Contingency Planning Contracts

Contingency Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 465 500 623
Rank change year-on-year +35 +123 +99
Contract jobs citing Contingency Planning 55 82 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.19% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.22% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 63 70
10th Percentile £358 £411 £475
25th Percentile £406 £488 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% -4.17% +10.09%
75th Percentile £596 £669 £669
90th Percentile £707 £735 £764
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £563 £570
% change year-on-year -2.22% -1.32% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.66 £34.25 -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.68% - -
75th Percentile - £36.75 -
90th Percentile £67.15 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Contingency Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Contingency Planning in the UK

Contingency Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Contingency Planning in the UK

Contingency Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contingency Planning over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Contingency Planning in the UK

Contingency Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Contingency Planning.

Hourly rate trend for Contingency Planning in the UK

Contingency Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Contingency Planning over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Contingency Planning in the UK

Contingency Planning
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +38 47 £537 -10.50% 59
UK excluding London +46 36 £550 -2.22% 42
Work from Home +35 24 £500 -6.98% 31
London +33 17 £447 -30.48% 27
North of England +24 16 £544 -17.96% 8
North West +20 8 £447 -31.23% 4
Yorkshire +9 6 £550 -18.52% 3
Midlands +16 5 £537 +13.05% 10
East of England - 5 £425 - 4
South East +36 4 - - 13
Scotland +9 4 £550 +10.00% 3
South West +44 3 £475 -9.52% 2
East Midlands +11 3 £537 - 6
West Midlands +5 2 £574 +20.74% 4
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 1

Contingency Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.45%) Confluence
2 1 (1.82%) MS Project Server
2 1 (1.82%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (29.09%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Primavera
2 2 (3.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.82%) Maximo
3 1 (1.82%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.82%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 7 (12.73%) Amazon Glacier
1 7 (12.73%) Amazon Kinesis
1 7 (12.73%) Amazon S3
1 7 (12.73%) AWS
1 7 (12.73%) AWS Lambda
1 7 (12.73%) Serverless
2 3 (5.45%) Azure
3 2 (3.64%) SaaS
4 1 (1.82%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.82%) GCP
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.82%) Internet
1 1 (1.82%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.73%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.82%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (12.73%) Jenkins
2 6 (10.91%) JIRA
3 1 (1.82%) Zephyr
General
1 22 (40.00%) Finance
2 14 (25.45%) Social Skills
3 10 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (12.73%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (10.91%) Public Sector
6 5 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.64%) Marketing
8 2 (3.64%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.82%) Banking
9 1 (1.82%) Legal
9 1 (1.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (25.45%) Project Manager
2 8 (14.55%) Programme Manager
3 7 (12.73%) Architect
3 7 (12.73%) Lead
4 6 (10.91%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 6 (10.91%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 6 (10.91%) Security Manager
4 6 (10.91%) Security Project Manager
4 6 (10.91%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (5.45%) SAP Manager
5 3 (5.45%) Senior
6 2 (3.64%) AWS Architect
6 2 (3.64%) AWS Solution Architect
6 2 (3.64%) Cutover Manager
6 2 (3.64%) Java Architect
6 2 (3.64%) Java Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.64%) Lead Product Owner
6 2 (3.64%) Product Owner
6 2 (3.64%) SAP Cutover Manager
6 2 (3.64%) Sustainability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.73%) ActiveMQ
1 7 (12.73%) Kafka
1 7 (12.73%) RESTful
2 2 (3.64%) ADO
2 2 (3.64%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.18%) PMI
2 7 (12.73%) Public Cloud
3 6 (10.91%) Management Information System
4 4 (7.27%) Product Ownership
5 3 (5.45%) Data Centre
6 2 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (3.64%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.64%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.82%) IoT
7 1 (1.82%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (41.82%) Project Management
2 20 (36.36%) Agile
3 17 (30.91%) Risk Management
4 16 (29.09%) Roadmaps
5 15 (27.27%) Project Planning
6 14 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (23.64%) PRINCE2
8 11 (20.00%) Project Delivery
8 11 (20.00%) SDLC
8 11 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (14.55%) PRINCE
10 8 (14.55%) Regulatory Compliance
10 8 (14.55%) Service Delivery
11 7 (12.73%) Budget Management
11 7 (12.73%) Creative Problem-Solving
11 7 (12.73%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (12.73%) Data Pipeline
11 7 (12.73%) Event-Driven
11 7 (12.73%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.73%) Java
2 1 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (18.18%) Degree
1 10 (18.18%) PMI Certification
2 5 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 4 (7.27%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.64%) PMP
5 1 (1.82%) CFA
5 1 (1.82%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.82%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.82%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (1.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.09%) QA
2 2 (3.64%) GDPR
3 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.82%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.82%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (12.73%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.82%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.82%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.45%) SAP
3 2 (3.64%) Ariba
3 2 (3.64%) HP
3 2 (3.64%) Oracle
4 1 (1.82%) Adobe
4 1 (1.82%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.82%) eFront
4 1 (1.82%) Google
4 1 (1.82%) Infor