BCP Job Trends in England

Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring BCP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 543 613 492
Rank change year-on-year +70 -121 +385
Permanent jobs citing BCP 55 58 207
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.12% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.13% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 49 45 60
10th Percentile £38,650 £44,150 £43,327
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,500 £54,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £60,000 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% -9.77% +20.91%
75th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £85,625
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £111,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £65,260
% change year-on-year +16.67% -8.06% +18.65%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

BCP falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,481 43,790 44,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.29% 90.69% 89.78%
Number of salaries quoted 25,455 21,528 34,408
10th Percentile £28,560 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,628 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

BCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing BCP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

BCP job vacancy trend in England

BCP
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing BCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing BCP

BCP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing BCP in England over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for BCP in England

BCP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BCP within the England region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +55 35 £87,500 +34.62% 6
South East +32 10 £62,500 +19.05% 7
Midlands +23 5 £95,000 -26.92% 7
West Midlands +35 3 £95,000 - 6
North of England +16 3 £57,239 -23.68% 8
South West -4 2 £50,000 +2.04% 2
Yorkshire -19 2 £58,620 -24.36% 5
East Midlands - 2 £57,500 - 1
North West +25 1 £37,500 -11.76% 3
BCP
UK

BCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.27%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Loan IQ
1 1 (1.82%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (49.09%) Azure
2 14 (25.45%) Nutanix
3 11 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (10.91%) AWS
5 5 (9.09%) Entra ID
6 4 (7.27%) OneDrive
7 3 (5.45%) GCP
8 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (3.64%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.82%) GitHub
9 1 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.82%) IaaS
9 1 (1.82%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.91%) Firewall
2 5 (9.09%) DHCP
2 5 (9.09%) DNS
3 4 (7.27%) LAN
3 4 (7.27%) TCP/IP
3 4 (7.27%) WAN
4 3 (5.45%) Network Security
5 2 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.82%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.82%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (1.82%) Spanning Tree
6 1 (1.82%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.82%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.82%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (1.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) GitLab
1 1 (1.82%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (34.55%) Finance
2 15 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 12 (21.82%) Law
4 6 (10.91%) Banking
4 6 (10.91%) Legal
5 5 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (7.27%) Retail
6 4 (7.27%) Wholesale Banking
7 3 (5.45%) Billing
8 2 (3.64%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.82%) Advertising
9 1 (1.82%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.82%) Front Office
9 1 (1.82%) International Banking
9 1 (1.82%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (16.36%) IT Security Specialist
1 9 (16.36%) Security Specialist
2 6 (10.91%) Head of IT
3 5 (9.09%) Security Manager
3 5 (9.09%) Support Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) Analyst
4 4 (7.27%) IT Manager
4 4 (7.27%) Security Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) Disaster Recovery Specialist
5 3 (5.45%) Head of Finance
5 3 (5.45%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 3 (5.45%) IT Risk Manager
5 3 (5.45%) IT Security Manager
5 3 (5.45%) Risk Manager
6 2 (3.64%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 2 (3.64%) IT Analyst
6 2 (3.64%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (3.64%) Lead
6 2 (3.64%) Senior
6 2 (3.64%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) EDI
1 1 (1.82%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (1.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.45%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (14.55%) Onboarding
2 8 (14.55%) Security Posture
3 7 (12.73%) CCTV
3 7 (12.73%) Management Information System
4 4 (7.27%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (5.45%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.64%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (3.64%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.82%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.82%) Life Science
7 1 (1.82%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.36%) Windows
2 4 (7.27%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.82%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (63.64%) Business Continuity
2 31 (56.36%) Business Continuity Planning
3 29 (52.73%) Disaster Recovery
4 27 (49.09%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (29.09%) Vulnerability Management
6 15 (27.27%) Resilience Testing
6 15 (27.27%) Runbook
7 14 (25.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (25.45%) Data Protection
8 13 (23.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 13 (23.64%) Test Automation
9 11 (20.00%) Risk Management
10 10 (18.18%) Incident Response
11 8 (14.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 7 (12.73%) Cloud Security
12 7 (12.73%) Computer Science
12 7 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (12.73%) Roadmaps
13 6 (10.91%) Information Security
13 6 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (29.09%) Python
2 15 (27.27%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.64%) SQL
4 1 (1.82%) Bicep
4 1 (1.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (20.00%) CEH
2 7 (12.73%) Degree
3 4 (7.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 4 (7.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 3 (5.45%) CISM
4 3 (5.45%) CISSP
5 2 (3.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (3.64%) CCSP
5 2 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.64%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (30.91%) NIST
3 11 (20.00%) ISO 22301
4 9 (16.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (14.55%) GDPR
6 3 (5.45%) GRC
6 3 (5.45%) SOC 2
7 2 (3.64%) COBIT
7 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (3.64%) PCI DSS
8 1 (1.82%) ISO 14001
8 1 (1.82%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.82%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (16.36%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.27%) BitLocker
3 2 (3.64%) Docker
3 2 (3.64%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (3.64%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.64%) vSphere
4 1 (1.82%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (7.27%) Nagios
2 4 (7.27%) SCCM
3 2 (3.64%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.64%) Terraform
3 2 (3.64%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.82%) Ansible
4 1 (1.82%) Grafana
4 1 (1.82%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.82%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.82%) Puppet
Vendors
1 16 (29.09%) Microsoft
1 16 (29.09%) VMware
2 14 (25.45%) Commvault
3 7 (12.73%) Cisco
4 6 (10.91%) Fortinet
5 4 (7.27%) Symantec
6 3 (5.45%) Aderant
6 3 (5.45%) Intapp
6 3 (5.45%) SolarWinds
7 2 (3.64%) IFS
7 2 (3.64%) Meraki
7 2 (3.64%) Splunk
8 1 (1.82%) AppDynamics
8 1 (1.82%) Bloomberg
8 1 (1.82%) FFastFill
8 1 (1.82%) Google
8 1 (1.82%) Refinitiv
8 1 (1.82%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.82%) Varonis