Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Cambridge

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	1	+3	£54,377	-1.13%	143 22.95%	38
DBS Check	12	+29	£60,100	-	61 9.79%	1
Azure Certification	24	+22	£33,750	-32.50%	39 6.26%	6
Master's Degree	27	+3	£55,000	-	34 5.46%	5
PhD	29	+5	£48,750	-18.75%	32 5.14%	5
CompTIA Security+	43	-	£30,500	-	17 2.73%	2
CompTIA CySA+	45	-	£40,000	-	15 2.41%
Microsoft Certification	48	-2	£34,500	-18.82%	12 1.93%	5
Security Cleared	49	-2	£42,500	-43.33%	11 1.77%	15
CEH	50	-	£30,500	-	10 1.61%	2
Computer Science Degree	53	-16	£59,450	+8.09%	7 1.12%	4
Network+ Certification	54	-3	£30,500	-34.05%	6 0.96%	1
HNC	55	-	£50,000	-	5 0.80%	1
BPSS Clearance	56	-	-	-	4 0.64%
A+ Certification	56	-	£30,500	-	4 0.64%	1
Postgraduate	56	-	£53,754	-	4 0.64%
CCNP	56	-	-	-	4 0.64%
CCNA	56	-5	-	-	4 0.64%
CISSP	56	-6	£190,000	-	4 0.64%	1
Cisco Certification	56	-5	-	-	4 0.64%
CISA	57	-7	£190,000	-	3 0.48%
CISM	57	-7	£190,000	-	3 0.48%	1
APMP	57	-	£70,600	-	3 0.48%
AWS Certification	57	-8	£37,500	-	3 0.48%	5
PRINCE2 Practitioner	58	-7	£54,550	+40.26%	2 0.32%
SC Cleared	58	-8	£42,500	+20.50%	2 0.32%	7
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	58	-	£33,750	-	2 0.32%	5
ACCA	58	-	£32,500	-	2 0.32%	3
CIMA	58	-	£32,500	-	2 0.32%	3
Microsoft Certified Professional	59	-	-	-	1 0.16%
HND	59	-	-	-	1 0.16%	3
PMP	59	-9	-	-	1 0.16%
PMI Certification	59	-10	-	-	1 0.16%
SSCP	59	-	-	-	1 0.16%	1
CRISC	59	-	-	-	1 0.16%