Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	11	Up 23 places+23	£55,000	-14.06%	64 8.01%	104
Degree	12	Down -11 places-11	£40,000	-11.11%	63 7.88%	55
SC Cleared	13	Up 22 places+22	£55,000	-14.06%	61 7.63%	90
BPSS Clearance	31	New entry-	£42,500	-	25 3.13%	59
DV Cleared	34	New entry-	-	-	22 2.75%	66
HNC	44	Down -1 place-1	£51,359	-	11 1.38%	12
ACCA	46	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.13%
CIMA	46	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.13%
AAT	47	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 1.00%
HND	48	Down -42 places-42	£51,359	-	7 0.88%	8
PMP	48	Down -6 places-6	£45,814	-11.89%	7 0.88%	2
City & Guilds	49	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 0.75%	3
Microsoft Certification	50	Down -11 places-11	£40,000	+23.07%	5 0.63%	3
Computer Science Degree	50	Down -8 places-8	£37,500	-16.66%	5 0.63%	9
NVQ Level 3	51	New entry-	£48,500	-	4 0.50%	4
Postgraduate	51	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.50%	1
ISTQB	51	New entry-	£37,500	-	4 0.50%	2
Master's Degree	51	Down -20 places-20	£52,000	-	4 0.50%	7
CCNP	52	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.38%	2
CCNA	52	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.38%	1
Cisco Certification	52	Down -8 places-8	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.38%	3
PMI Certification	52	Down -10 places-10	£45,814	-11.89%	3 0.38%	3
Chartered Engineer	53	New entry-	-	-	2 0.25%	2
DBS Check	53	Down -9 places-9	£36,000	-32.07%	2 0.25%	7
PRINCE2 Practitioner	54	New entry-	£54,000	-	1 0.13%
Azure Certification	54	Down -13 places-13	£37,500	-	1 0.13%	3
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	54	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.13%	3
AWS Certification	54	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.13%	6
A+ Certification	54	Down -20 places-20	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.13%	10
Network+ Certification	54	Down -15 places-15	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.13%	5