Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 31 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	13	Up 21 places+21	£52,500	-17.96%	63 7.93%	51
Degree	14	Down -13 places-13	£40,000	-11.11%	61 7.68%	31
SC Cleared	15	Up 20 places+20	£55,000	-14.06%	60 7.56%	39
BPSS Clearance	33	New entry-	£42,500	-	25 3.15%	19
DV Cleared	36	New entry-	-	-	22 2.77%	17
HNC	47	Down -4 places-4	£51,359	-	11 1.39%	13
ACCA	49	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.13%
CIMA	49	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.13%
AAT	50	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 1.01%
HND	51	Down -45 places-45	£51,359	-	7 0.88%	7
PMP	51	Down -9 places-9	£45,814	-11.89%	7 0.88%
City & Guilds	52	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 0.76%	5
Microsoft Certification	53	Down -14 places-14	£40,000	+23.07%	5 0.63%	2
Computer Science Degree	53	Down -11 places-11	£37,500	-16.66%	5 0.63%	1
NVQ Level 3	54	New entry-	£48,500	-	4 0.50%	6
Postgraduate	54	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.50%	1
ISTQB	54	New entry-	£37,500	-	4 0.50%	1
Master's Degree	54	Down -23 places-23	£52,000	-	4 0.50%	3
CCNP	55	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.38%	2
CCNA	55	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.38%
Cisco Certification	55	Down -11 places-11	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.38%	2
PMI Certification	55	Down -13 places-13	£45,814	-11.89%	3 0.38%	1
Chartered Engineer	56	New entry-	-	-	2 0.25%	3
DBS Check	56	Down -12 places-12	£36,000	-32.07%	2 0.25%	4
PRINCE2 Practitioner	57	New entry-	£54,000	-	1 0.13%
Azure Certification	57	Down -16 places-16	£37,500	-	1 0.13%	3
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	57	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.13%	4
AWS Certification	57	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.13%	7
A+ Certification	57	Down -23 places-23	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.13%	9
Network+ Certification	57	Down -18 places-18	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.13%	4