Contract Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	1	Up 1 place+1	£575	+16.86%	1,211 38.90%	335
SC Cleared	3	No change0	£560	+16.81%	832 26.73%	200
DV Cleared	7	Up 30 places+30	£600	+9.09%	425 13.65%	115
Degree	19	Up 11 places+11	£550	+22.22%	282 9.06%	669
Azure Certification	91	Up 12 places+12	£575	+112.96%	70 2.25%	31
CISSP	107	Down 41 places-41	£559	+16.80%	53 1.70%	32
PMP	111	Down 14 places-14	£535	+0.94%	49 1.57%	20
PMI Certification	111	Down 15 places-15	£575	+8.49%	49 1.57%	17
Cisco Certification	112	Down 23 places-23	£563	+2.27%	48 1.54%	21
Microsoft Certification	114	Down 15 places-15	£500	+53.84%	46 1.48%	36
Computer Science Degree	122	Down 29 places-29	£550	+29.41%	38 1.22%	80
AWS Certification	124	Down 26 places-26	£560	+12.00%	36 1.16%	13
BPSS Clearance	129	Down 13 places-13	£592	+82.15%	31 1.00%	41
DBS Check	131	Down 18 places-18	£155	-13.70%	29 0.93%	51
CISM	134	Down 35 places-35	£650	+32.72%	26 0.84%	19
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	137	Down 13 places-13	£600	-4.00%	23 0.74%	2
(ISC)2 CCSP	141	Down 21 places-21	£700	-6.66%	19 0.61%	4
ISTQB	143	Down 24 places-24	£525	+19.31%	17 0.55%	7
TOGAF Certification	144	Down 23 places-23	£775	+76.13%	16 0.51%	8
CCNP	145	Down 31 places-31	£500	-6.97%	15 0.48%	7
ISEB	145	Down 19 places-19	£553	+58.09%	15 0.48%	2
Master's Degree	146	Down 47 places-47	£435	-4.65%	14 0.45%	97
ITIL Foundation Certificate	146	Down 25 places-25	£489	+78.79%	14 0.45%	5
PRINCE2 Practitioner	147	Down 21 places-21	£575	+25.00%	13 0.42%	1
ACCA	147	Down 29 places-29	£550	+14.28%	13 0.42%	3
CIMA	147	Down 28 places-28	£550	+33.33%	13 0.42%	3
VCAP	147	Down 21 places-21	£590	+2.60%	13 0.42%
PhD	148	Down 29 places-29	-	-	12 0.39%	91
CCIE	149	Down 38 places-38	£600	+1.26%	11 0.35%	1
ISTQB Foundation Certification	149	Down 24 places-24	£548	+9.50%	11 0.35%	3
CCNA	150	Down 35 places-35	£383	-14.83%	10 0.32%	15
MCSE	150	Down 24 places-24	£590	-5.60%	10 0.32%	4
RHCE	151	New entry-	£565	-	9 0.29%	2
JNCIE	152	Down 38 places-38	£438	-	8 0.26%
MCSA	152	New entry-	£590	-	8 0.26%	4
PRINCE2 Certification	153	Down 27 places-27	£575	-	7 0.22%	1
ITIL Certification	153	Down 28 places-28	£500	+62.60%	7 0.22%	12
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	153	Down 27 places-27	£538	+19.44%	7 0.22%	2
CEH	153	Down 50 places-50	£617	+45.22%	7 0.22%	8
GIAC	153	Down 45 places-45	£559	+43.33%	7 0.22%	3
HNC	153	New entry-	£468	-	7 0.22%	39
CRISC	153	Down 27 places-27	£575	+64.28%	7 0.22%	7
RHCSA	154	New entry-	£610	-	6 0.19%	4
LFCS	154	New entry-	£610	-	6 0.19%	2
CSPO	154	New entry-	£475	-	6 0.19%	3
CIPD	154	Down 28 places-28	-	-	6 0.19%	1
CompTIA Security+	154	Down 29 places-29	£425	+30.76%	6 0.19%	13
CCSP	155	Down 35 places-35	£538	-28.33%	5 0.16%	4
CCA	155	New entry-	£461	-	5 0.16%
NVQ Level 3	155	New entry-	£465	-	5 0.16%	5