (1.71%) GRC
13 11 (1.57%) NCSC
14 10 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 9 (1.28%) NEBOSH
16 8 (1.14%) PMO
17 7 (1.00%) Accessibility
17 7 (1.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 189 (26.92%) Active Directory
2 125 (17.81%) VMware ESXi
3 97 (13.82%) XenApp
4 93 (13.25%) Microsoft App-V
4 93 (13.25%) XenDesktop
5 64 (9.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 26 (3.70%) Hyper-V
7 16 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (2.28%) Virtual Servers
8 15 (2.14%) Docker
9 14 (1.99%) Firmware
10 11 (1.57%) vSphere
11 3 (0.43%) VirtualBox
12 2 (0.28%) KVM
12 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.14%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 104 (14.81%) SCCM
2 93 (13.25%) AirWatch
3 38 (5.41%) Ansible
4 26 (3.70%) Terraform
5 24 (3.42%) Nagios
6 19 (2.71%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (2.71%) Puppet
7 15 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (1.85%) Grafana
8 13 (1.85%) Graphite
9 11 (1.57%) vCenter Server
10 10 (1.42%) HAProxy
10 10 (1.42%) SCOM
11 7 (1.00%) Foglight
11 7 (1.00%) Kubernetes
11 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Clustering
12 6 (0.85%) NetCrunch
12 6 (0.85%) ZABBIX
13 5 (0.71%) Kibana
13 5 (0.71%) logstash
Vendors
1 273 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 153 (21.79%) Cisco
3 100 (14.25%) Citrix
4 86 (12.25%) VMware
5 38 (5.41%) Veeam
6 24 (3.42%) HP
7 22 (3.13%) Oracle
8 20 (2.85%) IBM
9 18 (2.56%) Commvault
10 16 (2.28%) Splunk
11 15 (2.14%) Apple
11 15 (2.14%) Google
12 14 (1.99%) Avaya
12 14 (1.99%) Mitel
12 14 (1.99%) Nimble Storage
13 12 (1.71%) Dell
13 12 (1.71%) NetApp
14 11 (1.57%) Meraki
14 11 (1.57%) SolarWinds
15 10 (1.42%) ServiceNow