Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Cambridge

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 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%	146 23.47%	41
DBS Check	13	+28	£60,100	-	59 9.49%	3
Azure Certification	22	+23	£33,750	-32.50%	39 6.27%	6
Master's Degree	24	+5	£55,000	-	37 5.95%	8
PhD	25	+7	£48,750	-18.75%	36 5.79%	5
CompTIA Security+	41	-	£30,500	-	17 2.73%	2
CompTIA CySA+	43	-	£40,000	-	15 2.41%
Microsoft Certification	46	-1	£34,500	-18.82%	12 1.93%	5
Security Cleared	47	-1	£42,500	-43.33%	11 1.77%	14
CEH	48	-	£30,500	-	10 1.61%	2
Network+ Certification	52	-2	£30,500	-34.05%	6 0.96%	1
Computer Science Degree	52	-16	£59,450	+8.09%	6 0.96%	6
HNC	53	-	£50,000	-	5 0.80%	1
BPSS Clearance	54	-	-	-	4 0.64%
A+ Certification	54	-	£30,500	-	4 0.64%	1
Postgraduate	54	-	£53,754	-	4 0.64%
CCNP	54	-	-	-	4 0.64%
CCNA	54	-4	-	-	4 0.64%
CISSP	54	-5	£190,000	-	4 0.64%	1
Cisco Certification	54	-4	-	-	4 0.64%
CISA	55	-6	£190,000	-	3 0.48%
CISM	55	-6	£190,000	-	3 0.48%	1
APMP	55	-	£70,600	-	3 0.48%
AWS Certification	55	-7	£37,500	-	3 0.48%	5
PRINCE2 Practitioner	56	-6	£54,550	+40.26%	2 0.32%
SC Cleared	56	-7	£42,500	+20.50%	2 0.32%	7
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	56	-	£33,750	-	2 0.32%	5
ACCA	56	-	£32,500	-	2 0.32%	3
CIMA	56	-	£32,500	-	2 0.32%	3
Microsoft Certified Professional	57	-	-	-	1 0.16%
HND	57	-	-	-	1 0.16%	3
PMP	57	-8	-	-	1 0.16%
PMI Certification	57	-9	-	-	1 0.16%
SSCP	57	-	-	-	1 0.16%	1
CRISC	57	-	-	-	1 0.16%