Contract Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 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	£550	+4.76%	6,715 23.75%	2,184
SC Cleared	3	No change0	£537	+3.56%	4,724 16.71%	1,577
DV Cleared	27	Up 21 places+21	£600	+4.34%	1,685 5.96%	529
Degree	35	Down 13 places-13	£495	+4.21%	1,424 5.04%	2,310
BPSS Clearance	61	Up 64 places+64	£487	-0.61%	1,044 3.69%	455
DBS Check	203	Up 9 places+9	£200	+8.10%	345 1.22%	285
Cisco Certification	215	Down 38 places-38	£500	-1.13%	321 1.14%	299
CISSP	218	Down 44 places-44	£575	+10.47%	313 1.11%	181
Microsoft Certification	259	Down 63 places-63	£450	-2.17%	231 0.82%	232
Azure Certification	266	Down 21 places-21	£525	+0.96%	222 0.79%	569
Computer Science Degree	269	Down 121 places-121	£475	+5.55%	219 0.77%	223
AWS Certification	296	Down 73 places-73	£550	+15.54%	186 0.66%	311
CISM	296	Down 57 places-57	£600	+15.71%	186 0.66%	91
PMI Certification	297	Down 14 places-14	£509	-7.38%	183 0.65%	92
PMP	299	Down 18 places-18	£509	-7.49%	181 0.64%	109
CCNP	314	Down 73 places-73	£500	-9.09%	162 0.57%	45
ISTQB	345	Down 12 places-12	£400	-11.11%	129 0.46%	27
CCNA	353	Down 65 places-65	£400	-15.78%	120 0.42%	239
ACCA	362	Down 29 places-29	£550	-	111 0.39%	28
CIMA	362	Down 23 places-23	£550	-	111 0.39%	24
Master's Degree	377	Down 143 places-143	£550	+11.78%	96 0.34%	274
HNC	382	Down 48 places-48	£525	+61.53%	91 0.32%	451
ITIL Certification	383	Down 94 places-94	£525	+12.54%	90 0.32%	81
NVQ Level 3	393	Down 6 places-6	£495	-	80 0.28%	111
(ISC)2 CCSP	401	Down 26 places-26	£600	-13.04%	72 0.25%	28
PRINCE2 Practitioner	402	Down 33 places-33	£525	+13.51%	71 0.25%	27
TOGAF Certification	410	Down 51 places-51	£630	+18.58%	63 0.22%	12
HND	411	Down 83 places-83	£525	+55.55%	62 0.22%	347
ITIL Foundation Certificate	417	Down 83 places-83	£250	-9.09%	56 0.20%	37
ISTQB Foundation Certification	418	Down 45 places-45	£402	+10.89%	55 0.19%	9
CCIE	418	Down 76 places-76	£500	-4.76%	55 0.19%	10
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	422	Down 60 places-60	£600	-4.00%	51 0.18%	17
CRISC	423	Down 50 places-50	£606	+10.22%	50 0.18%	35
CCSP	428	Down 51 places-51	£550	-12.00%	45 0.16%	22
MCSE	433	Down 95 places-95	£525	-12.50%	40 0.14%	19
VCAP	434	Down 52 places-52	£610	+6.08%	39 0.14%	11
A+ Certification	436	Down 92 places-92	£185	-2.63%	37 0.13%	465
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	438	Down 100 places-100	£500	+11.11%	35 0.12%	17
CISA	438	Down 83 places-83	£550	+13.98%	35 0.12%	37
CompTIA Security+	439	Down 70 places-70	£525	-8.69%	34 0.12%	315
CEH	440	Down 90 places-90	£488	+9.06%	33 0.12%	137
Chartered Engineer	441	Down 52 places-52	£559	-14.03%	32 0.11%	91
Network+ Certification	442	Down 86 places-86	£595	+77.61%	31 0.11%	362
Microsoft Certified Professional	445	Down 88 places-88	£475	+90.00%	28 0.099%	37
PhD	447	Down 83 places-83	£425	-20.85%	26 0.092%	92
APMG	447	Down 64 places-64	£550	-5.37%	26 0.092%	34
OSCP	448	Down 74 places-74	£475	+4.10%	25 0.088%	19
CIPD	449	Down 66 places-66	£400	+76.99%	24 0.085%	13
MCSA	449	Down 77 places-77	£313	-9.42%	24 0.085%	9
GIAC	450	Down 94 places-94	£559	+7.57%	23 0.081%	16