Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	15	Down -14 places-14	£40,000	-24.52%	39 6.48%	12
Security Cleared	30	Up 13 places+13	£34,500	-46.09%	17 2.82%	9
SC Cleared	32	Up 16 places+16	£45,000	-29.68%	15 2.49%	8
AAT	39	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 1.33%
ACCA	39	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 1.33%
CIMA	39	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 1.33%
HNC	40	New entry-	£51,359	-	7 1.16%	3
PMP	41	Up 8 places+8	£45,814	-11.89%	6 1.00%	2
Microsoft Certification	42	Up 7 places+7	£40,000	+39.13%	5 0.83%	1
HND	43	Down -38 places-38	£51,359	-	4 0.66%	1
Postgraduate	43	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.66%
Cisco Certification	43	Up 7 places+7	£34,000	-34.61%	4 0.66%	10
CCNP	44	Up 7 places+7	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.50%	1
CCNA	44	Up 7 places+7	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.50%	10
Computer Science Degree	44	Up 1 place+1	£37,500	-29.24%	3 0.50%	1
PMI Certification	45	Up 4 places+4	£45,814	-11.89%	2 0.33%	2
ISTQB	45	New entry-	£37,500	-	2 0.33%
Master's Degree	45	Down -5 places-5	£65,000	-	2 0.33%	2
Azure Certification	46	Up 4 places+4	£37,500	+30.43%	1 0.17%	11
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	46	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.17%	3
AWS Certification	46	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.17%	4
CCSP	46	Up 5 places+5	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.17%
CISSP	46	Up 1 place+1	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.17%
A+ Certification	46	Down -1 place-1	£34,000	+18.26%	1 0.17%	7
CISM	46	Up 1 place+1	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.17%
Network+ Certification	46	Up 3 places+3	£34,000	+18.26%	1 0.17%	11
(ISC)2 CCSP	46	Up 5 places+5	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.17%