Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CIPD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered 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 789 937 1162
Rank change year-on-year +148 +225 -283
Permanent jobs citing CIPD 101 40 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.040% 0.051%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.37% 0.12% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 85 14 42
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £36,150
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,000 £37,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,309 £49,000 £44,125
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +11.05% -17.91%
75th Percentile £48,875 £55,000 £52,188
90th Percentile £65,250 £56,750 £70,938
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,309 £55,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -19.44% +37.50% -20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CIPD is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,486 32,730 43,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.51% 33.01% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,243 14,736 18,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,483 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.49% +4.70% +1.01%

CIPD
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CIPD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CIPD in the UK

CIPD
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CIPD.

Salary trend for CIPD in the UK

CIPD
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CIPD over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CIPD in the UK

CIPD
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CIPD 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 +149 100 £44,309 -9.57% 71
UK excluding London +24 82 £44,309 -19.44% 54
North of England +88 42 £40,000 -20.00% 17
Work from Home +107 40 £43,750 +9.38% 33
Yorkshire - 25 £40,000 - 7
South East +24 23 £44,309 +10.77% 13
London +118 18 £45,000 +60.71% 22
North West +16 17 £37,500 -25.00% 10
South West -23 7 £62,500 +13.64% 10
Midlands -20 6 £28,500 - 9
East of England - 4 - - 4
West Midlands 0 3 - - 7
East Midlands -7 3 £28,500 - 2

CIPD
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 4 (3.96%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.99%) CMS
2 1 (0.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (26.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (9.90%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (8.91%) Adobe Captivate
3 9 (8.91%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.96%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 24 (23.76%) Power Platform
2 13 (12.87%) Azure
3 8 (7.92%) Google Analytics
3 8 (7.92%) Google Tag Manager
4 7 (6.93%) GCP
5 5 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (4.95%) BigCommerce
6 4 (3.96%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.97%) PaaS
8 2 (1.98%) Firebase
8 2 (1.98%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.99%) npm
9 1 (0.99%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.96%) Internet
2 2 (1.98%) LAN
2 2 (1.98%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (19.80%) Power BI
2 7 (6.93%) BigQuery
2 7 (6.93%) Looker
2 7 (6.93%) Tableau
3 3 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.97%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.96%) Katalon Studio
1 4 (3.96%) Postman
2 1 (0.99%) Git
2 1 (0.99%) gulp
General
1 66 (65.35%) Social Skills
2 27 (26.73%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (23.76%) Pharmaceutical
4 23 (22.77%) Law
5 21 (20.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (14.85%) Marketing
7 7 (6.93%) Retail
8 6 (5.94%) Finance
8 6 (5.94%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (4.95%) Manufacturing
9 5 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.96%) Legal
11 3 (2.97%) Advertising
11 3 (2.97%) French Language
11 3 (2.97%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (21.78%) Lead
2 9 (8.91%) Designer
2 9 (8.91%) Instructional Designer
3 7 (6.93%) Analytics Manager
3 7 (6.93%) Development Manager
3 7 (6.93%) Web Analytics Manager
3 7 (6.93%) Web Manager
4 6 (5.94%) Developer
5 5 (4.95%) HR Advisor
6 4 (3.96%) Applications Specialist
6 4 (3.96%) Applications Support
6 4 (3.96%) Applications Support Specialist
6 4 (3.96%) Power Apps Specialist
6 4 (3.96%) SharePoint Specialist
6 4 (3.96%) SharePoint Support
6 4 (3.96%) Software Developer
6 4 (3.96%) Software Test Engineer
6 4 (3.96%) Support Specialist
6 4 (3.96%) Test Engineer
7 3 (2.97%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (12.87%) HTML
2 10 (9.90%) .NET
3 9 (8.91%) EDI
3 9 (8.91%) HTML5
4 4 (3.96%) Gherkin
4 4 (3.96%) Web Services
4 4 (3.96%) XML
4 4 (3.96%) XSLT
5 3 (2.97%) Middleware
6 1 (0.99%) CSS
6 1 (0.99%) jQuery
6 1 (0.99%) LESS
6 1 (0.99%) React
6 1 (0.99%) Sass
6 1 (0.99%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 24 (23.76%) NHS
2 12 (11.88%) e-Learning
3 9 (8.91%) Animation
3 9 (8.91%) Onboarding
3 9 (8.91%) SCORM
4 4 (3.96%) EFT
4 4 (3.96%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.98%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.99%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.99%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.98%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (30.69%) Analytics
2 21 (20.79%) User Experience
3 20 (19.80%) People Analytics
4 13 (12.87%) DevOps
4 13 (12.87%) Performance Management
5 10 (9.90%) Instructional Design
6 9 (8.91%) Coaching
6 9 (8.91%) Customer Service
6 9 (8.91%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (8.91%) Storyboarding
7 8 (7.92%) Mathematics
7 8 (7.92%) Roadmaps
8 7 (6.93%) Creative Thinking
8 7 (6.93%) Line Management
8 7 (6.93%) Web Analytics
9 6 (5.94%) Data Management
9 6 (5.94%) Microservices
9 6 (5.94%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (4.95%) People Management
10 5 (4.95%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.88%) SQL
2 9 (8.91%) C#
3 5 (4.95%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.96%) Groovy
5 3 (2.97%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.99%) JSX
6 1 (0.99%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (29.70%) Degree
2 29 (28.71%) DBS Check
3 2 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.98%) Postgraduate
4 1 (0.99%) AAT
4 1 (0.99%) ACCA
4 1 (0.99%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (0.99%) CIMA
4 1 (0.99%) CISA
4 1 (0.99%) CISM
4 1 (0.99%) CRISC
4 1 (0.99%) CSPO
4 1 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.91%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.95%) GDPR
3 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.99%) NIST
3 1 (0.99%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.99%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (3.96%) VMware Server
2 2 (1.98%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 20 (19.80%) Oracle
2 17 (16.83%) Microsoft
3 12 (11.88%) Google
4 9 (8.91%) Adobe
5 4 (3.96%) VMware
6 3 (2.97%) New Relic
6 3 (2.97%) PeopleSoft
6 3 (2.97%) RedGate
6 3 (2.97%) Zoho