Business Continuity
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Business Continuity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Business Continuity over the 6 months to 28 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 284 419 428
Rank change year-on-year +135 +9 +23
Permanent jobs citing Business Continuity 598 972 974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.10% 0.77% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 0.81% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 334 669 573
10th Percentile £36,145 £33,463 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £73,063 £77,500 £67,000
90th Percentile £84,625 £95,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,293 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.01% +10.53% +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Continuity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,121 120,104 122,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.72% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 36,956 73,203 81,032
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,313 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.69% +7.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +4.17%

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 28 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Top 17 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 28 November 2023. 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 +81 455 £56,500 -3.69% 212
UK excluding London +98 335 £48,293 -8.01% 122
Work from Home +199 299 £55,000 -1.79% 99
London +121 213 £70,000 +2.49% 108
Midlands +77 67 £52,500 -4.55% 20
North of England +54 65 £46,647 -6.71% 24
South West +66 48 £60,000 +20.00% 12
South East +77 47 £48,000 -4.00% 47
Scotland +58 45 £47,557 +18.89% 6
Wales +32 41 £45,000 -14.29% 6
North West +51 39 £50,652 +1.30% 14
West Midlands +53 37 £52,500 -4.55% 15
East Midlands +56 28 £56,500 -5.83% 5
Yorkshire +82 24 £41,617 -24.33% 9
Northern Ireland +50 16 £60,000 +20.00% 1
East of England +92 8 £110,000 +100.00% 10
North East +37 2 £56,250 +40.63% 1

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 98 (16.39%) MS Exchange
2 38 (6.35%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.34%) IIS
4 3 (0.50%) Confluence
5 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 16 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.84%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.00%) SAP Business One
2 5 (0.84%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.50%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.17%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 178 (29.77%) Microsoft 365
2 175 (29.26%) Azure
3 56 (9.36%) AWS
4 44 (7.36%) Entra ID
5 31 (5.18%) SaaS
6 23 (3.85%) Power Platform
7 21 (3.51%) PaaS
8 20 (3.34%) Cloud Computing
9 16 (2.68%) GCP
10 13 (2.17%) Power Automate
11 12 (2.01%) PowerApps
12 10 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (1.51%) GitHub
14 8 (1.34%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (1.34%) WhatsApp
15 7 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
16 6 (1.00%) IaaS
17 4 (0.67%) ClickUp
17 4 (0.67%) Nutanix
18 3 (0.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 190 (31.77%) WAN
2 109 (18.23%) LAN
3 103 (17.22%) Wireless
4 88 (14.72%) SD-WAN
5 84 (14.05%) Cisco IOS
5 84 (14.05%) WebEx
6 68 (11.37%) Intrusion Detection
7 66 (11.04%) Firewall
8 50 (8.36%) DNS
9 39 (6.52%) Network Security
10 35 (5.85%) DHCP
10 35 (5.85%) VPN
11 34 (5.69%) SAN
12 21 (3.51%) VLAN
13 18 (3.01%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (2.17%) Internet
15 12 (2.01%) SSL
16 10 (1.67%) TCP/IP
16 10 (1.67%) WLAN
17 8 (1.34%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (5.52%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.68%) Power BI
3 15 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (1.34%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.00%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 6 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.84%) Star Schema
8 3 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.33%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.17%) GIS
10 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.17%) MySQL
10 1 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (1.67%) Jenkins
2 9 (1.51%) JIRA
3 5 (0.84%) GitLab
4 4 (0.67%) Git
5 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.33%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.17%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.17%) JUnit
7 1 (0.17%) MSI
7 1 (0.17%) Selenium
7 1 (0.17%) Subversion
7 1 (0.17%) TestNG
7 1 (0.17%) Travis CI
7 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 258 (43.14%) Social Skills
2 100 (16.72%) Analytical Skills
3 97 (16.22%) Finance
4 61 (10.20%) Games
5 32 (5.35%) Public Sector
6 27 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (4.01%) Banking
8 21 (3.51%) Legal
9 16 (2.68%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.01%) Law
12 11 (1.84%) Retail
13 10 (1.67%) Local Government
13 10 (1.67%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.67%) Police
14 8 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.34%) Marketing
15 7 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.84%) Private Banking
17 4 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 86 (14.38%) IT Support
1 86 (14.38%) Senior
2 84 (14.05%) IT Support Specialist
2 84 (14.05%) Support Specialist
3 77 (12.88%) Business Manager
4 71 (11.87%) Security Manager
5 63 (10.54%) Senior Manager
6 61 (10.20%) Site Controller
7 60 (10.03%) Senior Business Manager
8 55 (9.20%) Analyst
9 45 (7.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 25 (4.18%) IT Manager
11 22 (3.68%) Security Analyst
12 18 (3.01%) Azure Engineer
13 17 (2.84%) IT Engineer
14 16 (2.68%) Lead
14 16 (2.68%) Support Engineer
15 15 (2.51%) IT Analyst
15 15 (2.51%) IT Security Analyst
16 14 (2.34%) Disaster Recovery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (10.20%) ModSecurity
2 7 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (0.84%) OAuth
4 3 (0.50%) .NET
5 1 (0.17%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.17%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.17%) EDI
5 1 (0.17%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.17%) IDoc
5 1 (0.17%) Middleware
5 1 (0.17%) REST
5 1 (0.17%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.17%) SAML
5 1 (0.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 135 (22.58%) Management Information System
2 84 (14.05%) Wiki
3 73 (12.21%) Video Conferencing
4 61 (10.20%) Greenfield Project
4 61 (10.20%) Security Operations Centre
5 41 (6.86%) Data Centre
6 24 (4.01%) Security Posture
7 18 (3.01%) Replication
8 15 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (2.01%) Operational Technology
9 12 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.84%) Cyberattack
11 10 (1.67%) Onboarding
12 9 (1.51%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.51%) Public Cloud
12 9 (1.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 8 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (1.17%) Hedge funds
15 6 (1.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 242 (40.47%) Windows
2 100 (16.72%) Android
3 98 (16.39%) Windows 10
4 66 (11.04%) Unix
5 41 (6.86%) Windows Server
6 18 (3.01%) Linux
7 7 (1.17%) Windows 8
8 5 (0.84%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.33%) CentOS
10 2 (0.33%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.33%) VMS
11 1 (0.17%) AIX
11 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (34.28%) Disaster Recovery
2 148 (24.75%) Security Management
3 147 (24.58%) Cybersecurity
4 134 (22.41%) Information Security
5 126 (21.07%) Business Continuity Planning
6 120 (20.07%) BCP
7 110 (18.39%) Computer Science
8 109 (18.23%) Risk Management
9 105 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
10 102 (17.06%) Mobile Device Management
11 96 (16.05%) Service Management
12 86 (14.38%) Contract Negotiation
13 81 (13.55%) ITIL
14 74 (12.37%) IT Strategy
15 73 (12.21%) Application Virtualisation
15 73 (12.21%) Business Continuity Management
15 73 (12.21%) Impact Analysis
16 72 (12.04%) Information Security Management
17 71 (11.87%) ISMS
17 71 (11.87%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 57 (9.53%) PowerShell
2 31 (5.18%) SQL
3 27 (4.52%) Python
4 21 (3.51%) Bash
5 8 (1.34%) Bicep
6 4 (0.67%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.67%) Perl
7 3 (0.50%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.33%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.17%) C#
9 1 (0.17%) Java
9 1 (0.17%) Korn
9 1 (0.17%) R
9 1 (0.17%) RPG
9 1 (0.17%) RPG IV
9 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 246 (41.14%) Degree
2 154 (25.75%) CISSP
3 142 (23.75%) CISM
4 99 (16.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 87 (14.55%) Master's Degree
5 87 (14.55%) Security Cleared
6 67 (11.20%) CISA
6 67 (11.20%) CRISC
7 62 (10.37%) SSCP
8 27 (4.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (4.18%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (3.01%) CEH
11 16 (2.68%) CCNA
11 16 (2.68%) ITIL Certification
12 14 (2.34%) GCFA
12 14 (2.34%) GCIA
12 14 (2.34%) GCIH
12 14 (2.34%) GREM
12 14 (2.34%) OSCP
13 12 (2.01%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (31.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (14.21%) NIST
3 82 (13.71%) GDPR
4 78 (13.04%) ISO 22301
5 75 (12.54%) GRC
6 35 (5.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (3.85%) PCI DSS
8 17 (2.84%) SLA
9 13 (2.17%) NCSC
10 10 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (1.34%) QA
12 7 (1.17%) COBIT
12 7 (1.17%) Data Quality
13 6 (1.00%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.50%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.50%) SOC 2
16 2 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 2 (0.33%) PMO
17 1 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 187 (31.27%) Active Directory
2 95 (15.89%) VMware ESXi
3 84 (14.05%) Microsoft App-V
3 84 (14.05%) XenApp
3 84 (14.05%) XenDesktop
4 73 (12.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 35 (5.85%) Hyper-V
6 17 (2.84%) Docker
7 14 (2.34%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (1.67%) Firmware
8 10 (1.67%) vSphere
9 9 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.84%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.67%) KVM
13 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.17%) PowerHA
14 1 (0.17%) VirtualBox
14 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 92 (15.38%) SCCM
2 73 (12.21%) AirWatch
3 33 (5.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (3.51%) Ansible
5 15 (2.51%) Kubernetes
6 14 (2.34%) Terraform
7 12 (2.01%) Progress Chef
8 11 (1.84%) Puppet
9 8 (1.34%) Prometheus
10 6 (1.00%) Grafana
11 5 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.67%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 3 (0.50%) Foglight
13 3 (0.50%) Nagios
13 3 (0.50%) SCOM
13 3 (0.50%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.50%) WSUS
14 2 (0.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
14 2 (0.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 226 (37.79%) Microsoft
2 123 (20.57%) Cisco
3 105 (17.56%) Citrix
4 83 (13.88%) VMware
5 61 (10.20%) CA
6 14 (2.34%) Apple
6 14 (2.34%) Meraki
7 13 (2.17%) SAP
8 11 (1.84%) Bloomberg
9 10 (1.67%) HP
9 10 (1.67%) Veeam
10 9 (1.51%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.17%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.17%) Google
11 7 (1.17%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.00%) Commvault
12 6 (1.00%) Sophos
13 5 (0.84%) Avaya
13 5 (0.84%) Oracle
14 4 (0.67%) IBM