Contingency Planning Job Trends in the South East

Contingency Planning
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Contingency Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 269 285
Rank change year-on-year +6 +16 +135
Permanent jobs citing Contingency Planning 7 37 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.067% 0.41% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% 0.47% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 5
10th Percentile - - £56,000
25th Percentile - £46,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -32.14% +21.74%
75th Percentile - £48,750 £82,500
90th Percentile - - £84,000
England median annual salary £59,764 £48,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +22.59% +8.33% -21.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,324 7,915 7,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.21% 88.16% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,975 3,773 5,421
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Contingency Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Contingency Planning job vacancy trend in the South East

Contingency Planning
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Contingency Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Contingency Planning

Contingency Planning
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Contingency Planning within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Kent -18 5 £50,000 +85.19% 1
Thames Valley +3 2 - - 4
Berkshire -6 2 - - 2
Contingency Planning
England

Contingency Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (57.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (57.14%) Power Automate
2 2 (28.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Unified Communications
2 1 (14.29%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Metadata
1 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) IT Manager
2 4 (57.14%) IT Project Manager
2 4 (57.14%) Project Manager
2 4 (57.14%) Unified Communications Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Vendor Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Digital Media
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (14.29%) Over-the-Top Content
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Service Delivery
2 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) Asset Management
3 4 (57.14%) Business Analysis
3 4 (57.14%) Business Case
3 4 (57.14%) Data Protection
3 4 (57.14%) Housing Management
3 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
3 4 (57.14%) Product Backlog
3 4 (57.14%) Project Management
3 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
3 4 (57.14%) Sprint Planning
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Map
4 3 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
5 2 (28.57%) Conflict Resolution
5 2 (28.57%) ITIL
5 2 (28.57%) Scorecard
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Civica
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow