CIPD Contracts

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CIPD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 538 657 813
Rank change year-on-year +119 +156 -102
Contract jobs citing CIPD 37 25 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.086% 0.045% 0.029%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% 0.16% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 16 19
10th Percentile £509 £308 £260
25th Percentile £606 £318 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £340 £500
Median % change year-on-year +87.56% -32.00% +118.86%
75th Percentile - £641 £550
90th Percentile £660 £750 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £638 £588 £350
% change year-on-year +8.54% +67.86% +38.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.97 - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.97 - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - -26.78%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,872 15,254 19,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.89% 27.21% 21.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,011 10,183 12,699
10th Percentile £310 £338 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,100 745 759
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.67 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.32 £79.19 £67.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.25 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +50.00% +16.67%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CIPD in the UK

CIPD
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CIPD over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CIPD in the UK

CIPD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CIPD in the UK

CIPD
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CIPD within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +100 35 £638 +90.36% 86
UK excluding London +58 35 £638 +8.54% 67
South East +26 19 - - 16
Work from Home +117 14 £500 +47.06% 44
South West +11 6 £638 +104.39% 15
West Midlands - 5 £675 - 5
Midlands - 5 £675 - 7
North of England +21 3 - - 17
Scotland +35 2 £525 -17.65% 3
Yorkshire +15 2 - - 7
London +85 1 - - 22
North West - 1 - - 8

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:

Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (16.22%) SAP ERP
1 6 (16.22%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.22%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (2.70%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
General
1 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Presentation Skills
3 7 (18.92%) Telecoms
4 5 (13.51%) Legal
4 5 (13.51%) Mandarin Language
5 3 (8.11%) Local Government
5 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Law
6 1 (2.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (13.51%) Project Manager
2 4 (10.81%) Consultant
2 4 (10.81%) HR Assistant
2 4 (10.81%) HR Manager
2 4 (10.81%) Senior
2 4 (10.81%) Senior Manager
2 4 (10.81%) Senior Project Manager
3 3 (8.11%) SAP Subject Matter Expert
3 3 (8.11%) Subject Matter Expert
4 2 (5.41%) Business Change Manager
4 2 (5.41%) Business Manager
4 2 (5.41%) Change Manager
4 2 (5.41%) Data Consultant
4 2 (5.41%) Data Protection Consultant
4 2 (5.41%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (2.70%) Payroll Consultant
5 1 (2.70%) Product Specialist
5 1 (2.70%) SAP Payroll Consultant
5 1 (2.70%) Senior SAP Project Manager
5 1 (2.70%) Testing Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Learning Management System
2 4 (10.81%) NHS
3 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.70%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.70%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (29.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (21.62%) Business Strategy
2 8 (21.62%) ERP
3 6 (16.22%) Change Management
3 6 (16.22%) Coaching
3 6 (16.22%) Information Management
3 6 (16.22%) Project Management
3 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (13.51%) Agile
4 5 (13.51%) Data Cleansing
4 5 (13.51%) Decision-Making
4 5 (13.51%) People Management
4 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (13.51%) Storytelling
5 4 (10.81%) End-to-End Testing
5 4 (10.81%) Matrix Management
5 4 (10.81%) Performance Management
5 4 (10.81%) Scenario Testing
5 4 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (8.11%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) ACCA
2 2 (5.41%) CIMA
2 2 (5.41%) CIPFA
3 1 (2.70%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (16.22%) Sage
1 6 (16.22%) SAP
2 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.11%) OpenText
4 2 (5.41%) Oracle