Business Continuity Job Trends in the Midlands

Business Continuity
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Business Continuity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 195 172
Rank change year-on-year +11 -23 +58
Permanent jobs citing Business Continuity 40 51 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.51% 0.80% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.88% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 16 29 50
10th Percentile £49,000 £34,700 £31,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £68,375 £60,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,008
% change year-on-year +8.33% -3.24% +7.84%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Business Continuity 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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,361 5,773 4,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.32% 90.47% 86.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,535 2,521 4,072
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Continuity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Business Continuity job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Business Continuity
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Business Continuity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Business Continuity

Business Continuity
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Continuity in the Midlands

Business Continuity
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Continuity within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
East Midlands +2 30 £60,000 -11.76% 8
West Midlands +1 9 £62,500 +13.64% 17
Business Continuity
England

Business Continuity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 10 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 9 (22.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.50%) CMS
3 1 (2.50%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (32.50%) Azure
2 9 (22.50%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (15.00%) Entra ID
3 6 (15.00%) OneDrive
4 4 (10.00%) AWS
5 3 (7.50%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (5.00%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (5.00%) SaaS
6 2 (5.00%) Serverless
7 1 (2.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) DNS
1 2 (5.00%) Firewall
1 2 (5.00%) LAN
1 2 (5.00%) WAN
2 1 (2.50%) DHCP
2 1 (2.50%) ISDN
2 1 (2.50%) PSTN
2 1 (2.50%) RTP
2 1 (2.50%) SAN
2 1 (2.50%) SSL
2 1 (2.50%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (2.50%) Unified Communications
2 1 (2.50%) VLAN
2 1 (2.50%) VoIP
2 1 (2.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (55.00%) Finance
2 18 (45.00%) Banking
3 7 (17.50%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Legal
6 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 7 (17.50%) IT Operations Manager
2 7 (17.50%) Operations Manager
3 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (10.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
4 3 (7.50%) IT Security Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Network Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Network Security Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Operational Security Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Security Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Security Operations Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Senior
5 2 (5.00%) ABAP Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Architect
5 2 (5.00%) Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Head of IT
5 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Lead
5 2 (5.00%) SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) EDI
1 1 (2.50%) HTML
1 1 (2.50%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Replication
2 1 (2.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.50%) Windows
2 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (55.00%) Risk Management
1 22 (55.00%) Roadmaps
2 20 (50.00%) Information Security
3 19 (47.50%) Process Improvement
4 18 (45.00%) Business Continuity Management
4 18 (45.00%) Due Diligence
4 18 (45.00%) Operations Management
4 18 (45.00%) Risk Assessment
4 18 (45.00%) Supply Chain Management
5 11 (27.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (17.50%) IT Strategy
7 6 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (12.50%) Service Delivery
9 4 (10.00%) BCP
9 4 (10.00%) Business Continuity Planning
9 4 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
9 4 (10.00%) Change Control
9 4 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.50%) PowerShell
2 4 (10.00%) SQL
3 2 (5.00%) ABAP
4 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (45.00%) CISA
1 18 (45.00%) CISSP
1 18 (45.00%) CRISC
2 2 (5.00%) Degree
2 2 (5.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (2.50%) CCNA
3 1 (2.50%) CCNP
3 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (47.50%) PCI DSS
2 18 (45.00%) NIST
3 6 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (5.00%) GRC
5 2 (5.00%) ISO 22301
6 1 (2.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (17.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.50%) VMware
3 2 (5.00%) SAP
4 1 (2.50%) Aruba
4 1 (2.50%) Cisco
4 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.50%) Google
4 1 (2.50%) Meraki
4 1 (2.50%) SolarWinds
4 1 (2.50%) Splunk
4 1 (2.50%) Varonis