BCP Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring BCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 69 94
Rank change year-on-year -48 +25 +14
Contract jobs citing BCP 3 11 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.16% 1.20% 0.068%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 1.35% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £501 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.84% +25.19% +29.03%
North West median daily rate £550 £410 £400
% change year-on-year +34.06% +2.57% +29.03%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

BCP 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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,543 817 1,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.63% 88.80% 85.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 939 559 833
10th Percentile £300 £310 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £554 £588
90th Percentile £650 £672 £693
North West median daily rate £475 £460 £500
% change year-on-year +3.26% -8.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 28 81
10th Percentile £21.00 £14.18 £12.50
25th Percentile £30.91 £23.14 £14.13
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +130.77% +9.47%
75th Percentile £77.38 £74.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £85.78 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £50.50 £31.88 £30.00
% change year-on-year +58.41% +6.27% -1.77%

BCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BCP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

BCP job vacancy trend in Manchester

BCP
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing BCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing BCP

BCP
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing BCP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing BCP

BCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (66.67%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 2 (66.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (66.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Service Desk Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Service Desk Support
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) iPhone
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 2 (66.67%) Document Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Business Impact Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Due Diligence
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
2 1 (33.33%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) AirWatch
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Bloomberg
1 2 (66.67%) HP
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft