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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 270 281
Rank change year-on-year -14 +11 +97
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 117 76 109
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.70% 0.60% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.65% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 50 83
10th Percentile £364 £457 £250
25th Percentile £415 £527 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £473
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +26.98% -
75th Percentile £688 £675 £650
90th Percentile £812 £689 £725
England median daily rate £525 £563 £493
% change year-on-year -6.67% +14.21% -1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Median hourly rate £35.00 £19.20 -
Median % change year-on-year +82.29% - -
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 14,942 11,630 15,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.82% 91.27% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,020 7,810 11,431
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 164 342
10th Percentile £18.09 £20.14 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.93
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.20 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +18.67% -19.47%
75th Percentile £56.97 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £71.18 £69.95
England median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% -10.48%

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 21 March 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
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 21 March 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 +2 21 £619 +3.13% 12
South London -10 6 £700 +300.00%
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 12 (10.26%) SharePoint
2 10 (8.55%) HCL Notes
2 10 (8.55%) Mendix
3 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.85%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.85%) Mule
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.85%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 29 (24.79%) Azure
2 16 (13.68%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (10.26%) AWS
4 12 (10.26%) Serverless
5 11 (9.40%) Power Platform
6 10 (8.55%) Azure Functions
6 10 (8.55%) Azure Logic Apps
6 10 (8.55%) Azure Service Bus
6 10 (8.55%) Power Automate
6 10 (8.55%) PowerApps
7 8 (6.84%) GCP
8 5 (4.27%) Entra ID
9 4 (3.42%) GitHub
10 3 (2.56%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (1.71%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.84%) Firewall
2 4 (3.42%) LAN
2 4 (3.42%) WAN
3 3 (2.56%) Network Security
3 3 (2.56%) VPN
4 2 (1.71%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.85%) DHCP
5 1 (0.85%) DNS
5 1 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.85%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.85%) VLAN
5 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.40%) Oracle Database
2 10 (8.55%) Power BI
3 4 (3.42%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.71%) Big Data
5 1 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.85%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.85%) Metadata
5 1 (0.85%) MySQL
5 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.85%) JIRA
1 1 (0.85%) Selenium
1 1 (0.85%) SpecFlow
General
1 50 (42.74%) Finance
2 43 (36.75%) Social Skills
3 24 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.26%) Financial Institution
5 10 (8.55%) Public Sector
6 9 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (6.84%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (5.98%) Banking
9 5 (4.27%) Telecoms
10 4 (3.42%) Legal
11 3 (2.56%) Local Government
11 3 (2.56%) Police
12 2 (1.71%) Billing
12 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.71%) Military
12 2 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.85%) Front Office
13 1 (0.85%) Law
13 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (11.11%) Architect
1 13 (11.11%) Consultant
2 11 (9.40%) Business Consultant
3 10 (8.55%) Business Continuity Consultant
3 10 (8.55%) Developer
3 10 (8.55%) Power Platform Developer
4 9 (7.69%) Lead
5 7 (5.98%) Change Manager
6 6 (5.13%) Project Manager
6 6 (5.13%) ServiceNow Architect
7 5 (4.27%) Business Manager
7 5 (4.27%) IT Manager
8 4 (3.42%) Analyst
8 4 (3.42%) Business Analyst
8 4 (3.42%) Incident Manager
8 4 (3.42%) IT Consultant
8 4 (3.42%) Platform Architect
8 4 (3.42%) Senior
9 3 (2.56%) DevOps Engineer
9 3 (2.56%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.55%) .NET
1 10 (8.55%) HTML5 Canvas
1 10 (8.55%) React
2 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (1.71%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.85%) CSS
4 1 (0.85%) HTML
4 1 (0.85%) RAML
4 1 (0.85%) REST
4 1 (0.85%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.40%) Low-Code
2 7 (5.98%) Cloud Native
2 7 (5.98%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.42%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.56%) CMDB
5 3 (2.56%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.56%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.56%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.71%) Clustering
6 2 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.85%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.85%) IoT
7 1 (0.85%) Over-the-Top Content
7 1 (0.85%) Replication
7 1 (0.85%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.26%) Windows
2 5 (4.27%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.42%) Linux
4 2 (1.71%) Unix
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.85%) Rocky
5 1 (0.85%) Solaris
5 1 (0.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (34.19%) Disaster Recovery
2 25 (21.37%) DevOps
3 23 (19.66%) Data Protection
3 23 (19.66%) Risk Management
3 23 (19.66%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (18.80%) CI/CD
4 22 (18.80%) ITIL
5 20 (17.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (15.38%) Incident Response
7 17 (14.53%) Service Management
8 14 (11.97%) High Availability
9 13 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (10.26%) Agile
10 12 (10.26%) Migration
10 12 (10.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (9.40%) Analytics
11 11 (9.40%) Change Management
11 11 (9.40%) ITSM
12 10 (8.55%) Business Continuity Planning
Programming Languages
1 19 (16.24%) SQL
2 11 (9.40%) C#
2 11 (9.40%) JavaScript
3 10 (8.55%) Formula Language
3 10 (8.55%) LotusScript
4 8 (6.84%) PowerShell
5 7 (5.98%) Python
6 3 (2.56%) Bash
7 1 (0.85%) Bicep
7 1 (0.85%) DataWeave
7 1 (0.85%) Groovy
7 1 (0.85%) Java
7 1 (0.85%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.85%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (26.50%) Security Cleared
2 16 (13.68%) Degree
2 16 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 13 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 7 (5.98%) Azure Certification
4 7 (5.98%) CISSP
5 6 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (4.27%) APMG
6 5 (4.27%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (4.27%) CISM
7 4 (3.42%) AWS Certification
7 4 (3.42%) CISA
7 4 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.42%) CRISC
7 4 (3.42%) Master's Degree
7 4 (3.42%) Postgraduate
7 4 (3.42%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (2.56%) CCNA
8 3 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.71%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.11%) GDPR
2 12 (10.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (8.55%) NIST
4 7 (5.98%) PCI DSS
4 7 (5.98%) PMO
5 6 (5.13%) GRC
6 4 (3.42%) COBIT
6 4 (3.42%) Data Quality
6 4 (3.42%) QA
6 4 (3.42%) SOC 2
7 3 (2.56%) ISO 22301
7 3 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (2.56%) SLA
8 2 (1.71%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.85%) MiFID
9 1 (0.85%) NCSC
9 1 (0.85%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.85%) RMADS
System Software
1 8 (6.84%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.13%) Docker
3 2 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (7.69%) Terraform
2 7 (5.98%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.71%) Ansible
3 2 (1.71%) FortiGate
3 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.85%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.85%) Puppet
Vendors
1 29 (24.79%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.68%) ServiceNow
3 13 (11.11%) Oracle
4 10 (8.55%) Kofax
4 10 (8.55%) Lotus
5 6 (5.13%) VMware
6 3 (2.56%) IBM
6 3 (2.56%) Veeam
7 2 (1.71%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.71%) Murex
7 2 (1.71%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.85%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.85%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.85%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.85%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.85%) Reuters
8 1 (0.85%) Sage
8 1 (0.85%) SnapLogic
8 1 (0.85%) Workday
8 1 (0.85%) Zerto