CIPD Contract Job Trends in South London

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South London citing CIPD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	45	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing CIPD	1	0	0
As % of all contract jobs in South London	0.32%	-	-
As % of the Qualifications category	0.83%	-	-
Number of daily rates quoted	0	0	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	-	-	-
London median daily rate	£575	£350	£500
% change year-on-year	+64.29%	-30.00%	+47.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South London

CIPD 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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in South London.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	121	98	101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London	38.66%	56.65%	51.01%
Number of daily rates quoted	83	67	67
10^th Percentile	£450	£413	£217
25^th Percentile	£504	£474	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£543	£525	£488
Median % change year-on-year	+3.33%	+7.69%	-7.84%
75^th Percentile	£675	£630	£540
90^th Percentile	£679	£721	£637
London median daily rate	£550	£537	£544
% change year-on-year	+2.42%	-1.24%	-1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	0	1
10^th Percentile	£67.71	-	-
25^th Percentile	£123.83	-	£68.80
Median hourly rate	£155.00	-	£73.60
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	+33.82%
75^th Percentile	£155.09	-	£78.40
90^th Percentile	£155.24	-	-
London median hourly rate	£52.75	£25.15	£42.50
% change year-on-year	+109.74%	-40.82%	-22.73%

CIPD Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CIPD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South London.

CIPD Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing CIPD.

CIPD Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CIPD within the South London region over the 6 months to 25 October 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Bromley	-	1	-	-
CIPD London

CIPD Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing CIPD also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South London region citing CIPD.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	DBS Check	100.0%	1
1	Microsoft	100.0%	1
1	Microsoft Office	100.0%	1
1	Migration	100.0%	1
1	Validation	100.0%	1

CIPD Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	DBS Check	100.0%	1