Business Continuity Contract Job Trends in London

Business Continuity
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Business Continuity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 289 275
Rank change year-on-year +12 -14 +131
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 98 98 149
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.71% 0.63% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.70% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 54 112
10th Percentile £354 - £316
25th Percentile £475 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £538 £506
Median % change year-on-year +0.93% +6.17% -5.15%
75th Percentile £713 £675 £678
90th Percentile £800 £746 £745
England median daily rate £511 £478 £520
% change year-on-year +7.02% -8.17% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £25.40 - £27.05
25th Percentile £29.00 - £34.63
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £48.50
75th Percentile - - £63.63
90th Percentile - - £71.95
England median hourly rate £35.00 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -39.13% +4.55% +120.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,723 13,926 18,035
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.48% 89.13% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,373 8,969 13,005
10th Percentile £331 £350 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 167 235
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.40 £18.50
25th Percentile £25.01 £25.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.25 £38.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +1.32% +1.33%
75th Percentile £47.00 £58.75 £62.75
90th Percentile £64.98 £80.30 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.04 £45.00
% change year-on-year -33.88% -15.48% +28.57%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Business Continuity job vacancy trend in London

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity in London over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Continuity in London

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Continuity in London over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Continuity in London

Business Continuity
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Central London +1 20 £536 +53.21% 59
East London +6 2 £540 - 3
South London -7 1 £513 +192.86%
West London -9 1 - - 5
Business Continuity
England

Business Continuity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.06%) Confluence
3 3 (3.06%) SAS
4 1 (1.02%) DataSynapse
Applications
1 5 (5.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.08%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.02%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.02%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 27 (27.55%) Azure
2 14 (14.29%) AWS
3 10 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (9.18%) Entra ID
5 6 (6.12%) GitHub
6 5 (5.10%) GCP
6 5 (5.10%) SaaS
6 5 (5.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (4.08%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (4.08%) Amazon S3
7 4 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (4.08%) OneDrive
8 3 (3.06%) PaaS
8 3 (3.06%) Power Automate
9 2 (2.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (2.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (2.04%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.04%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (16.33%) Firewall
2 10 (10.20%) WAN
3 7 (7.14%) LAN
3 7 (7.14%) VPN
4 5 (5.10%) DNS
4 5 (5.10%) SD-WAN
5 4 (4.08%) DHCP
6 3 (3.06%) Network Security
6 3 (3.06%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (3.06%) VLAN
6 3 (3.06%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (2.04%) 4G
7 2 (2.04%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.04%) Wireless
8 1 (1.02%) Intranet
8 1 (1.02%) NAS
8 1 (1.02%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.08%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.02%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.02%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.02%) DTS
2 1 (1.02%) EDRMS
2 1 (1.02%) MySQL
2 1 (1.02%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.02%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (6.12%) JIRA
2 2 (2.04%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.04%) Snyk
3 1 (1.02%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.02%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.02%) ScriptRunner
3 1 (1.02%) TestRail
General
1 41 (41.84%) Finance
2 30 (30.61%) Social Skills
3 13 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.14%) Banking
5 6 (6.12%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.08%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.06%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.04%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.04%) Legal
8 2 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.04%) Retail
9 1 (1.02%) Back Office
9 1 (1.02%) French Language
9 1 (1.02%) Front Office
9 1 (1.02%) International Banking
9 1 (1.02%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.02%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (11.22%) Analyst
2 9 (9.18%) Lead
3 8 (8.16%) Architect
3 8 (8.16%) Senior
4 7 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 7 (7.14%) Platform Engineer
5 5 (5.10%) Business Analyst
5 5 (5.10%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.08%) Consultant
6 4 (4.08%) Data Centre Architect
6 4 (4.08%) Test Manager
7 3 (3.06%) DevOps Engineer
7 3 (3.06%) Disaster Recovery Manager
7 3 (3.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (3.06%) Operations Manager
7 3 (3.06%) Resilience Manager
7 3 (3.06%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (3.06%) Service Manager
8 2 (2.04%) Cutover Manager
8 2 (2.04%) NetBackup Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.06%) ARM Templates
2 2 (2.04%) .NET
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.02%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.27%) Data Centre
2 9 (9.18%) Cloud Native
3 6 (6.12%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (5.10%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.08%) CMDB
5 4 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.06%) Enterprise Storage
6 3 (3.06%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.04%) Low-Code
7 2 (2.04%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.04%) Replication
8 1 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.02%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (1.02%) IoT
8 1 (1.02%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (18.37%) Windows
2 9 (9.18%) Linux
2 9 (9.18%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.04%) Unix
4 1 (1.02%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
2 21 (21.43%) Risk Management
3 20 (20.41%) Migration
4 19 (19.39%) BCP
5 18 (18.37%) Business Continuity Planning
5 18 (18.37%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (18.37%) ITIL
6 17 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 12 (12.24%) Incident Management
10 11 (11.22%) Agile
10 11 (11.22%) Change Management
10 11 (11.22%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (11.22%) Incident Response
10 11 (11.22%) Infrastructure as Code
11 10 (10.20%) DevOps
11 10 (10.20%) Information Security
11 10 (10.20%) Roadmaps
11 10 (10.20%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (13.27%) PowerShell
2 9 (9.18%) Python
3 8 (8.16%) SQL
4 4 (4.08%) Bash
5 2 (2.04%) Java
6 1 (1.02%) Bicep
6 1 (1.02%) C
6 1 (1.02%) C#
6 1 (1.02%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.02%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (14.29%) Degree
2 7 (7.14%) CISM
2 7 (7.14%) CISSP
3 6 (6.12%) Security Cleared
4 4 (4.08%) Azure Certification
4 4 (4.08%) CISA
4 4 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.06%) CCNA
5 3 (3.06%) CCNP
5 3 (3.06%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.04%) CBAP
6 2 (2.04%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.04%) Postgraduate
6 2 (2.04%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.02%) CEH
7 1 (1.02%) CRISC
7 1 (1.02%) PMP
7 1 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (6.12%) NIST
3 5 (5.10%) GDPR
4 4 (4.08%) GRC
5 3 (3.06%) Data Quality
5 3 (3.06%) QA
5 3 (3.06%) SLA
6 2 (2.04%) COBIT
6 2 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.04%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.02%) Accessibility
7 1 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.02%) ISO 19650
7 1 (1.02%) ISO 22301
7 1 (1.02%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.02%) MiFID
7 1 (1.02%) PMO
7 1 (1.02%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (11.22%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.08%) Docker
4 2 (2.04%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.04%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.02%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (11.22%) Terraform
2 6 (6.12%) NetBackup
3 4 (4.08%) FortiGate
3 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (3.06%) Puppet
4 3 (3.06%) SCCM
5 2 (2.04%) HP ALM
5 2 (2.04%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (2.04%) QRadar
6 1 (1.02%) Ansible
6 1 (1.02%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (1.02%) Grafana
6 1 (1.02%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (1.02%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (17.35%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.24%) ServiceNow
3 10 (10.20%) VMware
4 5 (5.10%) Oracle
5 4 (4.08%) Cisco
5 4 (4.08%) Commvault
6 3 (3.06%) CyberArk
6 3 (3.06%) Dynatrace
6 3 (3.06%) Google
6 3 (3.06%) SAP
6 3 (3.06%) SnapLogic
6 3 (3.06%) Splunk
6 3 (3.06%) Tenable
7 2 (2.04%) Carbon Black
7 2 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (2.04%) Proofpoint
7 2 (2.04%) Qualys
7 2 (2.04%) Rapid7
7 2 (2.04%) Tanium
7 2 (2.04%) Veracode