Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Jun 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%	37 6.54%	11
Security Cleared	27	Up 19 places+19	£34,500	-46.09%	17 3.00%	10
SC Cleared	29	Up 22 places+22	£45,000	-29.68%	15 2.65%	8
CIMA	38	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 1.06%	1
AAT	38	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 1.06%	1
HNC	38	New entry-	£51,359	-	6 1.06%	3
PMP	38	Up 13 places+13	£45,814	-12.31%	6 1.06%	1
ACCA	38	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 1.06%	1
Microsoft Certification	39	Up 13 places+13	£40,000	+39.13%	5 0.88%	3
Postgraduate	40	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.71%
Computer Science Degree	41	Up 7 places+7	£37,500	-29.24%	3 0.53%
HND	41	Down -34 places-34	£51,359	-	3 0.53%	2
Cisco Certification	41	Up 12 places+12	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.53%	12
Master's Degree	42	Up 1 place+1	£65,000	-	2 0.35%	2
CCNP	42	Up 12 places+12	£34,000	-34.61%	2 0.35%	3
CCNA	42	Up 12 places+12	£34,000	-34.61%	2 0.35%	12
PMI Certification	42	Up 9 places+9	£45,814	-12.31%	2 0.35%	1
ISTQB	42	New entry-	£37,500	-	2 0.35%
CISM	43	Up 7 places+7	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.18%
Network+ Certification	43	Up 9 places+9	£34,000	+18.26%	1 0.18%	10
(ISC)2 CCSP	43	Up 11 places+11	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.18%
Azure Certification	43	Up 10 places+10	£37,500	+30.43%	1 0.18%	15
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	43	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.18%	4
AWS Certification	43	New entry-	£37,500	-	1 0.18%	5
CCSP	43	Up 11 places+11	£82,500	+58.65%	1 0.18%
CISSP	43	Up 7 places+7	£82,500	-8.33%	1 0.18%
A+ Certification	43	Up 5 places+5	£34,000	+18.26%	1 0.18%	6