Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 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	-24.52%	52 7.51%	26
Security Cleared	19	Up 20 places+20	£50,000	-21.87%	34 4.91%	30
SC Cleared	21	Up 23 places+23	£52,500	-17.96%	32 4.62%	23
DV Cleared	37	New entry-	-	-	12 1.73%	1
BPSS Clearance	37	New entry-	-	-	12 1.73%	6
ACCA	40	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.30%
CIMA	40	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.30%
AAT	41	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 1.16%
HNC	41	New entry-	£51,359	-	8 1.16%	9
PMP	43	Up 2 places+2	£45,814	-11.89%	6 0.87%	4
HND	44	Down -37 places-37	£51,359	-	5 0.72%	6
Microsoft Certification	44	Down -2 places-2	£40,000	+23.07%	5 0.72%	3
Postgraduate	45	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.58%
Computer Science Degree	45	Down -2 places-2	£37,500	-29.24%	4 0.58%	2
City & Guilds	46	New entry-	-	-	3 0.43%	1
CCNP	46	Up 1 place+1	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.43%
CCNA	46	Up 1 place+1	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.43%	9
Cisco Certification	46	No change0	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.43%	9
ISTQB	46	New entry-	£37,500	-	3 0.43%
Master's Degree	46	Down -11 places-11	£58,500	-	3 0.43%	4
NVQ Level 3	46	New entry-	-	-	3 0.43%	3
DBS Check	47	No change0	£36,000	-32.07%	2 0.29%	9
PMI Certification	47	Down -2 places-2	£45,814	-11.89%	2 0.29%	4
Azure Certification	48	Down -2 places-2	£37,500	+30.43%	1 0.14%	13
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	48	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.14%	3
AWS Certification	48	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.14%	4
A+ Certification	48	Down -10 places-10	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.14%	7
Network+ Certification	48	Down -6 places-6	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.14%	11