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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 295 288
Rank change year-on-year +37 -7 +105
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 104 93 158
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.77% 0.58% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.65% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 55 123
10th Percentile £355 £330 £300
25th Percentile £500 £350 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £480 £525
Median % change year-on-year +19.79% -8.57% -8.70%
75th Percentile £675 £644 £681
90th Percentile £778 £745 £745
England median daily rate £540 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +13.68% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £27.05
25th Percentile £20.24 - £34.63
Median hourly rate £21.63 - £48.50
75th Percentile £23.01 - £63.63
90th Percentile - - £71.95
England median hourly rate £42.06 £36.84 £55.00
% change year-on-year +14.19% -33.03% +130.03%

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 12,434 14,409 19,841
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.57% 89.23% 90.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,225 9,616 14,380
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 180 226
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £18.08
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £21.56
Median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -11.67% +7.82%
75th Percentile £48.13 £55.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.19 £76.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.01%

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
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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 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 +4 19 £538 +53.57% 25
West London -5 4 - - 1
East London +8 2 £540 -13.88%
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 6 (5.77%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.88%) Confluence
2 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.88%) SAS
3 1 (0.96%) DataSynapse
Applications
1 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.88%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.96%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.96%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 33 (31.73%) Azure
2 15 (14.42%) AWS
3 9 (8.65%) Entra ID
3 9 (8.65%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (7.69%) GCP
4 8 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.81%) Power Automate
6 4 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.85%) GitHub
6 4 (3.85%) PowerApps
6 4 (3.85%) SaaS
6 4 (3.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (2.88%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.88%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.88%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (2.88%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.96%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 17 (16.35%) Firewall
2 12 (11.54%) DNS
2 12 (11.54%) VPN
2 12 (11.54%) WAN
3 11 (10.58%) DHCP
4 10 (9.62%) TCP/IP
5 8 (7.69%) LAN
6 7 (6.73%) Network Security
6 7 (6.73%) Wireless
7 6 (5.77%) 4G
8 4 (3.85%) SD-WAN
9 3 (2.88%) Structured Cabling
10 2 (1.92%) VLAN
10 2 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.96%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.96%) NAS
11 1 (0.96%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.85%) Power BI
1 4 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.96%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.96%) DTS
3 1 (0.96%) EDRMS
3 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (7.69%) JIRA
2 2 (1.92%) Snyk
3 1 (0.96%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.96%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.96%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.96%) ScriptRunner
3 1 (0.96%) TestRail
General
1 38 (36.54%) Finance
2 33 (31.73%) Social Skills
3 13 (12.50%) Banking
4 10 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.77%) Legal
7 3 (2.88%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.88%) International Banking
7 3 (2.88%) Law
7 3 (2.88%) Police
7 3 (2.88%) Retail
7 3 (2.88%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.92%) Front Office
8 2 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.92%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.92%) Marketing
8 2 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.96%) Back Office
9 1 (0.96%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (16.35%) Senior
2 10 (9.62%) Analyst
2 10 (9.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (8.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (7.69%) Architect
4 8 (7.69%) IT Manager
5 6 (5.77%) Business Manager
5 6 (5.77%) Lead
5 6 (5.77%) Platform Engineer
5 6 (5.77%) Service Manager
6 5 (4.81%) Consultant
6 5 (4.81%) Test Manager
7 4 (3.85%) Business Analyst
7 4 (3.85%) Data Centre Architect
7 4 (3.85%) IT Services Manager
7 4 (3.85%) Project Manager
7 4 (3.85%) Resilience Manager
7 4 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (2.88%) Business Finance Analyst
8 3 (2.88%) Senior Business Finance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.88%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.92%) .NET
3 1 (0.96%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.54%) Data Centre
2 8 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 8 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 7 (6.73%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (6.73%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.85%) Low-Code
4 4 (3.85%) Replication
5 3 (2.88%) Enterprise Storage
5 3 (2.88%) Freedom of Information
5 3 (2.88%) PKI
6 2 (1.92%) CMDB
6 2 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.92%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.92%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.96%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (25.00%) Windows
2 11 (10.58%) Windows Server
3 8 (7.69%) Linux
4 1 (0.96%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.88%) Disaster Recovery
2 24 (23.08%) Risk Management
3 22 (21.15%) ITIL
4 21 (20.19%) BCP
4 21 (20.19%) Business Continuity Planning
5 19 (18.27%) Migration
5 19 (18.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 18 (17.31%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (17.31%) Incident Management
7 17 (16.35%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (14.42%) Change Management
8 15 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (12.50%) Agile
9 13 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (11.54%) Mentoring
10 12 (11.54%) Project Management
10 12 (11.54%) Security Operations
11 11 (10.58%) Business Strategy
11 11 (10.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 11 (10.58%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.54%) PowerShell
2 10 (9.62%) Python
3 5 (4.81%) SQL
4 3 (2.88%) Bash
5 2 (1.92%) Java
6 1 (0.96%) C
6 1 (0.96%) C#
6 1 (0.96%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.96%) Perl
6 1 (0.96%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (10.58%) Degree
1 11 (10.58%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.81%) CCNA
3 5 (4.81%) CCNP
3 5 (4.81%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (4.81%) CISM
3 5 (4.81%) CISSP
4 4 (3.85%) CISA
5 3 (2.88%) CBAP
5 3 (2.88%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.92%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.96%) APMG
7 1 (0.96%) CEH
7 1 (0.96%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (0.96%) CRISC
7 1 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.96%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.81%) GDPR
3 4 (3.85%) GRC
3 4 (3.85%) NIST
4 3 (2.88%) COBIT
4 3 (2.88%) NCSC
4 3 (2.88%) SLA
5 2 (1.92%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.92%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.92%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.92%) QA
6 1 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.96%) ISO 19650
6 1 (0.96%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.96%) ISO 31000
6 1 (0.96%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.96%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (10.58%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.88%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.92%) Docker
4 2 (1.92%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.96%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (12.50%) Terraform
2 7 (6.73%) FortiGate
2 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (5.77%) NetBackup
4 4 (3.85%) HP ALM
4 4 (3.85%) Puppet
4 4 (3.85%) SCCM
5 2 (1.92%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (1.92%) QRadar
6 1 (0.96%) Ansible
6 1 (0.96%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.96%) Grafana
6 1 (0.96%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 14 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 13 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 8 (7.69%) Google
4 5 (4.81%) Cisco
4 5 (4.81%) Oracle
4 5 (4.81%) SAP
4 5 (4.81%) VMware
5 4 (3.85%) Commvault
5 4 (3.85%) HP
6 3 (2.88%) SnapLogic
7 2 (1.92%) Carbon Black
7 2 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.92%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.92%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.92%) Rapid7
7 2 (1.92%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.92%) Tanium
7 2 (1.92%) Tenable
7 2 (1.92%) Veracode
7 2 (1.92%) Veritas