Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	12	Down -11 places-11	£40,000	-24.52%	59 8.03%	54
Security Cleared	17	Up 22 places+22	£50,000	-21.87%	50 6.80%	81
SC Cleared	18	Up 26 places+26	£50,000	-21.87%	49 6.67%	70
BPSS Clearance	36	New entry-	£42,500	-	22 2.99%	44
DV Cleared	37	New entry-	-	-	21 2.86%	41
HNC	47	No change0	£51,359	-	11 1.50%	13
ACCA	49	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.22%
CIMA	49	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.22%
AAT	50	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 1.09%
HND	51	Down -45 places-45	£51,359	-	7 0.95%	12
PMP	51	Down -5 places-5	£45,814	-11.89%	7 0.95%	7
City & Guilds	52	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 0.82%	2
Microsoft Certification	53	Down -12 places-12	£40,000	+23.07%	5 0.68%	3
NVQ Level 3	54	New entry-	£48,500	-	4 0.54%	3
Postgraduate	54	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.54%
Master's Degree	54	Down -18 places-18	£52,000	-	4 0.54%	7
Computer Science Degree	54	Down -9 places-9	£37,500	-29.24%	4 0.54%	4
CCNP	55	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.41%
CCNA	55	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.41%	10
Cisco Certification	55	Down -7 places-7	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.41%	11
PMI Certification	55	Down -9 places-9	£45,814	-11.89%	3 0.41%	7
ISTQB	55	New entry-	£37,500	-	3 0.41%	1
DBS Check	56	Down -8 places-8	£36,000	-32.07%	2 0.27%	9
Chartered Engineer	56	New entry-	-	-	2 0.27%	2
Azure Certification	57	Down -13 places-13	£37,500	+30.43%	1 0.14%	12
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	57	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.14%	3
AWS Certification	57	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.14%	3
A+ Certification	57	Down -20 places-20	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.14%	9
Network+ Certification	57	Down -15 places-15	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.14%	14
PRINCE2 Practitioner	57	New entry-	£54,000	-	1 0.14%	2