Contract Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Hertfordshire

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	2	No change0	£525	+1.20%	189 22.77%	88
SC Cleared	4	Down -1 place-1	£492	-6.28%	133 16.02%	29
Degree	21	Down -15 places-15	£550	-15.38%	55 6.63%	112
DV Cleared	21	Up 5 places+5	£575	-	55 6.63%	25
BPSS Clearance	53	Down -12 places-12	£450	+28.57%	16 1.93%	34
PRINCE2 Practitioner	58	New entry-	£445	-	11 1.33%
Computer Science Degree	59	Down -13 places-13	£613	-2.00%	10 1.20%	10
CTC Cleared	59	New entry-	-	-	10 1.20%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	62	New entry-	£507	-	7 0.84%	1
PMI Certification	63	Down -18 places-18	£625	+38.88%	6 0.72%	2
Microsoft Certification	64	Down -19 places-19	£550	-	5 0.60%	10
ITIL Certification	64	Down -18 places-18	£550	-	5 0.60%	2
PMP	65	Down -19 places-19	£600	+26.31%	4 0.48%
ITIL Foundation Certificate	65	New entry-	£335	-	4 0.48%
CompTIA Security+	66	Down -21 places-21	£550	-	3 0.36%
Azure Certification	66	New entry-	£725	-	3 0.36%	8
Microsoft Certified Professional	66	New entry-	-	-	3 0.36%	1
Master's Degree	67	Down -33 places-33	£563	-13.46%	2 0.24%	66
HNC	67	New entry-	-	-	2 0.24%	10
HND	67	New entry-	-	-	2 0.24%	10
CISSP	68	Down -25 places-25	-	-	1 0.12%	4
Six Sigma Green Belt	68	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
SSCP	68	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
CISM	68	Down -22 places-22	-	-	1 0.12%	4
CIPFA	68	New entry-	£375	-	1 0.12%
CCAB	68	New entry-	£375	-	1 0.12%
Network+ Certification	68	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
APMG	68	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.12%