Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	10	Down -9 places-9	£40,000	-24.52%	57 7.89%	28
Security Cleared	15	Up 22 places+22	£50,000	-21.87%	44 6.09%	37
SC Cleared	16	Up 26 places+26	£50,000	-21.87%	43 5.96%	28
DV Cleared	33	New entry-	-	-	19 2.63%	4
BPSS Clearance	33	New entry-	-	-	19 2.63%	9
HNC	41	New entry-	£51,359	-	11 1.52%	11
ACCA	43	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.25%
CIMA	43	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.25%
AAT	44	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 1.11%
HND	45	Down -39 places-39	£51,359	-	7 0.97%	8
PMP	46	Down -2 places-2	£45,814	-11.89%	6 0.83%	3
City & Guilds	46	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 0.83%	2
Microsoft Certification	47	Down -8 places-8	£40,000	+23.07%	5 0.69%	3
Master's Degree	48	Down -14 places-14	£52,000	-	4 0.55%	3
Computer Science Degree	48	Down -5 places-5	£37,500	-29.24%	4 0.55%	1
NVQ Level 3	48	New entry-	£48,500	-	4 0.55%	3
Postgraduate	48	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.55%
CCNP	49	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.42%
CCNA	49	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.42%	9
Cisco Certification	49	Down -3 places-3	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.42%	9
ISTQB	49	New entry-	£37,500	-	3 0.42%
PMI Certification	50	Down -6 places-6	£45,814	-11.89%	2 0.28%	3
DBS Check	50	Down -4 places-4	£36,000	-32.07%	2 0.28%	7
A+ Certification	51	Down -16 places-16	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.14%	9
Network+ Certification	51	Down -11 places-11	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.14%	13
Chartered Engineer	51	New entry-	-	-	1 0.14%	1
Azure Certification	51	Down -8 places-8	£37,500	+30.43%	1 0.14%	12
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	51	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.14%	3
AWS Certification	51	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.14%	3