Business Continuity Contracts

Business Continuity
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Business Continuity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Continuity over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 361 395 429
Rank change year-on-year +34 +34 +16
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 231 308 495
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 0.54% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.60% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 206 354
10th Percentile £272 £350 £313
25th Percentile £354 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £606 £663 £638
90th Percentile £715 £744 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £502 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.43% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 20
10th Percentile £14.58 £23.48 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £23.66 -
Median hourly rate £16.17 £25.81 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -37.35% +7.95% +6.27%
75th Percentile £21.07 £27.82 -
90th Percentile £29.43 £27.92 £25.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.17 £26.90 -
% change year-on-year -39.88% - -

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,679 51,168 79,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 89.82% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,608 35,479 55,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £479
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity.

Daily rate trend for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Continuity.

Hourly rate trend for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Continuity over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Continuity within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +68 207 £475 -9.52% 204
UK excluding London +36 120 £502 -4.43% 139
London +70 97 £465 -11.43% 74
Work from Home +63 73 £488 -11.36% 295
South East +15 42 £450 -25.00% 33
North of England +37 37 £463 -11.48% 37
North West +35 34 £488 -7.14% 25
Scotland +28 16 £600 +9.09% 15
South West +15 16 £495 -5.71% 17
Midlands +4 8 £613 +23.74% 24
West Midlands +16 7 £600 -4.00% 16
Yorkshire +9 2 £370 -33.48% 9
North East +11 1 - - 3
East Midlands +7 1 £700 +46.60% 8
East of England +1 1 £600 +25.00% 12

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 13 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.46%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.43%) Confluence
3 1 (0.43%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 10 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (2.16%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.43%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.43%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.43%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (8.23%) Azure
3 7 (3.03%) AWS
3 7 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (2.60%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.16%) SaaS
6 4 (1.73%) PaaS
7 3 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (1.30%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (1.30%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (1.30%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.30%) GitHub
7 3 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (1.30%) IaaS
7 3 (1.30%) Serverless
8 2 (0.87%) Azure API Management
8 2 (0.87%) Azure Functions
8 2 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.87%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (9.09%) Firewall
2 18 (7.79%) SAN
3 8 (3.46%) Intranet
4 7 (3.03%) Network Security
5 5 (2.16%) DNS
5 5 (2.16%) WAN
6 4 (1.73%) LAN
6 4 (1.73%) SCCP
6 4 (1.73%) Wireless
7 3 (1.30%) DHCP
7 3 (1.30%) Internet
7 3 (1.30%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (1.30%) VPN
8 2 (0.87%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.87%) Broadband
8 2 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.87%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (0.87%) NAS
8 2 (0.87%) SSL
8 2 (0.87%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.60%) Power BI
2 3 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.30%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.87%) MySQL
4 1 (0.43%) Data Mart
4 1 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.43%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.43%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.43%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Git
1 2 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
1 2 (0.87%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.43%) GoCD
2 1 (0.43%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) JUnit
General
1 58 (25.11%) Finance
2 49 (21.21%) Social Skills
3 42 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 24 (10.39%) Banking
5 19 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.33%) Legal
7 8 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.03%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.03%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.60%) Law
10 5 (2.16%) French Language
11 4 (1.73%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.73%) German Language
12 3 (1.30%) Electronics
12 3 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.30%) Marketing
13 2 (0.87%) Advertising
13 2 (0.87%) Local Government
13 2 (0.87%) Retail
14 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 42 (18.18%) Analyst
2 25 (10.82%) Architect
3 18 (7.79%) Senior
4 17 (7.36%) IT Manager
5 16 (6.93%) Lead
6 15 (6.49%) Support Engineer
7 14 (6.06%) Incident Manager
8 13 (5.63%) Business Analyst
9 12 (5.19%) Consultant
9 12 (5.19%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 11 (4.76%) Service Manager
10 11 (4.76%) Technical Architect
11 10 (4.33%) Operations Analyst
11 10 (4.33%) Project Manager
12 8 (3.46%) Test Analyst
13 7 (3.03%) IT Services Manager
13 7 (3.03%) Security Analyst
13 7 (3.03%) Security Consultant
13 7 (3.03%) Technical Analyst
14 6 (2.60%) Operations Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.30%) ARM Templates
2 2 (0.87%) .NET
2 2 (0.87%) OAuth
2 2 (0.87%) OpenID
2 2 (0.87%) SAML
2 2 (0.87%) SPML
3 1 (0.43%) Android Jetpack
3 1 (0.43%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.43%) Dagger
3 1 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.43%) Jest
3 1 (0.43%) Kafka
3 1 (0.43%) Middleware
3 1 (0.43%) Node.js
3 1 (0.43%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.43%) React
3 1 (0.43%) Retrofit
3 1 (0.43%) RxJava
3 1 (0.43%) Web Services
3 1 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.42%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.63%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (1.30%) CMDB
3 3 (1.30%) Data Centre
3 3 (1.30%) IoT
3 3 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (1.30%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.30%) Operational Technology
3 3 (1.30%) PKI
3 3 (1.30%) Product Ownership
3 3 (1.30%) Replication
3 3 (1.30%) SCADA
3 3 (1.30%) Security Posture
4 2 (0.87%) Cloud Native
4 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (0.87%) Mainframe
4 2 (0.87%) NHS
4 2 (0.87%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.43%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.43%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.82%) Windows
2 12 (5.19%) Linux
2 12 (5.19%) Windows Server 2012
2 12 (5.19%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (1.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (1.73%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.30%) Unix
4 3 (1.30%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.87%) Solaris
6 1 (0.43%) Android
6 1 (0.43%) HPUX
6 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.43%) VMS
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (48.05%) Disaster Recovery
2 46 (19.91%) Cybersecurity
3 41 (17.75%) ITIL
4 39 (16.88%) Roadmaps
5 37 (16.02%) Information Security
6 36 (15.58%) Data Protection
7 35 (15.15%) Validation
8 34 (14.72%) Business Strategy
9 33 (14.29%) Risk Management
10 32 (13.85%) Project Management
11 29 (12.55%) IT Strategy
12 28 (12.12%) Agile
12 28 (12.12%) Service Management
13 26 (11.26%) Incident Management
14 25 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (9.52%) Cyber Resilience
15 22 (9.52%) Strategic Roadmap
15 22 (9.52%) Use Case
16 20 (8.66%) Problem-Solving
17 19 (8.23%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.90%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.03%) Python
3 5 (2.16%) SQL
4 3 (1.30%) Java
5 2 (0.87%) AWK
5 2 (0.87%) Bash
5 2 (0.87%) Bicep
5 2 (0.87%) Bourne shell
5 2 (0.87%) Korn
5 2 (0.87%) Perl
5 2 (0.87%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.43%) C
6 1 (0.43%) C#
6 1 (0.43%) Go
6 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.43%) PHP
6 1 (0.43%) Ruby
6 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (13.85%) Security Cleared
2 24 (10.39%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.52%) CISSP
3 22 (9.52%) Degree
4 12 (5.19%) CISM
5 9 (3.90%) CISA
5 9 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 8 (3.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 7 (3.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 7 (3.03%) CISMP
7 7 (3.03%) CRISC
8 6 (2.60%) PMI Certification
9 5 (2.16%) DV Cleared
9 5 (2.16%) PMP
10 4 (1.73%) CLAS
11 3 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.30%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.30%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (14.72%) NIST
2 24 (10.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (6.06%) GRC
4 12 (5.19%) COBIT
5 7 (3.03%) ISO 22301
5 7 (3.03%) QA
6 6 (2.60%) Accessibility
6 6 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.60%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (2.16%) SLA
8 4 (1.73%) GDPR
9 3 (1.30%) IASME
9 3 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (1.30%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.30%) PMO
10 2 (0.87%) NCSC
11 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.43%) ISO 8583
11 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (9.96%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.87%) Docker
3 2 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.43%) Firmware
4 1 (0.43%) NFS
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (7.79%) SCCM
2 9 (3.90%) Ansible
3 5 (2.16%) Terraform
4 3 (1.30%) Packer
4 3 (1.30%) Red Hat Satellite
4 3 (1.30%) WSUS
5 2 (0.87%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.87%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle ZFS
5 2 (0.87%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.87%) yum
6 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.43%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.43%) Control-M
6 1 (0.43%) Nessus
6 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.43%) Puppet
6 1 (0.43%) SCOM
6 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 39 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.93%) Cisco
2 16 (6.93%) EMC
3 14 (6.06%) CheckPoint
3 14 (6.06%) Citrix
3 14 (6.06%) HP
4 13 (5.63%) Avaya
5 8 (3.46%) VMware
6 6 (2.60%) Remedy
6 6 (2.60%) SAP
7 5 (2.16%) Adobe
7 5 (2.16%) Reuters
8 4 (1.73%) Oracle
8 4 (1.73%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.30%) BT
10 2 (0.87%) AlgoSec
10 2 (0.87%) F5
10 2 (0.87%) Infoblox
10 2 (0.87%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.87%) ServiceNow