Business Continuity Jobs

Business Continuity
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 406 377 420
Rank change year-on-year -29 +43 +23
Permanent jobs citing Business Continuity 326 708 734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.69% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.81% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 261 502 470
10th Percentile £39,750 £36,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £41,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,380 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.34% +0.69% +4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £68,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.96% +1.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -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 £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 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 -56 305 £60,000 +4.35% 679
UK excluding London +24 202 £52,500 +3.96% 668
London -13 114 £72,500 -3.33% 106
Work from Home +22 109 £54,793 -14.70% 253
North of England +30 88 £52,500 +10.53% 154
South East +18 46 £48,750 -7.14% 194
North West -8 44 £47,683 -6.66% 79
Yorkshire +54 32 £53,375 +17.00% 58
South West +90 30 £47,500 -3.06% 76
Midlands +42 16 £55,000 -6.78% 122
North East +45 12 £57,500 +15.00% 18
West Midlands +26 10 £55,000 -21.43% 63
East of England +19 8 £52,500 -16.00% 88
Scotland +110 6 £55,000 +1.97% 32
Northern Ireland - 6 £57,500 - 13
East Midlands +33 5 £55,000 +37.50% 50
Wales +17 2 - - 18
Isle of Man +11 1 £34,500 -

Business Continuity
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 30 (9.20%) SharePoint
2 27 (8.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.84%) Moodle
4 5 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2013
4 5 (1.53%) nginx
5 4 (1.23%) IIS
6 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 36 (11.04%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (7.67%) Simulink
3 5 (1.53%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.53%) Maximo
3 4 (1.23%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 119 (36.50%) Azure
2 88 (26.99%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (15.95%) AWS
4 31 (9.51%) Entra ID
5 21 (6.44%) Power Platform
6 12 (3.68%) Power Automate
7 11 (3.37%) GCP
7 11 (3.37%) PowerApps
7 11 (3.37%) SaaS
8 8 (2.45%) PaaS
9 7 (2.15%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (2.15%) Google Workspace
9 7 (2.15%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (2.15%) OneDrive
10 6 (1.84%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.84%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (1.84%) IaaS
11 5 (1.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.53%) OCI
12 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 78 (23.93%) Firewall
2 48 (14.72%) LAN
3 46 (14.11%) WAN
4 39 (11.96%) VPN
5 37 (11.35%) Network Security
6 30 (9.20%) VLAN
7 27 (8.28%) DNS
8 25 (7.67%) Intrusion Detection
9 22 (6.75%) SD-WAN
10 20 (6.13%) TCP/IP
11 17 (5.21%) DHCP
12 16 (4.91%) SAN
12 16 (4.91%) Wireless
13 15 (4.60%) SSL
14 10 (3.07%) BGP
14 10 (3.07%) MPLS
15 9 (2.76%) OSPF
16 8 (2.45%) IPsec
17 7 (2.15%) NAS
17 7 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.75%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.99%) Power BI
3 6 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.53%) SAP HANA
5 4 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.23%) DB2
6 3 (0.92%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.61%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.61%) HDInsight
7 2 (0.61%) MySQL
8 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.31%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (1.84%) JIRA
General
1 157 (48.16%) Social Skills
2 86 (26.38%) Finance
3 37 (11.35%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.67%) Aerospace
5 23 (7.06%) Manufacturing
6 20 (6.13%) Law
7 17 (5.21%) Banking
8 14 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (3.07%) Legal
11 9 (2.76%) Retail
12 7 (2.15%) Military
12 7 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.15%) Public Sector
12 7 (2.15%) Tech for Good
13 6 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.84%) Retail Banking
14 5 (1.53%) Advertising
14 5 (1.53%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (15.64%) Lead
1 51 (15.64%) Senior
2 43 (13.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (11.96%) Analyst
4 27 (8.28%) Team Leader
5 25 (7.67%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 25 (7.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 25 (7.67%) Systems Engineer
6 20 (6.13%) IT Analyst
7 17 (5.21%) IT Engineer
7 17 (5.21%) IT Manager
7 17 (5.21%) Security Engineer
8 15 (4.60%) Support Engineer
9 12 (3.68%) Network Engineer
9 12 (3.68%) Security Analyst
10 11 (3.37%) Consultant
10 11 (3.37%) Infrastructure Manager
11 10 (3.07%) Administrator
11 10 (3.07%) Head of IT
11 10 (3.07%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.53%) HTML
1 5 (1.53%) SAP Fiori
1 5 (1.53%) SAPUI5
2 4 (1.23%) .NET
2 4 (1.23%) CSS
2 4 (1.23%) HTML5 Canvas
2 4 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (0.92%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.92%) Software Packaging
4 2 (0.61%) EDI
5 1 (0.31%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.31%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.31%) Middleware
5 1 (0.31%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 1 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (13.50%) Management Information System
2 20 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (4.60%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (4.29%) Data Centre
4 14 (4.29%) Security Posture
5 13 (3.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (3.99%) Operational Technology
6 11 (3.37%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (3.07%) Driving Licence
7 10 (3.07%) Replication
8 9 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.45%) Cloud Native
10 7 (2.15%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (2.15%) Learning Management System
11 6 (1.84%) CMDB
11 6 (1.84%) Cyberattack
11 6 (1.84%) Mainframe
11 6 (1.84%) PKI
12 5 (1.53%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 67 (20.55%) Windows
2 40 (12.27%) Windows Server
3 19 (5.83%) Linux
4 8 (2.45%) Unix
5 4 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.61%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.31%) Debian
8 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.31%) VMS
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (48.16%) Disaster Recovery
2 76 (23.31%) Cybersecurity
3 64 (19.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 63 (19.33%) Business Continuity Planning
5 62 (19.02%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (17.79%) ITIL
7 57 (17.48%) BCP
8 53 (16.26%) Project Management
9 51 (15.64%) Agile
10 49 (15.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 48 (14.72%) Information Security
11 48 (14.72%) Risk Management
12 43 (13.19%) Coaching
13 42 (12.88%) Change Management
13 42 (12.88%) Data Protection
14 38 (11.66%) IT Strategy
15 37 (11.35%) Migration
16 35 (10.74%) Customer Service
17 34 (10.43%) Service Delivery
18 33 (10.12%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (12.27%) PowerShell
2 27 (8.28%) SQL
3 10 (3.07%) Python
4 7 (2.15%) T-SQL
5 5 (1.53%) Bash
6 4 (1.23%) Java
6 4 (1.23%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.92%) R
8 2 (0.61%) C#
9 1 (0.31%) Bicep
9 1 (0.31%) PHP
9 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (8.28%) BPSS Clearance
2 25 (7.67%) Degree
3 17 (5.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (5.21%) Security Cleared
4 15 (4.60%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (4.29%) Azure Certification
6 12 (3.68%) CCNA
7 11 (3.37%) SC Cleared
8 9 (2.76%) CISA
8 9 (2.76%) CISM
8 9 (2.76%) MCSA
9 7 (2.15%) CCNP
9 7 (2.15%) CISSP
10 6 (1.84%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.84%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (1.84%) GIAC
11 5 (1.53%) CompTIA CySA+
11 5 (1.53%) Oracle Certification
12 4 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.92%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (17.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 56 (17.18%) GDPR
3 34 (10.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (5.83%) NIST
5 12 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 10 (3.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (2.76%) PCI DSS
8 8 (2.45%) ISO 22301
9 6 (1.84%) GRC
9 6 (1.84%) NCSC
9 6 (1.84%) SLA
10 4 (1.23%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.61%) ITGC
11 2 (0.61%) PMO
11 2 (0.61%) QA
11 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.31%) NEBOSH
12 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
System Software
1 47 (14.42%) Active Directory
2 46 (14.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (12.58%) Hyper-V
4 14 (4.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (2.76%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (2.76%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.15%) vSphere
7 3 (0.92%) Docker
8 2 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.61%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.31%) NFS
9 1 (0.31%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 37 (11.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (4.29%) Terraform
3 13 (3.99%) SCCM
4 12 (3.68%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.15%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.84%) Kubernetes
7 5 (1.53%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.23%) Ansible
8 4 (1.23%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.92%) Iperf
10 2 (0.61%) Grafana
10 2 (0.61%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.61%) Istio
10 2 (0.61%) linkerd
10 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.61%) QRadar
10 2 (0.61%) SCOM
11 1 (0.31%) Nessus
11 1 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 154 (47.24%) Microsoft
2 54 (16.56%) VMware
3 38 (11.66%) Cisco
4 25 (7.67%) MathWorks
5 18 (5.52%) Citrix
5 18 (5.52%) Google
6 13 (3.99%) Oracle
7 12 (3.68%) Fortinet
8 11 (3.37%) Veeam
9 10 (3.07%) Meraki
10 9 (2.76%) SAP
11 8 (2.45%) Palo Alto
11 8 (2.45%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.53%) arcserve
12 5 (1.53%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (1.53%) Dell
12 5 (1.53%) F5
12 5 (1.53%) SonicWALL
13 4 (1.23%) Bloomberg
13 4 (1.23%) Salesforce