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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 726 878 111
Rank change year-on-year +152 -767 +1173
Permanent jobs citing CITP 9 8 2,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.008% 3.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.036% 0.029% 8.98%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 6
10th Percentile £50,416 £60,639 £39,609
25th Percentile £52,500 £63,272 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,245 £65,400 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.82% +18.91% -21.43%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,975 £64,375
90th Percentile £75,500 £77,235 £69,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,515 £65,400 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.00% +9.00% +48.39%

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 24,763 27,218 28,484
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 41.22% 26.39% 33.38%
Number of salaries quoted 10,513 16,262 14,266
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,175 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,018 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,909 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.02% -10.15% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +8.25%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CITP.

Salary trend for CITP in the UK

CITP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CITP over the 6 months to 16 July 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 16 July 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 +151 9 £62,245 -4.82% 4
UK excluding London +160 8 £59,515 -9.00% 4
Work from Home +109 7 £65,000 +2.42% 4
Midlands +77 6 £60,000 -5.46% 2
West Midlands +73 6 £60,000 -5.46% 2
South West - 2 £59,515 - 2
London +109 1 £105,000 +42.67%

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 (22.22%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Metadata
2 2 (22.22%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (22.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (77.78%) JIRA
2 3 (33.33%) ERwin
General
1 8 (88.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Lead
2 2 (22.22%) Data Science Leader
2 2 (22.22%) Product Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Product Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
2 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Agile
1 7 (77.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (55.56%) Data Management
2 5 (55.56%) Data Transformation
3 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
4 3 (33.33%) Conceptual Models
4 3 (33.33%) Data Architecture
4 3 (33.33%) Data Modelling
4 3 (33.33%) Data Privacy
4 3 (33.33%) Data Security
4 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (33.33%) Line Management
4 3 (33.33%) Logical Data Model
4 3 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
4 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
4 3 (33.33%) UML
5 2 (22.22%) Data Science
5 2 (22.22%) Data Strategy
5 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (11.11%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) CHECK Team Leader
3 1 (11.11%) CISM
3 1 (11.11%) CISSP
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Sparx
3 2 (22.22%) Salesforce
3 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow
4 1 (11.11%) Apple
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle