Operational Resilience Contract Job Trends in England

Operational Resilience
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Operational Resilience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 409 416
Rank change year-on-year +151 +7 +32
Contract jobs citing Operational Resilience 498 119 116
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.07% 0.42% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 0.46% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 77 71
10th Percentile £395 £448 £450
25th Percentile £477 £510 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £599 £638
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% -6.04% +10.87%
75th Percentile £692 £726 £700
90th Percentile £768 £825 £795
UK median daily rate £565 £588 £627
% change year-on-year -3.95% -6.18% +9.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £38.13 - -
25th Percentile £69.69 - -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +128.57% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £35.00 -
% change year-on-year +128.57% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Operational Resilience falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,860 25,825 27,493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 90.91% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,043 16,388 16,768
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £640
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,134 1,632 1,057
10th Percentile £13.54 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.69 £20.30
Median hourly rate £37.82 £25.15 £41.16
Median % change year-on-year +50.38% -38.89% -7.52%
75th Percentile £67.25 £44.19 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.25 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £37.02 £25.08 £38.50
% change year-on-year +47.64% -34.87% -10.81%

Operational Resilience Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Operational Resilience relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Operational Resilience job vacancy trend in England

Operational Resilience Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Operational Resilience.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Operational Resilience

Operational Resilience Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Resilience in England over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Resilience in England

Operational Resilience Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Operational Resilience.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Operational Resilience

Operational Resilience Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Operational Resilience in England over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Operational Resilience in England

Operational Resilience Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Resilience within the England region over the 6 months to 22 October 2026. 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
London +73 266 £575 -11.54% 1
North of England +44 142 £500 -13.68% 2
Yorkshire +53 104 £500 -13.68%
South East -28 41 £615 +4.59% 1
North West -29 34 £495 -15.71% 2
South West -21 14 £650 -3.70% 1
East of England -13 12 £724 +4.86%
Midlands -32 12 £638 +27.50%
West Midlands -31 9 £675 +35.00%
North East -36 4 £500 -
East Midlands - 3 £489 -
Operational Resilience
UK

Operational Resilience Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Stakeholder Management39.2%195
2Continuous Improvement26.5%132
3CI/CD21.3%106
4Cybersecurity20.7%103
5Agile19.9%99
6Risk Management19.1%95
7Roadmaps18.7%93
8Service Management18.5%92
9Disaster Recovery18.3%91
10Stakeholder Engagement17.9%89
11DevOps17.7%88
12Problem-Solving15.9%79
13Business Continuity15.7%78
14ITIL14.7%73
15Decision-Making13.9%69
16Infrastructure as Code13.3%66
16Validation13.3%66
18Data Protection12.9%64
19AI12.7%63
20Migration12.4%62