Business Continuity Contracts in Manchester

Business Continuity
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 78 111
Rank change year-on-year +17 +33 +23
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 18 18 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.94% 1.19% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 1.36% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 3
10th Percentile £367 £315 £528
25th Percentile £471 £325 £562
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £475 £638
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -25.49% +24.39%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £653
90th Percentile £675 £572 £655
North West median daily rate £516 £488 £511
% change year-on-year +5.90% -4.60% +2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £16.17 -
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £16.17 £26.90
% change year-on-year +80.77% -39.88% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Business Continuity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Business Continuity in Manchester

Business Continuity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Business Continuity in Manchester

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Continuity in Manchester

Business Continuity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Business Continuity in Manchester

Business Continuity
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 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
Salford - 1 £550 -
Stockport - 1 - - 6
Business Continuity
North West

Business Continuity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 11 (61.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (61.11%) Azure
1 11 (61.11%) Entra ID
1 11 (61.11%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (55.56%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (61.11%) Firewall
1 11 (61.11%) Intrusion Detection
1 11 (61.11%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (61.11%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.11%) MongoDB
2 2 (11.11%) MySQL
2 2 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
General
1 11 (61.11%) Telecoms
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 5 (27.78%) Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Database Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Lead
3 2 (11.11%) Service Continuity Leader
4 1 (5.56%) Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Business Continuity Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.56%) IT Services Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Service Continuity Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Service Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Storage Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) EMC VNX
2 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.56%) IBM XIV
2 1 (5.56%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (72.22%) Windows
2 11 (61.11%) Windows Server
3 2 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (61.11%) BCP
2 11 (61.11%) Business Continuity Planning
2 11 (61.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 10 (55.56%) Change Management
3 10 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (50.00%) High Availability
5 8 (44.44%) Enterprise Architecture
5 8 (44.44%) Information Security
5 8 (44.44%) Risk Assessment
6 7 (38.89%) Line Management
6 7 (38.89%) Project Delivery
6 7 (38.89%) Web Operations
7 5 (27.78%) Analytics
7 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (22.22%) ITIL
8 4 (22.22%) Risk Management
9 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (11.11%) Service Continuity Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (61.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) Azure Certification
2 10 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) ISO 22301
1 2 (11.11%) ISO 31000
1 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (61.11%) Active Directory
1 11 (61.11%) vSphere
2 9 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (61.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) Microsoft
1 11 (61.11%) VMware
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle
2 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) EMC
3 1 (5.56%) IBM