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 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 275 261
Rank change year-on-year -15 -14 +103
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 104 83 126
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.69% 0.61% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.67% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 48 95
10th Percentile £330 £350 £250
25th Percentile £415 £522 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £713 £675 £688
90th Percentile £819 £700 £745
England median daily rate £523 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.48% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £26.60 - -
25th Percentile £32.00 - -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £19.20 -
Median % change year-on-year +82.29% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £23.48 £24.50
% change year-on-year +49.06% -4.16% -4.71%

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 13,766 12,313 16,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.73% 90.57% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,152 7,857 11,594
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 153 339
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.11 £25.40 £19.49
Median hourly rate £34.75 £37.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.34% +25.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £56.62 £55.25 £51.25
90th Percentile £69.94 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 12 February 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Continuity in London over the 6 months to 12 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 12 February 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 +4 24 £619 +3.13% 4
South London -6 4 £700 +300.00% 1
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 13 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 9 (8.65%) HCL Notes
2 9 (8.65%) Mendix
3 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.92%) SAS
5 1 (0.96%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.96%) Confluence
5 1 (0.96%) Mule
5 1 (0.96%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.92%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (28.85%) Azure
2 17 (16.35%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (12.50%) AWS
4 12 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (10.58%) Serverless
6 10 (9.62%) Power Platform
7 9 (8.65%) Azure Functions
7 9 (8.65%) Azure Logic Apps
7 9 (8.65%) Azure Service Bus
7 9 (8.65%) Power Automate
7 9 (8.65%) PowerApps
8 7 (6.73%) Entra ID
9 6 (5.77%) GCP
9 6 (5.77%) GitHub
10 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (3.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (2.88%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (2.88%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (2.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.69%) Firewall
2 5 (4.81%) WAN
3 4 (3.85%) SD-WAN
3 4 (3.85%) VPN
4 3 (2.88%) LAN
5 2 (1.92%) Network Security
5 2 (1.92%) VLAN
6 1 (0.96%) DHCP
6 1 (0.96%) DNS
6 1 (0.96%) Intranet
6 1 (0.96%) NAS
6 1 (0.96%) SAN
6 1 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.62%) Oracle Database
2 9 (8.65%) Power BI
3 2 (1.92%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.96%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.96%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.96%) Metadata
4 1 (0.96%) MySQL
4 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.92%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.92%) JIRA
2 1 (0.96%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.96%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.96%) ScriptRunner
2 1 (0.96%) TestRail
General
1 49 (47.12%) Finance
2 33 (31.73%) Social Skills
3 15 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.62%) Financial Institution
5 7 (6.73%) Banking
5 7 (6.73%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (4.81%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.85%) Legal
7 4 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.85%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.88%) Police
9 2 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.92%) Local Government
9 2 (1.92%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Billing
10 1 (0.96%) International Banking
10 1 (0.96%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (12.50%) Consultant
2 12 (11.54%) Lead
3 10 (9.62%) Business Consultant
4 9 (8.65%) Business Continuity Consultant
4 9 (8.65%) Developer
4 9 (8.65%) Power Platform Developer
5 7 (6.73%) Architect
6 5 (4.81%) Analyst
6 5 (4.81%) Business Manager
6 5 (4.81%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (3.85%) Business Analyst
7 4 (3.85%) Project Manager
8 3 (2.88%) Business Continuity Manager
8 3 (2.88%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (2.88%) Disaster Recovery Consultant
8 3 (2.88%) Disaster Recovery Manager
8 3 (2.88%) Incident Manager
8 3 (2.88%) IT Consultant
8 3 (2.88%) IT Manager
8 3 (2.88%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.58%) .NET
2 9 (8.65%) HTML5 Canvas
2 9 (8.65%) React
3 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.96%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.96%) CSS
4 1 (0.96%) HTML
4 1 (0.96%) RAML
4 1 (0.96%) REST
4 1 (0.96%) SOAP
4 1 (0.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.65%) Cloud Native
1 9 (8.65%) Low-Code
2 6 (5.77%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (4.81%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.81%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.81%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.88%) CMDB
4 3 (2.88%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.92%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (1.92%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.96%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.96%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.96%) IoT
6 1 (0.96%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.96%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.54%) Windows
2 5 (4.81%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.85%) Linux
4 1 (0.96%) Unix
4 1 (0.96%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (32.69%) Disaster Recovery
2 23 (22.12%) Risk Management
3 21 (20.19%) DevOps
4 19 (18.27%) ITIL
4 19 (18.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (17.31%) CI/CD
5 18 (17.31%) Incident Response
5 18 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (16.35%) Service Management
7 15 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (14.42%) Migration
8 14 (13.46%) Data Protection
9 13 (12.50%) Business Continuity Planning
10 12 (11.54%) BCP
11 10 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (9.62%) Data Management
11 10 (9.62%) High Availability
11 10 (9.62%) ITSM
12 9 (8.65%) Unit Testing
12 9 (8.65%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (17.31%) SQL
2 11 (10.58%) JavaScript
3 9 (8.65%) C#
3 9 (8.65%) Formula Language
3 9 (8.65%) LotusScript
3 9 (8.65%) PowerShell
4 6 (5.77%) Python
5 2 (1.92%) Bash
5 2 (1.92%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.96%) Bicep
6 1 (0.96%) DataWeave
6 1 (0.96%) Groovy
6 1 (0.96%) Java
6 1 (0.96%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 14 (13.46%) Degree
3 11 (10.58%) DV Cleared
4 7 (6.73%) Azure Certification
4 7 (6.73%) CISM
4 7 (6.73%) CISSP
5 6 (5.77%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.88%) CISA
7 3 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.88%) CRISC
7 3 (2.88%) Postgraduate
8 2 (1.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.92%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.92%) CCNA
8 2 (1.92%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.96%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (9.62%) GDPR
3 8 (7.69%) NIST
4 5 (4.81%) Data Quality
5 4 (3.85%) GRC
5 4 (3.85%) PCI DSS
6 3 (2.88%) COBIT
7 2 (1.92%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.92%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.96%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.96%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.96%) MiFID
8 1 (0.96%) NCSC
8 1 (0.96%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.96%) PMO
8 1 (0.96%) QA
8 1 (0.96%) RMADS
System Software
1 9 (8.65%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.85%) Docker
2 4 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.96%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (7.69%) Terraform
2 5 (4.81%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.88%) NetBackup
4 2 (1.92%) Puppet
5 1 (0.96%) Ansible
5 1 (0.96%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.96%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (27.88%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.54%) Oracle
3 9 (8.65%) Kofax
3 9 (8.65%) Lotus
4 8 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 8 (7.69%) VMware
5 3 (2.88%) Commvault
5 3 (2.88%) Dynatrace
5 3 (2.88%) IBM
5 3 (2.88%) Veeam
6 2 (1.92%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.92%) SnapLogic
7 1 (0.96%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.96%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (0.96%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.96%) Nintex
7 1 (0.96%) Okta
7 1 (0.96%) Reuters
7 1 (0.96%) Tenable
7 1 (0.96%) Zerto