Contingency Planning Contracts in Scotland

Contingency Planning
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Contingency Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Contingency Planning over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 122 152
Rank change year-on-year +7 +30 +27
Contract jobs citing Contingency Planning 9 2 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.52% 0.098% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.11% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 18
10th Percentile - - £509
25th Percentile £425 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.28%
75th Percentile £606 - £588
90th Percentile £648 - £591
UK median daily rate £550 £588 £563
% change year-on-year -6.38% +4.44% -2.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,597 1,784 2,562
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 91.94% 87.24% 92.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 905 1,108 1,773
10th Percentile £250 £213 £250
25th Percentile £368 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 73 66
10th Percentile £16.57 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £13.64 £12.13
Median hourly rate £20.00 £21.64 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year -7.58% +41.95% -59.27%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £35.00
90th Percentile £28.30 £60.75 £61.53
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.25
% change year-on-year -34.02% -5.29% +52.19%

Contingency Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Contingency Planning in Scotland

Contingency Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Contingency Planning in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Contingency Planning in Scotland

Contingency Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contingency Planning in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Contingency Planning in Scotland

Contingency Planning
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Contingency Planning within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 July 2025. 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
Glasgow - 9 £550 - 4
Contingency Planning
UK

Contingency Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
General
1 7 (77.78%) Organisational Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 4 (44.44%) Project Manager
1 4 (44.44%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
1 4 (44.44%) Security Manager
1 4 (44.44%) Security Project Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Release Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Software Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Software Release Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (44.44%) PMI
3 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Change Management
1 6 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) PRINCE
2 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2
2 4 (44.44%) Process Improvement
2 4 (44.44%) Project Planning
2 4 (44.44%) Regulatory Compliance
2 4 (44.44%) Roadmaps
3 3 (33.33%) Business Process Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 3 (33.33%) Release Management
3 3 (33.33%) SDLC
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) PMI Certification
3 3 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
5 1 (11.11%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland