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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 611 908 921
Rank change year-on-year +297 +13 -118
Permanent jobs citing Contingency Planning 292 69 329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.070% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.073% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 122 46 192
10th Percentile £35,402 £42,360 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,933 £46,563 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £81,406 £75,313
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £96,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -10.71% +17.89%

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 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Contingency Planning in the UK

Contingency Planning
Top 17 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 18 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 +291 271 £47,500 -13.64% 61
UK excluding London +170 239 £45,000 -10.00% 51
Midlands +121 140 £45,000 -10.00% 12
West Midlands +117 112 £45,000 -10.00% 8
South East +48 48 £47,500 - 10
London +119 43 £62,806 -6.95% 20
Work from Home +93 41 £55,000 -8.33% 17
East Midlands +19 28 - - 4
North of England +64 22 £45,000 -14.29% 11
South West -13 17 £39,005 -5.44% 5
North West +14 16 £45,000 -14.29% 5
Scotland -59 6 £52,500 - 8
Yorkshire +85 5 £46,000 -31.21% 3
Wales +9 4 £52,956 +28.38% 1
Northern Ireland +19 1 - - 1
East of England +3 1 £25,000 -39.39% 5
North East - 1 £52,500 - 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 8 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 163 (55.82%) Microsoft Office
2 156 (53.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.74%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (2.05%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Elite 3E
1 4 (1.37%) Primavera
2 3 (1.03%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.68%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 18 (6.16%) Azure
2 15 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (4.11%) Power Platform
4 10 (3.42%) Power Automate
5 5 (1.71%) AWS
5 5 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (1.71%) PowerApps
6 4 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.37%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.03%) Google Analytics
7 3 (1.03%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.03%) Zapier
8 2 (0.68%) SaaS
9 1 (0.34%) IaaS
9 1 (0.34%) PaaS
9 1 (0.34%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.51%) Firewall
2 12 (4.11%) Internet
3 11 (3.77%) Intranet
3 11 (3.77%) SNMP
4 4 (1.37%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (1.03%) PPP
5 3 (1.03%) VoIP
6 1 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.11%) Power BI
2 9 (3.08%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.74%) Electronic Patient Records
4 4 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.34%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (4.11%) JIRA
2 7 (2.40%) Git
3 2 (0.68%) Appium
3 2 (0.68%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.68%) JUnit
3 2 (0.68%) Selenium
3 2 (0.68%) SoapUI
3 2 (0.68%) TestNG
3 2 (0.68%) TestRail
3 2 (0.68%) WebDriver
General
1 146 (50.00%) Military
2 62 (21.23%) Social Skills
3 32 (10.96%) Finance
4 24 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.88%) Legal
6 14 (4.79%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (3.77%) Retail
8 7 (2.40%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.05%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.71%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.37%) Marketing
12 3 (1.03%) Banking
13 2 (0.68%) Fire and Rescue
13 2 (0.68%) Police
14 1 (0.34%) Aviation
14 1 (0.34%) Billing
14 1 (0.34%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 149 (51.03%) Graduate
2 38 (13.01%) Project Manager
3 16 (5.48%) Lead
4 15 (5.14%) Senior
5 13 (4.45%) Analyst
6 12 (4.11%) IT Manager
7 11 (3.77%) Network Manager
7 11 (3.77%) Service Manager
8 10 (3.42%) Professional Services Manager
8 10 (3.42%) Resource Manager
9 9 (3.08%) IT Project Manager
9 9 (3.08%) Security Analyst
10 7 (2.40%) Developer
10 7 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (2.05%) Applications Manager
12 5 (1.71%) Delivery Manager
12 5 (1.71%) Information Analyst
12 5 (1.71%) Information Security Analyst
12 5 (1.71%) Power Platform Developer
12 5 (1.71%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.40%) CSS
1 7 (2.40%) HTML
1 7 (2.40%) LESS
1 7 (2.40%) React
1 7 (2.40%) Sass
2 2 (0.68%) Gherkin
2 2 (0.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 149 (51.03%) Onboarding
2 24 (8.22%) Management Information System
3 14 (4.79%) Data Protection Act
4 10 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.40%) NHS
6 6 (2.05%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.05%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.37%) Freedom of Information
7 4 (1.37%) IoT
8 3 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.03%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.03%) Social Media
9 2 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.68%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.68%) PMI
9 2 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.34%) Freedom of Information Act
10 1 (0.34%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.37%) Windows
1 4 (1.37%) Windows 10
2 2 (0.68%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (61.64%) Continuous Improvement
2 163 (55.82%) Process Improvement
3 157 (53.77%) Customer Service
4 156 (53.42%) Logistics
5 149 (51.03%) Creative Thinking
5 149 (51.03%) Customer Experience
5 149 (51.03%) Data Analysis
5 149 (51.03%) Performance Metrics
6 65 (22.26%) Project Management
7 35 (11.99%) PRINCE2
7 35 (11.99%) Risk Management
8 34 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
9 23 (7.88%) Agile
9 23 (7.88%) Data Protection
10 22 (7.53%) Project Delivery
11 20 (6.85%) Mentoring
12 18 (6.16%) Disaster Recovery
13 17 (5.82%) Project Planning
13 17 (5.82%) Resource Management
14 16 (5.48%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.79%) SQL
2 7 (2.40%) Delphi
2 7 (2.40%) JavaScript
3 5 (1.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (1.71%) Python
4 4 (1.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 204 (69.86%) Degree
2 13 (4.45%) APMP
3 12 (4.11%) PMP
4 11 (3.77%) CISSP
4 11 (3.77%) Master's Degree
4 11 (3.77%) PMI Certification
5 10 (3.42%) CISM
6 5 (1.71%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (1.37%) CISA
7 4 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.37%) EMC Certification
7 4 (1.37%) SSCP
8 3 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.68%) CEH
9 2 (0.68%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.34%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.34%) ECDL
10 1 (0.34%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.88%) QA
2 18 (6.16%) PMO
3 15 (5.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.77%) NIST
5 10 (3.42%) SLA
6 8 (2.74%) GDPR
7 4 (1.37%) ISO 22301
7 4 (1.37%) JSP 440
7 4 (1.37%) RMADS
8 3 (1.03%) COBIT
8 3 (1.03%) COSO
8 3 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.03%) GRC
8 3 (1.03%) HAZOP
8 3 (1.03%) ISO 31000
9 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.68%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 11 (3.77%) Hyper-V
1 11 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.71%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 49 (16.78%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.11%) VMware
3 6 (2.05%) Aruba
3 6 (2.05%) Cisco
3 6 (2.05%) HP
4 5 (1.71%) Google
4 5 (1.71%) Sage
5 4 (1.37%) ConnectWise
5 4 (1.37%) EMC
5 4 (1.37%) Freshdesk
5 4 (1.37%) iManage
5 4 (1.37%) Intapp
5 4 (1.37%) LexisNexis
5 4 (1.37%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.37%) SAP
6 3 (1.03%) Pardot
7 2 (0.68%) Civica
8 1 (0.34%) Ivanti
8 1 (0.34%) Progress
8 1 (0.34%) Qualys