Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Cambridge

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	1	+5	£55,000	-	150 22.73%	58
DBS Check	12	+30	£60,100	-	70 10.61%	7
Azure Certification	21	+27	£33,750	-32.50%	45 6.82%	8
Master's Degree	27	+5	£57,225	+4.04%	36 5.45%	11
PhD	29	+7	£48,750	-	32 4.85%	6
CompTIA Security+	42	-	£35,250	-	18 2.73%	4
CompTIA CySA+	43	-	£40,000	-	17 2.58%	1
Microsoft Certification	48	-3	£34,500	-27.36%	12 1.82%	2
CEH	49	-	£35,250	-	11 1.67%	4
Security Cleared	50	-1	£52,500	-30.00%	10 1.52%	10
Computer Science Degree	51	-12	£59,450	+13.23%	9 1.36%	8
APMP	55	-	£70,600	-	5 0.76%
HNC	55	-	£50,000	-	5 0.76%	1
Network+ Certification	55	-	£30,500	-	5 0.76%	3
Postgraduate	56	-	£53,754	-	4 0.61%	1
CCNP	56	-	-	-	4 0.61%
CCNA	56	-4	-	-	4 0.61%	2
CISSP	56	-4	£190,000	-	4 0.61%	1
Cisco Certification	56	-4	-	-	4 0.61%	2
BPSS Clearance	56	-	-	-	4 0.61%
A+ Certification	57	-	£30,500	-	3 0.45%	3
AWS Certification	57	-6	£37,500	-	3 0.45%	3
CISA	57	-5	£190,000	-	3 0.45%
CISM	57	-5	£190,000	-	3 0.45%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	58	-6	£54,550	+40.26%	2 0.30%	2
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	58	-	£33,750	-	2 0.30%	2
ACCA	58	-	£32,500	-	2 0.30%	3
CIMA	58	-	£32,500	-	2 0.30%	3
SC Cleared	59	-7	£42,500	+20.50%	1 0.15%	4
CRISC	59	-	-	-	1 0.15%
Microsoft Certified Professional	59	-	-	-	1 0.15%
HND	59	-	-	-	1 0.15%	3
PMP	59	-8	-	-	1 0.15%
PMI Certification	59	-9	-	-	1 0.15%
SSCP	59	-	-	-	1 0.15%	1