Contingency Planning Contract Job Trends in the South West

Contingency Planning
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Contingency Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 133 151
Rank change year-on-year +15 +18 +15
Contract jobs citing Contingency Planning 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.049% 0.081% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.054% 0.096% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £483 -
25th Percentile £725 £486 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £494 -
Median % change year-on-year +51.90% - -
75th Percentile £775 £498 -
90th Percentile - £499 -
England median daily rate £550 £550 £540
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -1.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,835 2,080 2,787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 89.69% 84.59% 87.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,054 1,228 1,901
10th Percentile £223 £312 £308
25th Percentile £375 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £734 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 169 283
10th Percentile £15.23 £15.62 £20.30
25th Percentile £18.87 £36.00 £45.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £71.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.63% -9.38% +27.14%

Contingency Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Contingency Planning job vacancy trend in the South West

Contingency Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Contingency Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Contingency Planning

Contingency Planning
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 26 October 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
Bristol +1 1 £750 +50.00% 2
Contingency Planning
England

Contingency Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing