Business Continuity Planning Contract Job Trends in the South West

Business Continuity Planning
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Business Continuity Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 113 134
Rank change year-on-year -41 +21 +20
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity Planning 5 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.14% 0.052% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.058% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £294
25th Percentile £675 - £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £388
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.81%
75th Percentile £725 - £447
90th Percentile - - £471
England median daily rate £550 £575 £494
% change year-on-year -4.35% +16.46% -17.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,898 1,719 2,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 78.26% 90.09% 83.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,643 990 1,352
10th Percentile £325 £213 £282
25th Percentile £428 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £630
90th Percentile £725 £700 £701
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 448 221 222
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.84 £15.62
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.51 £46.65
Median hourly rate £62.25 £25.15 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +147.51% -62.74% +6.18%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £72.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

Business Continuity Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Business Continuity Planning job vacancy trend in the South West

Business Continuity Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Business Continuity Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Business Continuity Planning
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 8 September 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
Bristol - 5 £700 - 1
Business Continuity Planning
England

Business Continuity Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
General
1 4 (80.00%) Organisational Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) BCP
1 5 (100.00%) Business Continuity
2 4 (80.00%) Business Continuity Management
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (80.00%) Facilities Management
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (80.00%) Invoice Processing
2 4 (80.00%) Order Management
2 4 (80.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft