Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	12	Up 25 places+25	£55,000	-3.93%	74 7.51%	95
Degree	14	Down 13 places-13	£38,750	-25.83%	69 7.01%	74
SC Cleared	16	Up 22 places+22	£55,000	-12.00%	63 6.40%	81
BPSS Clearance	34	New entry-	£42,500	-	25 2.54%	47
DV Cleared	37	New entry-	-	-	22 2.23%	47
HNC	38	Up 2 places+2	£45,500	-	21 2.13%	23
City & Guilds	45	New entry-	£45,000	-	14 1.42%	2
NVQ Level 3	47	New entry-	£48,500	-	12 1.22%	3
HND	48	Down 43 places-43	£45,500	-	11 1.12%	18
ACCA	50	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 0.91%
CIMA	50	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 0.91%
AAT	51	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 0.81%
Cisco Certification	51	Down 8 places-8	£37,500	-27.88%	8 0.81%	1
Computer Science Degree	51	Down 10 places-10	£37,500	-16.66%	8 0.81%	4
DBS Check	53	New entry-	£32,500	-	6 0.61%	3
CCNP	53	New entry-	£34,000	-	6 0.61%
CCNA	54	New entry-	£34,000	-	5 0.51%	1
ISTQB	55	New entry-	£37,500	-	4 0.41%	1
Master's Degree	55	Down 25 places-25	£52,000	-	4 0.41%	7
Postgraduate	56	New entry-	£48,760	-	3 0.30%	1
GNVQ	56	New entry-	-	-	3 0.30%	2
Microsoft Certified Professional	57	Down 18 places-18	£37,500	+15.38%	2 0.20%
CCIE	57	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.20%
Microsoft Certification	57	Down 22 places-22	£65,000	+100.00%	2 0.20%	2
PMP	57	Down 16 places-16	£54,000	+3.84%	2 0.20%	3
PMI Certification	57	Down 16 places-16	£54,000	+3.84%	2 0.20%	4
CIPD	57	New entry-	£32,500	-	2 0.20%
Chartered Engineer	57	New entry-	-	-	2 0.20%	4
CISSP	58	Down 18 places-18	-	-	1 0.10%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	58	New entry-	£54,000	-	1 0.10%