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 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 283 276
Rank change year-on-year +21 -7 +125
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 99 99 160
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.74% 0.62% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.69% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 54 121
10th Percentile £355 - £313
25th Percentile £475 £350 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.86% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £712 £656 £700
90th Percentile £789 £726 £745
England median daily rate £525 £475 £523
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.09% -0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £27.05
25th Percentile £20.24 - £34.63
Median hourly rate £21.63 - £48.50
75th Percentile £23.01 - £63.63
90th Percentile - - £71.95
England median hourly rate £42.75 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -25.65% +4.55% +124.90%

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 12,287 14,247 18,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.44% 89.25% 89.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,085 9,211 13,622
10th Percentile £333 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £664 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 176 231
10th Percentile £18.03 £17.75 £18.50
25th Percentile £25.00 £24.17 £21.63
Median hourly rate £30.50 £37.79 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year -19.28% -4.15% +5.12%
75th Percentile £47.75 £57.81 £62.75
90th Percentile £64.95 £78.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.40% -7.78% +28.77%

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 October 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
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 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
Central London +6 19 £500 +42.86% 27
West London -3 3 - -
East London +3 2 £540 -13.88% 4
South London - 1 £513 -
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 (7.07%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.03%) Confluence
2 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.03%) SAS
3 1 (1.01%) DataSynapse
Applications
1 6 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (4.04%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (4.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.01%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.01%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 27 (27.27%) Azure
2 12 (12.12%) AWS
3 10 (10.10%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (8.08%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.05%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.04%) GCP
6 4 (4.04%) GitHub
6 4 (4.04%) OneDrive
6 4 (4.04%) SaaS
6 4 (4.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (3.03%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (3.03%) Amazon S3
7 3 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (3.03%) Power Automate
8 2 (2.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (2.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (2.02%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (2.02%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (17.17%) Firewall
2 13 (13.13%) WAN
3 9 (9.09%) LAN
3 9 (9.09%) VPN
4 8 (8.08%) DNS
5 7 (7.07%) DHCP
6 5 (5.05%) 4G
6 5 (5.05%) Network Security
6 5 (5.05%) SD-WAN
6 5 (5.05%) TCP/IP
6 5 (5.05%) Wireless
7 3 (3.03%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (3.03%) VLAN
8 2 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (1.01%) Intranet
9 1 (1.01%) NAS
9 1 (1.01%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.04%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.03%) Power BI
3 1 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.01%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.01%) DTS
3 1 (1.01%) EDRMS
3 1 (1.01%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (5.05%) JIRA
2 2 (2.02%) Snyk
3 1 (1.01%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.01%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.01%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.01%) ScriptRunner
3 1 (1.01%) TestRail
General
1 36 (36.36%) Finance
2 31 (31.31%) Social Skills
3 11 (11.11%) Banking
4 10 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.05%) Legal
5 5 (5.05%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.03%) Financial Institution
6 3 (3.03%) International Banking
6 3 (3.03%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.02%) Law
7 2 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.02%) Police
7 2 (2.02%) Retail
8 1 (1.01%) Back Office
8 1 (1.01%) Front Office
8 1 (1.01%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (11.11%) Analyst
1 11 (11.11%) Senior
2 9 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 8 (8.08%) Architect
4 7 (7.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (7.07%) Lead
5 6 (6.06%) Platform Engineer
6 5 (5.05%) Business Analyst
6 5 (5.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (5.05%) Service Manager
7 4 (4.04%) Business Manager
7 4 (4.04%) Data Centre Architect
7 4 (4.04%) IT Services Manager
7 4 (4.04%) Resilience Manager
7 4 (4.04%) Test Manager
8 3 (3.03%) Operations Manager
8 3 (3.03%) Project Manager
8 3 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (3.03%) Service Continuity Manager
8 3 (3.03%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.03%) ARM Templates
2 2 (2.02%) .NET
3 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.01%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.14%) Data Centre
2 9 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 7 (7.07%) Management Information System
4 6 (6.06%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (5.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (4.04%) CMDB
6 4 (4.04%) Replication
7 3 (3.03%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (2.02%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.02%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (2.02%) Low-Code
8 2 (2.02%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.01%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (1.01%) IoT
9 1 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.01%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (20.20%) Windows
2 9 (9.09%) Linux
3 8 (8.08%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.01%) Unix
4 1 (1.01%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
2 21 (21.21%) ITIL
3 20 (20.20%) BCP
3 20 (20.20%) Business Continuity Planning
3 20 (20.20%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (20.20%) Risk Management
4 19 (19.19%) Migration
5 17 (17.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 15 (15.15%) Incident Management
6 15 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (14.14%) Change Management
7 14 (14.14%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (12.12%) Project Management
9 11 (11.11%) Agile
10 10 (10.10%) Business Strategy
10 10 (10.10%) High Availability
10 10 (10.10%) Roadmaps
10 10 (10.10%) Security Operations
10 10 (10.10%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 7 (7.07%) Python
3 6 (6.06%) SQL
4 3 (3.03%) Bash
5 2 (2.02%) Java
6 1 (1.01%) Bicep
6 1 (1.01%) C
6 1 (1.01%) C#
6 1 (1.01%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.01%) Perl
6 1 (1.01%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (13.13%) Degree
2 7 (7.07%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.06%) CISM
3 6 (6.06%) CISSP
4 5 (5.05%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.04%) CCNA
5 4 (4.04%) CCNP
5 4 (4.04%) CISA
6 3 (3.03%) Azure Certification
6 3 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.03%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.03%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.02%) CBAP
7 2 (2.02%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.02%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.01%) CRISC
8 1 (1.01%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.07%) GDPR
1 7 (7.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (5.05%) NIST
3 4 (4.04%) GRC
4 3 (3.03%) COBIT
4 3 (3.03%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.03%) QA
4 3 (3.03%) SLA
5 2 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.01%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.01%) ISO 19650
6 1 (1.01%) ISO 22301
6 1 (1.01%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (1.01%) MiFID
6 1 (1.01%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.01%) PMO
6 1 (1.01%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (10.10%) Active Directory
2 8 (8.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.03%) Docker
3 3 (3.03%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (2.02%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.02%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 9 (9.09%) Terraform
2 6 (6.06%) FortiGate
2 6 (6.06%) NetBackup
3 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (4.04%) Puppet
4 3 (3.03%) SCCM
5 2 (2.02%) HP ALM
5 2 (2.02%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (2.02%) QRadar
6 1 (1.01%) Ansible
6 1 (1.01%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (1.01%) Grafana
6 1 (1.01%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (1.01%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (16.16%) Microsoft
2 14 (14.14%) ServiceNow
3 10 (10.10%) VMware
4 6 (6.06%) Oracle
5 4 (4.04%) Cisco
5 4 (4.04%) Commvault
5 4 (4.04%) SAP
6 3 (3.03%) CyberArk
6 3 (3.03%) Google
6 3 (3.03%) Salesforce
6 3 (3.03%) SnapLogic
6 3 (3.03%) Tenable
7 2 (2.02%) Carbon Black
7 2 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (2.02%) Proofpoint
7 2 (2.02%) Qualys
7 2 (2.02%) Rapid7
7 2 (2.02%) Splunk
7 2 (2.02%) Tanium
7 2 (2.02%) Veracode