Contingency Planning Contracts

Contingency Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Contingency Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Contingency Planning over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 508 608 728
Rank change year-on-year +100 +120 -96
Contract jobs citing Contingency Planning 71 86 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.15% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.17% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 63 85
10th Percentile £407 £438 £403
25th Percentile £472 £515 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £661 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £699 £723
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £575 £475
% change year-on-year -8.70% +21.05% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.25 - £69.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 - £70.50
75th Percentile £36.75 - £71.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,622 51,397 80,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,613 35,611 56,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £439 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,690 1,913
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Contingency Planning in the UK

Contingency Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contingency Planning over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Contingency Planning in the UK

Contingency Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Contingency Planning in the UK

Contingency Planning
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Contingency Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +110 61 £600 - 67
UK excluding London +57 44 £525 -8.70% 58
Work from Home +104 22 £525 -8.70% 22
London +88 22 £643 +6.93% 21
South East +21 11 £635 +12.89% 10
North of England +34 10 £675 +8.00% 10
West Midlands +27 10 £450 +16.13% 9
Midlands +24 10 £450 +16.13% 14
Yorkshire +21 5 £675 +22.73% 3
South West +10 5 £525 -25.00% 8
Scotland +32 4 £456 -20.65% 9
North West +17 4 £675 +8.00% 5
Wales - 4 £325 - 1
East Midlands - 2 - - 5
North East - 1 - - 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 1 (1.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (11.27%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.82%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (2.82%) Temenos Globus
2 1 (1.41%) SAP MDG
2 1 (1.41%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.23%) Azure
1 3 (4.23%) OCI
1 3 (4.23%) WhatsApp
2 2 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.41%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.82%) Firewall
1 2 (2.82%) LAN
1 2 (2.82%) PPP
1 2 (2.82%) TCP/IP
1 2 (2.82%) VPN
1 2 (2.82%) WAN
2 1 (1.41%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.23%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (2.82%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.23%) JIRA
General
1 28 (39.44%) Social Skills
2 20 (28.17%) Finance
3 9 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.27%) Military
5 6 (8.45%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (7.04%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (5.63%) Billing
7 4 (5.63%) Marketing
7 4 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (4.23%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.82%) Advertising
9 2 (2.82%) Banking
9 2 (2.82%) Dutch Language
9 2 (2.82%) German Language
9 2 (2.82%) Legal
10 1 (1.41%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.41%) Local Government
10 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (38.03%) Project Manager
2 11 (15.49%) Delivery Manager
3 9 (12.68%) Security Manager
3 9 (12.68%) Senior
4 8 (11.27%) Senior Manager
5 7 (9.86%) Senior Project Manager
6 6 (8.45%) Lead
6 6 (8.45%) SAP Manager
7 5 (7.04%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 5 (7.04%) Programme Manager
7 5 (7.04%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
7 5 (7.04%) Security Project Manager
8 4 (5.63%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (5.63%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 4 (5.63%) IT Manager
8 4 (5.63%) Product Owner
9 3 (4.23%) Cutover Manager
9 3 (4.23%) Project Coordinator
9 3 (4.23%) SAP Cutover Manager
9 3 (4.23%) Supply Chain Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.86%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.23%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.41%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.41%) HACMP
4 1 (1.41%) NHS
4 1 (1.41%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.82%) Windows
2 1 (1.41%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (47.89%) Project Management
2 23 (32.39%) Agile
3 22 (30.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (29.58%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (29.58%) Project Delivery
5 18 (25.35%) Business Case
6 17 (23.94%) Risk Management
7 16 (22.54%) Roadmaps
8 14 (19.72%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (19.72%) PRINCE2
9 12 (16.90%) Decision-Making
9 12 (16.90%) Product Roadmap
10 11 (15.49%) Programme Management
10 11 (15.49%) Project Planning
10 11 (15.49%) Waterfall
11 10 (14.08%) Change Management
11 10 (14.08%) Migration
12 8 (11.27%) Change Control
13 7 (9.86%) Cybersecurity
13 7 (9.86%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.23%) SQL
2 2 (2.82%) VBA
3 1 (1.41%) Java
3 1 (1.41%) Python
3 1 (1.41%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (19.72%) Degree
2 13 (18.31%) PMI Certification
2 13 (18.31%) PMP
2 13 (18.31%) Security Cleared
3 12 (16.90%) SC Cleared
4 9 (12.68%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.82%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.41%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.41%) CCNA
6 1 (1.41%) CCNP
6 1 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.41%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.27%) QA
2 6 (8.45%) PMO
3 4 (5.63%) NIST
4 2 (2.82%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.82%) Basel III
4 2 (2.82%) COREP
4 2 (2.82%) COSO
4 2 (2.82%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.82%) FINREP
4 2 (2.82%) ISO 31000
4 2 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.41%) IFRS
5 1 (1.41%) IFRS 17
5 1 (1.41%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.41%) PowerHA
1 1 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 8 (11.27%) SAP
2 6 (8.45%) Microsoft
3 5 (7.04%) Atlassian
4 3 (4.23%) Oracle
4 3 (4.23%) Sophos
5 2 (2.82%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.41%) Ericsson
6 1 (1.41%) IBM
6 1 (1.41%) Nokia
6 1 (1.41%) Palantir
6 1 (1.41%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.41%) Workday