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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 394 431
Rank change year-on-year +29 +37 +53
Contract jobs citing Business Continuity 219 316 496
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.56% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.63% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 209 359
10th Percentile £280 £350 £313
25th Percentile £354 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £532 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.93% +1.24% +7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £638
90th Percentile £698 £745 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 21
10th Percentile £14.58 £24.75 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £26.83 -
Median hourly rate £16.17 £40.24 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -59.82% +68.30% +6.27%
75th Percentile £21.07 £55.00 -
90th Percentile £29.43 £57.25 £25.48
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.17 £52.50 -
% change year-on-year -69.20% - -

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 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +25 193 £475 -13.64% 216
UK excluding London +17 117 £513 -2.38% 145
London +48 87 £406 -26.14% 74
Work from Home +39 72 £500 -9.09% 99
South East +5 37 £513 -16.33% 34
North of England +35 36 £450 -19.64% 35
North West +38 33 £500 -13.61% 19
South West +14 17 £495 -5.71% 25
Scotland +28 16 £600 +12.89% 11
Midlands +1 7 £613 +22.50% 28
West Midlands +5 6 £600 -7.69% 18
East of England -4 4 £575 +15.00% 13
Yorkshire +13 2 £370 -38.33% 13
North East +12 1 - - 4
East Midlands +6 1 £700 +46.60% 10

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 12 (5.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.91%) Confluence
4 1 (0.46%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 10 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.74%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (2.28%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.46%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.46%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.46%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.46%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (10.05%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (9.13%) Azure
3 8 (3.65%) AWS
4 7 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (3.20%) SaaS
5 6 (2.74%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.28%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.28%) PaaS
7 4 (1.83%) GitHub
7 4 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (1.83%) IaaS
7 4 (1.83%) Serverless
8 3 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.37%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.91%) Azure API Management
9 2 (0.91%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.91%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.13%) Firewall
2 19 (8.68%) SAN
3 8 (3.65%) Intranet
4 6 (2.74%) Network Security
4 6 (2.74%) WAN
5 5 (2.28%) DNS
5 5 (2.28%) LAN
6 4 (1.83%) SCCP
6 4 (1.83%) Wireless
7 3 (1.37%) DHCP
7 3 (1.37%) Fibre Channel
7 3 (1.37%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.91%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.91%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.91%) Internet
8 2 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.91%) NAS
8 2 (0.91%) SSL
8 2 (0.91%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.91%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.74%) Power BI
2 3 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.37%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.91%) MySQL
3 2 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.46%) Data Mart
4 1 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.46%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.46%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.46%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (0.91%) Git
1 2 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
1 2 (0.91%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.46%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.46%) GoCD
2 1 (0.46%) JIRA
2 1 (0.46%) JUnit
2 1 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.46%) Terragrunt
General
1 53 (24.20%) Finance
2 44 (20.09%) Social Skills
3 41 (18.72%) Public Sector
4 22 (10.05%) Banking
5 20 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.65%) Legal
7 7 (3.20%) Law
7 7 (3.20%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.83%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.37%) Electronics
9 3 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.37%) Marketing
10 2 (0.91%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.91%) French Language
10 2 (0.91%) Retail
11 1 (0.46%) German Language
11 1 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.46%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.46%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 39 (17.81%) Analyst
2 28 (12.79%) Architect
3 19 (8.68%) Senior
4 17 (7.76%) IT Manager
5 15 (6.85%) Lead
6 14 (6.39%) Incident Manager
6 14 (6.39%) Support Engineer
7 12 (5.48%) Business Analyst
8 11 (5.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 11 (5.02%) Service Manager
8 11 (5.02%) Technical Architect
9 10 (4.57%) Operations Analyst
9 10 (4.57%) Project Manager
10 8 (3.65%) Test Analyst
11 7 (3.20%) IT Services Manager
11 7 (3.20%) Operations Business Analyst
11 7 (3.20%) Technical Analyst
12 6 (2.74%) Availability Manager
12 6 (2.74%) Security Architect
12 6 (2.74%) Service Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.37%) ARM Templates
1 3 (1.37%) SAML
2 2 (0.91%) OAuth
2 2 (0.91%) OpenID
2 2 (0.91%) SPML
3 1 (0.46%) .NET
3 1 (0.46%) Android Jetpack
3 1 (0.46%) Dagger
3 1 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.46%) Jest
3 1 (0.46%) Jetpack Compose
3 1 (0.46%) Kafka
3 1 (0.46%) Middleware
3 1 (0.46%) Node.js
3 1 (0.46%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.46%) React
3 1 (0.46%) RxJava
3 1 (0.46%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.46%) Web Services
3 1 (0.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.16%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.94%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (2.74%) Replication
4 4 (1.83%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.37%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.37%) CMDB
5 3 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.37%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.37%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.37%) PKI
5 3 (1.37%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.37%) Security Posture
6 2 (0.91%) Mainframe
6 2 (0.91%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.91%) NHS
6 2 (0.91%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.91%) SCADA
6 2 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.46%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.96%) Windows
2 13 (5.94%) Windows Server 2016
3 12 (5.48%) Linux
3 12 (5.48%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.83%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.37%) Unix
6 3 (1.37%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.91%) Solaris
8 1 (0.46%) Android
8 1 (0.46%) HPUX
8 1 (0.46%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.46%) VMS
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (49.77%) Disaster Recovery
2 44 (20.09%) ITIL
3 38 (17.35%) Cybersecurity
4 36 (16.44%) Roadmaps
5 35 (15.98%) Information Security
6 34 (15.53%) Business Strategy
6 34 (15.53%) Validation
7 33 (15.07%) Data Protection
8 32 (14.61%) Project Management
9 29 (13.24%) Agile
9 29 (13.24%) IT Strategy
10 28 (12.79%) Service Management
11 27 (12.33%) Incident Management
12 26 (11.87%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (10.96%) Risk Management
14 22 (10.05%) Cyber Resilience
14 22 (10.05%) Strategic Roadmap
14 22 (10.05%) Use Case
15 21 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
16 18 (8.22%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.57%) PowerShell
2 8 (3.65%) Python
3 4 (1.83%) SQL
4 3 (1.37%) Java
5 2 (0.91%) AWK
5 2 (0.91%) Bash
5 2 (0.91%) Bicep
5 2 (0.91%) Bourne shell
5 2 (0.91%) Korn
5 2 (0.91%) Perl
5 2 (0.91%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.46%) C
6 1 (0.46%) C#
6 1 (0.46%) Go
6 1 (0.46%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.46%) PHP
6 1 (0.46%) Ruby
6 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (15.53%) Security Cleared
2 25 (11.42%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.76%) Degree
4 15 (6.85%) CISSP
5 8 (3.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 8 (3.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 6 (2.74%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.28%) PMP
8 4 (1.83%) CISM
8 4 (1.83%) CLAS
8 4 (1.83%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.37%) CISA
9 3 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.37%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 3 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.91%) RHCE
10 2 (0.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (11.42%) NIST
2 14 (6.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.65%) QA
4 7 (3.20%) GRC
5 6 (2.74%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.74%) Disclosure Scotland
5 6 (2.74%) SLA
6 4 (1.83%) COBIT
6 4 (1.83%) ISO 22301
7 3 (1.37%) IASME
7 3 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (1.37%) PMO
8 2 (0.91%) GDPR
8 2 (0.91%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.46%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.46%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.46%) ISO 9000
9 1 (0.46%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (11.42%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.91%) Docker
5 1 (0.46%) Firmware
5 1 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.46%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (8.22%) SCCM
2 9 (4.11%) Ansible
3 6 (2.74%) Terraform
4 3 (1.37%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.37%) Packer
4 3 (1.37%) Red Hat Satellite
4 3 (1.37%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.37%) WSUS
5 2 (0.91%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.91%) Oracle ZFS
5 2 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.91%) yum
6 1 (0.46%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.46%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.46%) Control-M
6 1 (0.46%) Grafana
6 1 (0.46%) Nessus
6 1 (0.46%) NetIQ Identity Manager
6 1 (0.46%) Puppet
6 1 (0.46%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 38 (17.35%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.76%) Cisco
2 17 (7.76%) EMC
3 14 (6.39%) CheckPoint
3 14 (6.39%) HP
4 13 (5.94%) Avaya
4 13 (5.94%) Citrix
5 7 (3.20%) SAP
5 7 (3.20%) VMware
6 6 (2.74%) Remedy
7 5 (2.28%) Adobe
7 5 (2.28%) Oracle
7 5 (2.28%) Reuters
8 4 (1.83%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.37%) BT
9 3 (1.37%) Veritas
10 2 (0.91%) CA
10 2 (0.91%) F5
10 2 (0.91%) Infoblox
10 2 (0.91%) Salesforce