Contingency Planning Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Contingency Planning
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Contingency Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 298 363
Rank change year-on-year -59 +65 +91
Contract jobs citing Contingency Planning 41 50 43
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.35% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.40% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 31 35
10th Percentile £405 £413 £376
25th Percentile £425 £450 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £670 £586 £638
90th Percentile £738 £700 £740
UK median daily rate £550 £542 £575
% change year-on-year +1.48% -5.74% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92.50 - -
Median hourly rate £95.00 £40.00 £28.92
Median % change year-on-year +137.50% +38.31% -
75th Percentile £97.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £95.00 £40.00 £25.21
% change year-on-year +137.50% +58.67% -48.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,526 12,425 17,030
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.43% 87.52% 87.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,532 7,257 10,936
10th Percentile £221 £240 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,708 713 1,244
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.49
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% -31.57% +39.45%
75th Percentile £53.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £77.35
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +21.43%

Contingency Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Contingency Planning job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Contingency Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Contingency Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Contingency Planning

Contingency Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contingency Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Contingency Planning in the UK excluding London

Contingency Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Contingency Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Contingency Planning

Contingency Planning
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 January 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
South East -18 17 £670 +17.03% 7
North of England -48 10 £461 -7.29% 2
West Midlands -35 9 £515 +0.64% 5
Midlands -40 9 £515 +14.44% 6
North West -20 7 £425 -13.92% 1
Scotland +1 3 £450 -12.20%
Yorkshire -44 3 £700 +31.09% 1
South West -9 1 £750 +57.89% 3
East of England -23 1 - - 2
Contingency Planning
UK

Contingency Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (24.39%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (4.88%) MS Visio
5 1 (2.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (4.88%) SAP ERP
2 2 (4.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (26.83%) Azure
2 9 (21.95%) Azure DevOps
2 9 (21.95%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (21.95%) Power Platform
2 9 (21.95%) SaaS
3 5 (12.20%) AWS
4 3 (7.32%) Miro
5 1 (2.44%) OCI
5 1 (2.44%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.44%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.44%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.32%) Firewall
1 3 (7.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.51%) Power BI
2 7 (17.07%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (14.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (12.20%) JIRA
General
1 20 (48.78%) Finance
2 15 (36.59%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.07%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (12.20%) Legal
6 4 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
7 3 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Banking
8 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (39.02%) Project Manager
2 10 (24.39%) Oracle Project Manager
3 7 (17.07%) Programme Manager
4 5 (12.20%) Integration Manager
5 4 (9.76%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (7.32%) ERP Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Integration Project Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Programme Test Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Release Manager
6 3 (7.32%) SOC Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Software Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Software Release Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Test Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Test Programme Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Cutover Manager
7 2 (4.88%) E-Business Manager
7 2 (4.88%) ERP Project Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Transformation Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Transformation Project Manager
8 1 (2.44%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) PMI
2 3 (7.32%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (7.32%) PKI
2 3 (7.32%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (7.32%) Security Posture
3 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.44%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.44%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.44%) SCADA
4 1 (2.44%) Smart Energy
4 1 (2.44%) Smart Meter
4 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Project Management
2 14 (34.15%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (26.83%) DevOps
3 11 (26.83%) PRINCE2
4 10 (24.39%) Agile
4 10 (24.39%) Waterfall
5 9 (21.95%) Change Management
5 9 (21.95%) Migration
5 9 (21.95%) Risk Management
6 8 (19.51%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 8 (19.51%) E-business
6 8 (19.51%) Matrix Organization
6 8 (19.51%) Project Delivery
7 7 (17.07%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (14.63%) Project Governance
8 6 (14.63%) Regulatory Compliance
8 6 (14.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (12.20%) ERP
9 5 (12.20%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.20%) Degree
2 5 (12.20%) PMP
3 4 (9.76%) PMI Certification
4 3 (7.32%) APMP
4 3 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (7.32%) MAPM
4 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.88%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) PMO
2 4 (9.76%) QA
3 3 (7.32%) Data Quality
4 2 (4.88%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) QRadar
Vendors
1 13 (31.71%) Oracle
2 3 (7.32%) Google
2 3 (7.32%) SAP
2 3 (7.32%) Splunk
3 2 (4.88%) CheckPoint
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.44%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.44%) Workday