Business Continuity Planning Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Business Continuity Planning
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 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 287 337 461
Rank change year-on-year +50 +124 +151
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity Planning 17 8 16
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.052% 0.062%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.059% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 8
10th Percentile £205 £420 £499
25th Percentile £367 £425 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £564 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +25.33% -21.74% +43.75%
75th Percentile £675 £522 £672
90th Percentile - £643 £721
UK median daily rate £575 £481 £625
% change year-on-year +19.48% -23.00% +47.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Business Continuity Planning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Business Continuity Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Business Continuity Planning trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Business Continuity Planning
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Business Continuity Planning.

Business Continuity Planning daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Continuity Planning
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Business Continuity Planning over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Business Continuity Planning daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Continuity Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
1 2 (11.76%) IaaS
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
1 2 (11.76%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (11.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) Power BI
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Banking
3 2 (11.76%) Investment Banking
3 2 (11.76%) Military
3 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Architect
1 4 (23.53%) Lead
1 4 (23.53%) Service Continuity Leader
2 3 (17.65%) Consultant
2 3 (17.65%) Project Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Security Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Security Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (11.76%) IT Manager
3 2 (11.76%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Report Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Graduate
4 1 (5.88%) Graduate Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Head of Digital
4 1 (5.88%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.88%) Service Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) SIEM Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Cyberattack
2 2 (11.76%) Social Media
3 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.88%) EMC VNX
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (5.88%) IBM XIV
3 1 (5.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Business Continuity
2 16 (94.12%) BCP
3 9 (52.94%) Incident Response
4 8 (47.06%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (29.41%) ITIL
6 5 (29.41%) Risk Assessment
6 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
7 4 (23.53%) Business Impact Analysis
7 4 (23.53%) High Availability
7 4 (23.53%) Impact Analysis
7 4 (23.53%) Load Balancing
7 4 (23.53%) Runbook
7 4 (23.53%) Service Catalogue
7 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (17.65%) Strategic Thinking
9 2 (11.76%) Line Management
9 2 (11.76%) Operational Stability
9 2 (11.76%) Social Media Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) CISM
1 3 (17.65%) CISSP
1 3 (17.65%) CRISC
2 2 (11.76%) Azure Certification
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) GDPR
1 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 3 (17.65%) HIPAA
2 3 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (17.65%) NIST
3 2 (11.76%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
1 2 (11.76%) vSphere
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
1 2 (11.76%) Sun
1 2 (11.76%) VMware
2 1 (5.88%) EMC
2 1 (5.88%) IBM