Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Cambridge

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	1	+5	£55,000	-	136 20.51%	50
DBS Check	9	+30	£60,100	-	75 11.31%	6
Azure Certification	18	+27	£33,750	-32.50%	50 7.54%	8
Master's Degree	35	-6	£59,450	+8.09%	25 3.77%	9
PhD	40	-6	£48,750	-	20 3.02%	6
CompTIA Security+	41	-	£35,250	-	19 2.87%	4
CompTIA CySA+	42	-	£40,000	-	18 2.71%	1
Microsoft Certification	48	-7	£34,500	-27.36%	12 1.81%	3
CEH	48	-	£35,250	-	12 1.81%	4
Computer Science Degree	50	-13	£59,450	+8.09%	10 1.51%	7
Security Cleared	51	-6	£42,500	-43.33%	9 1.36%	10
Network+ Certification	54	-	£30,500	-	6 0.91%	3
APMP	55	-	£70,600	-	5 0.75%
HNC	55	-	£50,000	-	5 0.75%
CCNA	55	-7	-	-	5 0.75%	1
Cisco Certification	55	-7	-	-	5 0.75%	1
Postgraduate	56	-	£53,754	-	4 0.60%	1
CCNP	56	-	-	-	4 0.60%
CISSP	56	-	£190,000	-	4 0.60%	1
A+ Certification	56	-	£30,500	-	4 0.60%	3
ACCA	56	-	£40,500	-	4 0.60%	4
CIMA	56	-	£40,500	-	4 0.60%	4
BPSS Clearance	56	-	-	-	4 0.60%
AWS Certification	57	-9	£37,500	-	3 0.45%	3
CISA	57	-	£190,000	-	3 0.45%
CISM	57	-	£190,000	-	3 0.45%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	58	-10	£54,550	+40.26%	2 0.30%	2
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	58	-	£33,750	-	2 0.30%	3
SC Cleared	59	-11	£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%
PMP	59	-12	-	-	1 0.15%
PMI Certification	59	-13	-	-	1 0.15%
SSCP	59	-	-	-	1 0.15%	1