Contract Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Edinburgh

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	18	Up 14 places+14	£450	+5.88%	63 9.74%	37
SC Cleared	22	Up 32 places+32	£450	+5.88%	57 8.81%	33
BPSS Clearance	60	Up 6 places+6	£450	+21.62%	13 2.01%	28
Degree	60	Down 36 places-36	£420	-10.83%	13 2.01%	39
PMI Certification	63	Up 5 places+5	£500	-6.54%	10 1.55%
PMP	64	Up 4 places+4	£500	-6.54%	9 1.39%
Cisco Certification	65	Down 10 places-10	£350	-22.22%	8 1.24%	10
ITIL Foundation Certificate	66	Up 3 places+3	£210	-53.33%	7 1.08%
CCNP	66	Down 6 places-6	£375	-11.76%	7 1.08%
Microsoft Certification	66	Down 2 places-2	£525	-10.63%	7 1.08%	1
A+ Certification	66	New entry-	£210	-	7 1.08%	9
AWS Certification	68	Down 8 places-8	£550	+12.82%	5 0.77%	5
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	69	Down 3 places-3	£550	+2.80%	4 0.62%
MCSE	69	Down 1 place-1	£550	+4.76%	4 0.62%
CCNA	69	Down 7 places-7	£350	-22.22%	4 0.62%	10
PRINCE2 Practitioner	70	New entry-	£525	-	3 0.46%
Azure Certification	70	Down 3 places-3	£540	-18.49%	3 0.46%	16
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator	71	New entry-	-	-	2 0.31%
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer	71	Down 5 places-5	-	-	2 0.31%
CBAP	71	New entry-	-	-	2 0.31%
CIPD	71	New entry-	£218	-	2 0.31%
ITIL Certification	71	Down 3 places-3	£500	-4.76%	2 0.31%
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	71	Down 4 places-4	-	-	2 0.31%
CRISC	71	New entry-	-	-	2 0.31%
ACCA	72	Down 4 places-4	-	-	1 0.15%
TOGAF Certification	72	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
DV Cleared	72	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%	24
CISA	72	Down 5 places-5	-	-	1 0.15%	1
CISM	72	Down 6 places-6	-	-	1 0.15%	1
CIMA	72	Down 4 places-4	-	-	1 0.15%
PgMP	72	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
RHCSA	72	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.15%
DBS Check	72	Down 6 places-6	£155	-7.25%	1 0.15%	5
CISSP	72	Down 7 places-7	-	-	1 0.15%	3
RHCE	72	Down 3 places-3	£450	-	1 0.15%