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 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 260 302
Rank change year-on-year -37 +42 +32
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 149 112 79
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.74% 0.83% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.89% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 72 57
10th Percentile £363 £375 £308
25th Percentile £463 £500 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +35.29% -17.07%
75th Percentile £688 £666 £625
90th Percentile £823 £763 £700
England median daily rate £550 £540 £475
% change year-on-year +1.85% +13.68% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
Median hourly rate £16.04 £21.63 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.83% - -
England median hourly rate £17.63 £62.50 £36.84
% change year-on-year -71.79% +69.68% -8.46%

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 18,001 12,519 14,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.11% 92.32% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,856 8,363 10,133
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £662 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 250 198
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.01
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -14.89% -14.11%
75th Percentile £57.00 £49.31 £54.69
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.03 £71.44
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

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 7 August 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 7 August 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 -18 12 £588 +6.82% 23
South London - 3 £723 - 3
West London -20 2 £500 - 2
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 4 (2.68%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.01%) JBoss
3 1 (0.67%) Apache
3 1 (0.67%) CloudStack
3 1 (0.67%) HCL Notes
3 1 (0.67%) Mendix
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.67%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Endur
1 2 (1.34%) Primavera
2 1 (0.67%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.67%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.67%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.67%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.67%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 34 (22.82%) Azure
2 20 (13.42%) AWS
3 14 (9.40%) Entra ID
3 14 (9.40%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.37%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.70%) Azure Monitor
5 7 (4.70%) GCP
6 6 (4.03%) PaaS
7 5 (3.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (3.36%) GitHub
7 5 (3.36%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.68%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.68%) Serverless
9 3 (2.01%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (2.01%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (2.01%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (2.01%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (2.01%) IaaS
9 3 (2.01%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.05%) VPN
2 10 (6.71%) DNS
3 9 (6.04%) DHCP
3 9 (6.04%) Network Security
4 7 (4.70%) Firewall
4 7 (4.70%) TCP/IP
5 5 (3.36%) LAN
5 5 (3.36%) WAN
6 4 (2.68%) Wireless
7 3 (2.01%) 4G
7 3 (2.01%) Kerberos
7 3 (2.01%) SAN
8 2 (1.34%) Intranet
8 2 (1.34%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.67%) Internet
9 1 (0.67%) NAS
9 1 (0.67%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.70%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.36%) Big Data
3 4 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (2.01%) Hadoop
4 3 (2.01%) Power BI
5 2 (1.34%) Metadata
5 2 (1.34%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.67%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.67%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.67%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.67%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.67%) MySQL
6 1 (0.67%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.67%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.67%) Redis
6 1 (0.67%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.67%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.67%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (3.36%) JIRA
2 3 (2.01%) GitLab
3 2 (1.34%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.67%) Selenium
4 1 (0.67%) SpecFlow
General
1 55 (36.91%) Finance
2 51 (34.23%) Social Skills
3 27 (18.12%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.72%) Public Sector
5 12 (8.05%) Banking
6 9 (6.04%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (5.37%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.68%) Front Office
10 4 (2.68%) Law
10 4 (2.68%) Legal
10 4 (2.68%) Local Government
11 3 (2.01%) Back Office
11 3 (2.01%) Financial Institution
11 3 (2.01%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.34%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.67%) Military
13 1 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (18.12%) Architect
2 15 (10.07%) Lead
3 13 (8.72%) Consultant
4 12 (8.05%) IT Manager
4 12 (8.05%) Senior
5 11 (7.38%) Analyst
6 9 (6.04%) Change Manager
6 9 (6.04%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (4.70%) Business Consultant
7 7 (4.70%) Incident Manager
8 6 (4.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (4.03%) Project Manager
8 6 (4.03%) Resilience Manager
8 6 (4.03%) ServiceNow Architect
9 5 (3.36%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (3.36%) Business Continuity Consultant
9 5 (3.36%) Business Manager
9 5 (3.36%) Head of Security
9 5 (3.36%) Infrastructure Architect
9 5 (3.36%) IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.01%) .NET
1 3 (2.01%) ARM Templates
1 3 (2.01%) React
2 2 (1.34%) .NET Core
2 2 (1.34%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.34%) ASP.NET
2 2 (1.34%) REST
3 1 (0.67%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.67%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (0.67%) JSON
3 1 (0.67%) Kafka
3 1 (0.67%) Middleware
3 1 (0.67%) PySpark
3 1 (0.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.71%) Onboarding
2 7 (4.70%) Cloud Native
2 7 (4.70%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (4.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (4.03%) Clustering
3 6 (4.03%) CMDB
3 6 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (4.03%) Replication
4 5 (3.36%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.36%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.68%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.68%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (2.68%) Fixed Income
5 4 (2.68%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.68%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.01%) Cyberattack
6 3 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.01%) Low-Code
6 3 (2.01%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (14.09%) Windows
2 14 (9.40%) Linux
3 10 (6.71%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.68%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.01%) Unix
7 2 (1.34%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.67%) AIX
8 1 (0.67%) Android
8 1 (0.67%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.67%) Rocky
8 1 (0.67%) Solaris
8 1 (0.67%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.67%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (52.35%) Disaster Recovery
2 39 (26.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 33 (22.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 31 (20.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (17.45%) BCP
6 26 (17.45%) Business Continuity Planning
6 26 (17.45%) Cybersecurity
7 24 (16.11%) DevOps
8 23 (15.44%) ITIL
8 23 (15.44%) Project Delivery
9 22 (14.77%) High Availability
9 22 (14.77%) Incident Response
10 21 (14.09%) Incident Management
11 20 (13.42%) Risk Management
12 19 (12.75%) Data Protection
13 18 (12.08%) CI/CD
13 18 (12.08%) Roadmaps
14 17 (11.41%) Agile
14 17 (11.41%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.72%) PowerShell
2 11 (7.38%) Python
3 8 (5.37%) SQL
4 7 (4.70%) Bash
5 6 (4.03%) Bicep
5 6 (4.03%) C#
6 3 (2.01%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.34%) C
7 2 (1.34%) C++
7 2 (1.34%) COBOL
7 2 (1.34%) Java
7 2 (1.34%) RPG
7 2 (1.34%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.67%) Formula Language
8 1 (0.67%) LotusScript
8 1 (0.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (18.79%) Security Cleared
2 21 (14.09%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.05%) Degree
4 10 (6.71%) Azure Certification
5 9 (6.04%) APMG
5 9 (6.04%) AWS Certification
6 7 (4.70%) DV Cleared
7 6 (4.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (3.36%) CCNP
8 5 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.68%) CCNA
9 4 (2.68%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.68%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (2.01%) CISA
10 3 (2.01%) CISSP
10 3 (2.01%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (2.01%) PMI Certification
10 3 (2.01%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (7.38%) PMO
3 10 (6.71%) NIST
4 6 (4.03%) GDPR
5 5 (3.36%) ISO 22301
5 5 (3.36%) QA
5 5 (3.36%) SLA
5 5 (3.36%) SOC 2
6 4 (2.68%) GRC
6 4 (2.68%) PCI DSS
7 3 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (2.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.34%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.34%) COBIT
8 2 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.34%) Data Quality
8 2 (1.34%) ISO 31000
8 2 (1.34%) NCSC
9 1 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.67%) JSP 440
System Software
1 16 (10.74%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.03%) Docker
4 4 (2.68%) vSphere
5 3 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.67%) Firmware
7 1 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (8.72%) Terraform
2 11 (7.38%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.36%) Ansible
4 4 (2.68%) FortiGate
4 4 (2.68%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.01%) Puppet
5 3 (2.01%) Red Hat Satellite
6 2 (1.34%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (1.34%) Grafana
6 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.34%) SCCM
7 1 (0.67%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.67%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.67%) Nagios
7 1 (0.67%) QRadar
7 1 (0.67%) SCOM
7 1 (0.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 33 (22.15%) Microsoft
2 22 (14.77%) ServiceNow
3 9 (6.04%) VMware
4 6 (4.03%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.68%) Cisco
6 3 (2.01%) Bloomberg
6 3 (2.01%) Citrix
6 3 (2.01%) Computacenter
6 3 (2.01%) Oracle
6 3 (2.01%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.34%) Autodesk
7 2 (1.34%) EMC
7 2 (1.34%) IBM
7 2 (1.34%) Kronos
7 2 (1.34%) NetApp
7 2 (1.34%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.34%) Workday
8 1 (0.67%) Exabeam
8 1 (0.67%) Pure Storage
8 1 (0.67%) Yardi