Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Cambridge

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	1	+5	£55,000	-	150 23.11%	53
DBS Check	11	+29	£60,100	-	70 10.79%	4
Azure Certification	20	+26	£33,750	-32.50%	42 6.47%	9
Master's Degree	24	+6	£57,225	+4.04%	36 5.55%	10
PhD	27	+7	£48,750	-	32 4.93%	8
CompTIA Security+	42	-	£35,250	-	17 2.62%	3
CompTIA CySA+	43	-	£40,000	-	16 2.47%	1
Microsoft Certification	47	-3	£34,500	-27.36%	12 1.85%	3
CEH	49	-	£35,250	-	10 1.54%	3
Security Cleared	49	-2	£52,500	-30.00%	10 1.54%	11
Computer Science Degree	50	-13	£59,450	+13.23%	9 1.39%	5
Network+ Certification	54	-4	£30,500	-34.05%	5 0.77%	2
APMP	54	-	£70,600	-	5 0.77%
HNC	54	-	£50,000	-	5 0.77%	1
BPSS Clearance	55	-	-	-	4 0.62%
Postgraduate	55	-	£53,754	-	4 0.62%
CCNP	55	-	-	-	4 0.62%
CCNA	55	-5	-	-	4 0.62%	2
CISSP	55	-5	£190,000	-	4 0.62%	1
Cisco Certification	55	-5	-	-	4 0.62%	2
AWS Certification	56	-7	£37,500	-	3 0.46%	3
CISA	56	-6	£190,000	-	3 0.46%
CISM	56	-6	£190,000	-	3 0.46%	1
A+ Certification	56	-	£30,500	-	3 0.46%	2
ACCA	57	-	£32,500	-	2 0.31%	3
CIMA	57	-	£32,500	-	2 0.31%	3
PRINCE2 Practitioner	57	-7	£54,550	+40.26%	2 0.31%	1
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	57	-	£33,750	-	2 0.31%	3
SSCP	58	-	-	-	1 0.15%	1
SC Cleared	58	-8	£42,500	+20.50%	1 0.15%	5
CRISC	58	-	-	-	1 0.15%
Microsoft Certified Professional	58	-	-	-	1 0.15%
HND	58	-	-	-	1 0.15%	3
PMP	58	-9	-	-	1 0.15%
PMI Certification	58	-10	-	-	1 0.15%