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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 694 894 911
Rank change year-on-year +200 +17 -118
Permanent jobs citing Contingency Planning 222 70 330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.068% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.071% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 116 46 194
10th Percentile £33,571 £42,360 £42,650
25th Percentile £40,375 £46,563 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £84,531 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £98,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -10.71% +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 84,624 98,922 149,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.89% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,744 58,119 83,346
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
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 £81,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +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 5 May 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 5 May 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 +248 206 £47,500 -20.83% 65
UK excluding London +137 175 £45,000 -10.00% 55
Midlands +98 84 £45,000 -26.53% 14
West Midlands +85 67 £45,000 -26.53% 10
South East +69 45 £47,500 - 11
London +130 38 £60,000 -11.11% 16
Work from Home +87 36 £46,990 -21.68% 22
North of England +55 20 £45,000 -14.29% 14
South West -12 18 £39,005 -13.32% 5
East Midlands +5 17 - - 4
North West +20 14 £45,000 -14.29% 7
Yorkshire +87 5 £46,000 -31.21% 3
Wales +16 4 £52,956 -
Scotland -63 3 £50,000 - 9
East of England +16 1 £25,000 -39.39% 4
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 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 101 (45.50%) Microsoft Office
2 94 (42.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.60%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.80%) Elite 3E
1 4 (1.80%) Primavera
2 3 (1.35%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.90%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (7.21%) Azure
2 13 (5.86%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (5.41%) Power Platform
4 10 (4.50%) Power Automate
5 5 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.25%) PowerApps
6 4 (1.80%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.35%) AWS
7 3 (1.35%) Google Analytics
7 3 (1.35%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.35%) Zapier
8 2 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.90%) SaaS
9 1 (0.45%) IaaS
9 1 (0.45%) PaaS
9 1 (0.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.66%) Firewall
2 12 (5.41%) Internet
3 11 (4.95%) Intranet
3 11 (4.95%) SNMP
4 4 (1.80%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (1.35%) PPP
5 3 (1.35%) VoIP
6 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.41%) Power BI
2 9 (4.05%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.60%) Electronic Patient Records
4 4 (1.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 8 (3.60%) JIRA
2 7 (3.15%) Git
General
1 86 (38.74%) Military
2 60 (27.03%) Social Skills
3 30 (13.51%) Finance
4 24 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (9.46%) Legal
6 13 (5.86%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (4.95%) Retail
8 7 (3.15%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.70%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.80%) Marketing
12 3 (1.35%) Banking
12 3 (1.35%) Public Sector
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 (39.19%) Graduate
2 38 (17.12%) Project Manager
3 16 (7.21%) Lead
4 13 (5.86%) Senior
5 12 (5.41%) IT Manager
6 11 (4.95%) Analyst
6 11 (4.95%) Network Manager
7 10 (4.50%) Service Manager
8 9 (4.05%) IT Project Manager
8 9 (4.05%) Professional Services Manager
8 9 (4.05%) Resource Manager
9 7 (3.15%) Developer
9 7 (3.15%) Security Analyst
10 6 (2.70%) Applications Manager
11 5 (2.25%) Information Analyst
11 5 (2.25%) Information Security Analyst
11 5 (2.25%) Junior
11 5 (2.25%) Junior Project Manager
11 5 (2.25%) Power Platform Developer
11 5 (2.25%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.15%) CSS
1 7 (3.15%) HTML
1 7 (3.15%) LESS
1 7 (3.15%) React
1 7 (3.15%) Sass
2 2 (0.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 87 (39.19%) Onboarding
2 22 (9.91%) Management Information System
3 14 (6.31%) Data Protection Act
4 10 (4.50%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.15%) NHS
6 6 (2.70%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.80%) Freedom of Information
7 4 (1.80%) IoT
7 4 (1.80%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.35%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.35%) Social Media
9 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.90%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.45%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.80%) Windows
1 4 (1.80%) Windows 10
2 2 (0.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (51.80%) Continuous Improvement
2 101 (45.50%) Process Improvement
3 95 (42.79%) Customer Service
4 94 (42.34%) Logistics
5 87 (39.19%) Creative Thinking
5 87 (39.19%) Customer Experience
5 87 (39.19%) Data Analysis
5 87 (39.19%) Performance Metrics
6 62 (27.93%) Project Management
7 34 (15.32%) Risk Management
8 33 (14.86%) PRINCE2
9 29 (13.06%) Problem-Solving
10 23 (10.36%) Data Protection
11 20 (9.01%) Project Delivery
12 19 (8.56%) Agile
13 18 (8.11%) Mentoring
14 16 (7.21%) Change Management
14 16 (7.21%) Project Planning
14 16 (7.21%) Resource Management
15 15 (6.76%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.86%) SQL
2 7 (3.15%) Delphi
2 7 (3.15%) JavaScript
3 5 (2.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (1.80%) T-SQL
5 3 (1.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 139 (62.61%) Degree
2 12 (5.41%) APMP
2 12 (5.41%) PMP
3 11 (4.95%) Master's Degree
4 9 (4.05%) PMI Certification
5 8 (3.60%) CISSP
6 7 (3.15%) CISM
7 4 (1.80%) CISA
7 4 (1.80%) EMC Certification
8 3 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.90%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.90%) SSCP
10 1 (0.45%) CEH
10 1 (0.45%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.45%) ECDL
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.46%) QA
2 17 (7.66%) PMO
3 12 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.95%) NIST
5 9 (4.05%) SLA
6 6 (2.70%) GDPR
7 4 (1.80%) JSP 440
7 4 (1.80%) RMADS
8 3 (1.35%) COBIT
8 3 (1.35%) COSO
8 3 (1.35%) GRC
8 3 (1.35%) HAZOP
8 3 (1.35%) ISO 31000
9 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.90%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.90%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 11 (4.95%) Hyper-V
1 11 (4.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 46 (20.72%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.41%) VMware
3 6 (2.70%) Aruba
3 6 (2.70%) Cisco
3 6 (2.70%) HP
4 5 (2.25%) Google
4 5 (2.25%) Sage
5 4 (1.80%) ConnectWise
5 4 (1.80%) EMC
5 4 (1.80%) Freshdesk
5 4 (1.80%) iManage
5 4 (1.80%) Intapp
5 4 (1.80%) LexisNexis
5 4 (1.80%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.80%) SAP
6 3 (1.35%) Pardot
7 2 (0.90%) Civica
8 1 (0.45%) Ivanti
8 1 (0.45%) Progress
8 1 (0.45%) Qualys