Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	13	Up 26 places+26	£55,000	-13.04%	69 7.46%	112
SC Cleared	16	Up 24 places+24	£55,000	-14.06%	64 6.92%	91
Degree	17	Down -16 places-16	£37,500	-28.22%	63 6.81%	88
BPSS Clearance	32	New entry-	£42,500	-	25 2.70%	69
DV Cleared	35	New entry-	-	-	22 2.38%	64
HNC	40	Up 5 places+5	£51,359	-	17 1.84%	20
City & Guilds	45	New entry-	£45,000	-	12 1.30%	4
ACCA	48	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 0.97%
CIMA	48	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 0.97%
NVQ Level 3	48	New entry-	£48,500	-	9 0.97%	6
Computer Science Degree	49	Down -4 places-4	£37,500	-16.66%	8 0.86%	19
AAT	49	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 0.86%
HND	49	Down -42 places-42	£51,359	-	8 0.86%	17
DBS Check	51	New entry-	£32,500	-	6 0.65%	12
CCNP	52	New entry-	£34,000	-	5 0.54%	2
Cisco Certification	52	Down -5 places-5	£34,000	-34.61%	5 0.54%	14
ISTQB	53	New entry-	£37,500	-	4 0.43%
Master's Degree	53	Down -21 places-21	£52,000	-	4 0.43%	8
Postgraduate	53	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.43%
CCNA	54	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.32%	11
Microsoft Certification	54	Down -13 places-13	£40,000	+23.07%	3 0.32%	2
CIPD	55	New entry-	£32,500	-	2 0.22%	2
Chartered Engineer	55	New entry-	-	-	2 0.22%	3
CCIE	56	New entry-	£55,000	-	1 0.11%	1
CISSP	56	Down -12 places-12	-	-	1 0.11%	1
PMP	56	Down -11 places-11	£54,000	+3.84%	1 0.11%	9
PMI Certification	56	Down -11 places-11	£54,000	+3.84%	1 0.11%	12
PRINCE2 Practitioner	56	New entry-	£54,000	-	1 0.11%
GNVQ	56	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	2