Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Jul 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%	41 6.80%	13
Security Cleared	31	Up 11 places+11	£39,750	-37.89%	18 2.99%	22
SC Cleared	33	Up 14 places+14	£50,000	-21.87%	16 2.65%	19
ACCA	40	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.49%
CIMA	40	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.49%
AAT	41	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 1.33%
HNC	42	New entry-	£51,359	-	7 1.16%	3
PMP	43	Up 5 places+5	£45,814	-11.89%	6 1.00%	4
Microsoft Certification	44	Up 4 places+4	£40,000	+39.13%	5 0.83%	1
HND	45	Down -39 places-39	£51,359	-	4 0.66%	1
Postgraduate	45	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.66%
Cisco Certification	45	Up 4 places+4	£34,000	-34.61%	4 0.66%	9
CCNP	46	Up 4 places+4	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.50%
CCNA	46	Up 4 places+4	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.50%	9
Computer Science Degree	46	Down -2 places-2	£37,500	-29.24%	3 0.50%	3
PMI Certification	47	Up 1 place+1	£45,814	-11.89%	2 0.33%	4
ISTQB	47	New entry-	£37,500	-	2 0.33%	2
Master's Degree	47	Down -9 places-9	£65,000	-	2 0.33%	2
CCSP	48	Up 2 places+2	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.17%
CISSP	48	Down -2 places-2	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.17%
A+ Certification	48	Down -4 places-4	£34,000	+18.26%	1 0.17%	8
Azure Certification	48	Up 1 place+1	£37,500	+30.43%	1 0.17%	11
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	48	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.17%	3
CISM	48	Down -2 places-2	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.17%
Network+ Certification	48	No change0	£34,000	+18.26%	1 0.17%	11
(ISC)2 CCSP	48	Up 2 places+2	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.17%
AWS Certification	48	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.17%	5