Business Continuity Contracts in the North of England

Business Continuity
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 125 147 191
Rank change year-on-year +22 +44 +12
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 41 38 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.24% 0.80% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 0.93% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 30 14
10th Percentile £350 £325 £324
25th Percentile £450 £389 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £463 £512
Median % change year-on-year +10.27% -9.62% +7.74%
75th Percentile £575 £579 £588
90th Percentile £653 £580 £654
England median daily rate £564 £491 £511
% change year-on-year +14.81% -3.86% -1.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £24.63 - £24.37
25th Percentile £26.36 £15.92 £24.97
Median hourly rate £29.23 £16.17 £26.90
Median % change year-on-year +80.77% -39.88% -
75th Percentile £49.62 £25.71 £27.90
90th Percentile £61.85 £31.28 £27.95
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
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Business Continuity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Continuity in the North of England

Business Continuity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Business Continuity in the North of England

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Continuity in the North of England

Business Continuity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Continuity in the North of England

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Continuity in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Continuity in the North of England

Business Continuity
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England 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
North West +9 27 £516 +5.90% 75
Yorkshire +20 14 £475 +28.38% 69
Business Continuity
England

Business Continuity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 12 (29.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (26.83%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Office
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) SAP MM
1 1 (2.44%) SAP PP
1 1 (2.44%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 12 (29.27%) Azure
1 12 (29.27%) Entra ID
2 11 (26.83%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (24.39%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (34.15%) Network Security
2 12 (29.27%) Firewall
3 11 (26.83%) Intranet
3 11 (26.83%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (7.32%) LAN
4 3 (7.32%) SAN
4 3 (7.32%) WLAN
5 1 (2.44%) DHCP
5 1 (2.44%) DNS
5 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.44%) Skype
5 1 (2.44%) WAN
5 1 (2.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (26.83%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.88%) MongoDB
2 2 (4.88%) MySQL
2 2 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.44%) GIS
3 1 (2.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 18 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 13 (31.71%) Local Government
3 11 (26.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (26.83%) Public Speaking
3 11 (26.83%) Telecoms
4 3 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Legal
6 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Finance
6 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (26.83%) Communications Officer
2 6 (14.63%) Analyst
2 6 (14.63%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Consultant
5 3 (7.32%) Industrial Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Database Manager
6 2 (4.88%) ICT Manager
6 2 (4.88%) ICT Project Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Lead
6 2 (4.88%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Service Continuity Leader
7 1 (2.44%) Business Continuity Consultant
7 1 (2.44%) Service Continuity Consultant
7 1 (2.44%) Service Continuity Manager
7 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow Consultant
7 1 (2.44%) Storage Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (2.44%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.44%) CMDB
3 1 (2.44%) EMC VNX
3 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (2.44%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.44%) IBM XIV
3 1 (2.44%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 17 (41.46%) Windows
2 14 (34.15%) Windows Server
3 6 (14.63%) Linux
4 3 (7.32%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (7.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) Disaster Recovery
2 13 (31.71%) BCP
2 13 (31.71%) Business Continuity Planning
3 11 (26.83%) Business Development
3 11 (26.83%) Change Management
3 11 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (26.83%) Risk Assessment
3 11 (26.83%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 10 (24.39%) High Availability
5 9 (21.95%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (21.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (19.51%) Enterprise Architecture
6 8 (19.51%) Information Security
6 8 (19.51%) ITIL
6 8 (19.51%) Project Delivery
7 7 (17.07%) Line Management
7 7 (17.07%) Web Operations
8 6 (14.63%) Risk Management
9 5 (12.20%) Analytics
9 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.83%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (31.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (26.83%) Azure Certification
2 11 (26.83%) Degree
3 2 (4.88%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (4.88%) GDPR
2 2 (4.88%) ISO 22301
2 2 (4.88%) ISO 31000
2 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
System Software
1 16 (39.02%) Active Directory
2 11 (26.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (26.83%) vSphere
3 2 (4.88%) Docker
4 1 (2.44%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (7.32%) Backup Exec
2 3 (7.32%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.44%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (39.02%) VMware
2 14 (34.15%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.76%) Cisco
4 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
4 3 (7.32%) Symantec
4 3 (7.32%) Veeam
5 2 (4.88%) Oracle
6 1 (2.44%) EMC
6 1 (2.44%) IBM
6 1 (2.44%) SAP
6 1 (2.44%) Wyse