Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	16	Down -15 places-15	£40,000	-24.52%	38 6.50%	13
Security Cleared	32	Up 14 places+14	£34,500	-46.09%	17 2.91%	8
SC Cleared	34	Up 17 places+17	£45,000	-29.68%	15 2.56%	7
ACCA	42	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 1.20%	1
CIMA	42	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 1.20%	1
AAT	42	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 1.20%	1
PMP	43	Up 9 places+9	£45,814	-11.89%	6 1.03%
HNC	43	New entry-	£51,359	-	6 1.03%	4
Microsoft Certification	44	Up 8 places+8	£40,000	+39.13%	5 0.85%	1
Cisco Certification	45	Up 8 places+8	£34,000	-34.61%	4 0.68%	11
Postgraduate	45	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.68%
CCNP	46	Up 8 places+8	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.51%	2
CCNA	46	Up 8 places+8	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.51%	11
Computer Science Degree	46	Up 2 places+2	£37,500	-29.24%	3 0.51%	1
HND	46	Down -40 places-40	£51,359	-	3 0.51%	2
PMI Certification	47	Up 5 places+5	£45,814	-11.89%	2 0.34%
ISTQB	47	New entry-	£37,500	-	2 0.34%
Master's Degree	47	Down -4 places-4	£65,000	-	2 0.34%	2
CCSP	48	Up 6 places+6	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.17%
CISSP	48	Up 2 places+2	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.17%
A+ Certification	48	No change0	£34,000	+18.26%	1 0.17%	6
CISM	48	Up 2 places+2	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.17%
Network+ Certification	48	Up 4 places+4	£34,000	+18.26%	1 0.17%	11
(ISC)2 CCSP	48	Up 6 places+6	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.17%
Azure Certification	48	Up 5 places+5	£37,500	+30.43%	1 0.17%	13
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	48	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.17%	3
AWS Certification	48	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.17%	4