Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	13	Up 22 places+22	£52,500	-17.96%	63 7.98%	95
Degree	14	Down -13 places-13	£40,000	-11.11%	61 7.73%	54
SC Cleared	15	Up 21 places+21	£55,000	-14.06%	60 7.60%	77
BPSS Clearance	31	New entry-	£42,500	-	25 3.17%	46
DV Cleared	34	New entry-	-	-	22 2.79%	53
HNC	44	No change0	£51,359	-	11 1.39%	16
ACCA	46	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.14%
CIMA	46	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.14%
AAT	47	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 1.01%
HND	48	Down -43 places-43	£51,359	-	7 0.89%	11
PMP	48	Down -5 places-5	£45,814	-11.89%	7 0.89%	2
City & Guilds	49	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 0.76%	5
Microsoft Certification	50	Down -10 places-10	£40,000	+23.07%	5 0.63%	3
Computer Science Degree	50	Down -7 places-7	£37,500	-16.66%	5 0.63%	4
Postgraduate	51	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.51%	1
ISTQB	51	New entry-	£37,500	-	4 0.51%	2
NVQ Level 3	51	New entry-	£48,500	-	4 0.51%	5
Master's Degree	51	Down -19 places-19	£52,000	-	4 0.51%	7
CCNP	52	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.38%	3
CCNA	52	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.38%	10
Cisco Certification	52	Down -7 places-7	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.38%	13
PMI Certification	52	Down -9 places-9	£45,814	-11.89%	3 0.38%	3
DBS Check	53	Down -8 places-8	£36,000	-32.07%	2 0.25%	1
Chartered Engineer	53	New entry-	-	-	2 0.25%	3
A+ Certification	54	Down -19 places-19	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.13%	12
Azure Certification	54	Down -12 places-12	£37,500	-	1 0.13%	12
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	54	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.13%	4
AWS Certification	54	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.13%	5
Network+ Certification	54	Down -14 places-14	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.13%	14
PRINCE2 Practitioner	54	New entry-	£54,000	-	1 0.13%	1