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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 288 360
Rank change year-on-year +21 +72 +43
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 91 97 129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.73% 0.56% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 0.63% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 79 94
10th Percentile £478 £246 £309
25th Percentile £528 £350 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £465 £515
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -9.71% -4.41%
75th Percentile £675 £630 £684
90th Percentile £725 £725 £745
England median daily rate £575 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +21.05% -9.52% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £19.51 - -
25th Percentile £19.98 - -
Median hourly rate £21.63 - £23.36
75th Percentile £23.01 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.63 £16.17 £25.81
% change year-on-year +33.74% -37.35% +7.95%

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 11,442 15,487 23,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.24% 88.69% 90.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,745 11,095 17,006
10th Percentile £350 £343 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £700
90th Percentile £805 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 307 268
10th Percentile £15.97 £15.77 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.84 £38.25
Median % change year-on-year +22.13% -27.22% +2.00%
75th Percentile £50.75 £48.75 £64.31
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.60 £82.33
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £37.30
% change year-on-year -21.23% -2.14% +49.20%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 -12 14 £620 +77.14% 12
East London +23 8 £585 -7.14% 2
West London +15 5 - - 4
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 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (4.40%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.10%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.10%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 1 (1.10%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 36 (39.56%) Azure
2 17 (18.68%) AWS
3 12 (13.19%) GCP
4 11 (12.09%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (10.99%) Entra ID
6 9 (9.89%) Power Platform
7 8 (8.79%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (7.69%) SaaS
9 6 (6.59%) Power Automate
10 5 (5.49%) PowerApps
11 4 (4.40%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (4.40%) OneDrive
12 3 (3.30%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (3.30%) Mimecast
13 2 (2.20%) IaaS
13 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (2.20%) Serverless
14 1 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (1.10%) Nutanix
14 1 (1.10%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.19%) DNS
2 10 (10.99%) DHCP
2 10 (10.99%) Firewall
3 9 (9.89%) VPN
3 9 (9.89%) WAN
4 8 (8.79%) TCP/IP
5 6 (6.59%) LAN
5 6 (6.59%) Wireless
6 5 (5.49%) Network Security
7 4 (4.40%) 4G
7 4 (4.40%) SD-WAN
8 3 (3.30%) VLAN
9 2 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (1.10%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (1.10%) IP Telephony
10 1 (1.10%) Softphone
10 1 (1.10%) SWIFTNet
10 1 (1.10%) Unified Communications
10 1 (1.10%) VoIP
10 1 (1.10%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.40%) Power BI
2 3 (3.30%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.20%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.10%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.10%) MySQL
4 1 (1.10%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.10%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (6.59%) JIRA
2 1 (1.10%) Git
2 1 (1.10%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.10%) Selenium
2 1 (1.10%) SpecFlow
General
1 37 (40.66%) Social Skills
2 34 (37.36%) Finance
3 12 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (12.09%) Banking
5 8 (8.79%) Legal
6 6 (6.59%) Public Sector
7 5 (5.49%) Marketing
8 4 (4.40%) Law
9 3 (3.30%) Police
10 2 (2.20%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.20%) International Banking
10 2 (2.20%) Investment Banking
10 2 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.20%) Retail
11 1 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.10%) Front Office
11 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.10%) Retail Banking
11 1 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (21.98%) Senior
2 12 (13.19%) Lead
3 10 (10.99%) Consultant
4 9 (9.89%) Architect
4 9 (9.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (8.79%) Analyst
5 8 (8.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (7.69%) Project Manager
7 6 (6.59%) Business Analyst
7 6 (6.59%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (6.59%) Service Manager
8 5 (5.49%) Microsoft 365 Manager
8 5 (5.49%) Security Architect
8 5 (5.49%) Senior Business Analyst
8 5 (5.49%) Senior Manager
8 5 (5.49%) Test Manager
9 4 (4.40%) Business Manager
9 4 (4.40%) Head of IT
9 4 (4.40%) IT Manager
9 4 (4.40%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.10%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.10%) ARM Templates
1 1 (1.10%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (1.10%) Node.js
1 1 (1.10%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.79%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.49%) Low-Code
2 5 (5.49%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.49%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (4.40%) Replication
3 4 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.30%) Cyberattack
4 3 (3.30%) Freedom of Information
4 3 (3.30%) PKI
5 2 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.20%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.20%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.10%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.10%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.10%) Solar Panel
6 1 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (25.27%) Windows
2 6 (6.59%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.40%) Linux
4 2 (2.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (34.07%) Disaster Recovery
1 31 (34.07%) ITIL
2 26 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 23 (25.27%) Risk Management
4 19 (20.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 18 (19.78%) BCP
6 17 (18.68%) Business Continuity Planning
6 17 (18.68%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (17.58%) Agile
7 16 (17.58%) Migration
8 15 (16.48%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (16.48%) Incident Response
9 13 (14.29%) Project Management
10 12 (13.19%) Roadmaps
10 12 (13.19%) Service Management
10 12 (13.19%) User Acceptance Testing
11 11 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (12.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 11 (12.09%) ITSM
11 11 (12.09%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.89%) Python
2 8 (8.79%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.40%) SQL
4 3 (3.30%) Perl
5 1 (1.10%) Bash
5 1 (1.10%) C#
5 1 (1.10%) Groovy
5 1 (1.10%) Java
5 1 (1.10%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (14.29%) Degree
2 11 (12.09%) SC Cleared
2 11 (12.09%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.49%) CBAP
4 4 (4.40%) CISSP
5 3 (3.30%) AWS Certification
5 3 (3.30%) CCNA
5 3 (3.30%) CCNP
5 3 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.30%) CISM
5 3 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.30%) CRISC
5 3 (3.30%) DBS Check
5 3 (3.30%) PMP
6 2 (2.20%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.20%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.10%) CEH
7 1 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (13.19%) GDPR
3 9 (9.89%) NIST
4 7 (7.69%) GRC
5 5 (5.49%) HIPAA
6 3 (3.30%) NCSC
6 3 (3.30%) QA
7 2 (2.20%) ISO 22301
7 2 (2.20%) PCI DSS
8 1 (1.10%) COBIT
8 1 (1.10%) ISO 31000
8 1 (1.10%) PMO
8 1 (1.10%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (13.19%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.59%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (3.30%) Docker
3 3 (3.30%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (3.30%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.10%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (10.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (9.89%) Terraform
3 5 (5.49%) FortiGate
3 5 (5.49%) HP ALM
3 5 (5.49%) SCCM
4 4 (4.40%) Ansible
5 3 (3.30%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.10%) Grafana
6 1 (1.10%) OfficeScan
6 1 (1.10%) Perfmon
6 1 (1.10%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.10%) Puppet
6 1 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.10%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 14 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.09%) ServiceNow
3 9 (9.89%) Google
4 5 (5.49%) HP
4 5 (5.49%) SAP
4 5 (5.49%) VMware
5 3 (3.30%) Oracle
5 3 (3.30%) Workday
6 2 (2.20%) Cisco
6 2 (2.20%) QAD
6 2 (2.20%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.20%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.10%) Altiris
7 1 (1.10%) Aruba
7 1 (1.10%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (1.10%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.10%) Ivanti
7 1 (1.10%) Kronos
7 1 (1.10%) Mitel
7 1 (1.10%) Veeam