Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	14	Up 26 places+26	£55,000	-12.00%	69 7.36%	115
Degree	16	Down -15 places-15	£37,500	-28.22%	63 6.72%	74
SC Cleared	16	Up 25 places+25	£55,000	-13.04%	63 6.72%	92
BPSS Clearance	32	New entry-	£42,500	-	25 2.67%	65
DV Cleared	35	New entry-	-	-	22 2.35%	60
HNC	40	Up 5 places+5	£51,359	-	17 1.81%	23
City & Guilds	45	New entry-	£45,000	-	12 1.28%	3
ACCA	48	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 0.96%	1
CIMA	48	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 0.96%	1
NVQ Level 3	48	New entry-	£48,500	-	9 0.96%	6
Computer Science Degree	49	Down -4 places-4	£37,500	-16.66%	8 0.85%	9
AAT	49	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 0.85%
HND	49	Down -42 places-42	£51,359	-	8 0.85%	19
DBS Check	51	New entry-	£32,500	-	6 0.64%	9
Cisco Certification	51	Down -4 places-4	£34,000	-34.61%	6 0.64%	14
CCNP	52	New entry-	£34,000	-	5 0.53%	2
Master's Degree	53	Down -21 places-21	£52,000	-	4 0.43%	8
Postgraduate	53	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.43%
CCNA	53	New entry-	£34,000	-	4 0.43%	11
ISTQB	53	New entry-	£37,500	-	4 0.43%	1
Microsoft Certification	54	Down -13 places-13	£40,000	+23.07%	3 0.32%	1
Chartered Engineer	55	New entry-	-	-	2 0.21%	4
CIPD	55	New entry-	£32,500	-	2 0.21%	2
PRINCE2 Practitioner	56	New entry-	£54,000	-	1 0.11%
GNVQ	56	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	2
Microsoft Certified Professional	56	Down -13 places-13	£37,500	+15.38%	1 0.11%	1
CCIE	56	New entry-	£55,000	-	1 0.11%	1
CISSP	56	Down -12 places-12	-	-	1 0.11%	1
PMP	56	Down -11 places-11	£54,000	+3.84%	1 0.11%	9
PMI Certification	56	Down -11 places-11	£54,000	+3.84%	1 0.11%	11