Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	14	Up 12 places+12	£55,000	-12.00%	74 7.02%	37
Degree	15	Down 8 places-8	£41,739	-20.11%	73 6.93%	57
SC Cleared	18	Up 8 places+8	£58,750	-6.00%	63 5.98%	28
HNC	33	Down 5 places-5	£45,500	-	31 2.94%	20
BPSS Clearance	38	New entry-	£42,500	-	25 2.37%	6
DV Cleared	39	New entry-	£62,500	-	24 2.28%	11
City & Guilds	46	New entry-	£46,000	-	17 1.61%	3
NVQ Level 3	47	New entry-	£47,000	-	16 1.52%	3
HND	47	Down 23 places-23	£45,500	-	16 1.52%	13
Cisco Certification	53	New entry-	£37,500	-	10 0.95%	12
ACCA	54	Down 23 places-23	£45,000	-	9 0.85%
CIMA	54	Down 23 places-23	£45,000	-	9 0.85%
Computer Science Degree	54	Down 25 places-25	£37,500	-16.66%	9 0.85%	2
AAT	55	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 0.76%
DBS Check	56	New entry-	£34,250	-	7 0.66%	4
CCNA	56	New entry-	£37,500	-	7 0.66%	11
CCNP	57	New entry-	£34,000	-	6 0.57%	1
GNVQ	59	New entry-	-	-	4 0.38%	1
Microsoft Certified Professional	59	Down 32 places-32	£40,000	+23.07%	4 0.38%	1
Microsoft Certification	59	Down 36 places-36	£65,000	+100.00%	4 0.38%	7
ISTQB	59	New entry-	£37,500	-	4 0.38%
Master's Degree	60	Down 41 places-41	£52,000	-	3 0.28%	1
Chartered Engineer	61	New entry-	-	-	2 0.19%	1
CCIE	61	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.19%	1
PMP	61	Down 31 places-31	£54,000	-	2 0.19%	1
PMI Certification	61	Down 31 places-31	£54,000	-	2 0.19%	1
CIPD	61	New entry-	£32,500	-	2 0.19%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	62	New entry-	£54,000	-	1 0.095%	1
Postgraduate	62	New entry-	£41,739	-	1 0.095%	1
CISSP	62	Down 33 places-33	-	-	1 0.095%	1