Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	10	Down -9 places-9	£40,000	-24.52%	55 7.74%	32
Security Cleared	17	Up 20 places+20	£50,000	-21.87%	37 5.20%	36
SC Cleared	18	Up 24 places+24	£50,000	-21.87%	36 5.06%	27
BPSS Clearance	37	New entry-	-	-	14 1.97%	9
DV Cleared	37	New entry-	-	-	14 1.97%	4
HNC	41	New entry-	£51,359	-	10 1.41%	11
ACCA	42	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.27%
CIMA	42	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.27%
AAT	43	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 1.13%
HND	45	Down -38 places-38	£51,359	-	6 0.84%	8
PMP	45	Down -1 place-1	£45,814	-11.89%	6 0.84%	3
Microsoft Certification	46	Down -6 places-6	£40,000	+23.07%	5 0.70%	3
Postgraduate	47	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.56%
City & Guilds	47	New entry-	£45,000	-	4 0.56%	2
Master's Degree	47	Down -13 places-13	£52,000	-	4 0.56%	3
Computer Science Degree	47	Down -4 places-4	£37,500	-29.24%	4 0.56%	2
CCNP	48	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.42%
CCNA	48	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.42%	9
Cisco Certification	48	Down -2 places-2	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.42%	9
ISTQB	48	New entry-	£37,500	-	3 0.42%
NVQ Level 3	48	New entry-	-	-	3 0.42%	2
DBS Check	49	Down -3 places-3	£36,000	-32.07%	2 0.28%	8
PMI Certification	49	Down -5 places-5	£45,814	-11.89%	2 0.28%	3
AWS Certification	50	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.14%	3
Azure Certification	50	Down -5 places-5	£37,500	+30.43%	1 0.14%	12
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	50	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.14%	3
A+ Certification	50	Down -14 places-14	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.14%	9
Network+ Certification	50	Down -9 places-9	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.14%	13