Contingency Planning Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Contingency Planning
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 327 425
Rank change year-on-year +20 +98 +152
Contract jobs citing Contingency Planning 16 20 29
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.16% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 17 25
10th Percentile £361 £458 £468
25th Percentile £401 £495 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £537 £600 £600
90th Percentile £594 £688 £665
UK median daily rate £550 £574 £563
% change year-on-year -4.14% +2.00% +0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £33.00 -
25th Percentile £81.75 £35.63 -
Median hourly rate £83.50 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% - -
75th Percentile £85.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £13.11 £37.75 -
% change year-on-year -65.28% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,413 12,250 20,972
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.65% 87.29% 89.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,338 8,298 14,770
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -0.46%
75th Percentile £627 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 486 508
10th Percentile £12.62 £15.93 £17.68
25th Percentile £18.50 £26.70 £25.75
Median hourly rate £33.89 £43.00 £51.07
Median % change year-on-year -21.20% -15.79% +14.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.75 £81.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £42.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% -10.31% +61.35%

Contingency Planning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Contingency Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Contingency Planning trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Contingency Planning
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Contingency Planning.

Contingency Planning daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Contingency Planning
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Contingency Planning over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Contingency Planning daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Contingency Planning
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Contingency Planning.

Contingency Planning hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Contingency Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (6.25%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) AWS
2 4 (25.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 4 (25.00%) Amazon Glacier
2 4 (25.00%) Amazon Kinesis
2 4 (25.00%) Amazon S3
2 4 (25.00%) AWS Lambda
2 4 (25.00%) Serverless
3 2 (12.50%) Azure
4 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) DynamoDB
2 1 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (12.50%) JIRA
3 1 (6.25%) Zephyr
General
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
1 4 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
1 4 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Architect
1 4 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Project Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Release Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Software Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Software Release Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) AWS Architect
3 2 (12.50%) AWS Solution Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Java Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Java Solutions Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 2 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Security Project Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Test Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) SAP Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Supply Chain Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) ActiveMQ
1 4 (25.00%) Kafka
1 4 (25.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (25.00%) Public Cloud
2 2 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 2 (12.50%) PMI
3 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.25%) Smart Energy
3 1 (6.25%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) SDLC
2 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (43.75%) Agile
3 7 (43.75%) CI/CD
4 6 (37.50%) Project Planning
4 6 (37.50%) Risk Management
5 5 (31.25%) Change Management
6 4 (25.00%) Budget Control
6 4 (25.00%) Containerisation
6 4 (25.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 4 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
6 4 (25.00%) Event-Driven
6 4 (25.00%) Microservices
6 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
7 3 (18.75%) Continuous Delivery
7 3 (18.75%) Process Improvement
7 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
7 3 (18.75%) Regulatory Compliance
7 3 (18.75%) Release Management
7 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 2 (12.50%) PMI Certification
4 1 (6.25%) ISTQB
4 1 (6.25%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (6.25%) GxP
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Docker
2 1 (6.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Alteryx
1 1 (6.25%) HP
1 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
1 1 (6.25%) SAP