Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 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	-23.44%	59 7.80%	29
Security Cleared	15	Up 22 places+22	£50,000	-21.87%	53 7.01%	43
SC Cleared	17	Up 24 places+24	£50,000	-21.87%	51 6.75%	35
BPSS Clearance	34	New entry-	£42,500	-	23 3.04%	12
DV Cleared	35	New entry-	-	-	22 2.91%	5
HNC	46	Down -2 places-2	£51,359	-	11 1.46%	12
ACCA	48	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.19%
CIMA	48	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.19%
AAT	49	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 1.06%
HND	50	Down -44 places-44	£51,359	-	7 0.93%	9
PMP	50	Down -7 places-7	£45,814	-11.89%	7 0.93%	3
City & Guilds	51	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 0.79%	3
Microsoft Certification	52	Down -14 places-14	£40,000	+23.07%	5 0.66%	4
Postgraduate	53	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.53%
Master's Degree	53	Down -21 places-21	£52,000	-	4 0.53%	4
Computer Science Degree	53	Down -9 places-9	£37,500	-28.22%	4 0.53%	1
NVQ Level 3	53	New entry-	£48,500	-	4 0.53%	4
CCNP	54	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.40%
CCNA	54	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.40%	9
Cisco Certification	54	Down -9 places-9	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.40%	9
PMI Certification	54	Down -11 places-11	£45,814	-11.89%	3 0.40%	4
ISTQB	54	New entry-	£37,500	-	3 0.40%
DBS Check	55	Down -10 places-10	£36,000	-32.07%	2 0.26%	7
Chartered Engineer	55	New entry-	-	-	2 0.26%	2
A+ Certification	56	Down -23 places-23	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.13%	8
Network+ Certification	56	Down -18 places-18	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.13%	13
PRINCE2 Practitioner	56	New entry-	£54,000	-	1 0.13%	2
Azure Certification	56	Down -16 places-16	£37,500	+30.43%	1 0.13%	11
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	56	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.13%	4
AWS Certification	56	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.13%	4