CITP Job Trends

Chartered IT Professional (CITP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CITP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 664 788 203
Rank change year-on-year +124 -585 +988
Permanent jobs citing CITP 12 8 1,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.010% 1.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.071% 0.038% 5.49%
Number of salaries quoted 11 3 4
10th Percentile £42,080 £69,628 £53,825
25th Percentile £47,998 £69,751 £59,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,785 £73,596 £66,750
Median % change year-on-year -22.84% +10.26% -4.64%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,235 £80,063
90th Percentile - - £90,525
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,893 - £66,750
% change year-on-year - - +65.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CITP 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 16,961 20,985 18,844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.29% 26.87% 31.27%
Number of salaries quoted 7,492 9,796 12,175
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,170 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -4.27% +6.36%
75th Percentile £73,500 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%

CITP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CITP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CITP in the UK

CITP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CITP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CITP

CITP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CITP over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for CITP in the UK

CITP
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CITP within the UK over the 6 months to 18 September 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 +113 12 £56,785 -22.84% 1
UK excluding London +120 10 £55,893 - 1
Work from Home - 9 £55,000 -
Midlands - 8 £55,000 -
West Midlands - 8 £55,000 -
London +64 2 £105,000 +42.67% 1
South West - 2 £59,515 -

CITP
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 2 (16.67%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Metadata
2 2 (16.67%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (58.33%) JIRA
2 3 (25.00%) ERwin
General
1 10 (83.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Data Science Leader
2 2 (16.67%) Product Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Security Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Product Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Security Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (66.67%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (8.33%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Agile
1 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 5 (41.67%) Data Management
3 5 (41.67%) Data Transformation
3 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (25.00%) Conceptual Models
5 3 (25.00%) Data Architecture
5 3 (25.00%) Data Privacy
5 3 (25.00%) Data Security
5 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (25.00%) Line Management
5 3 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
5 3 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (25.00%) Product Management
5 3 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (25.00%) TOGAF
5 3 (25.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
1 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) CISM
2 3 (25.00%) CISSP
2 3 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (8.33%) CBAP
4 1 (8.33%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) CHECK Team Leader
4 1 (8.33%) ISEB
4 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (25.00%) NIST
2 2 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Sparx
3 2 (16.67%) Planon
3 2 (16.67%) Salesforce
3 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
4 1 (8.33%) Apple
4 1 (8.33%) Oracle