Business Continuity Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Business Continuity
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Business Continuity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 111 111
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 +29
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 11 18 19
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.46% 0.96% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 1.02% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 16
10th Percentile £185 £351 £294
25th Percentile £463 £355 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £575 £350
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +64.29% -26.32%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £359
90th Percentile £803 £726 £521
Central London median daily rate £588 £550 £350
% change year-on-year +6.82% +57.14% -25.93%

All Process & 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 2,088 1,763 1,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.33% 94.13% 91.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,419 1,157 1,281
10th Percentile £374 £331 £375
25th Percentile £456 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £768 £792
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 21 17
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.08 £15.20
25th Percentile £18.46 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £19.50 £28.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +5.56% -13.60%
75th Percentile £41.69 £56.75 £78.75
90th Percentile £61.31 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.08 £30.04 £27.00
% change year-on-year -23.16% +11.24% -22.86%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Continuity relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Business Continuity job vacancy trend in the City of London

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Business Continuity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Business Continuity

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 5 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Continuity in the City of London

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Business Continuity.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Business Continuity

Business Continuity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (9.09%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) DHCP
1 2 (18.18%) DNS
1 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
1 2 (18.18%) VPN
2 1 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) SAN
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Financial Institution
3 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Military
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Architect
1 2 (18.18%) Consultant
1 2 (18.18%) Desktop Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Desktop Support
1 2 (18.18%) Desktop Support Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Incident Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Architect
1 2 (18.18%) Support Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Applications Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Applications Support
2 1 (9.09%) Applications Support Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Business Change Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Business Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Change Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Information Assurance Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Security Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
1 2 (18.18%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (9.09%) AS400
2 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Mac OS
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Incident Management
1 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
3 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (27.27%) Incident Response
3 3 (27.27%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (18.18%) Budget Management
4 2 (18.18%) Change Control
4 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (18.18%) DevOps
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (18.18%) ITSM
4 2 (18.18%) Problem Management
4 2 (18.18%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Service Management
5 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) COBOL
1 1 (9.09%) RPG
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
4 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (9.09%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
4 1 (9.09%) PMP
4 1 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (18.18%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (9.09%) JSP 440
2 1 (9.09%) NCSC
2 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
1 2 (18.18%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (9.09%) Docker
2 1 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (9.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Bloomberg
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix
3 1 (9.09%) EMC
3 1 (9.09%) IBM
3 1 (9.09%) NetApp
3 1 (9.09%) Pure Storage
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) VMware