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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 650 621 902
Rank change year-on-year -29 +281 +22
Permanent jobs citing Contingency Planning 80 289 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.29% 0.068%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.34% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 46 120 45
10th Percentile - £35,028 £42,360
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,574 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £48,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -11.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £83,125
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 52,380 85,029 95,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.83% 85.31% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,622 59,821 55,996
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,079 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,375 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,810 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.62% -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 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Contingency Planning in the UK

Contingency Planning
Top 13 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 17 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 -68 52 £52,500 +10.53% 46
UK excluding London -1 50 £50,000 +11.11% 36
Work from Home +116 24 £65,000 +20.37% 35
South East +55 19 £69,500 +46.32% 11
North of England +36 15 £50,000 +11.11% 4
North West -1 15 £50,000 +11.11% 2
London +80 9 £76,000 +24.08% 23
Northern Ireland +47 6 £26,000 - 1
West Midlands -49 5 £47,500 +5.56% 3
Midlands -72 5 £47,500 +5.56% 7
South West +97 3 £67,500 +73.05% 3
Scotland +113 1 £77,500 +47.62% 5
East of England +47 1 £55,000 +120.00% 3

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 1 (1.25%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.75%) AWS
1 3 (3.75%) Azure
2 1 (1.25%) Amazon SQS
2 1 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.25%) Cloudflare
2 1 (1.25%) Cohesity
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (1.25%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.25%) SaaS
2 1 (1.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.75%) Network Security
2 2 (2.50%) VoIP
3 1 (1.25%) BGP
3 1 (1.25%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (1.25%) Firewall
3 1 (1.25%) Internet
3 1 (1.25%) LAN
3 1 (1.25%) MPLS
3 1 (1.25%) OSPF
3 1 (1.25%) TACACS
3 1 (1.25%) VLAN
3 1 (1.25%) VPN
3 1 (1.25%) WAN
3 1 (1.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.75%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.25%) Base SAS
2 1 (1.25%) Big Data
2 1 (1.25%) Power BI
2 1 (1.25%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Git
1 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 61 (76.25%) Social Skills
2 42 (52.50%) Finance
3 41 (51.25%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (30.00%) Public Sector
5 23 (28.75%) Marketing
6 20 (25.00%) Manufacturing
7 19 (23.75%) Electronics
7 19 (23.75%) Telecoms
8 18 (22.50%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (17.50%) Legal
10 4 (5.00%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.25%) Automotive
11 1 (1.25%) Banking
11 1 (1.25%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.25%) Law
11 1 (1.25%) Local Government
11 1 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (16.25%) Vendor Manager
2 9 (11.25%) Analyst
3 8 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 8 (10.00%) Risk Manager
4 7 (8.75%) Security Analyst
5 6 (7.50%) Lead
6 4 (5.00%) Programmer
6 4 (5.00%) Senior
7 3 (3.75%) IT Manager
7 3 (3.75%) Project Leader
8 2 (2.50%) Administrator
8 2 (2.50%) Governance Analyst
8 2 (2.50%) Operations Manager
8 2 (2.50%) Platform Manager
8 2 (2.50%) Project Engineer
8 2 (2.50%) Service Desk Administrator
8 2 (2.50%) Service Manager
9 1 (1.25%) Cutover Manager
9 1 (1.25%) Information Officer
9 1 (1.25%) Security Assurance Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.75%) Kafka
2 1 (1.25%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.25%) Laravel
2 1 (1.25%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 20 (25.00%) PMI
2 17 (21.25%) Management Information System
3 13 (16.25%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (16.25%) Social Media
3 13 (16.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 5 (6.25%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.50%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (2.50%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.25%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.25%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.25%) IoT
6 1 (1.25%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (20.00%) Windows
2 13 (16.25%) Windows Vista
3 1 (1.25%) Linux
3 1 (1.25%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (65.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 44 (55.00%) Risk Management
3 43 (53.75%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (48.75%) Agile
5 36 (45.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 34 (42.50%) Project Management
7 32 (40.00%) Project Delivery
8 28 (35.00%) Contract Management
9 27 (33.75%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (32.50%) PRINCE2
11 23 (28.75%) Risk Register
12 22 (27.50%) Workshop Facilitation
13 21 (26.25%) Business Intelligence
13 21 (26.25%) Programme Management
14 20 (25.00%) Information Security
15 19 (23.75%) Digital Marketing
15 19 (23.75%) Information Assurance
16 17 (21.25%) Creative Thinking
16 17 (21.25%) Risk Assessment
17 16 (20.00%) Cost Control
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.50%) R
2 1 (1.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.25%) PHP
2 1 (1.25%) Python
2 1 (1.25%) SQL
2 1 (1.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (30.00%) PMI Certification
2 23 (28.75%) Security Cleared
3 21 (26.25%) Degree
4 19 (23.75%) DV Cleared
5 17 (21.25%) CISM
5 17 (21.25%) CISSP
6 16 (20.00%) CRISC
7 14 (17.50%) Master's Degree
8 13 (16.25%) DBS Check
9 4 (5.00%) PMP
9 4 (5.00%) SC Cleared
10 2 (2.50%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (1.25%) APMP
11 1 (1.25%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.25%) CCNP
11 1 (1.25%) CEH
11 1 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (22.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (17.50%) SOC 2
3 4 (5.00%) Def Stans
3 4 (5.00%) NIST
4 3 (3.75%) SLA
5 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.50%) GDPR
5 2 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (2.50%) PMO
5 2 (2.50%) QA
6 1 (1.25%) Basel III
6 1 (1.25%) GRC
6 1 (1.25%) IFRS
6 1 (1.25%) IFRS 9
6 1 (1.25%) ISO 22301
6 1 (1.25%) P3O
6 1 (1.25%) RMADS
System Software
1 1 (1.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.25%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.25%) Ansible
1 1 (1.25%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (23.75%) SAP
2 14 (17.50%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.00%) VMware
4 2 (2.50%) Cisco
5 1 (1.25%) Aruba
5 1 (1.25%) Brocade
5 1 (1.25%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.25%) Citrix
5 1 (1.25%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.25%) Meraki
5 1 (1.25%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.25%) Pure Storage