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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 254 304
Rank change year-on-year -49 +50 +56
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 125 102 89
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.65% 0.79% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.85% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 66 70
10th Percentile £363 £392 £248
25th Percentile £463 £503 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £406
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +41.54% -23.78%
75th Percentile £659 £672 £594
90th Percentile £799 £756 £750
England median daily rate £525 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
Median hourly rate £16.04 £21.63 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.83% - -
England median hourly rate £19.22 £42.06 £16.17
% change year-on-year -54.31% +160.13% -42.21%

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 17,155 11,979 15,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.89% 92.25% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,402 8,003 11,123
10th Percentile £358 £335 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 225 302
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £23.33 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.89 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.02% +9.63% -26.90%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.55 £68.68
England median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +85.35% -34.02% +1.65%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 -21 12 £593 -1.10% 14
South London - 3 £723 - 2
West London -23 2 £500 - 4
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 6 (4.80%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.20%) HCL Notes
2 4 (3.20%) Mendix
3 1 (0.80%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.80%) Apache
3 1 (0.80%) CloudStack
3 1 (0.80%) Mule
3 1 (0.80%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.80%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (0.80%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Primavera
2 1 (0.80%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.80%) Endur
2 1 (0.80%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.80%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.80%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.80%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (24.00%) Azure
2 19 (15.20%) AWS
3 12 (9.60%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (6.40%) GCP
4 8 (6.40%) Power Platform
4 8 (6.40%) Serverless
5 7 (5.60%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (4.80%) Entra ID
7 5 (4.00%) PowerApps
8 4 (3.20%) Azure Functions
8 4 (3.20%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (3.20%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (3.20%) Power Automate
9 3 (2.40%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (2.40%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (2.40%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.60%) Datadog
10 2 (1.60%) SaaS
10 2 (1.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.40%) Network Security
2 6 (4.80%) DHCP
2 6 (4.80%) DNS
2 6 (4.80%) Firewall
2 6 (4.80%) TCP/IP
2 6 (4.80%) VPN
3 4 (3.20%) LAN
3 4 (3.20%) WAN
4 3 (2.40%) Wireless
5 2 (1.60%) 4G
5 2 (1.60%) Intranet
5 2 (1.60%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.80%) Internet
6 1 (0.80%) NAS
6 1 (0.80%) SAN
6 1 (0.80%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.80%) Power BI
2 5 (4.00%) Oracle Database
2 5 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.40%) Metadata
5 2 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.60%) Big Data
6 1 (0.80%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.80%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.80%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.80%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.80%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.80%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.80%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.80%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (4.00%) JIRA
2 3 (2.40%) GitLab
3 2 (1.60%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.80%) Selenium
4 1 (0.80%) SpecFlow
General
1 46 (36.80%) Finance
2 43 (34.40%) Social Skills
3 23 (18.40%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.60%) Banking
4 12 (9.60%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.40%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.00%) Financial Institution
6 5 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (4.00%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.20%) Law
7 4 (3.20%) Local Government
8 3 (2.40%) Back Office
9 2 (1.60%) Billing
9 2 (1.60%) Legal
9 2 (1.60%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.60%) Retail
10 1 (0.80%) Police
Job Titles
1 20 (16.00%) Architect
2 15 (12.00%) Consultant
3 13 (10.40%) Lead
4 11 (8.80%) Business Consultant
4 11 (8.80%) IT Manager
5 10 (8.00%) Change Manager
6 9 (7.20%) Business Continuity Consultant
7 8 (6.40%) Analyst
7 8 (6.40%) IT Consultant
8 7 (5.60%) Project Manager
9 6 (4.80%) Incident Manager
9 6 (4.80%) Resilience Manager
9 6 (4.80%) Senior
9 6 (4.80%) ServiceNow Architect
9 6 (4.80%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (4.00%) Business Manager
10 5 (4.00%) IT Change Manager
11 4 (3.20%) Applications Manager
11 4 (3.20%) Applications Support
11 4 (3.20%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.00%) .NET
1 5 (4.00%) React
2 4 (3.20%) HTML5 Canvas
3 2 (1.60%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.60%) REST
4 1 (0.80%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.80%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.80%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.80%) CSS
4 1 (0.80%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.80%) HTML
4 1 (0.80%) JSON
4 1 (0.80%) Kafka
4 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.80%) Middleware
4 1 (0.80%) PySpark
4 1 (0.80%) RAML
4 1 (0.80%) SOAP
4 1 (0.80%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.60%) Cloud Native
1 7 (5.60%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.80%) CMDB
2 6 (4.80%) Low-Code
3 5 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.00%) Security Posture
4 4 (3.20%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (3.20%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.20%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.20%) Replication
5 3 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.40%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.40%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.60%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.60%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (1.60%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.60%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (11.20%) Windows
2 8 (6.40%) Linux
3 5 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.40%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.80%) AIX
6 1 (0.80%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.80%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.80%) Rocky
6 1 (0.80%) Solaris
6 1 (0.80%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (45.60%) Disaster Recovery
2 27 (21.60%) Continuous Improvement
2 27 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 22 (17.60%) DevOps
4 22 (17.60%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (16.00%) ITIL
6 19 (15.20%) Incident Management
6 19 (15.20%) Incident Response
6 19 (15.20%) Risk Management
7 18 (14.40%) Agile
7 18 (14.40%) Change Management
7 18 (14.40%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (14.40%) Data Protection
8 17 (13.60%) BCP
8 17 (13.60%) Business Continuity Planning
8 17 (13.60%) CI/CD
9 16 (12.80%) High Availability
9 16 (12.80%) Project Delivery
10 14 (11.20%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.60%) SQL
2 8 (6.40%) Python
3 6 (4.80%) C#
3 6 (4.80%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.20%) Bash
4 4 (3.20%) Formula Language
4 4 (3.20%) LotusScript
4 4 (3.20%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.40%) Java
6 2 (1.60%) COBOL
6 2 (1.60%) RPG
7 1 (0.80%) Bicep
7 1 (0.80%) DataWeave
7 1 (0.80%) Groovy
7 1 (0.80%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.80%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.80%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.80%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (20.80%) Security Cleared
2 17 (13.60%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.40%) Degree
4 9 (7.20%) APMG
5 8 (6.40%) AWS Certification
5 8 (6.40%) DV Cleared
6 6 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.20%) Azure Certification
8 4 (3.20%) CCNP
8 4 (3.20%) CISA
8 4 (3.20%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.20%) CISSP
8 4 (3.20%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (3.20%) Master's Degree
8 4 (3.20%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (2.40%) CCNA
9 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.40%) PMI Certification
9 3 (2.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (8.80%) PMO
2 10 (8.00%) NIST
3 9 (7.20%) GDPR
4 6 (4.80%) PCI DSS
4 6 (4.80%) SLA
5 5 (4.00%) GRC
5 5 (4.00%) QA
6 3 (2.40%) COBIT
6 3 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.40%) ISO 22301
6 3 (2.40%) NCSC
6 3 (2.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.60%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.60%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.60%) ISO 31000
7 2 (1.60%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.80%) NIST 800
System Software
1 10 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.80%) Docker
3 3 (2.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.80%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 8 (6.40%) Terraform
3 5 (4.00%) Ansible
4 4 (3.20%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.40%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.60%) Grafana
6 2 (1.60%) SCCM
7 1 (0.80%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.80%) Nagios
7 1 (0.80%) QRadar
7 1 (0.80%) SCOM
Vendors
1 27 (21.60%) Microsoft
2 23 (18.40%) ServiceNow
3 7 (5.60%) Oracle
4 4 (3.20%) Kofax
4 4 (3.20%) Lotus
4 4 (3.20%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.40%) Bloomberg
5 3 (2.40%) Citrix
5 3 (2.40%) Computacenter
5 3 (2.40%) VMware
6 2 (1.60%) Autodesk
6 2 (1.60%) IBM
6 2 (1.60%) Kronos
6 2 (1.60%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.60%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.60%) Workday
7 1 (0.80%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.80%) Splunk
7 1 (0.80%) Veeam
7 1 (0.80%) Yardi