CITP Contracts

Chartered IT Professional (CITP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CITP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 692 839
Rank change year-on-year +120 +147 -124
Contract jobs citing CITP 12 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.009% 0.010%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.092% 0.033% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 8
10th Percentile - £768 £418
25th Percentile £350 £775 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £800 £513
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +56.10% -24.07%
75th Percentile £588 £825 £588
90th Percentile £595 £833 £641
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £500
% change year-on-year - - -21.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 0
10th Percentile - £53.96 -
25th Percentile £13.69 £58.10 -
Median hourly rate £14.46 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -77.75% - -
75th Percentile £15.23 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.46 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -77.75% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CITP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,062 15,003 18,971
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.91% 27.01% 21.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,100 9,981 12,683
10th Percentile £310 £349 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £740 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +10.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,112 750 778
10th Percentile £13.99 £15.19 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.34 £21.67 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%
75th Percentile £63.49 £68.75 £59.22
90th Percentile £76.15 £80.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.27 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.40% +50.00% +25.00%

CITP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CITP in the UK

CITP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CITP in the UK

CITP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CITP over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CITP in the UK

CITP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CITP in the UK

CITP
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CITP within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +93 12 £400 -50.00% 1
UK excluding London +33 7 - - 1
South West - 7 - - 1
London - 5 £400 -

CITP
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) IaaS
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (58.33%) Police
2 5 (41.67%) Finance
3 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Banking
3 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Data Technician
1 7 (58.33%) Forensic Technician
2 5 (41.67%) Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Data Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Cloud Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Security Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Security Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Security Technical Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Digital Forensics
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) TOGAF
3 4 (33.33%) Architectural Design
3 4 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 4 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
3 4 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 3 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (25.00%) IT Strategy
4 3 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (16.67%) Migration
5 2 (16.67%) Zachman Framework
6 1 (8.33%) Analytics
6 1 (8.33%) Project Management
6 1 (8.33%) Records Management
6 1 (8.33%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (41.67%) Chartered Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
2 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (25.00%) Degree
3 3 (25.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) EMC
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle
2 2 (16.67%) Sparx
2 2 (16.67%) VMware