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 19 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 659 682 782
Rank change year-on-year +23 +100 +165
Permanent jobs citing CITP 15 16 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.033% 0.011%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.075% 0.086% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 14 10 7
10th Percentile £48,748 £63,110 -
25th Percentile £61,000 £63,150 £60,639
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £64,600 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.04% -0.62% +286.90%
75th Percentile £82,105 £66,425 £66,650
90th Percentile £83,640 £68,489 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,000 £64,600 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.02% -0.62% +286.90%

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 20,098 18,539 21,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.43% 37.92% 28.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8,145 7,368 14,844
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -0.99%

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 19 February 2026.

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 19 February 2026. 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 +19 15 £68,500 +6.04%
UK excluding London +4 10 £62,000 -4.02%
Work from Home +51 9 £62,000 -4.02%
West Midlands +12 7 £62,000 -4.02%
Midlands -5 7 £62,000 -4.02%
South West - 3 £75,000 -
London - 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (26.67%) Confluence
1 4 (26.67%) Documentum
Cloud Services
1 12 (80.00%) AWS
2 9 (60.00%) Azure
3 4 (26.67%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (26.67%) PaaS
3 4 (26.67%) SaaS
4 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) Data Lake
1 5 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.67%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) JIRA
2 3 (20.00%) Balsamiq
General
1 14 (93.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
4 5 (33.33%) Finance
5 3 (20.00%) Military
6 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Lead
2 4 (26.67%) Architect
2 4 (26.67%) Lead Architect
2 4 (26.67%) Senior
2 4 (26.67%) Technical Architect
2 4 (26.67%) Technical Leader
3 3 (20.00%) Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) DevSecOps Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Data Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Data Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Integration Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Platform Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Power BI Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Security Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (40.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (26.67%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (6.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Agile
2 9 (60.00%) TOGAF
3 8 (53.33%) Data Architecture
3 8 (53.33%) DevOps
4 7 (46.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (40.00%) Computer Science
5 6 (40.00%) CRM
5 6 (40.00%) Data Governance
5 6 (40.00%) Data Management
5 6 (40.00%) Data Strategy
5 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
6 5 (33.33%) Data Integration
6 5 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
6 5 (33.33%) Data Security
6 5 (33.33%) Decision-Making
6 5 (33.33%) ETL
6 5 (33.33%) Migration
6 5 (33.33%) PRINCE2
6 5 (33.33%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Bash
1 3 (20.00%) C#
1 3 (20.00%) Go
1 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (20.00%) Python
1 3 (20.00%) VBScript
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
1 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (26.67%) AWS Certification
2 4 (26.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 3 (20.00%) CREST Certified
4 1 (6.67%) CBAP
4 1 (6.67%) CISM
4 1 (6.67%) CISSP
4 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) ISEB
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Planon
1 5 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 4 (26.67%) OpenText
2 4 (26.67%) Pega
2 4 (26.67%) ServiceNow
2 4 (26.67%) YouTube
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft