Contingency Planning Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Contingency Planning
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Contingency Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 81 96
Rank change year-on-year -19 +15 +17
Contract jobs citing Contingency Planning 4 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.27% 0.20% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.22% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile £412 £479 £460
25th Percentile £428 £528 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £608 £625
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% -2.72% -
75th Percentile £509 £689 £700
90th Percentile £549 £737 £745
North West median daily rate £448 £447 £625
% change year-on-year +0.11% -28.48% -1.96%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Contingency Planning 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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,253 906 1,353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 85.76% 91.15% 86.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 817 606 950
10th Percentile £300 £300 £313
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £459 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.82% -8.25% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £455 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 34 76
10th Percentile £19.75 £15.27 £12.45
25th Percentile £23.00 £20.50 £13.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% +25.00% -32.03%
75th Percentile £70.00 £54.25 £58.13
90th Percentile £79.20 £63.50 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £31.76 £22.50
% change year-on-year +41.69% +41.16% -39.84%

Contingency Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Contingency Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Contingency Planning job vacancy trend in Manchester

Contingency Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Contingency Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Contingency Planning

Contingency Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contingency Planning in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Contingency Planning in Manchester

Contingency Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (50.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP ERP
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) OCI
1 1 (25.00%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Legal
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Banking Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Cutover Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) ERP Manager
2 1 (25.00%) ERP Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planner
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Cutover Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Active Listening
3 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Cutover Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Data Conversion
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) SAP