Business Continuity Planning Jobs

Business Continuity Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Business Continuity Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Business Continuity Planning over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 638 712 915
Rank change year-on-year +74 +203 +232
Permanent jobs citing Business Continuity Planning 64 196 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.19% 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.22% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 57 102 46
10th Percentile £36,150 £46,275 £37,387
25th Percentile £46,000 £50,000 £46,578
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £64,688
90th Percentile £111,250 £96,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - +12.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Continuity Planning 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Business Continuity Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Business Continuity Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Continuity Planning in the UK

Business Continuity Planning
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity Planning.

Salary trend for Business Continuity Planning in the UK

Business Continuity Planning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity Planning over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Continuity Planning in the UK

Business Continuity Planning
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Continuity Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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
England +39 62 £62,500 +4.17% 50
UK excluding London +143 34 £57,500 - 27
London +18 29 £71,000 +9.23% 27
North of England +31 19 £42,500 -26.09% 15
Work from Home +88 9 £69,750 +16.25% 26
Yorkshire +62 8 £20,500 -74.38%
South West +110 7 £62,500 +13.64% 1
North East +55 7 £57,500 -28.13% 2
South East +63 5 £75,000 +27.66% 2
North West -18 4 £35,500 -38.26% 13
Midlands +49 1 £130,000 +40.54% 3
Scotland - 1 - -
Wales - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £57,500 - 3

Business Continuity Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (9.38%) Moodle
2 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.13%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 24 (37.50%) Azure
2 16 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (17.19%) AWS
4 7 (10.94%) Power Platform
5 5 (7.81%) Entra ID
6 4 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (4.69%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (4.69%) GCP
8 2 (3.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (3.13%) IaaS
8 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (3.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (48.44%) Firewall
2 19 (29.69%) VPN
3 17 (26.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 15 (23.44%) Network Security
5 13 (20.31%) WAN
6 12 (18.75%) TCP/IP
7 11 (17.19%) LAN
8 9 (14.06%) SD-WAN
9 7 (10.94%) BGP
9 7 (10.94%) IPsec
9 7 (10.94%) MPLS
9 7 (10.94%) OSPF
9 7 (10.94%) SAN
9 7 (10.94%) SSL
9 7 (10.94%) VLAN
10 4 (6.25%) DNS
10 4 (6.25%) NAS
10 4 (6.25%) SNMP
11 2 (3.13%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 2 (3.13%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (14.06%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.69%) JIRA
General
1 32 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 17 (26.56%) Finance
3 16 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (17.19%) Manufacturing
5 7 (10.94%) Banking
5 7 (10.94%) Pharmaceutical
5 7 (10.94%) Tech for Good
6 6 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (7.81%) Law
7 5 (7.81%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.69%) Legal
9 2 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (29.69%) Analyst
2 11 (17.19%) Security Engineer
3 9 (14.06%) IT Analyst
4 8 (12.50%) IT Support
4 8 (12.50%) Lead
4 8 (12.50%) Senior
5 7 (10.94%) Business Continuity Analyst
5 7 (10.94%) Disaster Recovery Analyst
6 6 (9.38%) Business IT Analyst
6 6 (9.38%) IT Engineer
6 6 (9.38%) Network Engineer
6 6 (9.38%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (7.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (7.81%) Security Analyst
8 4 (6.25%) Head of Architecture
8 4 (6.25%) Head of Digital
8 4 (6.25%) Head of IT
8 4 (6.25%) Head of Strategy
8 4 (6.25%) IT Security Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.13%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.56%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.63%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 6 (9.38%) Cloud Native
3 6 (9.38%) Learning Management System
4 5 (7.81%) Driving Licence
5 4 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (3.13%) PKI
6 2 (3.13%) Replication
7 1 (1.56%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.56%) Life Science
7 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (21.88%) Windows
2 5 (7.81%) Linux
3 4 (6.25%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (100.00%) Business Continuity
2 48 (75.00%) BCP
3 43 (67.19%) Disaster Recovery
4 27 (42.19%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (26.56%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 16 (25.00%) ITIL
7 14 (21.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (21.88%) IT Strategy
7 14 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (15.63%) Coaching
8 10 (15.63%) Risk Management
8 10 (15.63%) Root Cause Analysis
8 10 (15.63%) SIEM
9 9 (14.06%) ITSM
10 8 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
10 8 (12.50%) Project Management
11 7 (10.94%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (10.94%) Network Monitoring
11 7 (10.94%) Network Segmentation
11 7 (10.94%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.38%) SQL
2 5 (7.81%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.13%) Bash
3 2 (3.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (7.81%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (7.81%) CompTIA Security+
2 5 (7.81%) GIAC
2 5 (7.81%) MCSA
3 4 (6.25%) CCNP
3 4 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (4.69%) CCNA
4 3 (4.69%) Degree
5 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.56%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (34.38%) GDPR
2 16 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (14.06%) NIST
4 5 (7.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (7.81%) NCSC
5 3 (4.69%) Accessibility
6 2 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 14 (21.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (17.19%) Hyper-V
3 4 (6.25%) Active Directory
4 2 (3.13%) Docker
4 2 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.25%) Terraform
3 3 (4.69%) SCCM
4 2 (3.13%) Grafana
4 2 (3.13%) HAProxy
4 2 (3.13%) Istio
4 2 (3.13%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.13%) linkerd
4 2 (3.13%) Prometheus
4 2 (3.13%) SCOM
4 2 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (3.13%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 24 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 14 (21.88%) VMware
3 8 (12.50%) Cisco
4 5 (7.81%) ServiceNow
5 4 (6.25%) F5
5 4 (6.25%) Palo Alto
6 3 (4.69%) Google
7 2 (3.13%) Avaya
7 2 (3.13%) Bloomberg
7 2 (3.13%) Citrix
7 2 (3.13%) Dell
7 2 (3.13%) EMC
7 2 (3.13%) FactSet
7 2 (3.13%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.13%) Mitel
7 2 (3.13%) NetApp
7 2 (3.13%) SolarWinds
7 2 (3.13%) SonicWALL
7 2 (3.13%) Splunk
7 2 (3.13%) Veeam