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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 807 912 1149
Rank change year-on-year +105 +237 -267
Permanent jobs citing CIPD 107 40 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.041% 0.053%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.12% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 84 15 44
10th Percentile £30,125 £27,000 £36,450
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,309 £48,000 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.47% -13.66%
75th Percentile £48,875 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,250 £56,500 £86,250
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 27,701 32,451 45,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.99% 33.33% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,227 14,614 19,248
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

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 28 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 28 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 +139 106 £44,309 -7.69% 77
UK excluding London +39 89 £44,309 -19.44% 60
North of England +81 42 £40,000 -14.89% 16
Work from Home +98 40 £43,750 +9.38% 35
Yorkshire +103 25 £40,000 -9.09% 5
South East +23 23 £44,309 +10.77% 15
London +152 17 £46,625 +66.52% 23
North West +15 17 £37,500 -25.00% 9
South West -16 14 £62,500 +13.64% 10
Midlands -13 6 £28,500 - 7
East of England - 4 - - 6
West Midlands -1 3 - - 6
East Midlands - 3 £28,500 - 1

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 (3.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.93%) CMS
2 1 (0.93%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (25.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (14.95%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (8.41%) Adobe Captivate
3 9 (8.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.74%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 24 (22.43%) Power Platform
2 13 (12.15%) Azure
3 8 (7.48%) Google Analytics
3 8 (7.48%) Google Tag Manager
4 7 (6.54%) GCP
5 5 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (4.67%) BigCommerce
6 4 (3.74%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.80%) PaaS
8 2 (1.87%) Firebase
8 2 (1.87%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.93%) npm
9 1 (0.93%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.74%) Internet
2 1 (0.93%) LAN
2 1 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (18.69%) Power BI
2 7 (6.54%) BigQuery
2 7 (6.54%) Looker
2 7 (6.54%) Tableau
3 3 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.80%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.74%) Katalon Studio
1 4 (3.74%) Postman
2 1 (0.93%) Git
2 1 (0.93%) gulp
General
1 72 (67.29%) Social Skills
2 27 (25.23%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (22.43%) Pharmaceutical
4 23 (21.50%) Law
5 20 (18.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (14.02%) Marketing
7 13 (12.15%) Retail
8 11 (10.28%) Legal
9 6 (5.61%) Finance
9 6 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (4.67%) Manufacturing
11 4 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (2.80%) Advertising
12 3 (2.80%) French Language
12 3 (2.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (20.56%) Lead
2 9 (8.41%) Designer
2 9 (8.41%) Instructional Designer
3 7 (6.54%) Analytics Manager
3 7 (6.54%) Development Manager
3 7 (6.54%) Web Analytics Manager
3 7 (6.54%) Web Manager
4 6 (5.61%) Developer
5 5 (4.67%) HR Advisor
6 4 (3.74%) Applications Specialist
6 4 (3.74%) Applications Support
6 4 (3.74%) Applications Support Specialist
6 4 (3.74%) Power Apps Specialist
6 4 (3.74%) SharePoint Specialist
6 4 (3.74%) SharePoint Support
6 4 (3.74%) Software Developer
6 4 (3.74%) Software Test Engineer
6 4 (3.74%) Support Specialist
6 4 (3.74%) Test Engineer
7 3 (2.80%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (12.15%) HTML
2 10 (9.35%) .NET
3 9 (8.41%) HTML5
4 8 (7.48%) EDI
5 4 (3.74%) Gherkin
5 4 (3.74%) Web Services
5 4 (3.74%) XML
5 4 (3.74%) XSLT
6 3 (2.80%) Middleware
7 1 (0.93%) CSS
7 1 (0.93%) jQuery
7 1 (0.93%) LESS
7 1 (0.93%) React
7 1 (0.93%) Sass
7 1 (0.93%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 24 (22.43%) NHS
2 12 (11.21%) e-Learning
3 9 (8.41%) Animation
3 9 (8.41%) Onboarding
3 9 (8.41%) SCORM
4 4 (3.74%) EFT
4 4 (3.74%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.87%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (28.97%) Analytics
2 21 (19.63%) User Experience
3 20 (18.69%) People Analytics
4 16 (14.95%) Coaching
5 14 (13.08%) Line Management
6 13 (12.15%) DevOps
6 13 (12.15%) Performance Management
7 12 (11.21%) People Management
8 11 (10.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (9.35%) Instructional Design
10 9 (8.41%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (8.41%) Storyboarding
11 8 (7.48%) Customer Service
11 8 (7.48%) Mathematics
11 8 (7.48%) Roadmaps
12 7 (6.54%) Creative Thinking
12 7 (6.54%) Logistics
12 7 (6.54%) Web Analytics
13 6 (5.61%) Data Management
13 6 (5.61%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.21%) SQL
2 9 (8.41%) C#
3 5 (4.67%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.74%) Groovy
5 3 (2.80%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.93%) JSX
6 1 (0.93%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (34.58%) Degree
2 29 (27.10%) DBS Check
3 2 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.87%) Postgraduate
4 1 (0.93%) AAT
4 1 (0.93%) ACCA
4 1 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (0.93%) CIMA
4 1 (0.93%) CISA
4 1 (0.93%) CISM
4 1 (0.93%) CRISC
4 1 (0.93%) CSPO
4 1 (0.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.41%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.67%) GDPR
3 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.93%) NIST
3 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.74%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (3.74%) VMware Server
2 1 (0.93%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 20 (18.69%) Oracle
2 17 (15.89%) Microsoft
3 12 (11.21%) Google
4 9 (8.41%) Adobe
5 4 (3.74%) VMware
6 3 (2.80%) New Relic
6 3 (2.80%) PeopleSoft
6 3 (2.80%) RedGate
6 3 (2.80%) Zoho