Contingency Planning Jobs

Contingency Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Contingency Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Contingency Planning over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 623 594 891
Rank change year-on-year -29 +297 +34
Permanent jobs citing Contingency Planning 86 335 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.32% 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.39% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 46 121 47
10th Percentile £49,500 £35,392 £42,360
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,933 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £82,813
90th Percentile £85,625 £80,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -10.71%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

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 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Contingency Planning in the UK

Contingency Planning
Top 12 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 30 May 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
England -82 58 £52,500 +10.53% 35
UK excluding London -19 53 £50,000 +11.11% 30
Work from Home +103 24 £65,000 +18.18% 12
South East +57 21 £69,500 +46.32% 15
North of England +45 15 £50,000 +11.11% 2
North West +8 15 £50,000 +11.11%
London +83 12 £80,000 +28.00% 15
Northern Ireland +49 7 £26,000 -
South West +93 5 £67,500 +73.05% 3
West Midlands -71 4 - -
Midlands -72 4 - - 6
East of England +47 1 £55,000 +120.00% 2

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 2 (2.33%) Confluence
2 1 (1.16%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (8.14%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (8.14%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.16%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.81%) AWS
1 5 (5.81%) Azure
2 2 (2.33%) GCP
2 2 (2.33%) SaaS
3 1 (1.16%) Amazon SQS
3 1 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.16%) Cloudflare
3 1 (1.16%) Cohesity
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.16%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.49%) Network Security
2 2 (2.33%) VoIP
3 1 (1.16%) BGP
3 1 (1.16%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (1.16%) Firewall
3 1 (1.16%) Internet
3 1 (1.16%) LAN
3 1 (1.16%) MPLS
3 1 (1.16%) OSPF
3 1 (1.16%) TACACS
3 1 (1.16%) VLAN
3 1 (1.16%) VPN
3 1 (1.16%) WAN
3 1 (1.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.49%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.16%) Base SAS
2 1 (1.16%) Big Data
2 1 (1.16%) Power BI
2 1 (1.16%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 3 (3.49%) JIRA
2 1 (1.16%) Git
General
1 65 (75.58%) Social Skills
2 47 (54.65%) Finance
3 45 (52.33%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (27.91%) Public Sector
5 23 (26.74%) Marketing
6 20 (23.26%) Manufacturing
7 19 (22.09%) Electronics
7 19 (22.09%) Organisational Skills
7 19 (22.09%) Telecoms
8 16 (18.60%) Legal
9 5 (5.81%) Banking
10 4 (4.65%) Aerospace
10 4 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (4.65%) Law
11 2 (2.33%) Investment Banking
12 1 (1.16%) Automotive
12 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.16%) Local Government
12 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.16%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (15.12%) Vendor Manager
2 10 (11.63%) Lead
2 10 (11.63%) Risk Manager
3 8 (9.30%) Analyst
3 8 (9.30%) Project Manager
4 7 (8.14%) Security Analyst
5 4 (4.65%) Programmer
5 4 (4.65%) Senior
5 4 (4.65%) Technical Leader
5 4 (4.65%) Technical Manager
6 3 (3.49%) Administrator
6 3 (3.49%) IT Manager
6 3 (3.49%) Project Leader
6 3 (3.49%) Service Desk Administrator
7 2 (2.33%) IT Services Manager
7 2 (2.33%) Operations Manager
7 2 (2.33%) Platform Manager
7 2 (2.33%) Project Engineer
7 2 (2.33%) Service Manager
8 1 (1.16%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.49%) Kafka
2 1 (1.16%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.16%) Laravel
2 1 (1.16%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 20 (23.26%) PMI
2 19 (22.09%) Management Information System
3 13 (15.12%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (15.12%) Social Media
3 13 (15.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 5 (5.81%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.33%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (2.33%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.16%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.16%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.16%) IoT
6 1 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.16%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.16%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.16%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 16 (18.60%) Windows
2 13 (15.12%) Windows Vista
3 1 (1.16%) Linux
3 1 (1.16%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (62.79%) Continuous Improvement
2 49 (56.98%) Risk Management
3 47 (54.65%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (52.33%) Agile
5 43 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 33 (38.37%) Project Management
7 31 (36.05%) Project Delivery
8 30 (34.88%) Contract Management
9 26 (30.23%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (30.23%) PRINCE2
10 25 (29.07%) Programme Management
11 23 (26.74%) Risk Register
12 22 (25.58%) Workshop Facilitation
13 21 (24.42%) Business Intelligence
13 21 (24.42%) Information Security
14 19 (22.09%) Creative Thinking
14 19 (22.09%) Decision-Making
14 19 (22.09%) Digital Marketing
14 19 (22.09%) Information Assurance
14 19 (22.09%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.98%) R
2 3 (3.49%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.49%) Python
3 1 (1.16%) PHP
3 1 (1.16%) SQL
3 1 (1.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (29.07%) PMI Certification
2 23 (26.74%) Security Cleared
3 22 (25.58%) Degree
4 19 (22.09%) CISM
4 19 (22.09%) CISSP
4 19 (22.09%) DV Cleared
5 18 (20.93%) CRISC
6 15 (17.44%) Master's Degree
7 13 (15.12%) DBS Check
8 5 (5.81%) PMP
9 4 (4.65%) SC Cleared
10 3 (3.49%) AWS Certification
11 2 (2.33%) Azure Certification
11 2 (2.33%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (1.16%) APMP
12 1 (1.16%) CCNP
12 1 (1.16%) CEH
12 1 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (22.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (18.60%) SOC 2
3 4 (4.65%) Def Stans
4 3 (3.49%) NIST
4 3 (3.49%) SLA
5 2 (2.33%) GDPR
5 2 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (2.33%) QA
6 1 (1.16%) Basel III
6 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.16%) GRC
6 1 (1.16%) IFRS
6 1 (1.16%) IFRS 9
6 1 (1.16%) PMO
6 1 (1.16%) RMADS
System Software
1 1 (1.16%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.16%) Ansible
1 1 (1.16%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (22.09%) SAP
2 14 (16.28%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.65%) VMware
4 2 (2.33%) Cisco
5 1 (1.16%) Aruba
5 1 (1.16%) Brocade
5 1 (1.16%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.16%) Citrix
5 1 (1.16%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.16%) Meraki
5 1 (1.16%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.16%) Pure Storage