Business Continuity Contracts in the West Midlands

Business Continuity
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Business Continuity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Continuity over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 118 148
Rank change year-on-year +12 +30 -34
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 7 18 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.36% 0.76% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.86% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 23
10th Percentile £445 £450 £403
25th Percentile £494 £480 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +24.35%
75th Percentile £644 - £675
90th Percentile £655 £675 £700
England median daily rate £475 £516 £513
% change year-on-year -7.99% +0.73% +7.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Business Continuity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,619 2,088 3,197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.06% 88.62% 90.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,076 1,429 2,350
10th Percentile £275 £263 £271
25th Percentile £368 £400 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% +14.71%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 49 68
10th Percentile £11.08 £12.40 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.97
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.50 £16.91
Median % change year-on-year +21.62% +9.39% +0.55%
75th Percentile £40.38 £27.13 £19.59
90th Percentile £58.00 £48.75 £20.96
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
% change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Business Continuity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Business Continuity in the West Midlands

Business Continuity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Business Continuity in the West Midlands

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Continuity in the West Midlands

Business Continuity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Continuity in the West Midlands

Business Continuity
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
Birmingham +10 2 - - 5
Warwickshire +2 1 - - 2
Dudley - 1 £425 -
Business Continuity
England

Business Continuity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (14.29%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MFGPRO
1 1 (14.29%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) SaaS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (14.29%) IaaS
2 1 (14.29%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (14.29%) InterSystems Cache
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) DBA
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SCADA Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
1 1 (14.29%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) HPUX
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity Planning
2 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
2 2 (28.57%) Contract Management
2 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Data Science
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Server Management
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Storage Management
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) HND
2 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) PMP
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) HP
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Progress
2 1 (14.29%) QAD
2 1 (14.29%) Red Hat