CIPD Job Trends in West Yorkshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire with a requirement for CIPD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 - 136
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CIPD 3 0 19
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.12% - 0.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% - 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 19
10th Percentile - - £32,500
25th Percentile £45,421 - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,421 - £40,000
75th Percentile £47,421 - £50,000
90th Percentile - - £62,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £46,421 £60,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -22.63% +50.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 589 368 557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 24.29% 32.25% 20.57%
Number of salaries quoted 224 154 344
10th Percentile - £25,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £25,313 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,039 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% -14.29% -9.19%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £69,914
90th Percentile £76,750 £75,000 £80,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £34,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -24.44% -5.26% -9.52%

CIPD
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CIPD relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

CIPD job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

CIPD
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing CIPD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing CIPD

CIPD
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CIPD within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 11 March 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
Bradford - 2 - - 1
Leeds - 1 £46,421 - 2
CIPD
Yorkshire

CIPD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 2 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) SuccessFactors
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) HR Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Payroll Manager
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Kanban
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) SEO
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP