Business Continuity Specialist Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Business Continuity Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Business Continuity Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 - 420
Rank change year-on-year - - +92
Contract jobs requiring a Business Continuity Specialist 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.024% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £638 - £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £440
Median % change year-on-year - - -29.60%
75th Percentile £713 - £460
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £675 - £440
% change year-on-year - - -29.60%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,102 15,328 19,458
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.68% 92.14% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,355 8,776 12,899
10th Percentile £208 £218 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,458 1,064 1,261
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £19.29 £18.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.30% -18.92% +89.36%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.69 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.28 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.54% -17.16% +57.89%

Business Continuity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Continuity Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Business Continuity Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Business Continuity Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Continuity Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Continuity Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Business Continuity Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Continuity Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
North East - 3 - - 1
North of England - 3 - - 1
Midlands - 1 £675 -
West Midlands - 1 £675 -
Business Continuity Specialist
UK

Business Continuity Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, Business Continuity Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Business Continuity Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (50.00%) ISO 22301
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) BCP
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity Management
3 1 (25.00%) CISA
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) COBIT
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) IT Governance
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Business Continuity Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) BCP
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) IT Governance
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISA
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 22301
2 1 (25.00%) COBIT
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft