CIPD Job Trends in West Wales

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
Wales > West Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Wales with a requirement for CIPD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CIPD 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West Wales 0.65% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Wales median annual salary £54,537 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Wales

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 in West Wales.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 47 27 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Wales 30.52% 28.72% 28.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13 10 38
10th Percentile £32,133 £35,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,848 £37,733 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,290 £40,117 £51,997
Median % change year-on-year +60.26% -22.85% +29.99%
75th Percentile £78,800 £53,252 £63,125
90th Percentile £90,921 £65,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £53,171 £59,430 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +32.07% +2.27%

CIPD
Job Locations in West Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CIPD within the West Wales region over the 6 months to 23 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
Swansea - 1 - - 1
CIPD
Wales

CIPD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Wales 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared