Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	14	Up 21 places+21	£55,000	-3.93%	74 7.19%	101
Degree	15	Down 14 places-14	£40,000	-23.44%	70 6.80%	78
SC Cleared	18	Up 18 places+18	£55,000	-12.00%	63 6.12%	85
BPSS Clearance	35	New entry-	£42,500	-	25 2.43%	52
HNC	35	Up 3 places+3	£45,500	-	25 2.43%	25
DV Cleared	38	New entry-	-	-	22 2.14%	52
City & Guilds	45	New entry-	£45,000	-	14 1.36%	4
HND	46	Down 41 places-41	£45,500	-	13 1.26%	20
NVQ Level 3	47	New entry-	£48,500	-	12 1.17%	4
ACCA	50	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 0.87%
CIMA	50	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 0.87%
Computer Science Degree	51	Down 12 places-12	£37,500	-16.66%	8 0.78%	6
AAT	51	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 0.78%
Cisco Certification	51	Down 10 places-10	£37,500	-27.88%	8 0.78%	1
DBS Check	53	New entry-	£32,500	-	6 0.58%	5
CCNP	53	New entry-	£34,000	-	6 0.58%
CCNA	54	New entry-	£34,000	-	5 0.49%	1
ISTQB	55	New entry-	£37,500	-	4 0.39%	1
Master's Degree	55	Down 26 places-26	£52,000	-	4 0.39%	8
GNVQ	56	New entry-	-	-	3 0.29%
Microsoft Certification	56	Down 23 places-23	£65,000	+100.00%	3 0.29%	3
CIPD	57	New entry-	£32,500	-	2 0.19%
Chartered Engineer	57	New entry-	-	-	2 0.19%	5
Microsoft Certified Professional	57	Down 20 places-20	£37,500	+15.38%	2 0.19%
Postgraduate	57	New entry-	£45,249	-	2 0.19%	1
CCIE	57	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.19%
PMP	57	Down 18 places-18	£54,000	+3.84%	2 0.19%	1
PMI Certification	57	Down 18 places-18	£54,000	+3.84%	2 0.19%	2
PRINCE2 Practitioner	58	New entry-	£54,000	-	1 0.097%
CISSP	58	Down 20 places-20	-	-	1 0.097%	1