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 31 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 659 742 725
Rank change year-on-year +83 -17 +404
Permanent jobs citing CITP 11 12 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.018% 0.011%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.066% 0.062% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 10 6 5
10th Percentile £42,062 - £55,100
25th Percentile £45,747 £63,150 £62,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,600 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.62% -0.62% -7.14%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,050 £74,250
90th Percentile £80,500 £71,643 £88,200
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £64,600 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.62% -0.62% +71.20%

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 16,628 19,469 16,856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.11% 28.64% 30.86%
Number of salaries quoted 7,674 8,130 11,543
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,713 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.70% +0.37% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,520 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.60% +4.76% +5.00%

CITP
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CITP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

CITP job vacancy trend 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 31 October 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 31 October 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 +82 11 £65,000 +0.62% 2
Work from Home +55 10 £65,000 +0.62% 2
UK excluding London +54 9 £65,000 +0.62% 2
West Midlands +49 7 £55,000 -14.86%
Midlands +41 7 £55,000 -14.86%
London +56 2 £105,000 +42.67% 1
South West - 2 £75,000 - 1

CITP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Metadata
2 1 (9.09%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) JIRA
2 3 (27.27%) ERwin
3 2 (18.18%) Balsamiq
General
1 7 (63.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
4 2 (18.18%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) DevSecOps Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Security Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Data Science Leader
3 1 (9.09%) Security Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (63.64%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
1 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
1 1 (9.09%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Agile
1 6 (54.55%) Computer Science
2 5 (45.45%) Data Architecture
2 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (36.36%) Data Management
3 4 (36.36%) Data Transformation
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) Data Modelling
4 3 (27.27%) Data Privacy
4 3 (27.27%) Data Security
4 3 (27.27%) DevOps
4 3 (27.27%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (27.27%) Line Management
4 3 (27.27%) Logical Data Model
4 3 (27.27%) Matrix Organization
4 3 (27.27%) Product Management
4 3 (27.27%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (27.27%) TOGAF
4 3 (27.27%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Bash
1 2 (18.18%) C#
1 2 (18.18%) Go
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
1 2 (18.18%) Python
1 2 (18.18%) VBScript
2 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Degree
2 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) CISM
3 3 (27.27%) CISSP
3 3 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) CREST Certified
5 1 (9.09%) CBAP
5 1 (9.09%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) CHECK Team Leader
5 1 (9.09%) ISEB
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (27.27%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Sparx
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) Apple
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle