Contract Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South West

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	1	No change0	£550	-	1,370 37.20%	692
SC Cleared	2	No change0	£550	-	852 23.13%	368
DV Cleared	4	Up 7 places+7	£575	-8.00%	535 14.53%	209
Degree	50	Down 24 places-24	£415	-24.54%	128 3.48%	552
BPSS Clearance	81	Up 10 places+10	£525	-6.25%	82 2.23%	119
CISSP	115	Down 30 places-30	£675	+8.00%	40 1.09%	42
Cisco Certification	117	Down 16 places-16	£600	-4.00%	38 1.03%	41
DBS Check	123	Down 19 places-19	£162	-12.43%	32 0.87%	57
CISM	132	Down 30 places-30	£725	+7.37%	23 0.62%	27
AWS Certification	133	Down 25 places-25	£800	+23.07%	22 0.60%	60
CCNP	135	Down 33 places-33	£625	-	20 0.54%	9
Microsoft Certification	135	Down 60 places-60	£533	-3.18%	20 0.54%	37
VCAP	137	New entry-	£697	-	18 0.49%	3
PMP	139	Down 20 places-20	£498	+17.05%	16 0.43%	18
PMI Certification	140	Down 21 places-21	£450	+5.88%	15 0.41%	24
Azure Certification	140	Down 44 places-44	£590	-9.23%	15 0.41%	52
Computer Science Degree	141	Down 41 places-41	£400	-38.46%	14 0.38%	67
CompTIA Security+	141	Down 24 places-24	£688	+20.35%	14 0.38%	23
ACCA	142	Down 23 places-23	£600	+26.31%	13 0.35%	7
CIMA	142	Down 20 places-20	£600	+26.31%	13 0.35%	8
CCNA	144	Down 28 places-28	£540	-1.81%	11 0.30%	24
Chartered Engineer	144	Down 23 places-23	£619	+7.60%	11 0.30%	20
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	144	Down 25 places-25	£638	+1.59%	11 0.30%	6
TOGAF Certification	144	Down 23 places-23	£580	-19.30%	11 0.30%	10
MCSE	145	Down 34 places-34	£625	+13.63%	10 0.27%	3
CCIE	146	Down 24 places-24	£675	+8.00%	9 0.24%	3
Network+ Certification	146	Down 36 places-36	£123	-80.24%	9 0.24%	11
CRISC	147	Down 27 places-27	£612	+6.47%	8 0.22%	6
(ISC)2 CCSP	147	Down 25 places-25	£625	-13.79%	8 0.22%	10
SANS	147	Down 30 places-30	£620	+15.45%	8 0.22%	1
A+ Certification	148	Down 38 places-38	£193	-30.00%	7 0.19%	33
Master's Degree	148	Down 45 places-45	£575	+4.54%	7 0.19%	67
ISACA	148	New entry-	-	-	7 0.19%	1
ISTQB	148	Down 34 places-34	£525	+44.82%	7 0.19%	9
Microsoft Certified Professional	148	Down 26 places-26	£488	-	7 0.19%	8
City & Guilds	148	Down 27 places-27	£155	-	7 0.19%	12
ITIL Certification	149	Down 49 places-49	£500	+17.64%	6 0.16%	9
CIPD	149	New entry-	-	-	6 0.16%
JNCIP	149	Down 29 places-29	£675	+8.00%	6 0.16%
JNCIE	149	Down 27 places-27	£675	+8.00%	6 0.16%
ISTQB Foundation Certification	150	Down 31 places-31	£550	+57.14%	5 0.14%	4
PRINCE2 Practitioner	150	Down 28 places-28	£638	-	5 0.14%	4
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	150	Down 31 places-31	£575	-9.80%	5 0.14%	3
PRINCE2 Certification	151	Down 29 places-29	£788	+5.00%	4 0.11%	1
AAT	151	New entry-	-	-	4 0.11%	3
CEH	151	Down 31 places-31	£483	-1.02%	4 0.11%	10
NVQ Level 3	151	Down 30 places-30	£635	-	4 0.11%	15
SnowPro	151	New entry-	£688	-	4 0.11%	1
APMG	152	New entry-	£605	-	3 0.082%	3
CompTIA CySA+	152	Down 35 places-35	£725	+35.00%	3 0.082%	10