Business Continuity Contracts in London

Business Continuity
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Business Continuity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Continuity over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 257 316 349
Rank change year-on-year +59 +33 +41
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 103 89 136
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.78% 0.51% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.57% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 70 102
10th Percentile £395 £248 £350
25th Percentile £506 £350 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £406 £550
Median % change year-on-year +41.54% -26.14% -0.72%
75th Percentile £669 £594 £714
90th Percentile £755 £750 £745
England median daily rate £550 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £19.51 - £22.14
25th Percentile £19.98 - £22.34
Median hourly rate £21.63 - £22.68
75th Percentile £23.01 - £23.02
90th Percentile - - £23.22
England median hourly rate £42.06 £16.17 £27.98
% change year-on-year +160.13% -42.21% +17.02%

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 12,241 15,588 23,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.47% 90.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,173 11,098 16,857
10th Percentile £331 £340 £370
25th Percentile £425 £445 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year - -5.98% +1.74%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £700
90th Percentile £799 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 295 265
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.97 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.02 £23.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £50.50 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £82.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +46.03%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Business Continuity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Continuity in London

Business Continuity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity in London.

Daily rate trend for Business Continuity in London

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity in London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Continuity in London

Business Continuity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 5 July 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 +5 16 £600 +71.43% 49
East London +17 8 £585 -7.14% 5
West London +11 5 - - 6
Business Continuity
England

Business Continuity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.94%) Confluence
4 1 (0.97%) DataSynapse
Applications
1 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.97%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 37 (35.92%) Azure
2 17 (16.50%) AWS
3 12 (11.65%) GCP
4 10 (9.71%) Entra ID
4 10 (9.71%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (8.74%) Power Platform
6 7 (6.80%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (5.83%) Power Automate
8 5 (4.85%) PowerApps
8 5 (4.85%) SaaS
9 3 (2.91%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.91%) Mimecast
9 3 (2.91%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.94%) Serverless
11 1 (0.97%) Akamai
11 1 (0.97%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.97%) GitHub
11 1 (0.97%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (14.56%) Firewall
2 13 (12.62%) DNS
3 11 (10.68%) DHCP
3 11 (10.68%) VPN
4 10 (9.71%) WAN
5 9 (8.74%) TCP/IP
6 7 (6.80%) LAN
7 6 (5.83%) Network Security
7 6 (5.83%) Wireless
8 5 (4.85%) 4G
9 4 (3.88%) SD-WAN
10 3 (2.91%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (2.91%) VLAN
11 2 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.97%) Cisco ISE
12 1 (0.97%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.97%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.88%) Power BI
2 3 (2.91%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.91%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.94%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.97%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.97%) MySQL
4 1 (0.97%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (7.77%) JIRA
2 2 (1.94%) Snyk
3 1 (0.97%) Git
3 1 (0.97%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.97%) Selenium
3 1 (0.97%) SpecFlow
General
1 37 (35.92%) Social Skills
2 36 (34.95%) Finance
3 16 (15.53%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (12.62%) Banking
5 8 (7.77%) Legal
5 8 (7.77%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.85%) Marketing
7 4 (3.88%) Law
8 3 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.91%) Police
8 3 (2.91%) Retail
8 3 (2.91%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.94%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.94%) Front Office
9 2 (1.94%) International Banking
9 2 (1.94%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.97%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (22.33%) Senior
2 12 (11.65%) Analyst
3 11 (10.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (9.71%) Lead
4 10 (9.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (7.77%) Consultant
6 7 (6.80%) Architect
6 7 (6.80%) Business Analyst
6 7 (6.80%) Project Manager
6 7 (6.80%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (5.83%) IT Manager
7 6 (5.83%) Senior Business Analyst
7 6 (5.83%) Service Manager
7 6 (5.83%) Test Manager
8 5 (4.85%) Microsoft 365 Manager
8 5 (4.85%) Senior Manager
9 4 (3.88%) Business Finance Analyst
9 4 (3.88%) Business Manager
9 4 (3.88%) Finance Business Analyst
9 4 (3.88%) Senior Business Finance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.97%) 802.1X
1 1 (0.97%) ARM Templates
1 1 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (0.97%) Node.js
1 1 (0.97%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.65%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.83%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.83%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (5.83%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.85%) Low-Code
4 4 (3.88%) Replication
5 3 (2.91%) Freedom of Information
5 3 (2.91%) PKI
6 2 (1.94%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.94%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.94%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.94%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.97%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.97%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.97%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.97%) Solar Panel
7 1 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (24.27%) Windows
2 8 (7.77%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.83%) Linux
4 1 (0.97%) Unix
4 1 (0.97%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (31.07%) Disaster Recovery
2 28 (27.18%) ITIL
3 25 (24.27%) Risk Management
3 25 (24.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (22.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 20 (19.42%) Migration
6 19 (18.45%) BCP
6 19 (18.45%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (16.50%) Agile
8 17 (16.50%) Business Continuity Planning
9 13 (12.62%) Incident Management
9 13 (12.62%) Incident Response
9 13 (12.62%) User Acceptance Testing
10 12 (11.65%) Change Management
10 12 (11.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 12 (11.65%) Project Management
10 12 (11.65%) Roadmaps
10 12 (11.65%) Service Delivery
10 12 (11.65%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.68%) Python
2 10 (9.71%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.83%) SQL
4 3 (2.91%) Bash
4 3 (2.91%) Perl
5 2 (1.94%) C#
5 2 (1.94%) Java
6 1 (0.97%) C
6 1 (0.97%) Groovy
6 1 (0.97%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (11.65%) Degree
1 12 (11.65%) Security Cleared
2 11 (10.68%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.83%) CBAP
4 4 (3.88%) CCNA
4 4 (3.88%) CCNP
4 4 (3.88%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.91%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.91%) CISSP
5 3 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.91%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.91%) PMP
6 2 (1.94%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.94%) CISA
6 2 (1.94%) CISM
6 2 (1.94%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.94%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.97%) CEH
7 1 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (6.80%) GDPR
3 6 (5.83%) GRC
4 5 (4.85%) NIST
5 3 (2.91%) NCSC
5 3 (2.91%) QA
6 2 (1.94%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.94%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.94%) SLA
7 1 (0.97%) COBIT
7 1 (0.97%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.97%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (11.65%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.85%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (3.88%) Docker
4 3 (2.91%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (2.91%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.97%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (8.74%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (8.74%) Terraform
2 6 (5.83%) FortiGate
3 5 (4.85%) HP ALM
3 5 (4.85%) SCCM
4 4 (3.88%) Ansible
5 2 (1.94%) NetBackup
5 2 (1.94%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (1.94%) QRadar
6 1 (0.97%) Grafana
6 1 (0.97%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.97%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.97%) Perfmon
6 1 (0.97%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.97%) Puppet
6 1 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (14.56%) ServiceNow
2 14 (13.59%) Microsoft
3 10 (9.71%) Google
4 5 (4.85%) HP
4 5 (4.85%) SAP
4 5 (4.85%) VMware
5 4 (3.88%) Oracle
6 3 (2.91%) Cisco
6 3 (2.91%) Workday
7 2 (1.94%) Carbon Black
7 2 (1.94%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.94%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.94%) Proofpoint
7 2 (1.94%) QAD
7 2 (1.94%) Qualys
7 2 (1.94%) Rapid7
7 2 (1.94%) Splunk
7 2 (1.94%) Tanium
7 2 (1.94%) Veracode
7 2 (1.94%) Veritas