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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 258 320
Rank change year-on-year -49 +62 +29
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 120 97 87
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.63% 0.77% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.84% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 63 68
10th Percentile £363 £423 £244
25th Percentile £425 £513 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £406
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +41.54% -18.75%
75th Percentile £663 £669 £581
90th Percentile £748 £760 £694
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 £21.63 £16.17
% change year-on-year -11.12% +33.74% -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 16,970 11,588 15,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.88% 92.38% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,314 7,764 11,086
10th Percentile £360 £338 £343
25th Percentile £437 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
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 260 214 312
10th Percentile £17.96 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.24 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +14.34% -26.88%
75th Percentile £59.85 £49.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.90
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.06 £37.63
% change year-on-year +73.67% -28.07% +7.07%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 -12 15 £599 -4.11% 1
South London - 5 £700 - 1
West London -29 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 7 (5.83%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.17%) HCL Notes
2 5 (4.17%) Mendix
3 1 (0.83%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.83%) Mule
3 1 (0.83%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.83%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.67%) Primavera
2 1 (0.83%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.83%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.83%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.83%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.83%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 26 (21.67%) Azure
2 14 (11.67%) AWS
3 13 (10.83%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (7.50%) Power Platform
4 9 (7.50%) Serverless
5 8 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (6.67%) GCP
6 6 (5.00%) Entra ID
6 6 (5.00%) PowerApps
7 5 (4.17%) Azure Functions
7 5 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (4.17%) Azure Service Bus
7 5 (4.17%) Power Automate
8 3 (2.50%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.50%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (2.50%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.67%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.67%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.67%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (1.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.67%) Network Security
2 6 (5.00%) DHCP
2 6 (5.00%) DNS
2 6 (5.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (5.00%) VPN
3 5 (4.17%) Firewall
4 3 (2.50%) LAN
4 3 (2.50%) WAN
4 3 (2.50%) Wireless
5 2 (1.67%) 4G
5 2 (1.67%) Intranet
6 1 (0.83%) Internet
6 1 (0.83%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.83%) Power BI
2 6 (5.00%) Oracle Database
3 5 (4.17%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.67%) Big Data
6 1 (0.83%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.83%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.83%) Metadata
6 1 (0.83%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.83%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.83%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.83%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (4.17%) JIRA
2 3 (2.50%) GitLab
3 2 (1.67%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.83%) Selenium
4 1 (0.83%) SpecFlow
General
1 45 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 44 (36.67%) Finance
3 22 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.00%) Banking
4 12 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 10 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (5.00%) Financial Institution
6 6 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (5.00%) Local Government
7 5 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.17%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.33%) Law
9 3 (2.50%) Back Office
10 2 (1.67%) Billing
10 2 (1.67%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.67%) Retail
11 1 (0.83%) Legal
11 1 (0.83%) Military
Job Titles
1 17 (14.17%) Architect
2 16 (13.33%) Consultant
3 13 (10.83%) Business Consultant
4 11 (9.17%) Business Continuity Consultant
4 11 (9.17%) Lead
5 10 (8.33%) Change Manager
5 10 (8.33%) IT Manager
6 8 (6.67%) Analyst
6 8 (6.67%) IT Consultant
7 7 (5.83%) Business Manager
7 7 (5.83%) Project Manager
8 6 (5.00%) Incident Manager
8 6 (5.00%) Senior
8 6 (5.00%) ServiceNow Architect
8 6 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (4.17%) Developer
9 5 (4.17%) IT Change Manager
9 5 (4.17%) Power Platform Developer
9 5 (4.17%) Resilience Manager
10 4 (3.33%) Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.00%) .NET
1 6 (5.00%) React
2 5 (4.17%) HTML5 Canvas
3 2 (1.67%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.67%) REST
4 1 (0.83%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.83%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.83%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.83%) CSS
4 1 (0.83%) HTML
4 1 (0.83%) JSON
4 1 (0.83%) Kafka
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.83%) Middleware
4 1 (0.83%) PySpark
4 1 (0.83%) RAML
4 1 (0.83%) SOAP
4 1 (0.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.83%) Cloud Native
1 7 (5.83%) Low-Code
1 7 (5.83%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.00%) CMDB
2 6 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.17%) Security Posture
4 4 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.33%) Replication
5 3 (2.50%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.50%) Fixed Income
5 3 (2.50%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.67%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.67%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (1.67%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.83%) Windows
2 7 (5.83%) Linux
3 4 (3.33%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.50%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.83%) AIX
6 1 (0.83%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.83%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.83%) Rocky
6 1 (0.83%) Solaris
6 1 (0.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (42.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 27 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (21.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (18.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 22 (18.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (17.50%) DevOps
5 21 (17.50%) Incident Response
6 19 (15.83%) ITIL
7 18 (15.00%) Agile
7 18 (15.00%) Change Management
7 18 (15.00%) Data Protection
7 18 (15.00%) Incident Management
7 18 (15.00%) Risk Management
8 17 (14.17%) CI/CD
9 16 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (12.50%) High Availability
11 14 (11.67%) Business Continuity Planning
11 14 (11.67%) Decision-Making
12 13 (10.83%) Impact Assessments
12 13 (10.83%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.67%) SQL
2 8 (6.67%) Python
3 7 (5.83%) C#
3 7 (5.83%) JavaScript
4 5 (4.17%) Formula Language
4 5 (4.17%) LotusScript
5 4 (3.33%) Bash
5 4 (3.33%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.50%) Java
7 2 (1.67%) COBOL
7 2 (1.67%) RPG
8 1 (0.83%) Bicep
8 1 (0.83%) DataWeave
8 1 (0.83%) Groovy
8 1 (0.83%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.83%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.83%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.83%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 17 (14.17%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.83%) Degree
4 9 (7.50%) APMG
5 8 (6.67%) DV Cleared
6 7 (5.83%) AWS Certification
7 6 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (3.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.33%) CISA
8 4 (3.33%) CISSP
8 4 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (3.33%) Master's Degree
8 4 (3.33%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (2.50%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.50%) CCNA
9 3 (2.50%) CCNP
9 3 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.50%) PMI Certification
9 3 (2.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (9.17%) PMO
2 10 (8.33%) NIST
3 9 (7.50%) GDPR
4 6 (5.00%) PCI DSS
4 6 (5.00%) SLA
5 5 (4.17%) GRC
5 5 (4.17%) QA
6 3 (2.50%) COBIT
6 3 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.50%) ISO 22301
6 3 (2.50%) NCSC
6 3 (2.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.67%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.67%) ISO 31000
7 2 (1.67%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.83%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.83%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.83%) RMADS
System Software
1 10 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.00%) Docker
3 3 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (6.67%) Kubernetes
1 8 (6.67%) Terraform
2 5 (4.17%) Ansible
3 3 (2.50%) FortiGate
3 3 (2.50%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.67%) SCCM
5 1 (0.83%) Grafana
5 1 (0.83%) Nagios
5 1 (0.83%) QRadar
5 1 (0.83%) SCOM
Vendors
1 27 (22.50%) Microsoft
2 22 (18.33%) ServiceNow
3 8 (6.67%) Oracle
4 5 (4.17%) Kofax
4 5 (4.17%) Lotus
5 4 (3.33%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.50%) Bloomberg
6 3 (2.50%) Citrix
6 3 (2.50%) Computacenter
7 2 (1.67%) Autodesk
7 2 (1.67%) IBM
7 2 (1.67%) Kronos
7 2 (1.67%) Murex
7 2 (1.67%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.67%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.67%) VMware
7 2 (1.67%) Workday
8 1 (0.83%) Exabeam
8 1 (0.83%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.83%) MuleSoft