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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 444 442
Rank change year-on-year +68 -2 +108
Permanent jobs citing Business Continuity 719 742 1,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 0.70% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.73% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 492 526 778
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £44,750 £42,155 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,380 £55,150 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +5.05% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -

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 83,814 101,905 146,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 95.67% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 59,590 59,680 83,719
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +9.38%

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 19 April 2024.

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 19 April 2024. 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 +106 664 £57,500 +3.93% 190
UK excluding London -13 377 £50,000 - 109
London +189 323 £75,000 +9.81% 76
Work from Home +55 213 £65,250 +13.48% 57
North of England +67 107 £50,000 - 28
South East +16 103 £50,000 +5.26% 37
Midlands -28 62 £60,000 +50.00% 14
North West +30 59 £51,674 -1.57% 17
West Midlands -4 42 £71,250 +75.93% 10
South West -11 41 £47,657 -0.91% 21
Yorkshire +89 36 £45,621 +14.05% 9
Wales +19 32 £44,886 +21.31% 2
East of England +5 21 £50,000 -4.76% 5
East Midlands -24 19 £40,000 +55.34% 4
North East +4 14 £50,000 -4.76% 3
Scotland -80 7 £52,690 -1.97% 3
Isle of Man - 4 - -

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
1 126 (17.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (5.42%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.09%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (0.56%) Site Server
5 3 (0.42%) SAS
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.28%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.11%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.42%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.70%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.56%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.28%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 215 (29.90%) Microsoft 365
2 167 (23.23%) Azure
3 57 (7.93%) AWS
4 33 (4.59%) Power Platform
5 32 (4.45%) SaaS
6 25 (3.48%) Entra ID
7 24 (3.34%) GCP
8 19 (2.64%) Google Workspace
9 16 (2.23%) IaaS
9 16 (2.23%) PaaS
10 14 (1.95%) PowerApps
11 13 (1.81%) Amazon S3
11 13 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (1.81%) Nutanix
12 12 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (1.39%) Power Automate
14 8 (1.11%) GitHub
14 8 (1.11%) OneDrive
15 4 (0.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 152 (21.14%) Wireless
2 144 (20.03%) Firewall
2 144 (20.03%) WAN
3 121 (16.83%) SD-WAN
4 110 (15.30%) Cisco IOS
4 110 (15.30%) WebEx
5 84 (11.68%) DNS
6 49 (6.82%) DHCP
7 42 (5.84%) LAN
8 39 (5.42%) SAN
9 38 (5.29%) Network Security
9 38 (5.29%) TCP/IP
10 35 (4.87%) VPN
11 31 (4.31%) Wi-Fi
12 26 (3.62%) Intrusion Detection
13 19 (2.64%) NAS
13 19 (2.64%) VLAN
14 17 (2.36%) Internet
15 14 (1.95%) IP Telephony
15 14 (1.95%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.64%) MySQL
3 17 (2.36%) Power BI
4 15 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (1.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (1.67%) MongoDB
7 11 (1.53%) Oracle Database
8 9 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.70%) Big Data
11 3 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.42%) EDRMS
12 2 (0.28%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.28%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
13 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (2.36%) Jenkins
2 16 (2.23%) Git
2 16 (2.23%) JIRA
3 9 (1.25%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.83%) GitLab
5 4 (0.56%) Selenium
6 3 (0.42%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.42%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.42%) JUnit
6 3 (0.42%) Subversion
6 3 (0.42%) TestNG
6 3 (0.42%) Travis CI
7 2 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.14%) JMeter
8 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 313 (43.53%) Social Skills
2 147 (20.45%) Finance
3 112 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (10.99%) Legal
5 43 (5.98%) Law
6 39 (5.42%) Retail
7 31 (4.31%) Telecoms
8 25 (3.48%) Banking
8 25 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (2.78%) Public Sector
10 18 (2.50%) Manufacturing
11 17 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (2.23%) Games
13 15 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.95%) Police
15 13 (1.81%) Back Office
16 12 (1.67%) Front Office
16 12 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (1.11%) Financial Institution
18 7 (0.97%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 121 (16.83%) IT Support
2 111 (15.44%) IT Support Specialist
2 111 (15.44%) Support Specialist
3 101 (14.05%) Senior
4 76 (10.57%) Analyst
5 52 (7.23%) IT Manager
5 52 (7.23%) Lead
6 39 (5.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 37 (5.15%) Network Engineer
8 29 (4.03%) Security Manager
9 28 (3.89%) Consultant
9 28 (3.89%) Information Manager
10 26 (3.62%) Administrator
11 24 (3.34%) Senior Network Engineer
11 24 (3.34%) Support Analyst
12 19 (2.64%) Head of IT
13 18 (2.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 18 (2.50%) Service Manager
14 17 (2.36%) Azure Engineer
14 17 (2.36%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.36%) Elastic Stack
2 13 (1.81%) ARM Templates
3 12 (1.67%) YAML
4 10 (1.39%) CSS
4 10 (1.39%) HTML
5 9 (1.25%) .NET
6 8 (1.11%) FIX Protocol
7 7 (0.97%) Laravel
7 7 (0.97%) REST
8 6 (0.83%) Web Services
9 4 (0.56%) Akka
9 4 (0.56%) React
10 3 (0.42%) 802.1X
10 3 (0.42%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.42%) Azure Blueprints
10 3 (0.42%) jQuery
11 2 (0.28%) EDI
11 2 (0.28%) OAuth
12 1 (0.14%) Middleware
12 1 (0.14%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 119 (16.55%) Video Conferencing
2 111 (15.44%) Management Information System
3 109 (15.16%) Wiki
4 68 (9.46%) Data Centre
5 44 (6.12%) Security Posture
6 28 (3.89%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (2.50%) Clustering
8 18 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
9 17 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (2.23%) Replication
11 8 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.11%) NHS
12 6 (0.83%) AS400
12 6 (0.83%) IoT
12 6 (0.83%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (0.70%) Freedom of Information
13 5 (0.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 261 (36.30%) Windows
2 119 (16.55%) Windows 10
3 115 (15.99%) Android
4 80 (11.13%) Windows Server
5 63 (8.76%) Linux
6 12 (1.67%) Mac OS
7 10 (1.39%) Apple iOS
7 10 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (1.25%) Unix
9 8 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.97%) CentOS
10 7 (0.97%) VMS
11 6 (0.83%) Windows 7
11 6 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.28%) SUSE
13 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.14%) AIX
14 1 (0.14%) HPUX
14 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (46.45%) Disaster Recovery
2 224 (31.15%) Business Continuity Planning
3 196 (27.26%) Cybersecurity
4 192 (26.70%) BCP
5 156 (21.70%) Information Security
5 156 (21.70%) Problem-Solving
6 133 (18.50%) ITIL
7 132 (18.36%) Computer Science
8 121 (16.83%) Mobile Device Management
9 117 (16.27%) Contract Negotiation
10 109 (15.16%) Application Virtualisation
11 90 (12.52%) Risk Management
12 87 (12.10%) Project Management
13 78 (10.85%) Continuous Improvement
14 76 (10.57%) Customer Service
15 75 (10.43%) Data Protection
16 69 (9.60%) High Availability
17 63 (8.76%) Roadmaps
18 59 (8.21%) Incident Management
18 59 (8.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 61 (8.48%) PowerShell
2 40 (5.56%) SQL
3 28 (3.89%) Bash
4 18 (2.50%) Python
5 13 (1.81%) T-SQL
6 11 (1.53%) Perl
7 10 (1.39%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.39%) RPG
8 7 (0.97%) PHP
9 3 (0.42%) C#
9 3 (0.42%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.28%) ActionScript
10 2 (0.28%) Korn
11 1 (0.14%) AWK
11 1 (0.14%) Bicep
11 1 (0.14%) Bourne shell
11 1 (0.14%) Java
11 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 254 (35.33%) Degree
2 119 (16.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 117 (16.27%) Master's Degree
4 54 (7.51%) CISSP
5 40 (5.56%) Security Cleared
6 30 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 29 (4.03%) CISM
8 24 (3.34%) CISA
9 23 (3.20%) CompTIA Security+
9 23 (3.20%) GIAC
10 22 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
10 22 (3.06%) CRISC
11 20 (2.78%) CompTIA CySA+
12 19 (2.64%) SC Cleared
13 14 (1.95%) MCSE
14 13 (1.81%) CCNP
14 13 (1.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 12 (1.67%) CCNA
15 12 (1.67%) GSEC
15 12 (1.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (18.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 66 (9.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 65 (9.04%) GDPR
4 33 (4.59%) NIST
5 27 (3.76%) ISO 22301
6 23 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 19 (2.64%) ISO 9001
7 19 (2.64%) PCI DSS
8 18 (2.50%) QA
9 16 (2.23%) COBIT
10 15 (2.09%) ISO 14001
11 14 (1.95%) SLA
12 13 (1.81%) GRC
13 12 (1.67%) SOC 2
14 11 (1.53%) NCSC
15 10 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 9 (1.25%) NEBOSH
17 8 (1.11%) PMO
18 7 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 6 (0.83%) NIST 800
System Software
1 212 (29.49%) Active Directory
2 140 (19.47%) VMware ESXi
3 113 (15.72%) XenApp
4 109 (15.16%) Microsoft App-V
4 109 (15.16%) XenDesktop
5 66 (9.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 30 (4.17%) Hyper-V
7 18 (2.50%) Docker
8 16 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (2.23%) Virtual Servers
9 14 (1.95%) Firmware
10 12 (1.67%) vSphere
11 3 (0.42%) VirtualBox
12 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.14%) KVM
13 1 (0.14%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 118 (16.41%) SCCM
2 109 (15.16%) AirWatch
3 39 (5.42%) Ansible
4 28 (3.89%) Terraform
5 23 (3.20%) Nagios
6 18 (2.50%) Puppet
7 15 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
8 14 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (1.67%) Grafana
9 12 (1.67%) Graphite
10 11 (1.53%) vCenter Server
11 10 (1.39%) HAProxy
11 10 (1.39%) SCOM
12 9 (1.25%) Kubernetes
13 7 (0.97%) Foglight
13 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Clustering
14 6 (0.83%) NetCrunch
15 5 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
15 5 (0.70%) logstash
15 5 (0.70%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 292 (40.61%) Microsoft
2 174 (24.20%) Cisco
3 116 (16.13%) Citrix
4 89 (12.38%) VMware
5 38 (5.29%) Veeam
6 25 (3.48%) HP
7 21 (2.92%) Oracle
8 20 (2.78%) IBM
9 17 (2.36%) Commvault
10 16 (2.23%) ServiceNow
11 15 (2.09%) Google
12 14 (1.95%) Apple
12 14 (1.95%) Avaya
12 14 (1.95%) Mitel
12 14 (1.95%) Nimble Storage
12 14 (1.95%) Splunk
13 13 (1.81%) Meraki
13 13 (1.81%) SAP
13 13 (1.81%) SolarWinds
14 12 (1.67%) Dell