Business Continuity Contracts in England

Business Continuity
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Business Continuity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Continuity over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 400 430
Rank change year-on-year +63 +30 +18
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 212 273 416
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.55% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.61% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 182 294
10th Percentile £260 £313 £304
25th Percentile £350 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £516 £513
Median % change year-on-year -7.99% +0.73% +7.89%
75th Percentile £604 £663 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £746
UK median daily rate £498 £525 £523
% change year-on-year -5.24% +0.48% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 17
10th Percentile £14.58 £23.48 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £23.66 -
Median hourly rate £16.17 £25.81 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -37.35% +7.95% +7.46%
75th Percentile £21.07 £27.82 -
90th Percentile £29.43 £27.92 £24.54
UK median hourly rate £16.17 £25.81 £23.91
% change year-on-year -37.35% +7.95% +6.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Business Continuity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,929 45,052 64,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.19% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,948 31,615 45,896
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.04%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,243 1,590 1,753
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

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 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 2024.

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 5 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +78 99 £475 -5.00% 99
South East +30 46 £450 -26.53% 49
North of England +36 36 £450 -12.20% 40
North West +36 33 £475 -6.86% 25
South West +29 16 £495 -5.71% 21
Midlands +5 8 £613 +22.50% 19
West Midlands +12 7 £600 -7.69% 13
Yorkshire +15 2 £370 -33.48% 11
North East +17 1 - - 5
East Midlands +13 1 £700 +46.60% 6
East of England +9 1 £600 +30.43% 14
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 13 (6.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.47%) Confluence
3 1 (0.47%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 10 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (2.36%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.94%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.47%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.47%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 19 (8.96%) Azure
1 19 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (2.83%) Power Platform
3 5 (2.36%) SaaS
4 4 (1.89%) AWS
4 4 (1.89%) PaaS
5 3 (1.42%) IaaS
5 3 (1.42%) Serverless
6 2 (0.94%) Azure API Management
6 2 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (0.94%) Azure Functions
6 2 (0.94%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (0.94%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (0.94%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.94%) GitHub
6 2 (0.94%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (0.94%) OCI
6 2 (0.94%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 22 (10.38%) Firewall
2 18 (8.49%) SAN
3 6 (2.83%) DNS
4 5 (2.36%) Intranet
4 5 (2.36%) Network Security
4 5 (2.36%) WAN
5 4 (1.89%) DHCP
5 4 (1.89%) Internet
5 4 (1.89%) LAN
5 4 (1.89%) Wireless
6 3 (1.42%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (1.42%) Cisco Firepower
6 3 (1.42%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (1.42%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.94%) BIG-IP
7 2 (0.94%) Broadband
7 2 (0.94%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (0.94%) NAS
7 2 (0.94%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.83%) Power BI
2 3 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.42%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.94%) MySQL
3 2 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.47%) Data Mart
4 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.47%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.47%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.47%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (0.94%) Git
1 2 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
1 2 (0.94%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.47%) GoCD
2 1 (0.47%) JUnit
General
1 57 (26.89%) Finance
2 46 (21.70%) Social Skills
3 28 (13.21%) Public Sector
4 24 (11.32%) Banking
5 18 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.72%) Legal
7 8 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.77%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.30%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.83%) Law
10 5 (2.36%) French Language
11 4 (1.89%) German Language
12 3 (1.42%) Electronics
12 3 (1.42%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.42%) Marketing
13 2 (0.94%) Advertising
13 2 (0.94%) Local Government
13 2 (0.94%) Retail
14 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 43 (20.28%) Analyst
2 24 (11.32%) Architect
3 15 (7.08%) Support Engineer
4 14 (6.60%) IT Manager
5 13 (6.13%) Business Analyst
5 13 (6.13%) Senior
6 12 (5.66%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 12 (5.66%) Lead
7 11 (5.19%) Service Manager
7 11 (5.19%) Technical Architect
8 10 (4.72%) Consultant
8 10 (4.72%) Incident Manager
8 10 (4.72%) Operations Analyst
8 10 (4.72%) Project Manager
9 8 (3.77%) Technical Analyst
9 8 (3.77%) Test Analyst
10 7 (3.30%) IT Services Manager
10 7 (3.30%) Security Analyst
10 7 (3.30%) Security Consultant
11 6 (2.83%) Service Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.94%) .NET
1 2 (0.94%) ARM Templates
1 2 (0.94%) OAuth
1 2 (0.94%) OpenID
1 2 (0.94%) SAML
1 2 (0.94%) SPML
2 1 (0.47%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.47%) Android Jetpack
2 1 (0.47%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.47%) Dagger
2 1 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.47%) HTML
2 1 (0.47%) Jest
2 1 (0.47%) Middleware
2 1 (0.47%) Node.js
2 1 (0.47%) React
2 1 (0.47%) Retrofit
2 1 (0.47%) RxJava
2 1 (0.47%) Web Services
2 1 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.38%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.60%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (1.89%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.42%) CMDB
4 3 (1.42%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.42%) PKI
4 3 (1.42%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.42%) Public Cloud
4 3 (1.42%) Replication
4 3 (1.42%) Security Posture
5 2 (0.94%) Cloud Native
5 2 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.94%) IoT
5 2 (0.94%) Mainframe
5 2 (0.94%) NHS
5 2 (0.94%) Operational Technology
5 2 (0.94%) SCADA
5 2 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.47%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (12.26%) Windows
2 12 (5.66%) Windows Server 2012
2 12 (5.66%) Windows Server 2016
3 9 (4.25%) Linux
4 4 (1.89%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.42%) Unix
5 3 (1.42%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.94%) Solaris
6 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.47%) Android
7 1 (0.47%) CentOS
7 1 (0.47%) HPUX
7 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (52.83%) Disaster Recovery
2 44 (20.75%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (20.75%) ITIL
3 40 (18.87%) Roadmaps
4 35 (16.51%) Validation
5 34 (16.04%) Data Protection
6 33 (15.57%) Business Strategy
7 32 (15.09%) Project Management
8 29 (13.68%) Information Security
8 29 (13.68%) Risk Management
9 28 (13.21%) IT Strategy
10 27 (12.74%) Service Management
11 26 (12.26%) Agile
11 26 (12.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (10.38%) Cyber Resilience
12 22 (10.38%) Strategic Roadmap
12 22 (10.38%) Use Case
13 20 (9.43%) Change Management
14 19 (8.96%) Incident Management
14 19 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.77%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.89%) Python
2 4 (1.89%) SQL
3 3 (1.42%) Java
4 2 (0.94%) AWK
4 2 (0.94%) Bash
4 2 (0.94%) Bourne shell
4 2 (0.94%) Korn
4 2 (0.94%) Perl
4 2 (0.94%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.47%) Bicep
5 1 (0.47%) C
5 1 (0.47%) C#
5 1 (0.47%) Go
5 1 (0.47%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.47%) PHP
5 1 (0.47%) Ruby
5 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (16.51%) Security Cleared
2 26 (12.26%) SC Cleared
3 25 (11.79%) Degree
4 13 (6.13%) CISSP
5 12 (5.66%) CISM
6 10 (4.72%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (4.25%) CISA
8 7 (3.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (3.30%) CISMP
8 7 (3.30%) CRISC
9 6 (2.83%) PMI Certification
10 5 (2.36%) PMP
11 4 (1.89%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.42%) CCNP
12 3 (1.42%) ISTQB
12 3 (1.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 3 (1.42%) RHCE
13 2 (0.94%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.57%) NIST
2 19 (8.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (6.13%) GRC
4 12 (5.66%) COBIT
5 9 (4.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (3.30%) QA
7 6 (2.83%) Accessibility
7 6 (2.83%) ISO 22301
8 5 (2.36%) GDPR
8 5 (2.36%) SLA
9 3 (1.42%) IASME
9 3 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (1.42%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.42%) PMO
10 1 (0.47%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.47%) NCSC
10 1 (0.47%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (10.85%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.94%) Docker
3 2 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.94%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.47%) Firmware
4 1 (0.47%) NFS
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (8.02%) SCCM
2 6 (2.83%) Ansible
3 3 (1.42%) Red Hat Satellite
3 3 (1.42%) Terraform
4 2 (0.94%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.94%) NetBackup
4 2 (0.94%) Oracle ZFS
4 2 (0.94%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.94%) WSUS
4 2 (0.94%) yum
5 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.47%) Control-M
5 1 (0.47%) Grafana
5 1 (0.47%) Nessus
5 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.47%) Puppet
5 1 (0.47%) SCOM
5 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.47%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 32 (15.09%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.49%) Cisco
3 16 (7.55%) EMC
4 14 (6.60%) CheckPoint
4 14 (6.60%) Citrix
4 14 (6.60%) HP
5 13 (6.13%) Avaya
6 8 (3.77%) VMware
7 6 (2.83%) Remedy
8 5 (2.36%) Adobe
8 5 (2.36%) Oracle
8 5 (2.36%) Red Hat
8 5 (2.36%) Reuters
8 5 (2.36%) SAP
9 4 (1.89%) F5
9 4 (1.89%) QinetiQ
10 3 (1.42%) BT
11 2 (0.94%) CA
11 2 (0.94%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.94%) Veritas