Business Continuity Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Business Continuity
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Business Continuity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 56 61
Rank change year-on-year -18 +5 +2
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 8 10 5
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.66% 1.30% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.52% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 5
10th Percentile £209 - -
25th Percentile £260 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% -16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £288 £428 £475
90th Percentile £413 £469 £584
England median daily rate £550 £550 £475
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -9.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 906 659 602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 74.57% 85.70% 80.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 450 407
10th Percentile £234 £225 £263
25th Percentile £400 £333 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £404 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.71% -10.25% -7.69%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £575
90th Percentile £656 £625 £625
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.40% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 59 38
10th Percentile £13.14 £15.11 £12.75
25th Percentile £14.56 £17.87 £14.74
Median hourly rate £17.92 £18.87 £18.16
Median % change year-on-year -5.03% +3.91% -42.82%
75th Percentile £27.73 £25.15 £26.15
90th Percentile £36.99 £25.42 £50.00
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.83%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Business Continuity job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Continuity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Continuity

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Continuity in the East Midlands

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Continuity.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Business Continuity

Business Continuity
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 August 2026. 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
Leicestershire - 5 £275 - 7
Nottinghamshire - 3 £270 - 2
Business Continuity
England

Business Continuity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) LAN
1 3 (37.50%) WAN
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Law
5 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (12.50%) Local Government
5 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) IT Manager
1 3 (37.50%) Site Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Rollout Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Support
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Rollout Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Rollout Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Implementation Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Driving Licence
2 2 (25.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) AI
1 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Asset Management
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (37.50%) IT Asset Management
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Time Management
3 2 (25.00%) BCP
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Application Rationalisation
4 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity Management
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Internal Audit
4 1 (12.50%) Resilience Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) SFIA
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (25.00%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Apple
2 3 (37.50%) Samsung
3 1 (12.50%) NEC