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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 683 839 1045
Rank change year-on-year +156 +206 -174
Permanent jobs citing BCP 214 113 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.12% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 97 91 115
10th Percentile £45,760 £45,000 £40,262
25th Percentile £50,638 £46,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £93,500 £88,750 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £51,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +8.95% +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 85,549 94,155 156,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 95.59% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 60,063 55,401 82,663
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

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 23 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 23 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 +201 211 £62,500 +8.70% 50
London +211 139 £65,000 +11.19% 25
UK excluding London +13 69 £57,500 +11.11% 25
Work from Home +31 28 £62,000 +9.73% 16
South East +10 24 £60,000 +2.56% 11
Midlands -6 15 £51,499 +6.18% 5
South West -6 14 £55,000 +13.40%
North of England +37 11 £80,000 +64.95% 4
East Midlands +3 10 £50,249 +24.07%
North West +4 9 £80,000 +64.95% 3
West Midlands +2 5 £52,500 +8.25% 5
East of England +5 4 £48,750 - 5
Yorkshire +78 2 £80,000 +66.67% 1
North East -6 2 £80,000 +39.13%
Scotland -57 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 86 (40.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.74%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.34%) JBoss
4 4 (1.87%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.47%) Confluence
5 1 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (4.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.34%) Temenos T24
3 4 (1.87%) NEC Housing
4 3 (1.40%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 98 (45.79%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (17.29%) Azure
3 17 (7.94%) AWS
4 12 (5.61%) Cloud Computing
5 10 (4.67%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.80%) Power Automate
6 6 (2.80%) PowerApps
7 4 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.40%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (1.40%) Commercetools
8 3 (1.40%) PaaS
8 3 (1.40%) SaaS
8 3 (1.40%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.93%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.93%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.93%) IaaS
10 1 (0.47%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.47%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 90 (42.06%) WAN
2 83 (38.79%) SD-WAN
3 82 (38.32%) Cisco IOS
3 82 (38.32%) WebEx
3 82 (38.32%) Wireless
4 30 (14.02%) Firewall
5 11 (5.14%) VPN
6 10 (4.67%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (3.74%) Network Security
8 7 (3.27%) Intrusion Detection
8 7 (3.27%) LAN
9 5 (2.34%) Internet
10 4 (1.87%) 5G
10 4 (1.87%) DNS
11 3 (1.40%) DHCP
11 3 (1.40%) SAN
12 2 (0.93%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (0.93%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.93%) VLAN
12 2 (0.93%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.54%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (2.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (2.34%) MySQL
5 2 (0.93%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.93%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.93%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (6.07%) JIRA
2 6 (2.80%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 131 (61.21%) Social Skills
2 54 (25.23%) Finance
3 27 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.81%) Legal
5 16 (7.48%) Banking
6 11 (5.14%) Retail
7 10 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.27%) Law
8 7 (3.27%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.80%) Back Office
9 6 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.34%) Local Government
11 4 (1.87%) Games
11 4 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.87%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.87%) Police
12 2 (0.93%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 87 (40.65%) Support Specialist
2 84 (39.25%) IT Support
3 82 (38.32%) IT Support Specialist
4 20 (9.35%) IT Manager
5 16 (7.48%) Senior
6 13 (6.07%) Analyst
7 12 (5.61%) Lead
8 10 (4.67%) Coordinator
9 9 (4.21%) Systems Engineer
10 8 (3.74%) Information Manager
10 8 (3.74%) Resilience Manager
10 8 (3.74%) Security Manager
10 8 (3.74%) Service Continuity Coordinator
11 7 (3.27%) Architect
11 7 (3.27%) Head of IT
12 6 (2.80%) Applications Support
12 6 (2.80%) Database Analyst
12 6 (2.80%) Senior Manager
12 6 (2.80%) Service Manager
12 6 (2.80%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.48%) Web Services
2 5 (2.34%) REST
3 2 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.93%) XML
4 1 (0.47%) .NET
4 1 (0.47%) HTML
4 1 (0.47%) JSP
4 1 (0.47%) Servlets
4 1 (0.47%) SignalR
4 1 (0.47%) SOAP
4 1 (0.47%) XSLT
4 1 (0.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 83 (38.79%) Wiki
2 82 (38.32%) Video Conferencing
3 22 (10.28%) Management Information System
4 21 (9.81%) Data Centre
5 13 (6.07%) Replication
6 9 (4.21%) Security Posture
7 7 (3.27%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.80%) AS400
8 6 (2.80%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.93%) FlexPod
10 2 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.93%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.47%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 1 (0.47%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.47%) Cybercrime
11 1 (0.47%) IoT
11 1 (0.47%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.47%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 116 (54.21%) Windows
2 84 (39.25%) Windows 10
3 82 (38.32%) Android
4 11 (5.14%) Linux
4 11 (5.14%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.27%) Unix
6 6 (2.80%) AIX
7 5 (2.34%) Kali Linux
7 5 (2.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.47%) HPUX
9 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (83.18%) Business Continuity
2 172 (80.37%) Business Continuity Planning
3 93 (43.46%) Computer Science
4 82 (38.32%) Application Virtualisation
4 82 (38.32%) Contract Negotiation
4 82 (38.32%) Mobile Device Management
5 69 (32.24%) Disaster Recovery
6 55 (25.70%) Cybersecurity
7 37 (17.29%) Risk Management
8 31 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (13.55%) ITIL
10 23 (10.75%) Service Management
11 21 (9.81%) Incident Response
12 20 (9.35%) Business Strategy
13 18 (8.41%) High Availability
14 17 (7.94%) DevOps
14 17 (7.94%) Service Delivery
14 17 (7.94%) Stakeholder Management
15 16 (7.48%) Data Protection
15 16 (7.48%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.94%) PowerShell
2 15 (7.01%) SQL
3 10 (4.67%) RPG
4 6 (2.80%) Python
4 6 (2.80%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.93%) Bash
5 2 (0.93%) Java
6 1 (0.47%) C#
6 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 126 (58.88%) Degree
2 86 (40.19%) Master's Degree
3 85 (39.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (7.94%) CISSP
5 12 (5.61%) CISM
6 6 (2.80%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.80%) CRISC
7 5 (2.34%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.34%) Postgraduate
8 4 (1.87%) MCSE
8 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.40%) CCNA
9 3 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 3 (1.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (1.40%) PCI QSA
10 2 (0.93%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.93%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.47%) CISA
11 1 (0.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (8.88%) NIST
3 15 (7.01%) PCI DSS
4 9 (4.21%) GDPR
4 9 (4.21%) SLA
5 8 (3.74%) ISO 22301
6 6 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (1.87%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.40%) COBIT
8 3 (1.40%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.40%) QA
9 2 (0.93%) GRC
10 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.47%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.47%) PMO
10 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 93 (43.46%) VMware ESXi
2 91 (42.52%) Active Directory
3 82 (38.32%) Microsoft App-V
3 82 (38.32%) XenApp
3 82 (38.32%) XenDesktop
4 13 (6.07%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (5.14%) Firmware
6 6 (2.80%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 83 (38.79%) SCCM
2 82 (38.32%) AirWatch
3 11 (5.14%) SCOM
4 5 (2.34%) Suricata
4 5 (2.34%) Terraform
5 2 (0.93%) Ansible
5 2 (0.93%) Grafana
5 2 (0.93%) Kibana
5 2 (0.93%) logstash
5 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.93%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.47%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.47%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.47%) SCOrch
6 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.47%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 115 (53.74%) Microsoft
2 95 (44.39%) Cisco
3 82 (38.32%) Citrix
4 19 (8.88%) VMware
5 12 (5.61%) Dell
5 12 (5.61%) NetApp
6 11 (5.14%) Veeam
7 10 (4.67%) IBM
8 8 (3.74%) Commvault
8 8 (3.74%) Zerto
9 7 (3.27%) Oracle
9 7 (3.27%) Splunk
9 7 (3.27%) Sun
10 5 (2.34%) Juniper
10 5 (2.34%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.34%) Temenos
11 4 (1.87%) NEC
12 3 (1.40%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.93%) Fortinet
13 2 (0.93%) SonicWALL