Business Continuity Jobs in the UK excluding London

Business Continuity
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Business Continuity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Business Continuity over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 409 375
Rank change year-on-year +35 -34 -61
Permanent jobs citing Business Continuity 215 399 477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.55% 0.56% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.67% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 177 293 286
10th Percentile £36,250 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,280 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,250 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £78,125
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,380 £55,150
% change year-on-year +8.34% +0.42% +5.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,236 59,478 57,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.94% 83.96% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 17,875 41,116 29,652
10th Percentile £26,968 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,450 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Business Continuity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Continuity in the UK excluding London

Business Continuity
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Business Continuity in the UK excluding London

Business Continuity
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Continuity in the UK excluding London

Business Continuity
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Continuity within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 May 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 of England +31 88 £54,250 +8.50% 65
North West -1 53 £50,092 -3.06% 37
South East +40 46 £53,750 +7.50% 73
South West +103 40 £51,500 +8.07% 26
Yorkshire +64 26 £53,375 +12.37% 23
Midlands +24 23 £55,000 -8.33% 25
West Midlands +27 16 £55,000 -22.81% 14
North East +39 9 £57,500 +15.00% 6
Scotland +115 7 £57,500 +3.83% 11
East of England +23 7 £42,500 -26.50% 24
East Midlands +22 6 £53,750 +34.38% 8
Isle of Man +14 3 £43,000 -
Wales +10 1 - - 5
Northern Ireland - 1 £57,500 - 3
Business Continuity
UK

Business Continuity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 17 (7.91%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (7.91%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.33%) nginx
3 4 (1.86%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.93%) IIS
5 1 (0.47%) Apache
5 1 (0.47%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (12.56%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (11.63%) Simulink
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 65 (30.23%) Azure
2 53 (24.65%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (15.81%) AWS
4 14 (6.51%) Entra ID
5 9 (4.19%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (2.79%) OneDrive
6 6 (2.79%) SaaS
7 5 (2.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (2.33%) AWS CloudTrail
7 5 (2.33%) IaaS
7 5 (2.33%) PaaS
8 3 (1.40%) Cloudflare
8 3 (1.40%) GCP
8 3 (1.40%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.40%) Serverless
9 2 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.47%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.47%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.47%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 51 (23.72%) Firewall
2 40 (18.60%) LAN
3 34 (15.81%) WAN
4 22 (10.23%) VPN
5 20 (9.30%) Intrusion Detection
5 20 (9.30%) VLAN
6 19 (8.84%) Network Security
7 18 (8.37%) SD-WAN
8 17 (7.91%) DNS
9 14 (6.51%) DHCP
10 10 (4.65%) SAN
11 9 (4.19%) BGP
11 9 (4.19%) MPLS
12 8 (3.72%) OSPF
12 8 (3.72%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (2.79%) IPv4
13 6 (2.79%) TCP/IP
13 6 (2.79%) VoIP
14 5 (2.33%) Unified Communications
15 3 (1.40%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (2.33%) MariaDB
1 5 (2.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.40%) DB2
2 3 (1.40%) Power BI
3 2 (0.93%) MySQL
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (3.72%) JIRA
General
1 104 (48.37%) Social Skills
2 40 (18.60%) Finance
3 27 (12.56%) Aerospace
4 20 (9.30%) Manufacturing
5 11 (5.12%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.12%) Law
6 9 (4.19%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.19%) Retail
7 7 (3.26%) Banking
8 6 (2.79%) Retail Banking
8 6 (2.79%) Tech for Good
9 4 (1.86%) Legal
9 4 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.86%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.40%) Advertising
10 3 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.93%) Military
12 1 (0.47%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 52 (24.19%) Lead
2 42 (19.53%) Senior
3 31 (14.42%) Team Leader
4 26 (12.09%) Analyst
5 25 (11.63%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 25 (11.63%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 25 (11.63%) Systems Engineer
6 24 (11.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (8.37%) IT Analyst
8 16 (7.44%) IT Engineer
9 12 (5.58%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (5.58%) IT Manager
9 12 (5.58%) Support Engineer
10 10 (4.65%) Consultant
11 9 (4.19%) Network Engineer
12 8 (3.72%) Disaster Recovery Analyst
13 7 (3.26%) Administrator
13 7 (3.26%) Infrastructure Support
13 7 (3.26%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 7 (3.26%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.93%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.47%) .NET
2 1 (0.47%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.47%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.47%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.47%) Middleware
2 1 (0.47%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 1 (0.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.16%) Management Information System
2 16 (7.44%) Cyber Threat
2 16 (7.44%) Data Centre
3 13 (6.05%) Operational Technology
4 12 (5.58%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (4.19%) Security Posture
6 8 (3.72%) CMDB
7 7 (3.26%) Replication
8 6 (2.79%) Cyberattack
8 6 (2.79%) Mainframe
8 6 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.33%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.86%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.86%) Social Media
11 3 (1.40%) FMCG
11 3 (1.40%) Housing Association
11 3 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.40%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.40%) PKI
12 2 (0.93%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 50 (23.26%) Windows
2 34 (15.81%) Windows Server
3 20 (9.30%) Linux
4 12 (5.58%) Unix
5 4 (1.86%) Windows Vista
6 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.47%) Debian
7 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.47%) VMS
7 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (47.91%) Disaster Recovery
2 50 (23.26%) Continuous Improvement
2 50 (23.26%) Cybersecurity
3 46 (21.40%) Agile
4 43 (20.00%) ITIL
4 43 (20.00%) Project Management
5 39 (18.14%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (16.74%) Information Security
7 33 (15.35%) Line Management
7 33 (15.35%) Risk Management
8 32 (14.88%) Business Continuity Planning
8 32 (14.88%) Coaching
9 31 (14.42%) BCP
10 28 (13.02%) Data Protection
10 28 (13.02%) Incident Management
11 27 (12.56%) Customer Service
12 26 (12.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (12.09%) Software Delivery
13 25 (11.63%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 25 (11.63%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.91%) PowerShell
2 6 (2.79%) Python
3 5 (2.33%) SQL
4 3 (1.40%) Bash
4 3 (1.40%) Java
5 1 (0.47%) Bicep
5 1 (0.47%) C#
5 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (12.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 25 (11.63%) Degree
3 13 (6.05%) Security Cleared
4 9 (4.19%) CISA
4 9 (4.19%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (4.19%) CISM
4 9 (4.19%) CISSP
5 8 (3.72%) Azure Certification
5 8 (3.72%) CCNA
6 6 (2.79%) DBS Check
6 6 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.79%) PMI Certification
6 6 (2.79%) PMP
7 5 (2.33%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.86%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (1.40%) CCNP
9 3 (1.40%) MCP
9 3 (1.40%) MCSA
9 3 (1.40%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (13.02%) Cyber Essentials
3 25 (11.63%) GDPR
4 11 (5.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (5.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 11 (5.12%) NIST
5 10 (4.65%) ISO 22301
5 10 (4.65%) PCI DSS
6 7 (3.26%) SLA
7 6 (2.79%) GRC
8 4 (1.86%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (0.93%) PMO
10 1 (0.47%) COBIT
10 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.47%) ITGC
10 1 (0.47%) NCSC
10 1 (0.47%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.47%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (15.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (14.88%) Hyper-V
3 31 (14.42%) Active Directory
4 9 (4.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.33%) vSphere
6 4 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.86%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.47%) Docker
8 1 (0.47%) NFS
8 1 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 15 (6.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.79%) SCCM
2 6 (2.79%) Terraform
3 4 (1.86%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.40%) Iperf
4 3 (1.40%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.93%) Ansible
5 2 (0.93%) QRadar
6 1 (0.47%) cPanel
6 1 (0.47%) Nessus
6 1 (0.47%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.47%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.47%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 93 (43.26%) Microsoft
2 39 (18.14%) VMware
3 25 (11.63%) MathWorks
4 17 (7.91%) Cisco
5 10 (4.65%) Citrix
5 10 (4.65%) Fortinet
6 9 (4.19%) Veeam
7 8 (3.72%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.33%) Oracle
8 5 (2.33%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.33%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.86%) arcserve
9 4 (1.86%) Genesys
9 4 (1.86%) Google
9 4 (1.86%) Splunk
10 3 (1.40%) Ruckus Wireless
10 3 (1.40%) SonicWALL
10 3 (1.40%) Sybase
11 2 (0.93%) CheckPoint
11 2 (0.93%) Red Hat