Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	13	Up 24 places+24	£55,000	-12.00%	73 7.56%	19
Degree	16	Down -15 places-15	£37,500	-28.22%	66 6.83%	14
SC Cleared	17	Up 21 places+21	£55,000	-13.04%	63 6.52%	12
BPSS Clearance	36	New entry-	£42,500	-	25 2.59%
DV Cleared	39	New entry-	-	-	22 2.28%	1
HNC	41	No change0	£45,000	-	20 2.07%	3
City & Guilds	48	New entry-	£45,000	-	13 1.35%	1
NVQ Level 3	51	New entry-	£46,750	-	10 1.04%
HND	51	Down -46 places-46	£48,180	-	10 1.04%	2
ACCA	52	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 0.93%
CIMA	52	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 0.93%
AAT	53	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 0.83%
Computer Science Degree	53	Down -11 places-11	£37,500	-16.66%	8 0.83%	1
Cisco Certification	54	Down -10 places-10	£35,750	-31.25%	7 0.72%	1
DBS Check	55	New entry-	£32,500	-	6 0.62%	1
CCNP	56	New entry-	£34,000	-	5 0.52%
CCNA	56	New entry-	£34,000	-	5 0.52%	1
ISTQB	57	New entry-	£37,500	-	4 0.41%
Master's Degree	57	Down -28 places-28	£52,000	-	4 0.41%	2
Postgraduate	58	New entry-	£48,760	-	3 0.31%	1
CIPD	59	New entry-	£32,500	-	2 0.21%
Chartered Engineer	59	New entry-	-	-	2 0.21%	1
GNVQ	59	New entry-	-	-	2 0.21%
Microsoft Certified Professional	59	Down -19 places-19	£37,500	+15.38%	2 0.21%
Microsoft Certification	59	Down -23 places-23	£65,000	+100.00%	2 0.21%	2
PMP	59	Down -17 places-17	£54,000	+3.84%	2 0.21%	2
PMI Certification	59	Down -17 places-17	£54,000	+3.84%	2 0.21%	2
PRINCE2 Practitioner	60	New entry-	£54,000	-	1 0.10%
CCIE	60	New entry-	£55,000	-	1 0.10%
CISSP	60	Down -19 places-19	-	-	1 0.10%