Business Continuity Contracts in the City of London

Business Continuity
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Business Continuity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Continuity over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 101 157
Rank change year-on-year -6 +56 +10
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 12 25 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.69% 1.14% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 1.26% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 23 12
10th Percentile £460 £250 £313
25th Percentile £550 - £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £350 £410
Median % change year-on-year +84.29% -14.63% -19.01%
75th Percentile £707 £570 £506
90th Percentile £725 £698 £548
Central London median daily rate £620 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +77.14% - -30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Business Continuity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,628 1,982 3,305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.30% 90.59% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,027 1,403 2,228
10th Percentile £354 £363 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £570 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% -5.00% +4.35%
75th Percentile £686 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £825 £825
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.13
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £17.08
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -13.58%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Business Continuity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Continuity in the City of London

Business Continuity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Business Continuity in the City of London

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity in the City of London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Continuity in the City of London

Business Continuity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Continuity in the City of London

Business Continuity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (16.67%) Power Automate
3 2 (16.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
2 1 (8.33%) MongoDB
2 1 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Banking
4 2 (16.67%) Financial Institution
4 2 (16.67%) International Banking
4 2 (16.67%) Law
4 2 (16.67%) Police
4 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (8.33%) Investment Banking
5 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Business Information Manager
1 2 (16.67%) Business Manager
1 2 (16.67%) Consultant
1 2 (16.67%) Desktop Manager
1 2 (16.67%) Information Manager
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Manager
1 2 (16.67%) Test Manager
1 2 (16.67%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) Head of IT Operations
2 1 (8.33%) Head of Service Operations
2 1 (8.33%) IT Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (8.33%) JIRA Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) MongoDB DBA
2 1 (8.33%) Risk Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) Senior
2 1 (8.33%) Service Continuity Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Testing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (16.67%) Low-Code
2 2 (16.67%) Replication
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (8.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) ITIL
2 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
3 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (33.33%) Service Management
4 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) BCP
4 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
4 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (25.00%) ITSM
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (16.67%) Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 2 (16.67%) Information Governance
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (8.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) GDPR
1 2 (16.67%) GRC
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.33%) COBIT
2 1 (8.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) HP
1 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (8.33%) Apple
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft