Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 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%	33 6.09%	17
Security Cleared	25	Up 21 places+21	£34,500	-46.09%	17 3.14%	17
SC Cleared	27	Up 24 places+24	£45,000	-29.68%	15 2.77%	15
PMP	36	Up 15 places+15	£45,814	-12.31%	6 1.11%	1
HNC	37	New entry-	£51,359	-	5 0.92%	4
Microsoft Certification	37	Up 15 places+15	£40,000	+39.13%	5 0.92%	3
AAT	38	New entry-	£45,000	-	4 0.74%	1
Postgraduate	38	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.74%
ACCA	38	New entry-	£45,000	-	4 0.74%	1
CIMA	38	New entry-	£45,000	-	4 0.74%	1
HND	40	Down -33 places-33	£51,359	-	2 0.37%	2
Cisco Certification	40	Up 13 places+13	£58,250	+12.01%	2 0.37%	12
PMI Certification	40	Up 11 places+11	£45,814	-12.31%	2 0.37%	1
Master's Degree	40	Up 3 places+3	£65,000	-	2 0.37%	3
Computer Science Degree	40	Up 8 places+8	£37,500	-29.24%	2 0.37%
(ISC)2 CCSP	41	Up 13 places+13	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.18%
Azure Certification	41	Up 12 places+12	£37,500	+30.43%	1 0.18%	15
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	41	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.18%	4
AWS Certification	41	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.18%	5
CCSP	41	Up 13 places+13	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.18%
CCNP	41	Up 13 places+13	£34,000	-34.61%	1 0.18%	3
CCNA	41	Up 13 places+13	£34,000	-34.61%	1 0.18%	12
CISSP	41	Up 9 places+9	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.18%	1
A+ Certification	41	Up 7 places+7	£34,000	+18.26%	1 0.18%	6
ISTQB	41	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.18%
CISM	41	Up 9 places+9	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.18%	1
Network+ Certification	41	Up 11 places+11	£34,000	+18.26%	1 0.18%	11