Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	15	Up 11 places+11	£55,000	-12.00%	73 6.88%	83
Degree	16	Down 10 places-10	£41,739	-20.11%	72 6.79%	77
SC Cleared	20	Up 6 places+6	£58,750	-6.00%	62 5.84%	69
HNC	34	Down 5 places-5	£45,500	-	34 3.20%	24
BPSS Clearance	42	New entry-	£42,500	-	25 2.36%	39
DV Cleared	43	New entry-	£62,500	-	24 2.26%	42
NVQ Level 3	50	New entry-	£47,000	-	17 1.60%	4
City & Guilds	50	New entry-	£46,000	-	17 1.60%	3
HND	51	Down 26 places-26	£45,500	-	16 1.51%	19
Cisco Certification	56	New entry-	£40,000	-	11 1.04%	3
ACCA	58	Down 27 places-27	£45,000	-	9 0.85%
CIMA	58	Down 27 places-27	£45,000	-	9 0.85%
Computer Science Degree	58	Down 28 places-28	£37,500	-16.66%	9 0.85%	7
AAT	59	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 0.75%
DBS Check	60	New entry-	£34,250	-	7 0.66%	5
CCNP	60	New entry-	£44,500	-	7 0.66%	1
CCNA	60	New entry-	£37,500	-	7 0.66%	2
ISTQB	63	New entry-	£37,500	-	4 0.38%	1
GNVQ	63	New entry-	-	-	4 0.38%	1
Microsoft Certified Professional	63	Down 35 places-35	£40,000	+23.07%	4 0.38%
Microsoft Certification	63	Down 39 places-39	£65,000	+100.00%	4 0.38%	9
Master's Degree	64	Down 44 places-44	£52,000	-	3 0.28%	6
CCIE	64	New entry-	£55,000	-	3 0.28%
PMI Certification	65	Down 34 places-34	£54,000	-	2 0.19%	3
CIPD	65	New entry-	£32,500	-	2 0.19%
Chartered Engineer	65	New entry-	-	-	2 0.19%	3
PMP	65	Down 34 places-34	£54,000	-	2 0.19%	3
PRINCE2 Practitioner	66	New entry-	£54,000	-	1 0.094%	2
Postgraduate	66	New entry-	£41,739	-	1 0.094%
CISSP	66	Down 36 places-36	-	-	1 0.094%	1