Business Continuity Planning Contract Job Trends in the North West

Business Continuity Planning
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Business Continuity Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 118 133
Rank change year-on-year -51 +15 +20
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity Planning 5 8 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.14% 0.39% 0.072%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.44% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £530 - £417
25th Percentile £538 £625 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £469
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +38.67% -26.47%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £508
90th Percentile £655 - £526
England median daily rate £550 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -8.33% +26.32% -25.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Business Continuity Planning 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,934 1,808 2,342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.61% 88.76% 84.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,715 1,201 1,430
10th Percentile £300 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £455 £495
Median % change year-on-year +4.51% -8.18% -1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £565 £585
90th Percentile £675 £665 £675
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 110 265
10th Percentile £17.25 £12.82 £11.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £19.06 £14.22
Median hourly rate £50.00 £31.88 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.84% +6.27% -1.77%
75th Percentile £76.00 £62.25 £46.18
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.24 £66.61
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.65%

Business Continuity Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Business Continuity Planning job vacancy trend in the North West

Business Continuity Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Business Continuity Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Business Continuity Planning
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Continuity Planning within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 June 2026. 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
Manchester -41 3 £600 -7.69% 3
Merseyside - 1 - -
Business Continuity Planning
England

Business Continuity Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) CRM Manager
2 2 (40.00%) CRM Programme Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Business Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) CRM Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Security Management Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) BCP
1 5 (100.00%) Business Continuity
2 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (60.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (60.00%) CRM
3 3 (60.00%) Data Migration
3 3 (60.00%) Data Security
3 3 (60.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (60.00%) ERP
3 3 (60.00%) Functional Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Housing Management
3 3 (60.00%) Migration
3 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (20.00%) Agile Project Management
5 1 (20.00%) Internal Audit
5 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft