CREST Certified Job Trends in the City of Westminster

CREST Certification
Central London > City of Westminster

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of Westminster with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 51 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 0 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of Westminster - 0.40% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 0.76% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Central London median annual salary £80,000 - £75,000
% change year-on-year - - -16.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of Westminster

CREST Certified falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of Westminster.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 22 131 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 35.48% 52.40% 34.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2 37 19
10th Percentile £56,500 - £33,250
25th Percentile £60,625 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -37.50% +66.67%
75th Percentile £78,125 £68,750 £150,000
90th Percentile £81,500 £71,250 -
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CREST Certified relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster.

CREST Certified job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster