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 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 525 611
Rank change year-on-year +30 +86 +127
Contract jobs citing Contingency Planning 58 71 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.17% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.20% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 50 65
10th Percentile £370 £450 £463
25th Percentile £425 £496 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £600 £684 £650
90th Percentile £700 £739 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% +15.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile - £32.15 -
25th Percentile £12.66 £33.50 -
Median hourly rate £13.11 £37.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -65.28% - -
75th Percentile £49.40 £40.00 -
90th Percentile £70.91 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.11 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year -67.24% - -

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 29,453 35,958 49,827
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.33% 85.38% 89.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,495 23,012 34,286
10th Percentile £300 £301 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,557 2,302 1,674
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.71 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -5.29% +52.81%
75th Percentile £51.25 £62.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.48 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £38.20 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.16% -4.51% +86.05%

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 18 July 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 18 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Contingency Planning in the UK

Contingency Planning
Top 14 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 18 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
UK excluding London +31 45 £550 -3.93% 39
England +31 42 £544 -5.48% 61
North of England +18 17 £550 -13.73% 12
Work from Home +35 16 £450 -14.29% 21
South East +29 9 £550 -15.38% 10
North West +16 9 £436 -27.33% 6
Scotland +4 9 £550 - 6
London +13 7 £499 -13.30% 26
Yorkshire -1 6 £600 -11.11% 6
Midlands -5 6 £537 +19.33% 3
East of England +13 5 £425 - 2
West Midlands +1 3 - - 2
East Midlands +1 3 £537 +36.38% 1
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 (5.17%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.45%) MS Project Server
3 1 (1.72%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (25.86%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) SAP PM
1 2 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.72%) Primavera
2 1 (1.72%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.52%) AWS
2 7 (12.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 7 (12.07%) Amazon Glacier
2 7 (12.07%) Amazon Kinesis
2 7 (12.07%) Amazon S3
2 7 (12.07%) AWS Lambda
2 7 (12.07%) Serverless
3 6 (10.34%) Azure
4 5 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (8.62%) SaaS
5 4 (6.90%) Power Platform
6 3 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (5.17%) Miro
7 1 (1.72%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (1.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.72%) Collibra
7 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.45%) Internet
2 1 (1.72%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.07%) DynamoDB
2 4 (6.90%) Power BI
3 2 (3.45%) Big Data
4 1 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.72%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.72%) GIS
4 1 (1.72%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (12.07%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.17%) JIRA
3 1 (1.72%) Zephyr
General
1 20 (34.48%) Finance
2 16 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 14 (24.14%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (12.07%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.17%) Marketing
6 3 (5.17%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.72%) Banking
8 1 (1.72%) Legal
8 1 (1.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (29.31%) Project Manager
2 8 (13.79%) Architect
2 8 (13.79%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 8 (13.79%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 8 (13.79%) Security Manager
2 8 (13.79%) Security Project Manager
3 6 (10.34%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (6.90%) Analyst
4 4 (6.90%) Business Analyst
4 4 (6.90%) Programme Manager
5 3 (5.17%) Consultant
5 3 (5.17%) Cutover Manager
5 3 (5.17%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 3 (5.17%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (5.17%) Lead
5 3 (5.17%) Release Manager
5 3 (5.17%) SAP Manager
5 3 (5.17%) Security Consultant
5 3 (5.17%) Software Manager
5 3 (5.17%) Software Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.79%) Kafka
2 7 (12.07%) ActiveMQ
2 7 (12.07%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.69%) Management Information System
2 10 (17.24%) PMI
3 7 (12.07%) Public Cloud
4 4 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (5.17%) IoT
5 3 (5.17%) Operational Technology
6 2 (3.45%) Data Centre
6 2 (3.45%) Mobile App
6 2 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.45%) SCADA
7 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.72%) Smart Energy
7 1 (1.72%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (46.55%) Project Management
2 19 (32.76%) Agile
3 18 (31.03%) PRINCE2
3 18 (31.03%) Project Planning
4 16 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (27.59%) Risk Management
5 13 (22.41%) Change Management
5 13 (22.41%) Cybersecurity
5 13 (22.41%) SDLC
5 13 (22.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (20.69%) Project Delivery
6 12 (20.69%) Roadmaps
7 11 (18.97%) Regulatory Compliance
8 10 (17.24%) CI/CD
8 10 (17.24%) Process Improvement
9 9 (15.52%) Matrix Organization
9 9 (15.52%) Service Delivery
9 9 (15.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (13.79%) PRINCE
11 7 (12.07%) Budget Control
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.07%) Java
2 2 (3.45%) SQL
3 1 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (25.86%) Degree
2 11 (18.97%) PMI Certification
3 6 (10.34%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (5.17%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.45%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.72%) ISEB
6 1 (1.72%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.72%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (1.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.07%) QA
2 2 (3.45%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.45%) GDPR
3 1 (1.72%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.72%) GxP
3 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.72%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (12.07%) Docker
2 1 (1.72%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.90%) Oracle
2 4 (6.90%) SAP
3 2 (3.45%) Ariba
4 1 (1.72%) Adobe
4 1 (1.72%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.72%) Databricks
4 1 (1.72%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.72%) HP
4 1 (1.72%) Informatica
4 1 (1.72%) Salesforce