Business Continuity Contracts in the North West

Business Continuity
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 104 144
Rank change year-on-year +6 +40 +15
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 27 35 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.37% 1.28% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 1.48% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 28 12
10th Percentile £337 £325 -
25th Percentile £448 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £488 £506
Median % change year-on-year +5.90% -3.56% +1.10%
75th Percentile £575 £580 £575
90th Percentile £664 - £656
England median daily rate £557 £495 £508
% change year-on-year +12.53% -2.56% -2.12%
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,774 2,370 2,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.14% 86.37% 90.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,145 1,513 2,045
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £689 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 246 142
10th Percentile £16.03 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.72 £13.36 £21.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £21.56 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.46% -38.41% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.66 £48.56
90th Percentile £84.51 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Continuity in the North West

Business Continuity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Business Continuity in the North West

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity in the North West over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Continuity in the North West

Business Continuity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Continuity in the North West

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Continuity in the North West over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Continuity in the North West

Business Continuity
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 within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Manchester +16 18 £523 +10.00% 35
Lancashire +6 4 £500 - 18
Cheshire -3 3 - - 7
Cumbria - 2 £450 -
Business Continuity
England

Business Continuity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) SAP MM
1 1 (3.70%) SAP PP
1 1 (3.70%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 12 (44.44%) Azure
1 12 (44.44%) Entra ID
2 11 (40.74%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (37.04%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (51.85%) Network Security
2 12 (44.44%) Firewall
3 11 (40.74%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (11.11%) LAN
4 3 (11.11%) SAN
4 3 (11.11%) WLAN
5 1 (3.70%) DHCP
5 1 (3.70%) DNS
5 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
5 1 (3.70%) Skype
5 1 (3.70%) WAN
5 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (40.74%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.41%) MongoDB
2 2 (7.41%) MySQL
2 2 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.70%) GIS
3 1 (3.70%) SAP HANA
General
1 11 (40.74%) Telecoms
2 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Legal
3 2 (7.41%) Local Government
3 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Finance
4 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 5 (18.52%) Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Industrial Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Database Manager
5 2 (7.41%) ICT Manager
5 2 (7.41%) ICT Project Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Lead
5 2 (7.41%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Service Continuity Leader
6 1 (3.70%) Business Continuity Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Business Continuity Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Business Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.70%) IT Services Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Service Continuity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (3.70%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.70%) EMC VNX
2 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (3.70%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.70%) IBM XIV
2 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.70%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 17 (62.96%) Windows
2 14 (51.85%) Windows Server
3 6 (22.22%) Linux
4 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Disaster Recovery
2 12 (44.44%) BCP
2 12 (44.44%) Business Continuity Planning
3 11 (40.74%) Change Management
3 11 (40.74%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (40.74%) Risk Assessment
3 11 (40.74%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 9 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (33.33%) High Availability
4 9 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (29.63%) Enterprise Architecture
5 8 (29.63%) Information Security
6 7 (25.93%) ITIL
6 7 (25.93%) Line Management
6 7 (25.93%) Project Delivery
6 7 (25.93%) Web Operations
7 6 (22.22%) Risk Management
8 5 (18.52%) Analytics
9 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (14.81%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (40.74%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (40.74%) Azure Certification
3 2 (7.41%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) ISO 22301
1 2 (7.41%) ISO 31000
1 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (59.26%) Active Directory
2 11 (40.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (40.74%) vSphere
3 2 (7.41%) Docker
4 1 (3.70%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (40.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (11.11%) Backup Exec
2 3 (11.11%) vCenter Server
3 1 (3.70%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (59.26%) VMware
2 14 (51.85%) Microsoft
3 4 (14.81%) Cisco
4 3 (11.11%) Symantec
4 3 (11.11%) Veeam
5 2 (7.41%) Oracle
5 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.70%) EMC
6 1 (3.70%) IBM
6 1 (3.70%) SAP
6 1 (3.70%) Wyse