Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	14	Up 16 places+16	£55,000	-12.00%	72 7.56%	45
Degree	17	Down -16 places-16	£37,500	-28.22%	65 6.82%	27
SC Cleared	18	Up 13 places+13	£55,000	-13.04%	63 6.61%	31
BPSS Clearance	35	New entry-	£42,500	-	25 2.62%	13
DV Cleared	38	New entry-	-	-	22 2.31%	14
HNC	40	Down -6 places-6	£48,180	-	19 1.99%	2
City & Guilds	46	New entry-	£45,000	-	13 1.36%
NVQ Level 3	49	New entry-	£46,750	-	10 1.05%
ACCA	50	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 0.94%
CIMA	50	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 0.94%
HND	50	Down -45 places-45	£51,359	-	9 0.94%	1
Computer Science Degree	51	Down -16 places-16	£37,500	-16.66%	8 0.84%	8
AAT	51	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 0.84%
Cisco Certification	52	Down -15 places-15	£35,750	-31.25%	7 0.73%	1
DBS Check	53	New entry-	£32,500	-	6 0.63%	1
CCNP	54	New entry-	£34,000	-	5 0.52%	1
CCNA	54	New entry-	£34,000	-	5 0.52%
Master's Degree	55	Down -32 places-32	£52,000	-	4 0.42%	6
Postgraduate	55	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.42%
ISTQB	55	New entry-	£37,500	-	4 0.42%	1
Chartered Engineer	57	New entry-	-	-	2 0.21%	1
GNVQ	57	New entry-	-	-	2 0.21%
Microsoft Certified Professional	57	Down -24 places-24	£37,500	+15.38%	2 0.21%
Microsoft Certification	57	Down -27 places-27	£40,000	+23.07%	2 0.21%	3
PMP	57	Down -22 places-22	£54,000	+3.84%	2 0.21%	5
PMI Certification	57	Down -22 places-22	£54,000	+3.84%	2 0.21%	7
CIPD	57	New entry-	£32,500	-	2 0.21%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	58	New entry-	£54,000	-	1 0.10%
CCIE	58	New entry-	£55,000	-	1 0.10%	1
CISSP	58	Down -24 places-24	-	-	1 0.10%	2