Contingency Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Contingency Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Contingency Planning over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 639 904 906
Rank change year-on-year +265 +2 -98
Permanent jobs citing Contingency Planning 268 68 331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.067% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.070% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 121 45 193
10th Percentile £35,392 £42,360 £42,600
25th Percentile £41,933 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -8.33% +11.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £83,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £98,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -10.71% +17.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Contingency Planning 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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
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 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Contingency Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Contingency Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Contingency Planning in the UK

Contingency Planning
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Contingency Planning.

Salary trend for Contingency Planning in the UK

Contingency Planning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Contingency Planning over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Contingency Planning in the UK

Contingency Planning
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Contingency Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +285 248 £47,500 -13.64% 50
UK excluding London +186 218 £45,000 -10.00% 45
Midlands +105 120 £45,000 -26.53% 11
West Midlands +103 96 £45,000 -26.53% 9
South East +45 47 £47,500 - 8
London +111 40 £61,250 -9.26% 9
Work from Home +88 39 £52,433 -12.61% 17
East Midlands +7 24 - - 2
North of England +66 22 £45,000 -14.29% 12
South West -7 18 £39,005 -13.32% 5
North West +23 16 £45,000 -14.29% 6
Yorkshire +92 5 £46,000 -31.21% 2
Scotland -63 5 £52,500 - 8
Wales +7 4 £52,956 -
Northern Ireland +25 1 - -
East of England +19 1 £25,000 -39.39% 3
North East - 1 £52,500 - 4

Contingency Planning
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 8 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 142 (52.99%) Microsoft Office
2 135 (50.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (2.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.49%) Elite 3E
1 4 (1.49%) Primavera
2 3 (1.12%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.75%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 17 (6.34%) Azure
2 14 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (4.48%) Power Platform
4 10 (3.73%) Power Automate
5 5 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (1.87%) PowerApps
6 4 (1.49%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.12%) AWS
7 3 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.12%) Google Analytics
7 3 (1.12%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.12%) Zapier
8 2 (0.75%) SaaS
9 1 (0.37%) IaaS
9 1 (0.37%) PaaS
9 1 (0.37%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.72%) Firewall
2 12 (4.48%) Internet
3 11 (4.10%) Intranet
3 11 (4.10%) SNMP
4 4 (1.49%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (1.12%) PPP
5 3 (1.12%) VoIP
6 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.48%) Power BI
2 9 (3.36%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.99%) Electronic Patient Records
4 4 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 10 (3.73%) JIRA
2 7 (2.61%) Git
3 2 (0.75%) Appium
3 2 (0.75%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.75%) JUnit
3 2 (0.75%) Selenium
3 2 (0.75%) SoapUI
3 2 (0.75%) TestNG
3 2 (0.75%) TestRail
3 2 (0.75%) WebDriver
General
1 125 (46.64%) Military
2 61 (22.76%) Social Skills
3 33 (12.31%) Finance
4 24 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.58%) Legal
6 14 (5.22%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (4.10%) Retail
8 7 (2.61%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.24%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.87%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.49%) Marketing
12 3 (1.12%) Banking
13 2 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
13 2 (0.75%) Police
14 1 (0.37%) Aviation
14 1 (0.37%) Billing
14 1 (0.37%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 128 (47.76%) Graduate
2 38 (14.18%) Project Manager
3 16 (5.97%) Lead
4 14 (5.22%) Senior
5 12 (4.48%) Analyst
5 12 (4.48%) IT Manager
6 11 (4.10%) Network Manager
6 11 (4.10%) Service Manager
7 10 (3.73%) Professional Services Manager
7 10 (3.73%) Resource Manager
8 9 (3.36%) IT Project Manager
9 8 (2.99%) Security Analyst
10 7 (2.61%) Developer
11 6 (2.24%) Applications Manager
11 6 (2.24%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (1.87%) Information Analyst
12 5 (1.87%) Information Security Analyst
12 5 (1.87%) Junior
12 5 (1.87%) Junior Project Manager
12 5 (1.87%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.61%) CSS
1 7 (2.61%) HTML
1 7 (2.61%) LESS
1 7 (2.61%) React
1 7 (2.61%) Sass
2 2 (0.75%) Gherkin
2 2 (0.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 128 (47.76%) Onboarding
2 24 (8.96%) Management Information System
3 14 (5.22%) Data Protection Act
4 10 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.61%) NHS
6 6 (2.24%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.24%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.49%) Freedom of Information
7 4 (1.49%) IoT
8 3 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.12%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.12%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.12%) Social Media
9 2 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.75%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.37%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.49%) Windows
1 4 (1.49%) Windows 10
2 2 (0.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (58.96%) Continuous Improvement
2 142 (52.99%) Process Improvement
3 136 (50.75%) Customer Service
4 135 (50.37%) Logistics
5 128 (47.76%) Creative Thinking
5 128 (47.76%) Customer Experience
5 128 (47.76%) Data Analysis
5 128 (47.76%) Performance Metrics
6 63 (23.51%) Project Management
7 34 (12.69%) PRINCE2
7 34 (12.69%) Risk Management
8 32 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
9 23 (8.58%) Data Protection
10 21 (7.84%) Agile
11 20 (7.46%) Mentoring
11 20 (7.46%) Project Delivery
12 17 (6.34%) Disaster Recovery
12 17 (6.34%) Resource Management
13 16 (5.97%) Change Management
13 16 (5.97%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.85%) SQL
2 7 (2.61%) Delphi
2 7 (2.61%) JavaScript
3 5 (1.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (1.87%) Python
4 4 (1.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 181 (67.54%) Degree
2 13 (4.85%) APMP
3 12 (4.48%) PMP
4 11 (4.10%) Master's Degree
5 10 (3.73%) CISSP
6 9 (3.36%) CISM
6 9 (3.36%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.49%) CISA
7 4 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (1.49%) EMC Certification
8 3 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.12%) SSCP
9 2 (0.75%) CEH
9 2 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.75%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.37%) ECDL
10 1 (0.37%) MCSA
10 1 (0.37%) MCSE
10 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.58%) QA
2 18 (6.72%) PMO
3 14 (5.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.10%) NIST
5 10 (3.73%) SLA
6 7 (2.61%) GDPR
7 4 (1.49%) JSP 440
7 4 (1.49%) RMADS
8 3 (1.12%) COBIT
8 3 (1.12%) COSO
8 3 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.12%) GRC
8 3 (1.12%) HAZOP
8 3 (1.12%) ISO 22301
8 3 (1.12%) ISO 31000
9 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.75%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 11 (4.10%) Hyper-V
1 11 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.87%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 48 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.48%) VMware
3 6 (2.24%) Aruba
3 6 (2.24%) Cisco
3 6 (2.24%) HP
4 5 (1.87%) Google
4 5 (1.87%) Sage
5 4 (1.49%) ConnectWise
5 4 (1.49%) EMC
5 4 (1.49%) Freshdesk
5 4 (1.49%) iManage
5 4 (1.49%) Intapp
5 4 (1.49%) LexisNexis
5 4 (1.49%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.49%) SAP
6 3 (1.12%) Pardot
7 2 (0.75%) Civica
8 1 (0.37%) Ivanti
8 1 (0.37%) Oracle
8 1 (0.37%) Qualys