Business Continuity Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Business Continuity
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Business Continuity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - 40
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.05% - 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% - 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £168 - -
25th Percentile £173 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - £150
75th Percentile £216 - -
90th Percentile £226 - -
North West median daily rate £253 £456 £489
% change year-on-year -44.66% -6.70% -2.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 163 141 235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 85.79% 72.68% 92.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 49 133
10th Percentile £179 £257 £360
25th Percentile £400 £325 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +7.06%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £650
90th Percentile £671 £634 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 27 60
10th Percentile £22.36 £26.25 £20.58
25th Percentile £41.94 £36.18 £37.78
Median hourly rate £63.20 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +56.73% -12.68% +22.19%
75th Percentile £71.13 £46.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.41 £58.13 £63.21
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.27
% change year-on-year -37.63% +14.35% +41.06%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Business Continuity job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Business Continuity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Business Continuity

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Business Continuity.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Business Continuity

Business Continuity
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 25 October 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
Lytham St Annes - 2 £190 - 2
Business Continuity
North West

Business Continuity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft