Business Continuity Planning Contracts

Business Continuity Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Business Continuity Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Continuity Planning 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 474 580 674
Rank change year-on-year +106 +94 +140
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity Planning 46 18 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.041% 0.064%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.048% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 14 22
10th Percentile £376 £416 £461
25th Percentile £431 £425 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £481 £625
Median % change year-on-year +19.48% -23.00% +47.06%
75th Percentile £675 £506 £723
90th Percentile £700 £532 £773
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £625
% change year-on-year +11.11% -28.00% +31.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,648 37,562 53,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.33% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,170 24,188 37,115
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,066 2,451 1,742
10th Percentile £14.35 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.26 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%
75th Percentile £61.50 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%

Business Continuity Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Business Continuity Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Continuity Planning in the UK

Business Continuity Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity Planning.

Daily rate trend for Business Continuity Planning in the UK

Business Continuity Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Continuity Planning in the UK

Business Continuity Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity Planning.

Hourly rate trend for Business Continuity Planning in the UK

Business Continuity Planning
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England +78 40 £625 +31.58% 160
UK excluding London +83 31 £500 +11.11% 115
Work from Home +56 17 £564 +25.33% 109
London +49 15 £645 +29.00% 59
North of England +35 13 £475 -7.32% 38
North West +25 12 £500 -2.44% 18
Midlands +23 6 £575 +35.29% 15
West Midlands +19 6 £575 +35.29% 8
Scotland - 6 £425 - 6
South East - 5 £550 - 24
Yorkshire - 1 £450 - 15
East of England - 1 £675 - 18

Business Continuity Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (8.70%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 14 (30.43%) Azure
2 10 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (19.57%) Entra ID
3 9 (19.57%) IaaS
4 4 (8.70%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.52%) AWS
5 3 (6.52%) Serverless
6 2 (4.35%) Akamai
6 2 (4.35%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (4.35%) Nutanix
6 2 (4.35%) SaaS
7 1 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.17%) Cloud Functions
7 1 (2.17%) GCP
7 1 (2.17%) GitHub
7 1 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (21.74%) Firewall
1 10 (21.74%) Network Security
2 8 (17.39%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (6.52%) VPN
3 3 (6.52%) WAN
4 2 (4.35%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (4.35%) DNS
4 2 (4.35%) SD-WAN
4 2 (4.35%) TCP/IP
4 2 (4.35%) Wireless
5 1 (2.17%) Kerberos
5 1 (2.17%) LAN
5 1 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.39%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.70%) Power BI
3 2 (4.35%) Data Lake
3 2 (4.35%) Oracle Database
3 2 (4.35%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (2.17%) GIS
4 1 (2.17%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Git
1 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 13 (28.26%) Finance
3 8 (17.39%) Telecoms
4 6 (13.04%) Banking
4 6 (13.04%) Investment Banking
5 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
6 4 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (6.52%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (6.52%) Law
7 3 (6.52%) Legal
7 3 (6.52%) Police
8 2 (4.35%) Military
8 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.17%) Local Government
9 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (21.74%) Analyst
2 6 (13.04%) Architect
2 6 (13.04%) Lead
3 5 (10.87%) Consultant
3 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) IT Manager
4 4 (8.70%) Project Manager
4 4 (8.70%) Service Continuity Leader
5 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 3 (6.52%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Security Architect
5 3 (6.52%) Security Consultant
5 3 (6.52%) Security Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Business Information Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Business Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Information Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Oracle Architect
6 2 (4.35%) Report Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Risk Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.17%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (2.17%) Node.js
2 1 (2.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.52%) Cyberattack
2 3 (6.52%) Freedom of Information
2 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.35%) Security Posture
3 2 (4.35%) Social Media
4 1 (2.17%) EMC VNX
4 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.17%) IBM XIV
4 1 (2.17%) NHS
4 1 (2.17%) PKI
4 1 (2.17%) PMI
4 1 (2.17%) Replication
4 1 (2.17%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.91%) Windows
2 10 (21.74%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.52%) Linux
4 2 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (4.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (100.00%) Business Continuity
2 43 (93.48%) BCP
3 25 (54.35%) Disaster Recovery
4 19 (41.30%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (30.43%) Incident Response
7 13 (28.26%) High Availability
8 12 (26.09%) Risk Assessment
9 10 (21.74%) Agile
9 10 (21.74%) Change Management
10 9 (19.57%) ITIL
10 9 (19.57%) Project Delivery
10 9 (19.57%) Project Management
11 8 (17.39%) Analytics
11 8 (17.39%) Enterprise Architecture
11 8 (17.39%) Information Security
11 8 (17.39%) Risk Management
11 8 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (17.39%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 7 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.52%) SQL
3 1 (2.17%) Groovy
3 1 (2.17%) Java
3 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (17.39%) Azure Certification
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.70%) CISSP
3 4 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.52%) CISM
4 3 (6.52%) CRISC
4 3 (6.52%) Degree
5 2 (4.35%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.17%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.17%) CEH
6 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.39%) GDPR
2 7 (15.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (15.22%) NIST
3 6 (13.04%) QA
4 5 (10.87%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 3 (6.52%) GRC
5 3 (6.52%) HIPAA
5 3 (6.52%) PMO
6 1 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
6 1 (2.17%) ISO 22301
6 1 (2.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (23.91%) Active Directory
2 8 (17.39%) vSphere
3 7 (15.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (4.35%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (2.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.52%) Terraform
3 2 (4.35%) Data Guard
3 2 (4.35%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (2.17%) Ansible
4 1 (2.17%) Grafana
4 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.17%) Prometheus
4 1 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (32.61%) Microsoft
2 9 (19.57%) VMware
3 2 (4.35%) Cisco
3 2 (4.35%) Dell KACE
3 2 (4.35%) Meraki
3 2 (4.35%) Oracle
3 2 (4.35%) Palo Alto
3 2 (4.35%) Red Hat
3 2 (4.35%) SolarWinds
3 2 (4.35%) Sun
3 2 (4.35%) Ubiquiti
4 1 (2.17%) EMC
4 1 (2.17%) Google
4 1 (2.17%) IBM
4 1 (2.17%) Veeam