Business Continuity Contracts in England

Business Continuity
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 326 399
Rank change year-on-year +27 +73 +19
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 190 223 268
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.78% 0.60% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.69% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 160 183
10th Percentile £413 £271 £313
25th Percentile £477 £358 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £564 £491 £511
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% -3.86% -1.54%
75th Percentile £675 £612 £659
90th Percentile £713 £725 £736
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £19.83 £14.58 £23.48
25th Percentile £20.24 £15.44 £23.66
Median hourly rate £21.63 £16.17 £25.81
Median % change year-on-year +33.74% -37.35% +7.95%
75th Percentile £26.36 £21.07 £27.82
90th Percentile £45.54 £29.43 £27.92
UK median hourly rate £22.05 £16.17 £25.81
% change year-on-year +36.38% -37.35% +7.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Continuity in England

Business Continuity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity in England.

Daily rate trend for Business Continuity in England

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Continuity in England

Business Continuity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity in England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Continuity in England

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Continuity in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Continuity in England

Business Continuity
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +23 88 £600 +26.32% 261
North of England +22 41 £510 +10.27% 159
North West +9 27 £516 +5.90% 75
South East +25 25 £545 +21.11% 151
Midlands +30 18 £525 -14.29% 104
West Midlands +21 15 £525 -5.83% 58
Yorkshire +20 14 £475 +28.38% 68
East of England +34 5 £425 -29.17% 81
South West +31 4 £470 -6.28% 72
East Midlands +10 1 £700 - 40
Business Continuity
UK

Business Continuity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 17 (8.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (8.42%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.11%) Confluence
4 1 (0.53%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (8.95%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.53%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 1 (0.53%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.53%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.53%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.53%) SAP PP
2 1 (0.53%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 65 (34.21%) Azure
2 27 (14.21%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (13.68%) AWS
3 26 (13.68%) Entra ID
4 16 (8.42%) GCP
4 16 (8.42%) IaaS
5 11 (5.79%) SaaS
6 10 (5.26%) PaaS
6 10 (5.26%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.68%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.11%) OneDrive
9 4 (2.11%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.58%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.58%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.58%) Serverless
11 2 (1.05%) Akamai
11 2 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 25 (13.16%) Firewall
2 22 (11.58%) Network Security
3 14 (7.37%) DNS
4 11 (5.79%) DHCP
4 11 (5.79%) Intranet
4 11 (5.79%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (5.79%) WAN
5 10 (5.26%) TCP/IP
5 10 (5.26%) VPN
6 8 (4.21%) LAN
7 7 (3.68%) SD-WAN
7 7 (3.68%) Wireless
8 3 (1.58%) 4G
8 3 (1.58%) SAN
8 3 (1.58%) VLAN
8 3 (1.58%) WLAN
9 2 (1.05%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (1.05%) VoIP
9 2 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.53%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.89%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.68%) Power BI
3 6 (3.16%) MongoDB
3 6 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (2.11%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.58%) MySQL
5 3 (1.58%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.05%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (1.05%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.53%) GIS
7 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.53%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (3.16%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (0.53%) Git
2 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.53%) Selenium
2 1 (0.53%) SpecFlow
General
1 70 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 42 (22.11%) Finance
3 25 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.42%) Legal
4 16 (8.42%) Local Government
5 15 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (6.84%) Telecoms
7 12 (6.32%) Public Sector
8 11 (5.79%) Public Speaking
9 10 (5.26%) Banking
10 5 (2.63%) Law
10 5 (2.63%) Marketing
11 4 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.11%) Retail
12 3 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.58%) Police
13 2 (1.05%) International Banking
13 2 (1.05%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.05%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 25 (13.16%) Lead
2 23 (12.11%) Analyst
2 23 (12.11%) Senior
3 18 (9.47%) Consultant
3 18 (9.47%) Project Manager
4 14 (7.37%) Architect
4 14 (7.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (6.84%) IT Manager
6 11 (5.79%) Communications Officer
7 10 (5.26%) Business Analyst
8 9 (4.74%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (3.68%) DBA
9 7 (3.68%) Head of IT
10 6 (3.16%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 6 (3.16%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 6 (3.16%) IT Project Manager
10 6 (3.16%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (3.16%) Senior Manager
10 6 (3.16%) Service Manager
11 5 (2.63%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.58%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.05%) OLE
2 2 (1.05%) Web Services
3 1 (0.53%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.53%) Node.js
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.53%) REST
3 1 (0.53%) SAML
3 1 (0.53%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.53%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.47%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.26%) Replication
3 8 (4.21%) Security Posture
4 7 (3.68%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.16%) PKI
6 5 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.11%) Freedom of Information
7 4 (2.11%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.58%) Cyberattack
8 3 (1.58%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.05%) PMI
9 2 (1.05%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.05%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.53%) CMDB
10 1 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.53%) NHS
10 1 (0.53%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 44 (23.16%) Windows
2 25 (13.16%) Windows Server
3 13 (6.84%) Linux
4 4 (2.11%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.58%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.05%) VMS
7 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (41.58%) Disaster Recovery
2 47 (24.74%) ITIL
3 45 (23.68%) Stakeholder Management
4 42 (22.11%) BCP
5 41 (21.58%) Risk Management
6 40 (21.05%) Business Continuity Planning
7 39 (20.53%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (16.84%) Cybersecurity
9 30 (15.79%) Migration
10 29 (15.26%) Project Management
11 24 (12.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 23 (12.11%) Change Management
13 22 (11.58%) High Availability
13 22 (11.58%) Incident Response
13 22 (11.58%) Roadmaps
14 21 (11.05%) Agile
14 21 (11.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 21 (11.05%) Service Delivery
15 18 (9.47%) Project Delivery
15 18 (9.47%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 22 (11.58%) PowerShell
2 15 (7.89%) SQL
3 10 (5.26%) Python
4 3 (1.58%) Perl
5 1 (0.53%) Bash
5 1 (0.53%) C#
5 1 (0.53%) Groovy
5 1 (0.53%) Java
5 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 34 (17.89%) Degree
2 18 (9.47%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (9.47%) Security Cleared
3 16 (8.42%) SC Cleared
4 15 (7.89%) Azure Certification
5 6 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.16%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.63%) CBAP
6 5 (2.63%) CISSP
6 5 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (2.63%) PMP
7 4 (2.11%) CISM
8 3 (1.58%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.58%) CCNA
8 3 (1.58%) CCNP
8 3 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.58%) CRISC
8 3 (1.58%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.58%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (7.89%) GDPR
3 9 (4.74%) NIST
3 9 (4.74%) PMO
4 8 (4.21%) ISO 22301
5 6 (3.16%) GRC
5 6 (3.16%) HIPAA
6 5 (2.63%) Data Quality
6 5 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 5 (2.63%) NCSC
7 4 (2.11%) SLA
8 3 (1.58%) ISO 31000
8 3 (1.58%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.58%) QA
9 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.53%) COBIT
9 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.53%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (17.37%) Active Directory
2 19 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (6.32%) vSphere
4 9 (4.74%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.63%) Docker
6 4 (2.11%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.58%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.58%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (1.05%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (13.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (6.84%) Terraform
3 8 (4.21%) SCCM
4 5 (2.63%) FortiGate
5 4 (2.11%) Ansible
6 3 (1.58%) Backup Exec
6 3 (1.58%) HP ALM
6 3 (1.58%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.58%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.05%) Data Guard
7 2 (1.05%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.53%) Grafana
8 1 (0.53%) Nessus
8 1 (0.53%) OfficeScan
8 1 (0.53%) Perfmon
8 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.53%) Puppet
8 1 (0.53%) Trend Micro Deep Security
8 1 (0.53%) WSUS
Vendors
1 43 (22.63%) Microsoft
2 26 (13.68%) VMware
3 13 (6.84%) ServiceNow
4 12 (6.32%) Google
5 11 (5.79%) Oracle
6 10 (5.26%) Cisco
7 7 (3.68%) SAP
8 4 (2.11%) HP
8 4 (2.11%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.11%) Symantec
8 4 (2.11%) Veeam
9 3 (1.58%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.58%) Workday
10 2 (1.05%) Aruba
10 2 (1.05%) Databricks
10 2 (1.05%) Dell KACE
10 2 (1.05%) Meraki
10 2 (1.05%) NetApp
10 2 (1.05%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.05%) Ubiquiti