Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 31 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	13	Down -12 places-12	£40,000	-24.52%	49 7.28%	25
Security Cleared	23	Up 22 places+22	£50,000	-21.87%	29 4.31%	34
SC Cleared	25	Up 25 places+25	£52,500	-17.96%	27 4.01%	25
ACCA	40	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.34%
CIMA	40	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.34%
AAT	41	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 1.19%
DV Cleared	42	New entry-	-	-	7 1.04%	6
BPSS Clearance	42	New entry-	-	-	7 1.04%	11
HNC	42	New entry-	£51,359	-	7 1.04%	9
PMP	43	Up 8 places+8	£45,814	-11.89%	6 0.89%	3
Microsoft Certification	44	Up 4 places+4	£40,000	+23.07%	5 0.74%	3
Computer Science Degree	45	Up 4 places+4	£37,500	-29.24%	4 0.59%	2
HND	45	Down -38 places-38	£51,359	-	4 0.59%	6
Postgraduate	45	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.59%
CCNP	46	Up 7 places+7	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.45%
CCNA	46	Up 7 places+7	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.45%
Cisco Certification	46	Up 6 places+6	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.45%
ISTQB	46	New entry-	£37,500	-	3 0.45%
Master's Degree	46	Down -5 places-5	£58,500	-	3 0.45%	3
PMI Certification	47	Up 4 places+4	£45,814	-11.89%	2 0.30%	3
A+ Certification	48	Down -4 places-4	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.15%	6
Network+ Certification	48	No change0	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.15%	2
Azure Certification	48	Up 4 places+4	£37,500	+30.43%	1 0.15%	4
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	48	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.15%	3
City & Guilds	48	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%	1
NVQ Level 3	48	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%	2
AWS Certification	48	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.15%	4
DBS Check	48	Up 5 places+5	£36,000	-32.07%	1 0.15%	11