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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 264 273
Rank change year-on-year -20 +9 +96
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 116 87 123
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.74% 0.64% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.71% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 51 95
10th Percentile £365 £350 £250
25th Percentile £415 £513 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £510
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +17.65% +3.03%
75th Percentile £693 £675 £688
90th Percentile £819 £701 £745
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £26.60 - -
25th Percentile £32.00 - -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £19.20 -
Median % change year-on-year +82.29% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £26.36 £24.50
% change year-on-year +32.80% +7.57% -4.71%

All Process & 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 14,107 12,276 16,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.50% 90.65% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,418 7,891 11,536
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 153 342
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.15 £26.00 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £30.08
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +24.67% -16.44%
75th Percentile £56.50 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.68 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.78 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.49% - -

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 19 February 2026.

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 19 February 2026.

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 19 February 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
Central London -6 25 £619 +3.13% 7
South London -8 6 £700 +300.00% 1
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 13 (11.21%) SharePoint
2 9 (7.76%) HCL Notes
2 9 (7.76%) Mendix
3 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.72%) SAS
5 1 (0.86%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.86%) Confluence
5 1 (0.86%) Mule
5 1 (0.86%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.72%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 31 (26.72%) Azure
2 17 (14.66%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (12.07%) AWS
4 12 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (9.48%) Serverless
6 10 (8.62%) Power Platform
7 9 (7.76%) Azure Functions
7 9 (7.76%) Azure Logic Apps
7 9 (7.76%) Azure Service Bus
7 9 (7.76%) Power Automate
7 9 (7.76%) PowerApps
8 8 (6.90%) GCP
9 7 (6.03%) Entra ID
10 6 (5.17%) GitHub
11 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (2.59%) Azure Key Vault
12 3 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (2.59%) OneDrive
12 3 (2.59%) SaaS
12 3 (2.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.76%) Firewall
2 4 (3.45%) WAN
3 3 (2.59%) LAN
3 3 (2.59%) Network Security
3 3 (2.59%) SD-WAN
3 3 (2.59%) VPN
4 2 (1.72%) VLAN
5 1 (0.86%) DHCP
5 1 (0.86%) DNS
5 1 (0.86%) Intranet
5 1 (0.86%) NAS
5 1 (0.86%) SAN
5 1 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.62%) Oracle Database
2 9 (7.76%) Power BI
3 2 (1.72%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.86%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.86%) Metadata
4 1 (0.86%) MySQL
4 1 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.72%) JIRA
2 1 (0.86%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.86%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.86%) ScriptRunner
2 1 (0.86%) TestRail
General
1 51 (43.97%) Finance
2 38 (32.76%) Social Skills
3 19 (16.38%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.62%) Financial Institution
5 8 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (6.03%) Banking
7 6 (5.17%) Public Sector
8 5 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.45%) Legal
9 4 (3.45%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.59%) Police
11 2 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.72%) Local Government
11 2 (1.72%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.72%) Military
11 2 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.86%) Billing
12 1 (0.86%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (12.07%) Architect
2 13 (11.21%) Consultant
3 12 (10.34%) Lead
4 10 (8.62%) Business Consultant
5 9 (7.76%) Business Continuity Consultant
5 9 (7.76%) Developer
5 9 (7.76%) Power Platform Developer
6 6 (5.17%) Analyst
6 6 (5.17%) ServiceNow Architect
7 5 (4.31%) Business Manager
7 5 (4.31%) Platform Engineer
7 5 (4.31%) Project Manager
8 4 (3.45%) Business Analyst
8 4 (3.45%) Incident Manager
8 4 (3.45%) Platform Architect
9 3 (2.59%) Business Continuity Manager
9 3 (2.59%) Disaster Recovery Manager
9 3 (2.59%) IT Consultant
9 3 (2.59%) IT Manager
9 3 (2.59%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.48%) .NET
2 9 (7.76%) HTML5 Canvas
2 9 (7.76%) React
3 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.86%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.86%) CSS
4 1 (0.86%) HTML
4 1 (0.86%) RAML
4 1 (0.86%) REST
4 1 (0.86%) SOAP
4 1 (0.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.76%) Cloud Native
1 9 (7.76%) Low-Code
2 6 (5.17%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.31%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (4.31%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.45%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.59%) CMDB
5 3 (2.59%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.72%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.86%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.86%) FMCG
7 1 (0.86%) IoT
7 1 (0.86%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.48%) Windows
2 4 (3.45%) Linux
2 4 (3.45%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.86%) Unix
3 1 (0.86%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (32.76%) Disaster Recovery
2 24 (20.69%) Risk Management
3 23 (19.83%) Data Protection
3 23 (19.83%) DevOps
4 22 (18.97%) ITIL
4 22 (18.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (16.38%) CI/CD
5 19 (16.38%) Incident Response
5 19 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (14.66%) Service Management
7 16 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (12.07%) Business Continuity Planning
8 14 (12.07%) Migration
9 13 (11.21%) BCP
10 12 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (9.48%) High Availability
11 11 (9.48%) ITSM
12 10 (8.62%) Data Management
12 10 (8.62%) Incident Management
12 10 (8.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.52%) SQL
2 11 (9.48%) JavaScript
3 9 (7.76%) C#
3 9 (7.76%) Formula Language
3 9 (7.76%) LotusScript
3 9 (7.76%) PowerShell
4 6 (5.17%) Python
5 2 (1.72%) Bash
5 2 (1.72%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.86%) Bicep
6 1 (0.86%) DataWeave
6 1 (0.86%) Groovy
6 1 (0.86%) Java
6 1 (0.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (24.14%) Security Cleared
2 16 (13.79%) Degree
3 14 (12.07%) DV Cleared
4 13 (11.21%) SC Cleared
5 9 (7.76%) CISSP
6 7 (6.03%) Azure Certification
6 7 (6.03%) CISM
7 5 (4.31%) CISA
7 5 (4.31%) CRISC
8 4 (3.45%) AWS Certification
8 4 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.59%) Master's Degree
9 3 (2.59%) Postgraduate
10 2 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.72%) CCNA
10 2 (1.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (1.72%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (10.34%) GDPR
3 11 (9.48%) NIST
4 7 (6.03%) GRC
5 6 (5.17%) PCI DSS
6 5 (4.31%) COBIT
6 5 (4.31%) Data Quality
7 4 (3.45%) SOC 2
8 3 (2.59%) PMO
8 3 (2.59%) SLA
9 2 (1.72%) ISO 22301
9 2 (1.72%) ISO 31000
9 2 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.86%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.86%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.86%) NCSC
10 1 (0.86%) NIST 800
System Software
1 9 (7.76%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.17%) Docker
3 3 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.86%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (7.76%) Terraform
2 7 (6.03%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.59%) NetBackup
4 2 (1.72%) Puppet
5 1 (0.86%) Ansible
5 1 (0.86%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.93%) ServiceNow
3 12 (10.34%) Oracle
4 9 (7.76%) Kofax
4 9 (7.76%) Lotus
5 7 (6.03%) VMware
6 3 (2.59%) Commvault
6 3 (2.59%) Dynatrace
6 3 (2.59%) IBM
6 3 (2.59%) Veeam
7 2 (1.72%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.72%) SnapLogic
8 1 (0.86%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.86%) BMC
8 1 (0.86%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.86%) Citrix
8 1 (0.86%) Murex
8 1 (0.86%) Reuters
8 1 (0.86%) Sage
8 1 (0.86%) Splunk