Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Bedfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	11	Up 28 places+28	£55,000	-14.06%	65 7.90%	66
Degree	12	Down -11 places-11	£40,000	-11.11%	63 7.65%	40
SC Cleared	13	Up 27 places+27	£55,000	-14.06%	62 7.53%	58
BPSS Clearance	28	New entry-	£42,500	-	25 3.04%	29
DV Cleared	31	New entry-	-	-	22 2.67%	29
HNC	42	Up 5 places+5	£51,359	-	11 1.34%	11
ACCA	44	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.09%
CIMA	44	New entry-	£45,000	-	9 1.09%
AAT	45	New entry-	£45,000	-	8 0.97%
HND	46	Down -40 places-40	£51,359	-	7 0.85%	5
PMP	46	No change0	£45,814	-11.89%	7 0.85%	2
City & Guilds	47	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 0.73%	5
Computer Science Degree	48	Down -2 places-2	£37,500	-16.66%	5 0.61%	4
Microsoft Certification	48	Down -6 places-6	£40,000	+23.07%	5 0.61%	3
ISTQB	49	New entry-	£37,500	-	4 0.49%	2
Master's Degree	49	Down -14 places-14	£52,000	-	4 0.49%	6
NVQ Level 3	49	New entry-	£48,500	-	4 0.49%	5
Postgraduate	49	New entry-	£45,249	-	4 0.49%	1
CCNP	50	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.36%	2
CCNA	50	New entry-	£34,000	-	3 0.36%	1
Cisco Certification	50	Down -2 places-2	£34,000	-34.61%	3 0.36%	3
PMI Certification	50	Down -4 places-4	£45,814	-11.89%	3 0.36%	3
Chartered Engineer	51	New entry-	-	-	2 0.24%	2
DBS Check	51	Down -3 places-3	£36,000	-32.07%	2 0.24%	6
Network+ Certification	52	Down -9 places-9	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.12%	5
PRINCE2 Practitioner	52	New entry-	£54,000	-	1 0.12%
Azure Certification	52	Down -9 places-9	£37,500	+16.27%	1 0.12%	3
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	52	Down -4 places-4	£37,500	+22.95%	1 0.12%	3
AWS Certification	52	Down -4 places-4	£37,500	+22.95%	1 0.12%	7
A+ Certification	52	Down -14 places-14	£34,000	+4.61%	1 0.12%	10