Contract Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the North West

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	2	No change0	£530	-3.63%	786 19.75%	189
SC Cleared	3	Up 2 places+2	£540	-1.81%	648 16.28%	147
Degree	34	Down 4 places-4	£483	+5.57%	232 5.83%	265
BPSS Clearance	40	Down 1 place-1	£525	+11.83%	198 4.97%	62
DBS Check	120	Down 23 places-23	£368	+91.90%	61 1.53%	47
Cisco Certification	121	Down 19 places-19	£537	-2.36%	60 1.51%	23
CISSP	122	Down 9 places-9	£525	-13.61%	59 1.48%	35
Microsoft Certification	132	Down 17 places-17	£501	+17.76%	49 1.23%	21
Azure Certification	135	Down 14 places-14	£520	+16.33%	46 1.16%	45
DV Cleared	140	Down 12 places-12	£563	+12.50%	41 1.03%	30
AWS Certification	142	Down 22 places-22	£500	+19.04%	39 0.98%	56
Computer Science Degree	147	Down 49 places-49	£537	+15.35%	34 0.85%	25
CCNP	148	Down 44 places-44	£585	+6.36%	33 0.83%	1
CCNA	149	Down 19 places-19	£537	-2.36%	32 0.80%	16
HNC	150	Down 11 places-11	£525	-	31 0.78%	60
ITIL Certification	157	Down 42 places-42	£575	-4.16%	24 0.60%	11
CISM	161	Down 41 places-41	£600	+9.09%	20 0.50%	19
ITIL Foundation Certificate	162	Down 31 places-31	£163	-50.75%	19 0.48%	4
ACCA	167	Down 32 places-32	£400	-48.38%	14 0.35%	7
CIMA	167	Down 31 places-31	£400	-50.00%	14 0.35%	5
HND	167	Down 29 places-29	£525	-	14 0.35%	37
PMI Certification	168	Down 43 places-43	£463	-14.03%	13 0.33%	6
Network+ Certification	169	New entry-	£608	-	12 0.30%	28
CCIE	171	Down 33 places-33	£500	+5.26%	10 0.25%	1
PMP	171	Down 45 places-45	£500	-14.01%	10 0.25%	6
NVQ Level 3	171	New entry-	£275	-	10 0.25%	21
CCSP	172	New entry-	£525	-	9 0.23%	3
(ISC)2 CCSP	172	Down 32 places-32	£563	-16.66%	9 0.23%	3
Server+ Certification	172	New entry-	£612	-	9 0.23%
GCIH	174	Down 35 places-35	£525	-	7 0.18%	3
OSCP	174	Down 34 places-34	£444	-28.38%	7 0.18%	2
Chartered Engineer	174	New entry-	£525	-	7 0.18%	12
CEH	174	New entry-	£445	-	7 0.18%	7
CRISC	175	Down 35 places-35	£650	-10.34%	6 0.15%	5
City & Guilds	175	New entry-	£263	-	6 0.15%	11
GCFA	176	New entry-	£547	-	5 0.13%
CISA	176	Down 38 places-38	£650	+42.07%	5 0.13%	11
CompTIA Security+	176	Down 41 places-41	£410	-32.53%	5 0.13%	29
Oracle Certification	177	Down 38 places-38	£520	-20.00%	4 0.10%	2
CCIE Security	177	New entry-	£478	-	4 0.10%
Master's Degree	177	Down 46 places-46	£525	+10.52%	4 0.10%	24
PRINCE2 Practitioner	177	Down 43 places-43	£669	-	4 0.10%
CIPFA	177	New entry-	£400	-	4 0.10%
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	177	Down 39 places-39	£397	-14.62%	4 0.10%	2
TOGAF Certification	177	Down 40 places-40	£700	+29.99%	4 0.10%	2
Microsoft Certified Professional	177	Down 40 places-40	£325	-15.03%	4 0.10%	7
Numerate Degree	178	New entry-	-	-	3 0.075%	2
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	178	Down 39 places-39	£650	-12.75%	3 0.075%	2
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	178	Down 40 places-40	£647	-7.57%	3 0.075%	2
AAT	178	Down 38 places-38	-	-	3 0.075%	1