Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	17	Down -16 places-16	£40,000	-24.52%	34 6.22%	52
Security Cleared	28	Up 18 places+18	£34,500	-46.09%	17 3.11%	18
SC Cleared	30	Up 21 places+21	£45,000	-29.68%	15 2.74%	13
PMP	39	Up 12 places+12	£45,814	-12.31%	6 1.10%	2
HNC	40	New entry-	£51,359	-	5 0.91%	5
Microsoft Certification	40	Up 12 places+12	£40,000	+39.13%	5 0.91%	3
Postgraduate	41	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.73%
ACCA	41	New entry-	£45,000	-	4 0.73%	5
CIMA	41	New entry-	£45,000	-	4 0.73%	4
AAT	41	New entry-	£45,000	-	4 0.73%	2
Computer Science Degree	42	Up 6 places+6	£37,500	-29.24%	3 0.55%	12
HND	43	Down -36 places-36	£51,359	-	2 0.37%	3
Cisco Certification	43	Up 10 places+10	£58,250	+12.01%	2 0.37%	12
PMI Certification	43	Up 8 places+8	£45,814	-12.31%	2 0.37%	1
ISTQB	43	New entry-	£37,500	-	2 0.37%	1
Master's Degree	43	No change0	£65,000	-	2 0.37%	11
CCSP	44	Up 10 places+10	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.18%
CCNP	44	Up 10 places+10	£34,000	-34.61%	1 0.18%	3
CCNA	44	Up 10 places+10	£34,000	-34.61%	1 0.18%	12
CISSP	44	Up 6 places+6	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.18%	1
A+ Certification	44	Up 4 places+4	£34,000	+18.26%	1 0.18%	7
CISM	44	Up 6 places+6	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.18%
Network+ Certification	44	Up 8 places+8	£34,000	+18.26%	1 0.18%	12
(ISC)2 CCSP	44	Up 10 places+10	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.18%
Azure Certification	44	Up 9 places+9	£37,500	+30.43%	1 0.18%	16
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	44	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.18%	4
AWS Certification	44	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.18%	9