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 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 376 357
Rank change year-on-year +74 -19 +100
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 266 192 331
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.80% 0.50% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 0.58% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 128 225
10th Percentile £350 £300 £256
25th Percentile £437 £362 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £494 £513
Median % change year-on-year +11.39% -3.66% -6.18%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £625
90th Percentile £737 £683 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.31% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 5
10th Percentile £19.43 - £24.39
25th Percentile £20.24 £15.92 £27.98
Median hourly rate £20.50 £36.84 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.35% -29.84% +119.57%
75th Percentile £23.01 £58.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £69.95 - £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.50 £36.84 £52.50
% change year-on-year -44.35% -29.84% -

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 29,996 33,111 46,256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.49% 85.46% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,667 21,197 31,745
10th Percentile £300 £310 £319
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.49% -1.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,728 1,795 1,512
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.02 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.22 £18.61
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £41.27
Median % change year-on-year -38.57% -0.80% +55.74%
75th Percentile £48.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £42.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -45.88% +13.33% +70.45%

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 17 August 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 17 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Top 17 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 17 August 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 +74 236 £550 +15.79% 305
UK excluding London +40 140 £520 +4.00% 187
London +48 109 £575 +35.29% 149
Work from Home +32 67 £500 - 130
South East +26 40 £526 -4.45% 66
Midlands +8 30 £488 +8.33% 21
North of England 0 30 £538 +7.50% 49
West Midlands +5 20 £550 +22.22% 11
Yorkshire +1 16 £525 +41.89% 17
South West +26 13 £588 +27.03% 23
Scotland -8 13 £456 -23.96% 10
North West -10 12 £550 +10.00% 23
East Midlands +5 10 £375 -16.67% 9
Wales - 7 £180 - 4
East of England +6 5 £598 +3.91% 14
North East -6 2 - - 9
Channel Islands - 2 £725 -

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 23 (8.65%) SharePoint
2 14 (5.26%) Confluence
3 11 (4.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.75%) SAS
5 1 (0.38%) DataSynapse
Applications
1 18 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (5.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.13%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.75%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.75%) MicroStation
5 2 (0.75%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.75%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.38%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.38%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 73 (27.44%) Azure
2 37 (13.91%) AWS
3 21 (7.89%) GCP
3 21 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (7.52%) Entra ID
5 12 (4.51%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.01%) SaaS
7 7 (2.63%) IaaS
7 7 (2.63%) Power Automate
8 6 (2.26%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (1.88%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.88%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.50%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (1.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (1.13%) GitHub
11 3 (1.13%) Mimecast
11 3 (1.13%) PaaS
11 3 (1.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 30 (11.28%) Firewall
2 20 (7.52%) Network Security
3 19 (7.14%) DNS
4 16 (6.02%) DHCP
4 16 (6.02%) VPN
4 16 (6.02%) WAN
5 14 (5.26%) TCP/IP
6 11 (4.14%) Intranet
6 11 (4.14%) LAN
7 9 (3.38%) Wireless
8 8 (3.01%) SD-WAN
9 7 (2.63%) SAN
10 6 (2.26%) 4G
11 5 (1.88%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (1.88%) VLAN
12 4 (1.50%) WLAN
13 3 (1.13%) Cisco ISE
13 3 (1.13%) Structured Cabling
13 3 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
14 1 (0.38%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.14%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.26%) Power BI
3 4 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.50%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.75%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.75%) Delta Lake
5 2 (0.75%) GIS
5 2 (0.75%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (0.75%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.38%) DTS
6 1 (0.38%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (7.14%) JIRA
2 4 (1.50%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.75%) Snyk
4 1 (0.38%) Git
4 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
General
1 90 (33.83%) Social Skills
2 65 (24.44%) Finance
3 24 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.65%) Public Sector
5 19 (7.14%) Banking
6 16 (6.02%) Local Government
7 15 (5.64%) Retail
8 14 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (4.51%) Legal
10 11 (4.14%) Public Speaking
11 10 (3.76%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.26%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.88%) Front Office
13 5 (1.88%) Marketing
14 4 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.50%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.50%) Law
14 4 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (1.13%) Police
15 3 (1.13%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (18.05%) Analyst
2 29 (10.90%) Senior
3 18 (6.77%) Architect
3 18 (6.77%) IT Manager
4 17 (6.39%) Lead
5 16 (6.02%) Consultant
5 16 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (5.26%) Business Analyst
6 14 (5.26%) Security Analyst
7 13 (4.89%) IT Support
7 13 (4.89%) Service Manager
8 12 (4.51%) Project Manager
9 11 (4.14%) Communications Officer
9 11 (4.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.38%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 8 (3.01%) Administrator
11 8 (3.01%) Information Analyst
11 8 (3.01%) Information Security Analyst
12 7 (2.63%) Support Analyst
12 7 (2.63%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.13%) 802.1X
1 3 (1.13%) ARM Templates
1 3 (1.13%) LDAP
1 3 (1.13%) X-Windows
2 2 (0.75%) Kafka
2 2 (0.75%) Web Services
3 1 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.38%) Node.js
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.38%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.53%) Data Centre
2 14 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.14%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.14%) Security Posture
4 10 (3.76%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.01%) Replication
6 7 (2.63%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.88%) IoT
8 5 (1.88%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.88%) PKI
9 4 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.50%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.50%) Life Science
9 4 (1.50%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.13%) CMDB
10 3 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 55 (20.68%) Windows
2 32 (12.03%) Windows Server
3 19 (7.14%) Linux
4 7 (2.63%) Unix
5 4 (1.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.13%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.13%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.75%) VMS
8 1 (0.38%) CentOS
8 1 (0.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (30.83%) Disaster Recovery
2 57 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 56 (21.05%) ITIL
4 51 (19.17%) BCP
5 48 (18.05%) Business Continuity Planning
5 48 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (17.67%) Cybersecurity
7 45 (16.92%) Risk Management
8 37 (13.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 35 (13.16%) Change Management
9 35 (13.16%) Migration
10 33 (12.41%) Service Delivery
11 28 (10.53%) High Availability
12 27 (10.15%) Incident Response
13 26 (9.77%) Incident Management
13 26 (9.77%) Information Security
14 25 (9.40%) Roadmaps
15 24 (9.02%) Agile
15 24 (9.02%) ITSM
16 23 (8.65%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 27 (10.15%) PowerShell
2 26 (9.77%) Python
3 11 (4.14%) SQL
4 10 (3.76%) Java
5 7 (2.63%) Go
6 5 (1.88%) Bash
7 3 (1.13%) Perl
7 3 (1.13%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.38%) C
9 1 (0.38%) C#
9 1 (0.38%) Groovy
9 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.38%) JCL
Qualifications
1 36 (13.53%) Degree
2 35 (13.16%) Security Cleared
3 27 (10.15%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (3.76%) Azure Certification
6 8 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.63%) CCNP
7 7 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.26%) CISSP
9 5 (1.88%) CBAP
9 5 (1.88%) CCNA
9 5 (1.88%) CISM
9 5 (1.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.50%) CEH
11 3 (1.13%) CISA
11 3 (1.13%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.13%) HNC
11 3 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (1.13%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (5.64%) GDPR
3 13 (4.89%) GRC
4 12 (4.51%) ISO 22301
5 11 (4.14%) SLA
6 9 (3.38%) NIST
7 8 (3.01%) Data Quality
8 7 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (2.63%) NCSC
9 6 (2.26%) PMO
10 5 (1.88%) QA
11 4 (1.50%) Accessibility
11 4 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (1.50%) PCI DSS
12 3 (1.13%) HIPAA
12 3 (1.13%) ISO 31000
13 2 (0.75%) COBIT
13 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 1 (0.38%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (10.90%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.38%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (2.63%) Docker
5 6 (2.26%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.26%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (2.26%) vSphere
6 4 (1.50%) Firmware
6 4 (1.50%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.75%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.38%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (6.77%) Microsoft Intune
1 18 (6.77%) Terraform
2 14 (5.26%) SCCM
3 8 (3.01%) Kubernetes
4 7 (2.63%) FortiGate
5 5 (1.88%) Ansible
5 5 (1.88%) Control-M
5 5 (1.88%) HP ALM
5 5 (1.88%) NetBackup
5 5 (1.88%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (1.50%) Nessus
6 4 (1.50%) WSUS
7 3 (1.13%) Backup Exec
7 3 (1.13%) Puppet
7 3 (1.13%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.75%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.75%) Grafana
8 2 (0.75%) QRadar
9 1 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.38%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 49 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.27%) VMware
3 21 (7.89%) ServiceNow
4 14 (5.26%) Oracle
5 13 (4.89%) Cisco
6 10 (3.76%) Google
7 8 (3.01%) SAP
8 6 (2.26%) HP
8 6 (2.26%) Qualys
9 5 (1.88%) BT
9 5 (1.88%) Liquidlogic
10 4 (1.50%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.50%) Veeam
11 3 (1.13%) CyberArk
11 3 (1.13%) Meraki
11 3 (1.13%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.13%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.13%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.13%) Symantec
11 3 (1.13%) Veritas