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

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 698 845 1033
Rank change year-on-year +147 +188 -175
Permanent jobs citing BCP 213 115 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.12% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 93 91 118
10th Percentile £46,300 £45,000 £40,072
25th Percentile £51,248 £46,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £56,921 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.80% -8.93% +16.28%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £94,500 £88,750 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,600 £51,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year +9.37% +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 85,150 95,114 154,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.20% 95.57% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 59,851 56,202 82,517
10th Percentile £29,079 £34,000 £33,645
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 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.43%

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 19 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 19 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 +175 210 £62,500 +9.80% 44
London +197 142 £65,000 +14.62% 19
UK excluding London -4 65 £56,600 +9.37% 24
Work from Home +32 28 £62,000 +9.73% 12
South East -6 22 £58,750 +0.43% 8
Midlands +4 15 £51,499 +6.18% 7
South West -1 13 £55,000 +13.40%
North of England +42 10 £80,000 +64.95% 3
East Midlands -2 10 £50,249 +24.07%
North West +4 8 £80,000 +64.95% 2
West Midlands +8 5 £52,500 +8.25% 7
East of England -4 4 £48,750 - 5
Yorkshire +79 2 £80,000 +66.67% 1
North East -2 2 £80,000 +39.13%
Scotland -70 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 90 (42.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.76%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.35%) JBoss
4 4 (1.88%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.47%) Confluence
5 1 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (4.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.35%) Temenos T24
3 4 (1.88%) NEC Housing
4 3 (1.41%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 102 (47.89%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (15.96%) Azure
3 16 (7.51%) AWS
4 11 (5.16%) Cloud Computing
5 10 (4.69%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.82%) Power Automate
6 6 (2.82%) PowerApps
7 4 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (1.41%) Commercetools
8 3 (1.41%) PaaS
8 3 (1.41%) SaaS
8 3 (1.41%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.94%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.94%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.94%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.94%) IaaS
10 1 (0.47%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.47%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 94 (44.13%) WAN
2 87 (40.85%) SD-WAN
3 86 (40.38%) Cisco IOS
3 86 (40.38%) WebEx
3 86 (40.38%) Wireless
4 29 (13.62%) Firewall
5 10 (4.69%) VPN
5 10 (4.69%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (3.76%) Network Security
7 7 (3.29%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (3.29%) LAN
8 5 (2.35%) Internet
9 4 (1.88%) 5G
10 3 (1.41%) DNS
10 3 (1.41%) SAN
11 2 (0.94%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.94%) DHCP
11 2 (0.94%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.94%) VLAN
11 2 (0.94%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.57%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (2.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (2.35%) MySQL
5 2 (0.94%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.94%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.94%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (6.10%) JIRA
2 6 (2.82%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 133 (62.44%) Social Skills
2 52 (24.41%) Finance
3 25 (11.74%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (9.39%) Legal
5 16 (7.51%) Banking
6 11 (5.16%) Retail
7 9 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.29%) Law
8 7 (3.29%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.82%) Back Office
9 6 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.35%) Local Government
11 4 (1.88%) Games
11 4 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.88%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.88%) Police
12 2 (0.94%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 91 (42.72%) Support Specialist
2 88 (41.31%) IT Support
3 86 (40.38%) IT Support Specialist
4 18 (8.45%) IT Manager
5 16 (7.51%) Senior
6 12 (5.63%) Analyst
6 12 (5.63%) Lead
7 9 (4.23%) Systems Engineer
8 8 (3.76%) Coordinator
8 8 (3.76%) Information Manager
8 8 (3.76%) Security Manager
9 7 (3.29%) Architect
9 7 (3.29%) Head of IT
9 7 (3.29%) Resilience Manager
9 7 (3.29%) Service Continuity Coordinator
10 6 (2.82%) Applications Support
10 6 (2.82%) Database Analyst
10 6 (2.82%) Senior IT Manager
10 6 (2.82%) Senior Manager
10 6 (2.82%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.51%) Web Services
2 5 (2.35%) REST
3 2 (0.94%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.94%) 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 87 (40.85%) Wiki
2 86 (40.38%) Video Conferencing
3 21 (9.86%) Data Centre
3 21 (9.86%) Management Information System
4 13 (6.10%) Replication
5 9 (4.23%) Security Posture
6 7 (3.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.82%) AS400
7 6 (2.82%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.94%) FlexPod
9 2 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.94%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.47%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.47%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.47%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.47%) Cybercrime
10 1 (0.47%) IoT
10 1 (0.47%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 118 (55.40%) Windows
2 87 (40.85%) Windows 10
3 86 (40.38%) Android
4 11 (5.16%) Linux
5 10 (4.69%) Windows Server
6 7 (3.29%) Unix
7 6 (2.82%) AIX
8 5 (2.35%) Kali Linux
9 4 (1.88%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.47%) HPUX
11 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (83.57%) Business Continuity
2 174 (81.69%) Business Continuity Planning
3 97 (45.54%) Computer Science
4 86 (40.38%) Application Virtualisation
4 86 (40.38%) Contract Negotiation
4 86 (40.38%) Mobile Device Management
5 65 (30.52%) Disaster Recovery
6 53 (24.88%) Cybersecurity
7 37 (17.37%) Risk Management
8 29 (13.62%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (13.15%) ITIL
10 21 (9.86%) Incident Response
10 21 (9.86%) Service Management
11 19 (8.92%) Business Strategy
12 18 (8.45%) High Availability
13 17 (7.98%) DevOps
13 17 (7.98%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (7.51%) Data Protection
14 16 (7.51%) Roadmaps
14 16 (7.51%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.98%) PowerShell
2 15 (7.04%) SQL
3 10 (4.69%) RPG
4 6 (2.82%) Python
4 6 (2.82%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.94%) Bash
5 2 (0.94%) Java
6 1 (0.47%) C#
6 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 130 (61.03%) Degree
2 90 (42.25%) Master's Degree
3 89 (41.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (7.98%) CISSP
5 12 (5.63%) CISM
6 6 (2.82%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.82%) CRISC
7 5 (2.35%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.35%) Postgraduate
8 4 (1.88%) MCSE
8 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.41%) CCNA
9 3 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 3 (1.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (1.41%) PCI QSA
10 2 (0.94%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.94%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.47%) GSLC
11 1 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (8.92%) NIST
3 15 (7.04%) PCI DSS
4 9 (4.23%) GDPR
4 9 (4.23%) SLA
5 7 (3.29%) ISO 22301
6 6 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (1.88%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.41%) COBIT
8 3 (1.41%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.41%) QA
9 2 (0.94%) 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 97 (45.54%) VMware ESXi
2 94 (44.13%) Active Directory
3 86 (40.38%) Microsoft App-V
3 86 (40.38%) XenApp
3 86 (40.38%) XenDesktop
4 13 (6.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (5.16%) Firmware
6 6 (2.82%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 86 (40.38%) AirWatch
1 86 (40.38%) SCCM
2 11 (5.16%) SCOM
3 5 (2.35%) Suricata
3 5 (2.35%) Terraform
4 2 (0.94%) Ansible
4 2 (0.94%) Grafana
4 2 (0.94%) Kibana
4 2 (0.94%) logstash
4 2 (0.94%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.47%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.47%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.47%) SCOrch
5 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.47%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 118 (55.40%) Microsoft
2 98 (46.01%) Cisco
3 86 (40.38%) Citrix
4 17 (7.98%) VMware
5 12 (5.63%) Dell
5 12 (5.63%) NetApp
6 11 (5.16%) Veeam
7 10 (4.69%) IBM
8 7 (3.29%) Commvault
8 7 (3.29%) Oracle
8 7 (3.29%) Splunk
8 7 (3.29%) Sun
8 7 (3.29%) Zerto
9 5 (2.35%) Juniper
9 5 (2.35%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.35%) Temenos
10 4 (1.88%) NEC
11 3 (1.41%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.94%) EMC
12 2 (0.94%) HP