Business Continuity Contracts

Business Continuity
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Business Continuity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Continuity over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 320 344 415
Rank change year-on-year +24 +71 +28
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 213 246 321
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.73% 0.56% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 0.65% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 175 225
10th Percentile £398 £273 £350
25th Percentile £475 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £650 £608 £650
90th Percentile £700 £715 £742
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -0.73% -2.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 3
10th Percentile £19.93 £14.58 £23.48
25th Percentile £20.24 £15.44 £23.66
Median hourly rate £22.05 £16.17 £25.81
Median % change year-on-year +36.38% -37.35% +7.95%
75th Percentile £24.92 £21.07 £27.82
90th Percentile £41.46 £29.43 £27.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.36 £16.17 £26.90
% change year-on-year +62.99% -39.88% +236.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
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 £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Continuity over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Top 16 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +27 190 £564 +14.81% 775
UK excluding London +45 109 £510 -0.73% 597
London +23 88 £600 +26.32% 249
Work from Home +29 64 £550 +10.00% 403
North of England +22 41 £510 +10.27% 155
North West +9 27 £516 +5.90% 73
South East +25 25 £545 +21.11% 152
Midlands +30 18 £525 -14.29% 104
West Midlands +21 15 £525 -5.83% 58
Yorkshire +20 14 £475 +28.38% 66
Scotland +13 13 £450 -25.00% 32
East of England +34 5 £425 -29.17% 81
South West +31 4 £470 -6.28% 72
Wales +2 2 £180 -60.00% 15
East Midlands +10 1 £700 - 40
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 7

Business Continuity
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 19 (8.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (8.45%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.82%) Confluence
4 1 (0.47%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (7.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 17 (7.98%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.47%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 1 (0.47%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.47%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.47%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.47%) SAP PP
2 1 (0.47%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 68 (31.92%) Azure
2 29 (13.62%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (12.68%) Entra ID
4 26 (12.21%) AWS
5 18 (8.45%) IaaS
6 16 (7.51%) GCP
7 11 (5.16%) PaaS
7 11 (5.16%) SaaS
8 10 (4.69%) Power Platform
9 7 (3.29%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.88%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.88%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.41%) Mimecast
12 3 (1.41%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.41%) Serverless
13 2 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.94%) Nutanix
13 2 (0.94%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.68%) Firewall
2 24 (11.27%) Network Security
3 14 (6.57%) DNS
4 12 (5.63%) Intranet
4 12 (5.63%) Intrusion Detection
4 12 (5.63%) TCP/IP
5 11 (5.16%) DHCP
5 11 (5.16%) WAN
6 10 (4.69%) VPN
7 8 (3.76%) LAN
8 7 (3.29%) SD-WAN
8 7 (3.29%) Wireless
9 3 (1.41%) 4G
9 3 (1.41%) SAN
9 3 (1.41%) VLAN
9 3 (1.41%) WLAN
10 2 (0.94%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.94%) SNA
10 2 (0.94%) VoIP
10 2 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.51%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.29%) Power BI
3 6 (2.82%) MongoDB
3 6 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.88%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.88%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.41%) MySQL
6 2 (0.94%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (0.94%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.47%) GIS
7 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database 10g
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.47%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.76%) JIRA
2 1 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (0.47%) Git
2 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.47%) Selenium
2 1 (0.47%) SpecFlow
General
1 85 (39.91%) Social Skills
2 49 (23.00%) Finance
3 29 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.45%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.98%) Legal
6 16 (7.51%) Banking
6 16 (7.51%) Local Government
7 15 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (6.10%) Telecoms
9 11 (5.16%) Public Speaking
10 8 (3.76%) Investment Banking
11 5 (2.35%) Law
11 5 (2.35%) Marketing
12 4 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.88%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.88%) Retail
13 3 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.41%) Police
14 2 (0.94%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (12.68%) Analyst
2 25 (11.74%) Lead
3 24 (11.27%) Senior
4 18 (8.45%) Consultant
4 18 (8.45%) Project Manager
5 15 (7.04%) Architect
6 14 (6.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (6.57%) IT Manager
7 11 (5.16%) Business Analyst
7 11 (5.16%) Communications Officer
8 9 (4.23%) DBA
8 9 (4.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (4.23%) Service Manager
9 7 (3.29%) Head of IT
9 7 (3.29%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 6 (2.82%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 6 (2.82%) IT Project Manager
10 6 (2.82%) Security Manager
10 6 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (2.82%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.41%) 802.1X
1 3 (1.41%) LDAP
1 3 (1.41%) X-Windows
2 2 (0.94%) OLE
2 2 (0.94%) Web Services
3 1 (0.47%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.47%) Node.js
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.47%) REST
3 1 (0.47%) SAML
3 1 (0.47%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.47%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.80%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.69%) Replication
3 9 (4.23%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.23%) Security Posture
4 6 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (2.82%) PKI
5 5 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.88%) Cyberattack
6 4 (1.88%) Freedom of Information
6 4 (1.88%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.41%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.41%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.41%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.94%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.94%) PMI
8 2 (0.94%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 49 (23.00%) Windows
2 29 (13.62%) Windows Server
3 16 (7.51%) Linux
4 4 (1.88%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.41%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.41%) Unix
5 3 (1.41%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.94%) VMS
6 2 (0.94%) zOS
7 1 (0.47%) Solaris
7 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (41.78%) Disaster Recovery
2 52 (24.41%) ITIL
3 48 (22.54%) BCP
4 47 (22.07%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (21.60%) Business Continuity Planning
5 46 (21.60%) Stakeholder Management
6 42 (19.72%) Risk Management
7 40 (18.78%) Cybersecurity
8 33 (15.49%) Project Management
9 32 (15.02%) Migration
10 27 (12.68%) Agile
10 27 (12.68%) Change Management
11 25 (11.74%) Incident Response
11 25 (11.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 24 (11.27%) Roadmaps
13 23 (10.80%) High Availability
14 21 (9.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 21 (9.86%) Service Delivery
15 20 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
16 19 (8.92%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 26 (12.21%) PowerShell
2 16 (7.51%) SQL
3 10 (4.69%) Python
4 3 (1.41%) JCL
4 3 (1.41%) Perl
4 3 (1.41%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.47%) Bash
5 1 (0.47%) C#
5 1 (0.47%) Groovy
5 1 (0.47%) Java
5 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 37 (17.37%) Degree
2 20 (9.39%) Security Cleared
3 19 (8.92%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (7.51%) Azure Certification
4 16 (7.51%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.82%) CISSP
6 6 (2.82%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.35%) CBAP
7 5 (2.35%) CISM
7 5 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.35%) PMP
8 4 (1.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (1.41%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.41%) CCNA
9 3 (1.41%) CCNP
9 3 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.41%) CRISC
9 3 (1.41%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.41%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (7.04%) GDPR
3 10 (4.69%) NIST
4 9 (4.23%) PMO
5 8 (3.76%) ISO 22301
6 7 (3.29%) QA
7 6 (2.82%) GRC
7 6 (2.82%) HIPAA
8 5 (2.35%) Data Quality
8 5 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 5 (2.35%) NCSC
8 5 (2.35%) SLA
9 4 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.41%) ISO 31000
10 3 (1.41%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.94%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.47%) IEC 61508
12 1 (0.47%) NIST 800
System Software
1 37 (17.37%) Active Directory
2 19 (8.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.10%) vSphere
4 11 (5.16%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (3.76%) Docker
6 7 (3.29%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (2.82%) Hyper-V
8 3 (1.41%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (1.41%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (12.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (6.10%) Terraform
3 8 (3.76%) SCCM
4 5 (2.35%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.88%) Ansible
6 3 (1.41%) Backup Exec
6 3 (1.41%) Data Guard
6 3 (1.41%) HP ALM
6 3 (1.41%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.41%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (1.41%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.94%) Tivoli NetView
8 1 (0.47%) Grafana
8 1 (0.47%) Nessus
8 1 (0.47%) OfficeScan
8 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.47%) Puppet
8 1 (0.47%) Trend Micro Deep Security
8 1 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 53 (24.88%) Microsoft
2 28 (13.15%) VMware
3 13 (6.10%) ServiceNow
4 12 (5.63%) Google
4 12 (5.63%) Oracle
5 10 (4.69%) Cisco
6 7 (3.29%) SAP
7 4 (1.88%) HP
7 4 (1.88%) IBM
7 4 (1.88%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.88%) Symantec
7 4 (1.88%) Veeam
8 3 (1.41%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.41%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.41%) Workday
9 2 (0.94%) Databricks
9 2 (0.94%) Dell KACE
9 2 (0.94%) Meraki
9 2 (0.94%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.94%) Ubiquiti