Business Continuity Contracts in the North West

Business Continuity
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Business Continuity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Continuity over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 141 163
Rank change year-on-year +37 +22 -32
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 34 20 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.27% 0.64% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 0.71% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 9 14
10th Percentile £325 £350 £413
25th Percentile £413 £475 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +8.25% -3.00%
75th Percentile £580 £650 £536
90th Percentile - £683 £611
England median daily rate £475 £523 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £24.37 -
25th Percentile £15.92 £24.97 -
Median hourly rate £16.17 £26.90 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.88% - -
75th Percentile £25.71 £27.90 -
90th Percentile £31.28 £27.95 -
England median hourly rate £16.17 £25.81 £23.91
% change year-on-year -37.35% +7.95% +7.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Business Continuity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,301 2,811 3,546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 85.89% 90.41% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,463 1,981 2,578
10th Percentile £308 £313 £250
25th Percentile £406 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £593 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 137 170
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.85 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.50 £23.15 £14.25
Median hourly rate £23.80 £36.00 £23.38
Median % change year-on-year -33.89% +53.99% +26.91%
75th Percentile £46.11 £49.52 £49.50
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 May 2024. 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 +29 17 £475 -25.49% 15
Merseyside +20 8 £425 -17.07% 4
Cheshire +13 8 £570 +62.86% 7
Lancashire +5 1 - -
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 2 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) AWS
1 1 (2.94%) Azure
1 1 (2.94%) Azure App Service
1 1 (2.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (2.94%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
1 1 (2.94%) GitHub
1 1 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) Intranet
2 1 (2.94%) Network Security
2 1 (2.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.94%) MySQL
1 1 (2.94%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Git
2 1 (2.94%) Cypress.io
2 1 (2.94%) GoCD
2 1 (2.94%) JUnit
General
1 9 (26.47%) Public Sector
2 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.88%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.94%) Aviation
4 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Analyst
2 11 (32.35%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 8 (23.53%) Incident Manager
3 8 (23.53%) Test Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Security Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Agile Delivery Lead
5 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Java Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Lead
5 2 (5.88%) Project Assistant
5 2 (5.88%) Project Management Assistant
5 2 (5.88%) Software Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Android Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Azure Architect
6 1 (2.94%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Developer
6 1 (2.94%) PHP Software Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Principal Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Senior
6 1 (2.94%) Service Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) .NET
1 1 (2.94%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.94%) Android Jetpack
1 1 (2.94%) ARM Templates
1 1 (2.94%) ASP.NET
1 1 (2.94%) Dagger
1 1 (2.94%) Jest
1 1 (2.94%) Jetpack Compose
1 1 (2.94%) Node.js
1 1 (2.94%) React
1 1 (2.94%) Retrofit
1 1 (2.94%) RxJava
1 1 (2.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Disaster Recovery
2 12 (35.29%) IT Strategy
3 11 (32.35%) Business Strategy
3 11 (32.35%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (32.35%) Data Protection
4 10 (29.41%) Roadmaps
5 9 (26.47%) Strategic Roadmap
6 8 (23.53%) Cyber Resilience
6 8 (23.53%) Service Management
6 8 (23.53%) Use Case
6 8 (23.53%) Validation
7 7 (20.59%) Information Security
7 7 (20.59%) Project Management
8 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (14.71%) Agile
9 5 (14.71%) Risk Management
10 4 (11.76%) Budget Management
10 4 (11.76%) Incident Management
10 4 (11.76%) PRINCE2
10 4 (11.76%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) Java
1 2 (5.88%) SQL
2 1 (2.94%) Bicep
2 1 (2.94%) Kotlin
2 1 (2.94%) PHP
2 1 (2.94%) T-SQL
2 1 (2.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (5.88%) PMI Certification
1 2 (5.88%) PMP
2 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (23.53%) NIST
2 3 (8.82%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (8.82%) IASME
2 3 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.88%) GRC
4 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Control-M
1 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.94%) SAP