Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for BCP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited BCP over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 674 877 1051
Rank change year-on-year +203 +174 -203
Permanent jobs citing BCP 217 118 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.12% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 91 89 113
10th Percentile £45,025 £45,000 £40,021
25th Percentile £50,943 £46,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £56,921 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.80% -8.93% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £89,000 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +1.38% +14.21% +11.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

BCP 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 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

BCP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for BCP in the UK

BCP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BCP.

Salary trend for BCP in the UK

BCP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing BCP over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for BCP in the UK

BCP
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BCP within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 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 +184 214 £62,500 +9.25% 46
London +226 148 £65,000 +15.04% 23
UK excluding London -15 63 £55,000 +1.38% 23
Work from Home +35 29 £62,000 +16.98% 16
South East +10 20 £57,500 -1.71% 10
Midlands +9 16 £50,000 +3.09% 4
South West -18 12 £55,000 +13.40% 1
North of England +42 10 £80,000 +64.95% 1
East Midlands -4 10 £50,249 +24.07%
North West +11 8 £80,000 +64.95%
West Midlands +8 6 £50,000 +3.09% 4
East of England +5 4 £48,750 - 5
Yorkshire +78 2 £80,000 +57.06% 1
North East -2 2 £80,000 +39.13%
Scotland -58 1 £53,614 -

BCP
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 (45.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.15%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.30%) JBoss
4 4 (1.84%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (4.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.30%) Temenos T24
3 4 (1.84%) NEC Housing
4 3 (1.38%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 109 (50.23%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (14.75%) Azure
3 14 (6.45%) AWS
4 11 (5.07%) Cloud Computing
4 11 (5.07%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.76%) Power Automate
5 6 (2.76%) PowerApps
6 4 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.38%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (1.38%) Commercetools
7 3 (1.38%) PaaS
7 3 (1.38%) SaaS
7 3 (1.38%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 2 (0.92%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.92%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (0.92%) IaaS
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 101 (46.54%) WAN
2 94 (43.32%) SD-WAN
3 93 (42.86%) Cisco IOS
3 93 (42.86%) WebEx
3 93 (42.86%) Wireless
4 30 (13.82%) Firewall
5 10 (4.61%) VPN
5 10 (4.61%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (3.69%) Network Security
7 7 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (3.23%) LAN
8 5 (2.30%) Internet
9 4 (1.84%) 5G
9 4 (1.84%) SAN
10 2 (0.92%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.92%) DNS
10 2 (0.92%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.92%) VLAN
10 2 (0.92%) VoIP
11 1 (0.46%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.99%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (2.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (2.30%) MySQL
5 2 (0.92%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.92%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.92%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.46%) Power BI
6 1 (0.46%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (5.99%) JIRA
2 6 (2.76%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 138 (63.59%) Social Skills
2 49 (22.58%) Finance
3 21 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.29%) Legal
5 15 (6.91%) Banking
6 11 (5.07%) Retail
7 8 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.23%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.76%) Law
9 6 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.30%) Back Office
10 5 (2.30%) Local Government
11 4 (1.84%) Games
11 4 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.84%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.84%) Police
12 2 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.92%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.46%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 98 (45.16%) Support Specialist
2 95 (43.78%) IT Support
3 93 (42.86%) IT Support Specialist
4 18 (8.29%) IT Manager
5 16 (7.37%) Senior
6 13 (5.99%) Analyst
7 11 (5.07%) Lead
8 8 (3.69%) Information Manager
8 8 (3.69%) Security Manager
8 8 (3.69%) Systems Engineer
9 7 (3.23%) Architect
9 7 (3.23%) Head of IT
10 6 (2.76%) Applications Support
10 6 (2.76%) Database Analyst
10 6 (2.76%) Network Manager
10 6 (2.76%) Resilience Manager
10 6 (2.76%) Senior IT Manager
10 6 (2.76%) Senior Manager
10 6 (2.76%) Service Manager
10 6 (2.76%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.37%) Web Services
2 5 (2.30%) REST
3 2 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.46%) SignalR
4 1 (0.46%) XML
4 1 (0.46%) XSLT
4 1 (0.46%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 94 (43.32%) Wiki
2 93 (42.86%) Video Conferencing
3 21 (9.68%) Data Centre
4 18 (8.29%) Management Information System
5 13 (5.99%) Replication
6 9 (4.15%) Security Posture
7 7 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.76%) AS400
8 6 (2.76%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.92%) FlexPod
10 2 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.92%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.46%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.46%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.46%) Cybercrime
11 1 (0.46%) IoT
11 1 (0.46%) PropTech
11 1 (0.46%) Reference Data
11 1 (0.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 122 (56.22%) Windows
2 93 (42.86%) Android
2 93 (42.86%) Windows 10
3 10 (4.61%) Linux
3 10 (4.61%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.23%) AIX
5 6 (2.76%) Unix
6 5 (2.30%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.46%) HPUX
7 1 (0.46%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (84.33%) Business Continuity
2 180 (82.95%) Business Continuity Planning
3 103 (47.47%) Computer Science
4 93 (42.86%) Application Virtualisation
4 93 (42.86%) Contract Negotiation
4 93 (42.86%) Mobile Device Management
5 64 (29.49%) Disaster Recovery
6 51 (23.50%) Cybersecurity
7 36 (16.59%) Risk Management
8 25 (11.52%) ITIL
9 24 (11.06%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (9.68%) Incident Response
11 20 (9.22%) High Availability
12 18 (8.29%) Business Strategy
12 18 (8.29%) DevOps
12 18 (8.29%) Service Management
13 17 (7.83%) Roadmaps
14 16 (7.37%) Data Protection
14 16 (7.37%) Information Security
14 16 (7.37%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.37%) PowerShell
2 14 (6.45%) SQL
3 10 (4.61%) RPG
4 6 (2.76%) Python
4 6 (2.76%) T-SQL
5 3 (1.38%) Bash
6 1 (0.46%) Java
6 1 (0.46%) Korn
Qualifications
1 135 (62.21%) Degree
2 97 (44.70%) Master's Degree
3 96 (44.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (7.83%) CISSP
5 12 (5.53%) CISM
6 6 (2.76%) CRISC
7 5 (2.30%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.30%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.30%) Postgraduate
8 3 (1.38%) CCNA
8 3 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (1.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 3 (1.38%) MCSE
8 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.38%) PCI QSA
9 2 (0.92%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.92%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.46%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (8.29%) NIST
3 15 (6.91%) PCI DSS
4 9 (4.15%) GDPR
5 8 (3.69%) SLA
6 6 (2.76%) ISO 22301
7 5 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (1.84%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.38%) COBIT
9 3 (1.38%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.92%) GRC
10 2 (0.92%) QA
11 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.46%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.46%) PMO
11 1 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 103 (47.47%) VMware ESXi
2 100 (46.08%) Active Directory
3 93 (42.86%) Microsoft App-V
3 93 (42.86%) XenApp
3 93 (42.86%) XenDesktop
4 12 (5.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (4.61%) Firmware
6 6 (2.76%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.46%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 93 (42.86%) AirWatch
1 93 (42.86%) SCCM
2 10 (4.61%) SCOM
3 5 (2.30%) Suricata
3 5 (2.30%) Terraform
4 2 (0.92%) Ansible
4 2 (0.92%) Grafana
4 2 (0.92%) Kibana
4 2 (0.92%) logstash
4 2 (0.92%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.46%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.46%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.46%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.46%) WSUS
Vendors
1 123 (56.68%) Microsoft
2 105 (48.39%) Cisco
3 93 (42.86%) Citrix
4 16 (7.37%) VMware
5 12 (5.53%) Dell
5 12 (5.53%) NetApp
6 11 (5.07%) IBM
6 11 (5.07%) Veeam
7 7 (3.23%) Splunk
7 7 (3.23%) Sun
8 6 (2.76%) Oracle
9 5 (2.30%) Juniper
9 5 (2.30%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.30%) Temenos
10 4 (1.84%) Commvault
10 4 (1.84%) NEC
10 4 (1.84%) Zerto
11 3 (1.38%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.92%) F5
12 2 (0.92%) Fortinet