Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	13	Down -12 places-12	£40,000	-11.11%	59 7.69%	52
Security Cleared	14	Up 23 places+23	£50,000	-21.87%	57 7.43%	76
SC Cleared	15	Up 26 places+26	£50,000	-21.87%	55 7.17%	61
BPSS Clearance	32	New entry-	£42,500	-	24 3.13%	40
DV Cleared	34	New entry-	-	-	22 2.87%	37
HNC	45	Down -1 place-1	£51,359	-	11 1.43%	14
ACCA	47	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.17%
CIMA	47	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.17%
AAT	48	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 1.04%
HND	49	Down -42 places-42	£51,359	-	7 0.91%	12
PMP	49	Down -6 places-6	£45,814	-11.89%	7 0.91%	3
City & Guilds	50	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 0.78%	3
Microsoft Certification	51	Down -13 places-13	£40,000	+23.07%	5 0.65%	4
NVQ Level 3	52	New entry-	£48,500	-	4 0.52%	3
Postgraduate	52	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.52%
Master's Degree	52	Down -20 places-20	£52,000	-	4 0.52%	7
Computer Science Degree	52	Down -8 places-8	£37,500	-28.22%	4 0.52%	4
CCNP	53	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.39%	1
CCNA	53	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.39%	10
Cisco Certification	53	Down -8 places-8	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.39%	11
PMI Certification	53	Down -10 places-10	£45,814	-11.89%	3 0.39%	3
ISTQB	53	New entry-	£37,500	-	3 0.39%	1
DBS Check	54	Down -9 places-9	£36,000	-32.07%	2 0.26%	7
Chartered Engineer	54	New entry-	-	-	2 0.26%	2
Azure Certification	55	Down -15 places-15	£37,500	+30.43%	1 0.13%	11
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	55	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.13%	3
AWS Certification	55	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.13%	4
A+ Certification	55	Down -22 places-22	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.13%	10
Network+ Certification	55	Down -17 places-17	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.13%	14
PRINCE2 Practitioner	55	New entry-	£54,000	-	1 0.13%	1