Contract Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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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	£475	-8.65%	792 22.22%	129
SC Cleared	4	Down 1 place-1	£475	-8.43%	664 18.63%	99
BPSS Clearance	21	Up 76 places+76	£480	-7.69%	334 9.37%	44
Degree	69	Down 45 places-45	£450	-10.00%	121 3.39%	202
DBS Check	114	No change0	£211	-	69 1.94%	29
ISTQB	126	Up 6 places+6	£380	+5.55%	55 1.54%	4
Microsoft Certification	130	Down 22 places-22	£425	+37.09%	51 1.43%	22
AWS Certification	139	Down 40 places-40	£463	-11.90%	42 1.18%	48
CISSP	140	Down 24 places-24	£500	-31.03%	41 1.15%	26
DV Cleared	147	Down 85 places-85	£613	+4.25%	34 0.95%	19
Cisco Certification	148	Down 58 places-58	£450	-5.26%	33 0.93%	36
Azure Certification	149	Down 51 places-51	£475	-13.63%	32 0.90%	44
ISTQB Foundation Certification	155	Down 22 places-22	£393	+9.16%	26 0.73%	1
CISM	159	Down 31 places-31	£500	-48.05%	22 0.62%	11
CCNP	164	Down 66 places-66	£413	-10.81%	17 0.48%	7
PMP	165	Down 44 places-44	£525	-4.54%	16 0.45%	10
CCIE	168	Down 46 places-46	£415	-21.04%	13 0.36%	6
ITIL Certification	169	Down 37 places-37	£575	+12.52%	12 0.34%	7
PMI Certification	169	Down 45 places-45	£575	+4.54%	12 0.34%	10
Computer Science Degree	169	Down 74 places-74	£594	+10.25%	12 0.34%	19
ACCA	169	Down 39 places-39	£944	+98.73%	12 0.34%	2
CIMA	169	Down 39 places-39	£944	+98.73%	12 0.34%	2
CCNA	172	Down 58 places-58	£400	-11.11%	9 0.25%	20
OCP	172	Down 38 places-38	£447	-	9 0.25%
Oracle Certification	172	Down 38 places-38	£447	-	9 0.25%
Master's Degree	172	Down 57 places-57	£625	+19.04%	9 0.25%	27
(ISC)2 CCSP	172	Down 40 places-40	£450	-10.00%	9 0.25%	9
ISEB	173	Down 39 places-39	£400	+11.34%	8 0.22%	1
CCSP	174	Down 42 places-42	£450	-10.00%	7 0.20%	9
A+ Certification	174	Down 40 places-40	-	-	7 0.20%	27
CRISC	174	Down 41 places-41	£538	-49.22%	7 0.20%	5
CCIE Wireless	175	Down 40 places-40	£333	-	6 0.17%	3
APMG	175	Down 41 places-41	£538	+6.17%	6 0.17%	2
Network+ Certification	176	Down 48 places-48	£400	-42.85%	5 0.14%	30
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	176	New entry-	£450	-	5 0.14%	2
CISA	176	Down 44 places-44	£450	-60.00%	5 0.14%	8
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	176	Down 52 places-52	£477	-13.27%	5 0.14%	1
CCAB	176	New entry-	£922	-	5 0.14%
CWNE	176	New entry-	£333	-	5 0.14%	3
SAS Certification	177	New entry-	£664	-	4 0.11%
CEH	177	Down 46 places-46	£430	-46.31%	4 0.11%	10
SAFe Agilist	177	New entry-	£488	-	4 0.11%	1
HNC	178	Down 48 places-48	£400	+14.28%	3 0.084%	55
CCA	178	Down 44 places-44	£430	-16.50%	3 0.084%
ITIL Foundation Certificate	178	Down 54 places-54	£238	-13.63%	3 0.084%	5
CREST Certified	178	Down 45 places-45	£700	-	3 0.084%	9
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	178	New entry-	£488	-	3 0.084%	9
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	178	Down 44 places-44	£425	+1.19%	3 0.084%	1
TOGAF Certification	179	Down 46 places-46	£563	-9.63%	2 0.056%	2
Microsoft Certified Professional	179	Down 50 places-50	£238	+63.79%	2 0.056%	5