Contingency Planning Job Trends in the West Midlands

Contingency Planning
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Contingency Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 67 167
Rank change year-on-year -101 +100 +119
Permanent jobs citing Contingency Planning 3 169 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.057% 3.96% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.069% 4.36% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1 17 9
10th Percentile - £42,500 £38,856
25th Percentile £58,014 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.32% +5.56% -12.20%
75th Percentile £61,041 £58,750 £47,500
90th Percentile - - £72,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +11.11% -23.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,338 3,872 3,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.42% 90.76% 88.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,242 1,727 2,585
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,960 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
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 West Midlands

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

Contingency Planning job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Contingency Planning
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Contingency Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Contingency Planning

Contingency Planning
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Contingency Planning within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
Birmingham -14 1 £59,527 +25.32% 1
Coventry -15 1 - - 1
Wolverhampton - 1 - -
Contingency Planning
England

Contingency Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (33.33%) TRIRIGA
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) IoT
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Business Case
2 2 (66.67%) Cost Control
2 2 (66.67%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Information Capture
2 2 (66.67%) People Management
2 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Value Proposition
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (100.00%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) Planon