Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Cambridge

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	1	+4	£55,000	-	147 23.08%	49
DBS Check	12	+29	£60,100	-	66 10.36%	4
Azure Certification	22	+24	£33,750	-32.50%	42 6.59%	10
Master's Degree	26	+5	£55,000	-	35 5.49%	9
PhD	28	+7	£48,750	-	32 5.02%	7
CompTIA Security+	41	-	£35,250	-	17 2.67%	3
CompTIA CySA+	42	-	£40,000	-	16 2.51%	1
Microsoft Certification	46	-1	£34,500	-27.36%	12 1.88%	4
Security Cleared	47	+1	£42,500	-43.33%	11 1.73%	11
CEH	48	-	£35,250	-	10 1.57%	3
Computer Science Degree	50	-11	£59,450	+8.09%	8 1.26%	4
Network+ Certification	53	-2	£30,500	-34.05%	5 0.78%	2
HNC	53	-	£50,000	-	5 0.78%	1
Postgraduate	54	-	£53,754	-	4 0.63%	1
CCNP	54	-	-	-	4 0.63%
CCNA	54	-3	-	-	4 0.63%	1
CISSP	54	-3	£190,000	-	4 0.63%	1
Cisco Certification	54	-3	-	-	4 0.63%	1
APMP	54	-	£70,600	-	4 0.63%
BPSS Clearance	54	-	-	-	4 0.63%
AWS Certification	55	-5	£37,500	-	3 0.47%	5
A+ Certification	55	-	£30,500	-	3 0.47%	2
CISA	55	-4	£190,000	-	3 0.47%
CISM	55	-4	£190,000	-	3 0.47%	1
CIMA	56	-	£32,500	-	2 0.31%	3
ACCA	56	-	£32,500	-	2 0.31%	3
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	56	-	£33,750	-	2 0.31%	4
PRINCE2 Practitioner	56	-5	£54,550	+40.26%	2 0.31%	1
SC Cleared	56	-5	£42,500	+20.50%	2 0.31%	5
CRISC	57	-	-	-	1 0.16%
SSCP	57	-	-	-	1 0.16%	1
PMP	57	-7	-	-	1 0.16%
PMI Certification	57	-8	-	-	1 0.16%
Microsoft Certified Professional	57	-	-	-	1 0.16%
HND	57	-	-	-	1 0.16%	3