Hybrid/Remote CIPD Contract Job Trends

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for CIPD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 324 408
Rank change year-on-year +25 +84 +173
Contract jobs citing CIPD 5 11 8
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.051% 0.087% 0.039%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.34% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £227 - £275
25th Percentile £228 - £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £231 £500 £320
Median % change year-on-year -53.90% +56.25% -37.86%
75th Percentile £233 - £340
90th Percentile £234 - £519
UK median daily rate £293 £564 £340
% change year-on-year -48.12% +65.81% -33.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.75 - -
Median hourly rate £26.50 - -
75th Percentile £27.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £18.97 -
% change year-on-year +31.79% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,075 3,194 5,167
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 31.39% 25.12% 25.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,053 2,030 3,516
10th Percentile £350 £326 £363
25th Percentile £425 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 151 199
10th Percentile £15.03 £20.50 £19.99
25th Percentile £27.47 £39.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £47.50 £58.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% -18.80% -3.31%
75th Percentile £64.06 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.69 £85.00 £77.63
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £49.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -48.67% -9.26% +20.00%

CIPD
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CIPD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CIPD trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

CIPD
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing CIPD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing CIPD

CIPD
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing CIPD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing CIPD

CIPD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (20.00%) Law
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) HR Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Planning Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Support Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Workday Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Workday Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Case Management
1 2 (40.00%) Coaching
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (20.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Data Entry
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (20.00%) People Management
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Workday
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow