Business Continuity Contract Job Trends in the North East

Business Continuity
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Business Continuity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 44 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 7 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 1.85% 0.64% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 0.69% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £147 -
25th Percentile - £149 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £158 -
Median % change year-on-year +65.08% - -
75th Percentile £536 £166 -
90th Percentile £702 £168 -
England median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +2.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 336 289 220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 88.65% 92.63% 86.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 133 148
10th Percentile £172 £311 £244
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £544 £590 £575
90th Percentile £598 £698 £712
England median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 28 14
10th Percentile £14.35 £14.41 £15.73
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.50 £16.44
Median hourly rate £28.91 £18.75 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year +54.19% -5.06% -12.22%
75th Percentile £53.75 £46.18 £43.07
90th Percentile £55.00 - £46.18
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Continuity relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Business Continuity job vacancy trend in the North East

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Business Continuity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Business Continuity

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity in the North East over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Continuity in the North East

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Business Continuity.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Business Continuity

Business Continuity
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 5 December 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
Tyne and Wear -6 7 £260 +65.08% 6
Business Continuity
England

Business Continuity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Business Continuity Specialist
1 3 (42.86%) Security Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Head of IT
3 1 (14.29%) Head of IT Operations
3 1 (14.29%) Head of Operations
3 1 (14.29%) Head of Service Operations
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Supplier Management
3 2 (28.57%) BCP
3 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Coaching
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) People Management
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Security Management
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
4 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CISA
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) COBIT
2 2 (28.57%) ISO 22301
2 2 (28.57%) SLA
3 1 (14.29%) GDPR
3 1 (14.29%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft