Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	13	Down 5 places-5	£41,739	-20.11%	75 7.07%	101
Security Cleared	14	Up 13 places+13	£55,000	-12.00%	74 6.97%	94
SC Cleared	18	Up 9 places+9	£58,750	-6.00%	62 5.84%	80
HNC	30	No change0	£45,500	-	34 3.20%	25
BPSS Clearance	38	New entry-	£42,500	-	25 2.36%	52
DV Cleared	39	New entry-	£62,500	-	24 2.26%	57
NVQ Level 3	46	New entry-	£47,000	-	17 1.60%	4
City & Guilds	46	New entry-	£46,000	-	17 1.60%	5
HND	47	Down 18 places-18	£45,500	-	16 1.51%	23
Cisco Certification	51	New entry-	£42,500	-	12 1.13%	1
ACCA	54	Down 24 places-24	£45,000	-	9 0.85%
CIMA	54	Down 24 places-24	£45,000	-	9 0.85%
Computer Science Degree	54	Down 23 places-23	£37,500	-16.66%	9 0.85%	10
AAT	55	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 0.75%
CCNP	55	New entry-	£55,000	-	8 0.75%
DBS Check	56	New entry-	£34,250	-	7 0.66%	4
CCNA	56	New entry-	£37,500	-	7 0.66%
GNVQ	59	New entry-	-	-	4 0.38%	1
Microsoft Certified Professional	59	Down 30 places-30	£40,000	+23.07%	4 0.38%
CCIE	59	New entry-	£55,000	-	4 0.38%
Microsoft Certification	59	Down 34 places-34	£65,000	+100.00%	4 0.38%	12
ISTQB	59	New entry-	£37,500	-	4 0.38%	1
Master's Degree	60	Down 39 places-39	£52,000	-	3 0.28%	12
Chartered Engineer	61	New entry-	-	-	2 0.19%	4
PMP	61	Down 29 places-29	£54,000	-	2 0.19%	3
PMI Certification	61	Down 29 places-29	£54,000	-	2 0.19%	3
CIPD	61	New entry-	£32,500	-	2 0.19%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	62	New entry-	£54,000	-	1 0.094%	3
Postgraduate	62	New entry-	£41,739	-	1 0.094%	1
CISSP	62	Down 31 places-31	-	-	1 0.094%	1