Operational Resilience Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Operational Resilience
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England citing Operational Resilience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 179 149
Rank change year-on-year +37 -30 +33
Contract jobs citing Operational Resilience 133 28 16
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 1.72% 0.62% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 0.70% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 17 0
10th Percentile £332 £474 -
25th Percentile £400 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £570 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% - -
75th Percentile £574 £644 -
90th Percentile £694 £794 -
England median daily rate £565 £582 £613
% change year-on-year -2.84% -5.06% +6.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of 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 citing process or methodology skills in the North of England.

6 months to
12 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 6,512 4,021 3,354
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 84.24% 88.55% 84.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,782 2,662 1,832
10th Percentile £313 £219 £294
25th Percentile £409 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.51% -2.09% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £555 £575
90th Percentile £675 £668 £662
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 638 260 176
10th Percentile £13.45 £15.18 £14.60
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.87 £17.94
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -22.62% +16.49%
75th Percentile £67.50 £45.46 £46.18
90th Percentile £77.00 £70.29 £67.84
England median hourly rate £35.11 £25.15 £36.00
% change year-on-year +39.58% -30.14% -19.10%

Operational Resilience Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Operational Resilience job vacancy trend in the North of England

Operational Resilience Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Operational Resilience Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Resilience in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Resilience in the North of England

Operational Resilience Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 12 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire +45 93 £500 -12.28% 20
North West -16 36 £474 -19.28% 44
North East -31 4 £500 - 9
Operational Resilience
England

Operational Resilience Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 Management45.9%61
2Agile37.6%50
3Continuous Improvement28.6%38
4Roadmaps24.1%32
5Risk Management21.8%29
6Problem-Solving21.1%28
7CI/CD20.3%27
8Analytics19.5%26
9Data Protection18.8%25
9Service Management18.8%25
11Cybersecurity17.3%23
11Decision-Making17.3%23
11Infrastructure Engineering17.3%23
14ITIL15.8%21
14Migration15.8%21
16DevOps12.8%17
16Incident Management12.8%17
16SDLC12.8%17
19Disaster Recovery12.0%16
20Data Engineering11.3%15