Hybrid/Remote Business Continuity Job Trends

Business Continuity
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Business Continuity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 301 306
Rank change year-on-year +57 +5 +155
Permanent jobs citing Business Continuity 132 144 190
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.87% 0.88% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.93% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 69 66 173
10th Percentile £41,074 £42,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £48,888 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £97,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £91,375 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,245 15,409 20,193
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.44% 93.79% 93.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,423 9,065 16,344
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,781 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Business Continuity
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Continuity and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Business Continuity job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Business Continuity
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Continuity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Continuity

Business Continuity
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Business Continuity over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Business Continuity salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Business Continuity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (6.82%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.52%) HCL Notes
3 2 (1.52%) IIS
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 6 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.76%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (1.52%) Oracle BPM
1 2 (1.52%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 48 (36.36%) Azure
2 26 (19.70%) AWS
3 20 (15.15%) Entra ID
4 19 (14.39%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (6.82%) GCP
6 4 (3.03%) SaaS
7 3 (2.27%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (2.27%) IBM Cloud
7 3 (2.27%) Nutanix
8 2 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.52%) Intacct
8 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.52%) Serverless
9 1 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.76%) Datadog
9 1 (0.76%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.76%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 22 (16.67%) VPN
2 20 (15.15%) Firewall
3 11 (8.33%) WAN
4 10 (7.58%) LAN
5 9 (6.82%) Network Security
5 9 (6.82%) VoIP
6 8 (6.06%) SD-WAN
6 8 (6.06%) Unified Communications
7 7 (5.30%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (4.55%) DNS
9 4 (3.03%) DHCP
9 4 (3.03%) VLAN
10 2 (1.52%) TCP/IP
10 2 (1.52%) Wireless
11 1 (0.76%) BGP
11 1 (0.76%) EIGRP
11 1 (0.76%) ISDN
11 1 (0.76%) PSTN
11 1 (0.76%) SSL
11 1 (0.76%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.03%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.27%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (2.27%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 78 (59.09%) Finance
2 45 (34.09%) Banking
3 38 (28.79%) Social Skills
4 15 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (10.61%) Legal
6 7 (5.30%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.79%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.27%) Back Office
8 3 (2.27%) Police
9 2 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.52%) Law
9 2 (1.52%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (11.36%) Head of IT
2 10 (7.58%) IT Manager
3 8 (6.06%) Lead
4 7 (5.30%) Head of IT Operations
4 7 (5.30%) Head of Operations
4 7 (5.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (5.30%) Security Engineer
5 6 (4.55%) Infrastructure Manager
5 6 (4.55%) Resilience Manager
5 6 (4.55%) Security Manager
5 6 (4.55%) Senior
6 5 (3.79%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 5 (3.79%) IT Engineer
6 5 (3.79%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (3.79%) IT Security Engineer
7 4 (3.03%) Developer
7 4 (3.03%) Head of Security
7 4 (3.03%) IT Operations Manager
7 4 (3.03%) Operations Manager
7 4 (3.03%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.03%) SAP Basis
2 3 (2.27%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (2.27%) SAPUI5
3 2 (1.52%) .NET
3 2 (1.52%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.52%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.52%) SAML
3 2 (1.52%) WCF
4 1 (0.76%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 7 (5.30%) Operational Technology
3 6 (4.55%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.27%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.27%) PKI
5 3 (2.27%) Replication
5 3 (2.27%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.52%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.76%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.76%) CMDB
7 1 (0.76%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.76%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.61%) Windows
2 11 (8.33%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.03%) Linux
4 3 (2.27%) SUSE
4 3 (2.27%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (50.76%) Information Security
2 61 (46.21%) Risk Management
2 61 (46.21%) Roadmaps
3 50 (37.88%) Risk Assessment
4 48 (36.36%) Business Continuity Management
5 47 (35.61%) Process Improvement
6 45 (34.09%) Due Diligence
6 45 (34.09%) Operations Management
6 45 (34.09%) Supply Chain Management
7 38 (28.79%) Disaster Recovery
8 29 (21.97%) Cybersecurity
9 25 (18.94%) Data Protection
9 25 (18.94%) Problem-Solving
10 24 (18.18%) Incident Response
11 22 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (16.67%) Service Delivery
12 20 (15.15%) ITIL
13 18 (13.64%) Service Management
14 17 (12.88%) Project Management
14 17 (12.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.82%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.79%) SQL
3 4 (3.03%) Python
4 2 (1.52%) ABAP
4 2 (1.52%) C#
4 2 (1.52%) C++
4 2 (1.52%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.76%) Bicep
5 1 (0.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 49 (37.12%) CISSP
2 47 (35.61%) CISA
3 45 (34.09%) CRISC
4 24 (18.18%) Degree
5 14 (10.61%) AWS Certification
5 14 (10.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 13 (9.85%) Azure Certification
7 11 (8.33%) Master's Degree
8 9 (6.82%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (6.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (6.06%) CCNP
9 8 (6.06%) Security Cleared
10 7 (5.30%) PMI Certification
10 7 (5.30%) PMP
11 6 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (3.79%) SC Cleared
13 4 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (3.03%) DBS Check
14 3 (2.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 3 (2.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (41.67%) NIST
2 48 (36.36%) PCI DSS
3 16 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (5.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (5.30%) GDPR
5 4 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (3.03%) GRC
5 4 (3.03%) SOC 2
6 3 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (1.52%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.52%) QA
8 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.27%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.76%) Firmware
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.76%) vCloud
4 1 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.27%) Nessus
2 3 (2.27%) Proxmox
3 2 (1.52%) Ansible
3 2 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.76%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (29.55%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.82%) Cisco
2 9 (6.82%) VMware
3 5 (3.79%) Oracle
3 5 (3.79%) SAP
4 3 (2.27%) Commvault
4 3 (2.27%) Google
4 3 (2.27%) IBM
5 2 (1.52%) Aruba
5 2 (1.52%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.52%) iManage
5 2 (1.52%) Lotus
5 2 (1.52%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.52%) Sage
5 2 (1.52%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.76%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.76%) IFS
6 1 (0.76%) Intapp
6 1 (0.76%) Meraki
6 1 (0.76%) Rapid7