Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CIPD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 686 798 928
Rank change year-on-year +112 +130 +247
Permanent jobs citing CIPD 16 109 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.11% 0.042%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.059% 0.39% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11 84 15
10th Percentile - £30,125 £27,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £36,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £44,309 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% -7.69% +8.47%
75th Percentile £40,500 £48,875 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £65,250 £56,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,500 £44,309 £55,000
% change year-on-year -33.42% -19.44% +37.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CIPD 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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,184 27,860 32,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.68% 26.87% 33.60%
Number of salaries quoted 11,043 17,264 14,482
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,364 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -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 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CIPD in the UK

CIPD
Top 11 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 31 May 2025. 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 +78 15 £29,000 -34.55% 36
UK excluding London +102 9 £29,500 -33.42% 26
London +93 6 £28,000 -39.95% 15
North of England +1 5 £30,000 -25.00% 8
Yorkshire +35 4 £30,000 -25.00% 4
Work from Home +83 3 £27,500 -37.14% 23
Midlands +61 2 £27,000 -5.26% 4
South East +57 2 - - 7
West Midlands +54 1 £27,000 - 3
East Midlands +41 1 - - 1
North East - 1 £28,000 -

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:

Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) OCI
1 1 (6.25%) SaaS
1 1 (6.25%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) LAN
1 4 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (6.25%) Broadband
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (31.25%) Organisational Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Retail
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Law
3 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
4 2 (12.50%) Finance
4 2 (12.50%) Legal
5 1 (6.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) HR Assistant
3 2 (12.50%) HR Executive
4 1 (6.25%) Administrator
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Development Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) HR Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) SAP HR Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (18.75%) Learning Management System
2 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 3 (18.75%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Case Management
1 5 (31.25%) Customer Service
2 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (12.50%) Line Management
3 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.25%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (6.25%) Coaching
4 1 (6.25%) Content Curation
4 1 (6.25%) CRM
4 1 (6.25%) Customer Experience
4 1 (6.25%) Data Entry
4 1 (6.25%) Data Privacy
4 1 (6.25%) Decision-Making
4 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.25%) Presales
4 1 (6.25%) Requirements Workshops
4 1 (6.25%) Roadmaps
4 1 (6.25%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.25%) SAP
2 1 (6.25%) Workday