Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	15	Down -14 places-14	£40,000	-24.52%	32 6.06%	15
Security Cleared	26	Up 18 places+18	£34,500	-46.09%	17 3.22%	19
SC Cleared	28	Up 21 places+21	£45,000	-29.68%	15 2.84%	14
PMP	37	Up 12 places+12	£45,814	-12.31%	6 1.14%	1
Microsoft Certification	38	Up 12 places+12	£40,000	+39.13%	5 0.95%	4
ACCA	39	New entry-	£45,000	-	4 0.76%	2
CIMA	39	New entry-	£45,000	-	4 0.76%	2
HNC	39	New entry-	£51,359	-	4 0.76%	4
Postgraduate	39	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.76%
AAT	40	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 0.57%	1
Cisco Certification	41	Up 10 places+10	£58,250	+12.01%	2 0.38%	13
PMI Certification	41	Up 8 places+8	£45,814	-12.31%	2 0.38%	1
Master's Degree	41	Up 2 places+2	£65,000	-	2 0.38%	2
Computer Science Degree	41	Up 4 places+4	£37,500	-29.24%	2 0.38%
CCSP	42	Up 10 places+10	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.19%
CCNP	42	Up 10 places+10	£34,000	-34.61%	1 0.19%	4
CCNA	42	Up 10 places+10	£34,000	-34.61%	1 0.19%	13
CISSP	42	Up 6 places+6	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.19%
A+ Certification	42	Up 4 places+4	£34,000	+18.26%	1 0.19%	6
ISTQB	42	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.19%	2
CISM	42	Up 6 places+6	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.19%
Network+ Certification	42	Up 8 places+8	£34,000	+18.26%	1 0.19%	11
(ISC)2 CCSP	42	Up 10 places+10	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.19%
Azure Certification	42	Up 9 places+9	£37,500	+30.43%	1 0.19%	14
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	42	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.19%	3
AWS Certification	42	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.19%	4
HND	42	Down -35 places-35	£51,359	-	1 0.19%	2