Business Continuity Job Trends in the North of England

Business Continuity
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Business Continuity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 176 246
Rank change year-on-year -29 +70 +59
Permanent jobs citing Business Continuity 51 102 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.48% 1.08% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 1.20% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 38 58 31
10th Percentile £26,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,938 £61,215 £54,375
90th Percentile £98,625 £67,875 £63,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +0.28%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,666 8,497 6,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.37% 89.75% 90.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,589 3,870 5,287
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,667 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -1.59% -0.94%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,100 £82,548
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 North of England

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

Business Continuity job vacancy trend in the North of England

Business Continuity
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Business Continuity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Business Continuity

Business Continuity
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Continuity in the North of England

Business Continuity
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Continuity within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -9 21 £38,000 -24.00% 32
North East +10 15 £51,500 -14.17% 7
Yorkshire -17 15 £41,075 -21.76% 29
Business Continuity
England

Business Continuity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 8 (15.69%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.92%) HCL Notes
2 2 (3.92%) IIS
2 2 (3.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 20 (39.22%) Azure
2 17 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (13.73%) Entra ID
4 6 (11.76%) AWS
5 3 (5.88%) Azure AKS
5 3 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.92%) Azure Functions
6 2 (3.92%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (3.92%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (3.92%) Azure Storage
6 2 (3.92%) GitHub
6 2 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (3.92%) Serverless
7 1 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.96%) iPaaS
7 1 (1.96%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.96%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.96%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (15.69%) DHCP
1 8 (15.69%) DNS
2 6 (11.76%) Remote Desktop
2 6 (11.76%) VPN
3 3 (5.88%) Firewall
4 2 (3.92%) NAS
4 2 (3.92%) Network Security
5 1 (1.96%) Internet
5 1 (1.96%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (17.65%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.88%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (5.88%) SAP HANA
3 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.96%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (17.65%) Git
2 7 (13.73%) Bitbucket
2 7 (13.73%) JIRA
General
1 23 (45.10%) Social Skills
2 11 (21.57%) Finance
3 9 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (13.73%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (11.76%) Advertising
5 6 (11.76%) Manufacturing
6 4 (7.84%) Public Sector
7 3 (5.88%) Local Government
7 3 (5.88%) Police
8 2 (3.92%) Legal
8 2 (3.92%) Marketing
8 2 (3.92%) Retail
9 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (29.41%) Analyst
2 12 (23.53%) Support Analyst
3 8 (15.69%) Lead
4 7 (13.73%) Applications Support
4 7 (13.73%) Applications Support Analyst
5 6 (11.76%) IT Support
6 5 (9.80%) IT Analyst
6 5 (9.80%) IT Manager
6 5 (9.80%) IT Support Analyst
6 5 (9.80%) Junior
6 5 (9.80%) Junior Analyst
6 5 (9.80%) Junior IT Support
6 5 (9.80%) Junior IT Support Analyst
6 5 (9.80%) Junior Support Analyst
6 5 (9.80%) Senior
7 4 (7.84%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (7.84%) Head of IT
7 4 (7.84%) Head of IT Security
7 4 (7.84%) Head of Security
7 4 (7.84%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.88%) .NET
1 3 (5.88%) SAP Basis
1 3 (5.88%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (5.88%) SAPUI5
1 3 (5.88%) Software Packaging
2 2 (3.92%) ARM Templates
2 2 (3.92%) ASP.NET
2 2 (3.92%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (3.92%) WCF
3 1 (1.96%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.96%) Middleware
3 1 (1.96%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 6 (11.76%) Onboarding
3 5 (9.80%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (5.88%) NHS
4 3 (5.88%) Replication
5 2 (3.92%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.92%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.96%) Life Science
6 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (41.18%) Windows
2 11 (21.57%) Linux
3 7 (13.73%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.88%) SUSE
4 3 (5.88%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (1.96%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (49.02%) Disaster Recovery
2 17 (33.33%) ITIL
3 16 (31.37%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (29.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 14 (27.45%) Change Management
6 13 (25.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (21.57%) Computer Science
7 11 (21.57%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (21.57%) ITSM
8 10 (19.61%) Containerisation
8 10 (19.61%) High Availability
9 9 (17.65%) Business Strategy
9 9 (17.65%) Migration
9 9 (17.65%) Roadmaps
10 8 (15.69%) Identity Access Management
10 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (13.73%) Change Control
11 7 (13.73%) IT Strategy
11 7 (13.73%) Security Operations
11 7 (13.73%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.80%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.84%) SQL
3 3 (5.88%) Bicep
3 3 (5.88%) C#
3 3 (5.88%) Python
4 2 (3.92%) C++
4 2 (3.92%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.96%) Bash
Qualifications
1 18 (35.29%) Degree
2 11 (21.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (11.76%) Azure Certification
3 6 (11.76%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (7.84%) AWS Certification
5 4 (7.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (7.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (7.84%) Master's Degree
5 4 (7.84%) SC Cleared
5 4 (7.84%) Security Cleared
6 3 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (9.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (5.88%) GDPR
4 3 (5.88%) NIST
4 3 (5.88%) PCI DSS
5 2 (3.92%) QA
6 1 (1.96%) IASME
6 1 (1.96%) ISO 14001
6 1 (1.96%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.96%) NEBOSH
6 1 (1.96%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (27.45%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.84%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (3.92%) Docker
3 2 (3.92%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (19.61%) Kubernetes
2 7 (13.73%) Control-M
2 7 (13.73%) Grafana
2 7 (13.73%) Prometheus
3 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.88%) Terraform
4 1 (1.96%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 23 (45.10%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.88%) SAP
3 2 (3.92%) Lotus
3 2 (3.92%) Oracle
4 1 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.96%) Dell
4 1 (1.96%) Dell Compellent
4 1 (1.96%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.96%) HP
4 1 (1.96%) Nimble Storage
4 1 (1.96%) VMware