Contingency Planning Job Trends in England

Contingency Planning
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Contingency Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 578 390 603
Rank change year-on-year -188 +213 +281
Permanent jobs citing Contingency Planning 31 307 64
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.059% 0.62% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.072% 0.69% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 16 49 50
10th Percentile - £42,500 £38,856
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +11.11% -21.74%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £72,625
UK median annual salary £62,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% +11.11% -25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Contingency Planning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,885 44,702 41,515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.30% 90.14% 91.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,602 22,418 32,186
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Contingency Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Contingency Planning relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Contingency Planning job vacancy trend in England

Contingency Planning
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Contingency Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Contingency Planning

Contingency Planning
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Contingency Planning in England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Contingency Planning in England

Contingency Planning
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Contingency Planning within the England region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +48 13 £67,500 -3.57% 9
South East -6 6 £50,000 +5.26% 12
South West +14 5 £60,000 -22.58% 4
Midlands -124 5 £60,000 +26.32% 14
West Midlands -108 3 £59,527 +25.32% 7
North West +20 2 £31,774 -39.48% 1
North of England -10 2 £31,774 -40.05% 2
East Midlands -44 2 £60,000 - 7
Contingency Planning
UK

Contingency Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (9.68%) SAP QM
2 2 (6.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (3.23%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (3.23%) SAP MDG
3 1 (3.23%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (12.90%) Power Automate
2 1 (3.23%) AWS
2 1 (3.23%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) Unified Communications
2 3 (9.68%) TETRA
3 1 (3.23%) Broadband
3 1 (3.23%) Firewall
3 1 (3.23%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Metadata
1 1 (3.23%) MS Access
1 1 (3.23%) SAP HANA
1 1 (3.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Selenium
General
1 19 (61.29%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Finance
4 4 (12.90%) Legal
5 3 (9.68%) Marketing
5 3 (9.68%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Telecoms
6 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.23%) Banking
7 1 (3.23%) Games
7 1 (3.23%) Law
7 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) Project Manager
2 9 (29.03%) Senior
3 7 (22.58%) IT Manager
4 6 (19.35%) IT Project Manager
5 4 (12.90%) Quality Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Risk Manager
5 4 (12.90%) Senior Manager
5 4 (12.90%) Senior Project Manager
5 4 (12.90%) Senior Quality Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Unified Communications Manager
6 3 (9.68%) Data Manager
6 3 (9.68%) Systems Manager
7 2 (6.45%) Lead
7 2 (6.45%) Senior IT Manager
7 2 (6.45%) Senior IT Project Manager
7 2 (6.45%) Technical Leader
7 2 (6.45%) Technical Manager
8 1 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 1 (3.23%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
8 1 (3.23%) SAP Practitioner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.90%) Web Services
2 1 (3.23%) Middleware
2 1 (3.23%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 11 (35.48%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.90%) Digital Media
3 3 (9.68%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (9.68%) Onboarding
3 3 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.23%) Blog
4 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.23%) IoT
4 1 (3.23%) Over-the-Top Content
4 1 (3.23%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Linux
1 1 (3.23%) SUSE
1 1 (3.23%) Unix
1 1 (3.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (45.16%) Agile
3 11 (35.48%) Project Management
4 8 (25.81%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (25.81%) PRINCE2
4 8 (25.81%) Regulatory Compliance
4 8 (25.81%) Risk Management
4 8 (25.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (22.58%) Change Management
5 7 (22.58%) Service Delivery
6 6 (19.35%) Business Case
6 6 (19.35%) Creative Thinking
6 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (19.35%) Project Delivery
6 6 (19.35%) Project Planning
7 5 (16.13%) Business Continuity
7 5 (16.13%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (16.13%) Decision-Making
7 5 (16.13%) Mentoring
7 5 (16.13%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) ABAP
1 1 (3.23%) Java
1 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (19.35%) SC Cleared
1 6 (19.35%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.90%) CISM
2 4 (12.90%) CISSP
2 4 (12.90%) CRISC
3 3 (9.68%) Degree
3 3 (9.68%) PMI Certification
3 3 (9.68%) PMP
4 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.23%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.81%) QA
2 4 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (12.90%) SOC 2
3 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.13%) SAP
3 4 (12.90%) Civica
4 1 (3.23%) Concur
4 1 (3.23%) IBM
4 1 (3.23%) Planon
4 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.23%) VMware