BCP Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring BCP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 176 177
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +77
Permanent jobs citing BCP 2 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.050% 0.14% 0.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 0.16% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile - £54,500 -
25th Percentile £39,250 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.69% +18.18% -29.03%
75th Percentile £41,750 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile - £71,500 -
South East median annual salary £62,500 £46,250 £81,250
% change year-on-year +35.14% -43.08% +41.30%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,235 3,164 3,113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.14% 91.50% 90.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,729 1,451 2,254
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +8.49% -3.64%

BCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

BCP job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

BCP
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing BCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing BCP

BCP
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BCP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 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
Berkshire -4 2 £40,500 -32.50% 2
BCP
South East

BCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune