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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 264 297
Rank change year-on-year -14 +33 -16
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 178 105 96
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.88% 0.78% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 0.84% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 71 52
10th Percentile £424 £355 £326
25th Percentile £464 £477 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -10.21%
75th Percentile £725 £693 £652
90th Percentile £825 £788 £734
England median daily rate £550 £525 £450
% change year-on-year +4.76% +16.67% -14.29%
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 £23.00 £36.84
% change year-on-year -16.43% -37.56% -33.03%

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 18,072 12,468 14,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 92.58% 89.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,839 8,220 9,409
10th Percentile £358 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 243 178
10th Percentile £16.04 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.01 £24.16
Median hourly rate £32.63 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% -16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.38
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -33 19 £500 -6.98% 31
South London -2 5 £550 +7.32% 2
West London -23 2 £500 - 15
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 (3.37%) JBoss
1 6 (3.37%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.12%) CICS
4 1 (0.56%) Apache
4 1 (0.56%) CloudStack
4 1 (0.56%) nginx
4 1 (0.56%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Endur
1 2 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.56%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.56%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.56%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (0.56%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 49 (27.53%) Azure
2 33 (18.54%) AWS
3 21 (11.80%) Entra ID
4 17 (9.55%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (5.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 9 (5.06%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (4.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 7 (3.93%) AWS CloudFormation
7 7 (3.93%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (3.93%) GCP
7 7 (3.93%) PaaS
7 7 (3.93%) Power Platform
8 6 (3.37%) AWS KMS
8 6 (3.37%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (3.37%) GitHub
8 6 (3.37%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (3.37%) SaaS
9 5 (2.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (2.25%) Azure AKS
10 4 (2.25%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.43%) VPN
2 14 (7.87%) DNS
3 13 (7.30%) DHCP
4 10 (5.62%) Network Security
5 9 (5.06%) Firewall
5 9 (5.06%) TCP/IP
6 6 (3.37%) Kerberos
6 6 (3.37%) LAN
6 6 (3.37%) SAN
6 6 (3.37%) WAN
6 6 (3.37%) Wireless
7 4 (2.25%) 4G
8 3 (1.69%) NAS
9 2 (1.12%) Internet
9 2 (1.12%) Intranet
10 1 (0.56%) OpenVPN
10 1 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.56%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.74%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.18%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (3.93%) Amazon Aurora
4 7 (3.93%) MongoDB
5 6 (3.37%) Big Data
5 6 (3.37%) Hadoop
5 6 (3.37%) Metadata
5 6 (3.37%) MySQL
5 6 (3.37%) Power BI
5 6 (3.37%) Redis
6 2 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.12%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.56%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (0.56%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.37%) Jenkins
1 6 (3.37%) JIRA
2 5 (2.81%) GitLab
3 3 (1.69%) Git
4 2 (1.12%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.56%) Gemini Tracker
General
1 62 (34.83%) Finance
2 60 (33.71%) Social Skills
3 21 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (10.11%) Banking
5 17 (9.55%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.06%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.37%) Legal
9 5 (2.81%) Front Office
9 5 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.25%) Law
10 4 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.25%) Retail
11 3 (1.69%) Local Government
11 3 (1.69%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.12%) Back Office
12 2 (1.12%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.12%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 26 (14.61%) Architect
2 25 (14.04%) Lead
3 20 (11.24%) Senior
4 15 (8.43%) Consultant
5 14 (7.87%) Analyst
6 12 (6.74%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (6.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (5.62%) Administrator
9 7 (3.93%) DBA
9 7 (3.93%) Resilience Manager
10 6 (3.37%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (3.37%) IT Manager
10 6 (3.37%) Linux Engineer
10 6 (3.37%) Project Manager
10 6 (3.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (2.81%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 5 (2.81%) Head of Applications
11 5 (2.81%) Head of IT
11 5 (2.81%) Head of Security
11 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (14.04%) Terraform
2 5 (2.81%) REST
3 3 (1.69%) .NET
3 3 (1.69%) ARM Templates
3 3 (1.69%) React
4 2 (1.12%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.12%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.12%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.12%) ISPF
4 2 (1.12%) JSON
4 2 (1.12%) Web Services
5 1 (0.56%) Kafka
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.56%) OAuth
5 1 (0.56%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.56%) PySpark
5 1 (0.56%) XML
5 1 (0.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.87%) Replication
2 12 (6.74%) Onboarding
3 11 (6.18%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (5.62%) Cloud Native
5 9 (5.06%) Clustering
5 9 (5.06%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (4.49%) CMDB
6 8 (4.49%) Security Posture
7 7 (3.93%) Data Centre
8 6 (3.37%) Enterprise Storage
9 5 (2.81%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (2.25%) Fixed Income
10 4 (2.25%) Management Information System
10 4 (2.25%) Operational Technology
10 4 (2.25%) SCADA
10 4 (2.25%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.69%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (15.17%) Windows
2 21 (11.80%) Linux
3 15 (8.43%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.25%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.69%) Unix
7 2 (1.12%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.12%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.12%) zOS
8 1 (0.56%) AIX
8 1 (0.56%) Android
8 1 (0.56%) CentOS
8 1 (0.56%) SUSE
8 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (60.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 59 (33.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (21.35%) Continuous Improvement
4 35 (19.66%) BCP
5 34 (19.10%) Business Continuity Planning
6 33 (18.54%) Cybersecurity
7 29 (16.29%) DevOps
7 29 (16.29%) Infrastructure as Code
7 29 (16.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 28 (15.73%) CI/CD
9 26 (14.61%) High Availability
9 26 (14.61%) Incident Response
9 26 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (14.04%) Decision-Making
10 25 (14.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 25 (14.04%) Migration
10 25 (14.04%) Roadmaps
11 24 (13.48%) ITIL
12 22 (12.36%) Performance Tuning
12 22 (12.36%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.80%) PowerShell
2 14 (7.87%) Python
3 11 (6.18%) Bicep
3 11 (6.18%) SQL
4 7 (3.93%) Bash
5 5 (2.81%) C#
5 5 (2.81%) COBOL
6 3 (1.69%) Java
6 3 (1.69%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.69%) RPG
7 2 (1.12%) C
7 2 (1.12%) C++
7 2 (1.12%) JCL
7 2 (1.12%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.56%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 34 (19.10%) Security Cleared
2 27 (15.17%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.18%) AWS Certification
3 11 (6.18%) Degree
4 10 (5.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 8 (4.49%) Azure Certification
5 8 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.37%) PMI Certification
6 6 (3.37%) PMP
7 5 (2.81%) CCNP
7 5 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.81%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.25%) CCNA
9 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.12%) APMG
10 2 (1.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.12%) CISM
10 2 (1.12%) CISSP
10 2 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (6.18%) NIST
3 8 (4.49%) Data Quality
3 8 (4.49%) ISO 22301
4 6 (3.37%) GRC
5 5 (2.81%) GDPR
5 5 (2.81%) PMO
6 4 (2.25%) JSP 440
6 4 (2.25%) SLA
7 3 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.69%) NCSC
7 3 (1.69%) QA
7 3 (1.69%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.12%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (11.80%) Active Directory
2 16 (8.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (3.37%) vSphere
4 5 (2.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (2.25%) Docker
5 4 (2.25%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.12%) Firmware
7 2 (1.12%) RACF
7 2 (1.12%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (7.30%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.06%) Ansible
3 7 (3.93%) Puppet
4 6 (3.37%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (3.37%) Prometheus
4 6 (3.37%) Red Hat Satellite
5 5 (2.81%) Grafana
6 4 (2.25%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.69%) SCCM
7 3 (1.69%) SCOM
8 2 (1.12%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.56%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.56%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.56%) Kibana
9 1 (0.56%) Nagios
9 1 (0.56%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.56%) QRadar
9 1 (0.56%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.56%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 48 (26.97%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.11%) ServiceNow
2 18 (10.11%) VMware
3 8 (4.49%) IBM
3 8 (4.49%) Red Hat
4 7 (3.93%) Cisco
5 4 (2.25%) Bloomberg
5 4 (2.25%) Citrix
5 4 (2.25%) Oracle
6 3 (1.69%) Google
6 3 (1.69%) JDA
6 3 (1.69%) Splunk
7 2 (1.12%) Broadcom
7 2 (1.12%) Databricks
7 2 (1.12%) Dell
7 2 (1.12%) EMC
7 2 (1.12%) NetApp
7 2 (1.12%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.12%) SAP
7 2 (1.12%) Veeam