Business Continuity Jobs

Business Continuity
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Business Continuity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 387 402 447
Rank change year-on-year +15 +45 +56
Permanent jobs citing Business Continuity 713 731 1,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.77% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.81% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 504 466 831
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,947 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,380 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £68,250 £69,940
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +1.00% +5.26% -

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Continuity over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Continuity in the UK

Business Continuity
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +46 651 £57,500 +4.55% 214
UK excluding London -34 425 £50,500 +1.00% 143
London +173 270 £75,000 +15.38% 74
Work from Home +17 218 £63,466 +10.38% 99
South East +27 119 £52,500 +1.94% 34
North of England +39 113 £48,750 -2.50% 35
North West +20 62 £51,674 -1.57% 19
Midlands -85 60 £59,000 +43.90% 26
South West -15 46 £49,000 +19.82% 25
West Midlands -34 42 £70,000 +75.00% 18
Yorkshire +39 39 £45,621 +14.05% 13
East of England -26 36 £62,500 +17.92% 13
Wales +19 32 £44,886 +28.25% 1
East Midlands -76 18 £40,000 -29.20% 8
Scotland -78 15 £53,940 +2.74% 11
North East -2 14 £50,000 -4.76% 4
Isle of Man - 4 - -

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 83 (11.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (4.91%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.10%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.56%) Apache
4 4 (0.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (0.56%) IIS
4 4 (0.56%) Site Server
5 3 (0.42%) SAS
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.28%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.28%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.14%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.12%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.42%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.70%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
3 4 (0.56%) NEC Housing
3 4 (0.56%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.14%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 172 (24.12%) Microsoft 365
2 170 (23.84%) Azure
3 55 (7.71%) AWS
4 37 (5.19%) Power Platform
5 35 (4.91%) SaaS
6 21 (2.95%) IaaS
6 21 (2.95%) PaaS
7 20 (2.81%) Entra ID
8 19 (2.66%) Google Workspace
9 17 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
10 16 (2.24%) GCP
11 14 (1.96%) PowerApps
12 13 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (1.82%) OneDrive
13 12 (1.68%) Nutanix
14 11 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (1.26%) Amazon S3
16 8 (1.12%) Power Automate
17 7 (0.98%) GitHub
17 7 (0.98%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 147 (20.62%) Firewall
2 108 (15.15%) Wireless
3 100 (14.03%) WAN
4 84 (11.78%) DNS
5 74 (10.38%) SD-WAN
6 65 (9.12%) Cisco IOS
6 65 (9.12%) WebEx
7 49 (6.87%) DHCP
8 41 (5.75%) LAN
8 41 (5.75%) TCP/IP
9 40 (5.61%) VPN
10 36 (5.05%) SAN
11 34 (4.77%) Network Security
12 27 (3.79%) Wi-Fi
13 26 (3.65%) Intrusion Detection
14 21 (2.95%) NAS
15 18 (2.52%) VLAN
16 15 (2.10%) Internet
17 14 (1.96%) IP Telephony
17 14 (1.96%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.19%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.66%) Power BI
3 17 (2.38%) MySQL
4 13 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.82%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (1.54%) Oracle Database
6 10 (1.40%) MongoDB
7 7 (0.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 7 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.70%) Big Data
9 3 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.42%) EDRMS
9 3 (0.42%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.28%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (2.38%) Git
2 16 (2.24%) JIRA
3 14 (1.96%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.26%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.56%) Selenium
6 3 (0.42%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.42%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.42%) GitLab
6 3 (0.42%) JUnit
6 3 (0.42%) Subversion
6 3 (0.42%) TestNG
6 3 (0.42%) Travis CI
7 2 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.14%) JMeter
General
1 283 (39.69%) Social Skills
2 161 (22.58%) Finance
3 122 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (11.22%) Legal
5 47 (6.59%) Law
6 38 (5.33%) Retail
7 33 (4.63%) Telecoms
8 28 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (3.65%) Banking
9 26 (3.65%) Public Sector
10 19 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (2.52%) Manufacturing
11 18 (2.52%) Police
12 17 (2.38%) Games
13 16 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 15 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (1.82%) Back Office
16 12 (1.68%) Front Office
17 11 (1.54%) Local Government
18 8 (1.12%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 103 (14.45%) Senior
2 82 (11.50%) Analyst
3 75 (10.52%) IT Support
4 69 (9.68%) IT Manager
5 66 (9.26%) IT Support Specialist
5 66 (9.26%) Support Specialist
6 56 (7.85%) Lead
7 42 (5.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 37 (5.19%) Network Engineer
9 30 (4.21%) Consultant
10 29 (4.07%) Information Manager
10 29 (4.07%) Security Manager
11 27 (3.79%) Administrator
12 26 (3.65%) Support Analyst
13 24 (3.37%) Senior Network Engineer
14 21 (2.95%) Security Analyst
15 20 (2.81%) Head of IT
16 18 (2.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 18 (2.52%) Azure Engineer
16 18 (2.52%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.24%) Elastic Stack
2 11 (1.54%) ARM Templates
2 11 (1.54%) YAML
3 10 (1.40%) CSS
3 10 (1.40%) HTML
4 9 (1.26%) .NET
5 8 (1.12%) FIX Protocol
5 8 (1.12%) Web Services
6 7 (0.98%) Laravel
6 7 (0.98%) REST
7 6 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.56%) Akka
8 4 (0.56%) React
9 3 (0.42%) 802.1X
9 3 (0.42%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.42%) Azure Blueprints
9 3 (0.42%) jQuery
9 3 (0.42%) Keycloak
9 3 (0.42%) Middleware
10 2 (0.28%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 109 (15.29%) Management Information System
2 75 (10.52%) Video Conferencing
3 69 (9.68%) Data Centre
4 64 (8.98%) Wiki
5 40 (5.61%) Security Posture
6 30 (4.21%) Onboarding
7 21 (2.95%) Cyber Threat
8 18 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
9 17 (2.38%) Clustering
10 16 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (2.24%) Replication
10 16 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.12%) NHS
12 7 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 6 (0.84%) AS400
13 6 (0.84%) Cloud Native
13 6 (0.84%) IoT
13 6 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.84%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 225 (31.56%) Windows
2 82 (11.50%) Windows Server
3 75 (10.52%) Windows 10
4 70 (9.82%) Android
5 67 (9.40%) Linux
6 13 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (1.68%) Mac OS
8 11 (1.54%) CentOS
9 10 (1.40%) Apple iOS
9 10 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (1.40%) Unix
10 8 (1.12%) VMS
11 6 (0.84%) Windows 7
11 6 (0.84%) Windows Server 2003
11 6 (0.84%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.42%) SUSE
12 3 (0.42%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.28%) Solaris
13 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (47.83%) Disaster Recovery
2 207 (29.03%) Cybersecurity
3 194 (27.21%) Business Continuity Planning
4 171 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
5 161 (22.58%) Information Security
6 160 (22.44%) BCP
7 139 (19.50%) ITIL
8 92 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 91 (12.76%) Project Management
9 91 (12.76%) Risk Management
10 89 (12.48%) Computer Science
11 82 (11.50%) Data Protection
12 77 (10.80%) Mobile Device Management
13 72 (10.10%) Contract Negotiation
14 70 (9.82%) Customer Service
15 67 (9.40%) Service Management
16 65 (9.12%) Incident Management
17 64 (8.98%) Application Virtualisation
18 63 (8.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 62 (8.70%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 59 (8.27%) PowerShell
2 42 (5.89%) SQL
3 26 (3.65%) Bash
4 21 (2.95%) Python
5 13 (1.82%) T-SQL
6 12 (1.68%) Perl
7 10 (1.40%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.40%) RPG
8 7 (0.98%) PHP
9 4 (0.56%) Java
9 4 (0.56%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.42%) ActionScript
10 3 (0.42%) C#
10 3 (0.42%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.14%) AWK
11 1 (0.14%) Bourne shell
11 1 (0.14%) C++
11 1 (0.14%) Korn
11 1 (0.14%) Scala
11 1 (0.14%) VC++
Qualifications
1 204 (28.61%) Degree
2 76 (10.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 70 (9.82%) Master's Degree
4 49 (6.87%) CISSP
5 40 (5.61%) Security Cleared
6 28 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (3.51%) CISM
8 24 (3.37%) GIAC
9 23 (3.23%) CISA
10 22 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
11 20 (2.81%) SC Cleared
12 18 (2.52%) CRISC
13 15 (2.10%) CompTIA Security+
14 14 (1.96%) CCNP
14 14 (1.96%) DV Cleared
15 13 (1.82%) CompTIA CySA+
15 13 (1.82%) MCSE
16 12 (1.68%) CCNA
16 12 (1.68%) GSEC
16 12 (1.68%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (20.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (10.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 68 (9.54%) GDPR
4 33 (4.63%) NIST
5 30 (4.21%) ISO 22301
6 22 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 21 (2.95%) PCI DSS
8 19 (2.66%) ISO 9001
9 17 (2.38%) QA
10 16 (2.24%) SLA
11 15 (2.10%) COBIT
11 15 (2.10%) ISO 14001
12 13 (1.82%) SOC 2
13 12 (1.68%) GRC
13 12 (1.68%) NCSC
14 11 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 9 (1.26%) NEBOSH
15 9 (1.26%) PMO
16 7 (0.98%) Accessibility
16 7 (0.98%) NIST 800
System Software
1 167 (23.42%) Active Directory
2 95 (13.32%) VMware ESXi
3 68 (9.54%) XenApp
4 66 (9.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 64 (8.98%) Microsoft App-V
5 64 (8.98%) XenDesktop
6 28 (3.93%) Hyper-V
7 18 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (2.10%) Firmware
9 14 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
10 11 (1.54%) Docker
10 11 (1.54%) vSphere
11 5 (0.70%) KVM
12 3 (0.42%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.42%) VirtualBox
13 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.14%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 79 (11.08%) SCCM
2 64 (8.98%) AirWatch
3 37 (5.19%) Ansible
4 26 (3.65%) Terraform
5 22 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (3.09%) Nagios
6 19 (2.66%) Puppet
7 16 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (1.82%) Grafana
9 11 (1.54%) Graphite
10 10 (1.40%) SCOM
11 9 (1.26%) Microsoft Clustering
11 9 (1.26%) vCenter Server
12 8 (1.12%) HAProxy
12 8 (1.12%) Kubernetes
13 7 (0.98%) Foglight
14 6 (0.84%) NetCrunch
14 6 (0.84%) Progress Chef
14 6 (0.84%) ZABBIX
15 5 (0.70%) logstash
Vendors
1 252 (35.34%) Microsoft
2 125 (17.53%) Cisco
3 93 (13.04%) VMware
4 72 (10.10%) Citrix
5 36 (5.05%) Veeam
6 29 (4.07%) Oracle
7 22 (3.09%) HP
8 20 (2.81%) Commvault
9 19 (2.66%) IBM
10 18 (2.52%) Splunk
11 15 (2.10%) Apple
11 15 (2.10%) Google
12 14 (1.96%) Avaya
12 14 (1.96%) Mitel
13 13 (1.82%) SolarWinds
14 12 (1.68%) Dell
14 12 (1.68%) NetApp
14 12 (1.68%) Nimble Storage
15 11 (1.54%) Meraki
15 11 (1.54%) Red Hat