Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Cambridge

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	1	+4	£55,000	-	142 21.61%	50
DBS Check	10	+30	£60,100	-	73 11.11%	6
Azure Certification	20	+25	£33,750	-32.50%	48 7.31%	8
Master's Degree	29	0	£59,450	+8.09%	30 4.57%	9
PhD	34	0	£48,750	-	25 3.81%	6
CompTIA Security+	40	-	£35,250	-	19 2.89%	4
CompTIA CySA+	41	-	£40,000	-	18 2.74%	1
Microsoft Certification	47	-5	£34,500	-27.36%	12 1.83%	3
CEH	47	-	£35,250	-	12 1.83%	4
Computer Science Degree	49	-11	£59,450	+13.23%	10 1.52%	7
Security Cleared	50	-4	£42,500	-43.33%	9 1.37%	10
HNC	54	-	£50,000	-	5 0.76%
Network+ Certification	54	-	£30,500	-	5 0.76%	3
APMP	54	-	£70,600	-	5 0.76%
Postgraduate	55	-	£53,754	-	4 0.61%	1
CCNP	55	-	-	-	4 0.61%
CCNA	55	-6	-	-	4 0.61%	1
CISSP	55	-	£190,000	-	4 0.61%	1
Cisco Certification	55	-6	-	-	4 0.61%	1
BPSS Clearance	55	-	-	-	4 0.61%
A+ Certification	56	-	£30,500	-	3 0.46%	3
ACCA	56	-	£32,500	-	3 0.46%	4
AWS Certification	56	-7	£37,500	-	3 0.46%	3
CISA	56	-	£190,000	-	3 0.46%
CISM	56	-	£190,000	-	3 0.46%	1
CIMA	56	-	£32,500	-	3 0.46%	4
PRINCE2 Practitioner	57	-8	£54,550	+40.26%	2 0.30%	2
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	57	-	£33,750	-	2 0.30%	3
CRISC	58	-	-	-	1 0.15%
Microsoft Certified Professional	58	-	-	-	1 0.15%
HND	58	-	-	-	1 0.15%
PMP	58	-10	-	-	1 0.15%
PMI Certification	58	-11	-	-	1 0.15%
SSCP	58	-	-	-	1 0.15%	1
SC Cleared	58	-9	£42,500	+20.50%	1 0.15%	4