Contingency Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Contingency Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Contingency Planning over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 678 921 888
Rank change year-on-year +243 -33 -87
Permanent jobs citing Contingency Planning 221 80 327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.075% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.078% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 113 56 190
10th Percentile £32,478 £42,360 £44,875
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,188 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £85,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% -6.25% +31.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Contingency Planning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 83,908 102,297 145,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.28% 95.66% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 59,730 59,825 83,628
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Contingency Planning in the UK

Contingency Planning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Contingency Planning over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Contingency Planning in the UK

Contingency Planning
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Contingency Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 18 April 2024. 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
England +267 206 £47,500 -20.83% 49
UK excluding London +158 175 £45,000 -14.29% 35
Midlands +93 85 £45,000 -21.74% 5
West Midlands +106 67 £45,000 -21.74% 3
South East +77 47 £47,500 - 14
London +150 38 £60,000 -12.73% 13
Work from Home +109 36 £46,990 -21.68% 16
South West +2 19 £39,005 -13.32% 2
East Midlands +4 18 £60,000 - 2
North of England +59 16 £43,865 -20.25% 11
North West +12 11 £43,865 -16.45% 5
Yorkshire +79 4 £37,000 -45.19% 2
Wales +9 4 £52,956 -
Scotland -59 3 £50,000 - 3
East of England +27 1 £25,000 -39.39% 2
North East - 1 £52,500 - 4

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 8 (3.62%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 100 (45.25%) Microsoft Office
2 94 (42.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.07%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (2.71%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.81%) Elite 3E
1 4 (1.81%) Primavera
2 2 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.90%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 16 (7.24%) Azure
2 13 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (4.98%) Power Platform
4 9 (4.07%) Power Automate
5 6 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.26%) PowerApps
7 4 (1.81%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.36%) AWS
8 3 (1.36%) SaaS
9 2 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.90%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.90%) IaaS
9 2 (0.90%) PaaS
9 2 (0.90%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.90%) Zapier
10 1 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 19 (8.60%) Firewall
2 12 (5.43%) Internet
3 11 (4.98%) Intranet
3 11 (4.98%) SNMP
4 4 (1.81%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (1.36%) PPP
5 3 (1.36%) VoIP
6 1 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.45%) Network Security
6 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.98%) Power BI
2 9 (4.07%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.62%) Electronic Patient Records
4 4 (1.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 8 (3.62%) JIRA
2 7 (3.17%) Git
3 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
General
1 86 (38.91%) Military
2 61 (27.60%) Social Skills
3 31 (14.03%) Finance
4 24 (10.86%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (9.50%) Legal
6 12 (5.43%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (4.98%) Retail
8 10 (4.52%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.71%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.26%) Marketing
10 5 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.81%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.36%) Banking
13 2 (0.90%) Police
14 1 (0.45%) Aviation
14 1 (0.45%) Billing
14 1 (0.45%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 87 (39.37%) Graduate
2 40 (18.10%) Project Manager
3 15 (6.79%) Lead
4 14 (6.33%) Senior
5 12 (5.43%) IT Manager
6 11 (4.98%) Network Manager
7 10 (4.52%) IT Project Manager
8 9 (4.07%) Analyst
9 8 (3.62%) Professional Services Manager
9 8 (3.62%) Resource Manager
9 8 (3.62%) Service Manager
10 6 (2.71%) Applications Manager
10 6 (2.71%) Developer
11 5 (2.26%) Junior
11 5 (2.26%) Junior Project Manager
11 5 (2.26%) Power Platform Developer
11 5 (2.26%) Security Analyst
11 5 (2.26%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (2.26%) Technical Leader
12 4 (1.81%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.71%) CSS
1 6 (2.71%) HTML
1 6 (2.71%) LESS
1 6 (2.71%) React
1 6 (2.71%) Sass
2 2 (0.90%) Web Services
3 1 (0.45%) JSON
3 1 (0.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 87 (39.37%) Onboarding
2 22 (9.95%) Management Information System
3 14 (6.33%) Data Protection Act
4 10 (4.52%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.62%) Driving Licence
6 7 (3.17%) NHS
7 4 (1.81%) Freedom of Information
7 4 (1.81%) IoT
7 4 (1.81%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.36%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.36%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.90%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.90%) Social Media
10 1 (0.45%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.81%) Windows
1 4 (1.81%) Windows 10
2 2 (0.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (51.58%) Continuous Improvement
2 101 (45.70%) Process Improvement
3 97 (43.89%) Customer Service
4 94 (42.53%) Logistics
5 87 (39.37%) Creative Thinking
5 87 (39.37%) Customer Experience
5 87 (39.37%) Data Analysis
5 87 (39.37%) Performance Metrics
6 62 (28.05%) Project Management
7 33 (14.93%) PRINCE2
8 32 (14.48%) Risk Management
9 28 (12.67%) Problem-Solving
10 23 (10.41%) Data Protection
11 20 (9.05%) Project Delivery
12 19 (8.60%) Agile
13 18 (8.14%) Mentoring
14 16 (7.24%) Change Management
15 15 (6.79%) Contract Negotiation
15 15 (6.79%) Project Planning
16 14 (6.33%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.43%) SQL
2 6 (2.71%) Delphi
2 6 (2.71%) JavaScript
3 5 (2.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (1.81%) T-SQL
5 3 (1.36%) Python
6 1 (0.45%) Bash
6 1 (0.45%) Go
6 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 138 (62.44%) Degree
2 12 (5.43%) PMP
3 11 (4.98%) APMP
3 11 (4.98%) Master's Degree
4 9 (4.07%) PMI Certification
5 7 (3.17%) CISSP
6 6 (2.71%) CISM
7 4 (1.81%) CISA
7 4 (1.81%) EMC Certification
8 3 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.36%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.90%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.90%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.90%) SSCP
10 1 (0.45%) MCSE
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.60%) QA
2 16 (7.24%) PMO
3 11 (4.98%) NIST
4 8 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.62%) SLA
5 5 (2.26%) GDPR
6 4 (1.81%) JSP 440
6 4 (1.81%) RMADS
7 3 (1.36%) COBIT
7 3 (1.36%) COSO
7 3 (1.36%) GRC
7 3 (1.36%) HAZOP
7 3 (1.36%) ISO 31000
8 2 (0.90%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.90%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (4.98%) Hyper-V
1 11 (4.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.81%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
1 1 (0.45%) Puppet
1 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (19.91%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.43%) VMware
3 6 (2.71%) Aruba
3 6 (2.71%) Cisco
3 6 (2.71%) HP
4 5 (2.26%) Google
4 5 (2.26%) Sage
5 4 (1.81%) ConnectWise
5 4 (1.81%) EMC
5 4 (1.81%) Freshdesk
5 4 (1.81%) iManage
5 4 (1.81%) Intapp
5 4 (1.81%) LexisNexis
5 4 (1.81%) SAP
6 3 (1.36%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.90%) Civica
7 2 (0.90%) Oracle
7 2 (0.90%) Pardot
8 1 (0.45%) Ivanti
8 1 (0.45%) Qualys