Business Continuity Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Business Continuity
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Business Continuity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.76% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £260 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £374 - -
75th Percentile £583 - -
90th Percentile £721 - -
North East median daily rate £374 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 350 206 182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 87.94% 89.96% 87.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 113 104
10th Percentile £199 £305 £188
25th Percentile £363 £358 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £454 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% -4.42% -13.64%
75th Percentile £513 £590 £588
90th Percentile £575 £650 £696
North East median daily rate £450 £495 £450
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 18
10th Percentile £16.52 £13.75 £11.94
25th Percentile £26.94 £14.71 £13.99
Median hourly rate £52.50 £16.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +228.13% -50.77% +44.44%
75th Percentile £55.00 £18.13 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £19.75 £68.75
North East median hourly rate £52.50 £16.50 £20.77
% change year-on-year +218.18% -20.56% -41.90%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Continuity relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Business Continuity job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Business Continuity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Business Continuity

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Continuity in Tyne and Wear

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Business Continuity.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Business Continuity

Business Continuity
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 20 January 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 7 £374 -
Business Continuity
North East

Business Continuity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Business Continuity Specialist
1 3 (42.86%) Security Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Data Migration Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Head of IT
3 1 (14.29%) Head of IT Operations
3 1 (14.29%) Head of Operations
3 1 (14.29%) Head of Service Operations
3 1 (14.29%) Migration Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (42.86%) Supplier Management
3 2 (28.57%) Coaching
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) People Management
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Security Management
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
4 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
4 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CISA
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) COBIT
2 2 (28.57%) SLA
3 1 (14.29%) GDPR
3 1 (14.29%) ISO 22301
3 1 (14.29%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Sage