Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	14	Down -13 places-13	£40,000	-24.52%	37 6.45%	10
Security Cleared	30	Up 16 places+16	£34,500	-46.09%	17 2.96%	9
SC Cleared	32	Up 19 places+19	£45,000	-29.68%	15 2.61%	8
AAT	41	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 1.05%	1
HNC	41	New entry-	£51,359	-	6 1.05%	3
PMP	41	Up 10 places+10	£45,814	-12.31%	6 1.05%
ACCA	41	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 1.05%	1
CIMA	41	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 1.05%	1
Microsoft Certification	42	Up 10 places+10	£40,000	+39.13%	5 0.87%	1
Postgraduate	43	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.70%
HND	44	Down -38 places-38	£51,359	-	3 0.52%	2
Cisco Certification	44	Up 9 places+9	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.52%	11
Computer Science Degree	44	Up 4 places+4	£37,500	-29.24%	3 0.52%
CCNP	45	Up 9 places+9	£34,000	-34.61%	2 0.35%	2
CCNA	45	Up 9 places+9	£34,000	-34.61%	2 0.35%	11
PMI Certification	45	Up 6 places+6	£45,814	-12.31%	2 0.35%
ISTQB	45	New entry-	£37,500	-	2 0.35%
Master's Degree	45	Down -2 places-2	£65,000	-	2 0.35%	1
(ISC)2 CCSP	46	Up 8 places+8	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.17%
Azure Certification	46	Up 7 places+7	£37,500	+30.43%	1 0.17%	13
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	46	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.17%	3
AWS Certification	46	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.17%	4
CCSP	46	Up 8 places+8	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.17%
CISSP	46	Up 4 places+4	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.17%
A+ Certification	46	Up 2 places+2	£34,000	+18.26%	1 0.17%	7
CISM	46	Up 4 places+4	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.17%
Network+ Certification	46	Up 6 places+6	£34,000	+18.26%	1 0.17%	11