Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	12	Up 24 places+24	£55,000	-3.93%	74 7.36%	101
Degree	13	Down 12 places-12	£40,000	-23.44%	72 7.16%	76
SC Cleared	17	Up 20 places+20	£55,000	-12.00%	63 6.27%	85
BPSS Clearance	38	New entry-	£42,500	-	25 2.49%	50
HNC	40	Down 1 place-1	£45,250	-	23 2.29%	28
DV Cleared	41	New entry-	-	-	22 2.19%	52
City & Guilds	49	New entry-	£45,000	-	14 1.39%	4
NVQ Level 3	51	New entry-	£48,500	-	12 1.19%	5
HND	51	Down 46 places-46	£45,250	-	12 1.19%	25
ACCA	54	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 0.90%
CIMA	54	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 0.90%
Computer Science Degree	55	Down 15 places-15	£37,500	-16.66%	8 0.80%	5
AAT	55	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 0.80%
Cisco Certification	55	Down 13 places-13	£37,500	-27.88%	8 0.80%	1
DBS Check	57	New entry-	£32,500	-	6 0.60%	2
CCNP	57	New entry-	£34,000	-	6 0.60%
CCNA	58	New entry-	£34,000	-	5 0.50%	1
ISTQB	59	New entry-	£37,500	-	4 0.40%	1
Master's Degree	59	Down 30 places-30	£52,000	-	4 0.40%	7
GNVQ	60	New entry-	-	-	3 0.30%
Postgraduate	60	New entry-	£48,760	-	3 0.30%	1
Microsoft Certification	60	Down 26 places-26	£65,000	+100.00%	3 0.30%	2
PMP	61	Down 21 places-21	£54,000	+3.84%	2 0.20%	2
PMI Certification	61	Down 21 places-21	£54,000	+3.84%	2 0.20%	3
CIPD	61	New entry-	£32,500	-	2 0.20%
Chartered Engineer	61	New entry-	-	-	2 0.20%	4
Microsoft Certified Professional	61	Down 23 places-23	£37,500	+15.38%	2 0.20%
CCIE	61	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.20%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	62	New entry-	£54,000	-	1 0.100%
CISSP	62	Down 23 places-23	-	-	1 0.100%	1