Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	13	Down -12 places-12	£40,000	-24.52%	41 6.65%	16
Security Cleared	25	Up 18 places+18	£45,000	-29.68%	19 3.08%	30
SC Cleared	27	Up 21 places+21	£50,000	-21.87%	17 2.76%	25
ACCA	35	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.46%
CIMA	35	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.46%
AAT	36	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 1.30%
HNC	37	New entry-	£51,359	-	7 1.13%	5
PMP	38	Up 11 places+11	£45,814	-11.89%	6 0.97%	4
Microsoft Certification	39	Up 9 places+9	£40,000	+30.61%	5 0.81%	1
HND	40	Down -34 places-34	£51,359	-	4 0.65%	3
Postgraduate	40	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.65%
Cisco Certification	40	Up 10 places+10	£34,000	-34.61%	4 0.65%	9
CCNP	41	Up 10 places+10	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.49%
CCNA	41	Up 10 places+10	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.49%	9
Computer Science Degree	41	Up 4 places+4	£37,500	-29.24%	3 0.49%	2
PMI Certification	42	Up 7 places+7	£45,814	-11.89%	2 0.32%	4
ISTQB	42	New entry-	£37,500	-	2 0.32%	1
Master's Degree	42	Down -3 places-3	£65,000	-	2 0.32%	2
(ISC)2 CCSP	43	Up 8 places+8	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.16%
Azure Certification	43	Up 7 places+7	£37,500	+30.43%	1 0.16%	11
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	43	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.16%	3
CCSP	43	Up 8 places+8	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.16%
CISSP	43	Up 4 places+4	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.16%
A+ Certification	43	Up 1 place+1	£34,000	+18.26%	1 0.16%	7
AWS Certification	43	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.16%	5
CISM	43	Up 4 places+4	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.16%
Network+ Certification	43	Up 5 places+5	£34,000	+11.02%	1 0.16%	11