Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CIPD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 549 662 824
Rank change year-on-year +113 +162 -163
Contract jobs citing CIPD 27 22 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.063% 0.039% 0.029%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 0.14% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 20
10th Percentile £335 £308 £260
25th Percentile £425 £311 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £463
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.35% +102.45%
75th Percentile £538 £663 £550
90th Percentile £643 £790 £708
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £588 £350
% change year-on-year -10.64% +67.86% +38.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CIPD is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,833 15,476 18,815
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.15% 27.17% 21.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,954 10,342 12,449
10th Percentile £308 £325 £337
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £646 £650 £627
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,055 780 767
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.72 £20.47 £19.82
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.56 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -26.69% +24.14% +16.73%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £58.17
90th Percentile £75.85 £79.78 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.30 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.40% +42.86% +1.33%

CIPD
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CIPD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CIPD in the UK

CIPD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CIPD.

Daily rate trend for CIPD in the UK

CIPD
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CIPD over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CIPD in the UK

CIPD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CIPD.

Hourly rate trend for CIPD in the UK

CIPD
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CIPD within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +121 25 £475 +47.29% 68
UK excluding London +62 23 £525 -10.64% 49
South East +24 15 - - 15
Work from Home +125 12 £475 -13.64% 23
Midlands - 4 £563 - 8
West Midlands - 4 £563 - 6
London +100 3 £300 -13.73% 20
Scotland +33 2 £525 -17.65%
North of England +23 2 - - 12
Yorkshire +11 2 - - 6

CIPD
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:

Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
General
1 15 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (22.22%) Legal
3 6 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 5 (18.52%) Mandarin Language
5 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
6 2 (7.41%) Law
7 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (14.81%) HR Assistant
2 3 (11.11%) HR Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Business Change Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Business Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Change Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Consultant
3 2 (7.41%) Data Consultant
3 2 (7.41%) Data Protection Consultant
3 2 (7.41%) Project Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Senior
3 2 (7.41%) Senior Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Cloud Specialist
4 1 (3.70%) Lead
4 1 (3.70%) Product Specialist
4 1 (3.70%) Testing Specialist
4 1 (3.70%) Workday Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Learning Management System
2 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.41%) NHS
3 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (22.22%) Business Strategy
3 5 (18.52%) Agile
3 5 (18.52%) Coaching
3 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
3 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (14.81%) Information Management
4 4 (14.81%) People Management
4 4 (14.81%) Storytelling
5 3 (11.11%) Change Management
5 3 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (7.41%) Behavioural Change
6 2 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (7.41%) Customer-Centricity
6 2 (7.41%) ERP
6 2 (7.41%) Information Security
6 2 (7.41%) ITIL
6 2 (7.41%) PRINCE2
6 2 (7.41%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) ACCA
2 2 (7.41%) CIMA
2 2 (7.41%) CIPFA
3 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Sage
3 2 (7.41%) Oracle