Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Cambridge

Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	1	+4	£53,754	-2.26%	144 23.45%	43
DBS Check	13	+30	£60,100	-	58 9.45%	2
Azure Certification	20	+27	£30,000	-40.00%	38 6.19%	6
Master's Degree	22	+10	£55,000	-	36 5.86%	9
PhD	23	+12	£42,500	-29.16%	35 5.70%	7
CompTIA Security+	38	-	£30,500	-	17 2.77%	2
CompTIA CySA+	40	-	£40,000	-	15 2.44%
Security Cleared	43	+5	£42,500	-43.33%	12 1.95%	11
Microsoft Certification	44	+3	£33,500	-21.17%	11 1.79%	5
CEH	45	-	£30,500	-	10 1.63%	2
Network+ Certification	49	+3	£30,500	-34.05%	6 0.98%	1
Computer Science Degree	49	-11	£59,450	+8.09%	6 0.98%	5
HNC	50	-	£50,000	-	5 0.81%	1
A+ Certification	51	-	£30,500	-	4 0.65%	2
BPSS Clearance	51	-	-	-	4 0.65%
Postgraduate	51	-	£53,754	-	4 0.65%	1
CCNP	51	-	-	-	4 0.65%
CCNA	51	+1	-	-	4 0.65%
CISSP	51	0	£190,000	-	4 0.65%	1
Cisco Certification	51	+1	-	-	4 0.65%
CISA	52	-1	£190,000	-	3 0.49%
CISM	52	-1	£190,000	-	3 0.49%	1
SC Cleared	52	-1	£42,500	+20.50%	3 0.49%	7
AWS Certification	53	-3	£37,500	-	2 0.33%	5
PRINCE2 Practitioner	53	-1	£54,550	+40.26%	2 0.33%
APMP	53	-	£70,600	-	2 0.33%
ACCA	53	-	£32,500	-	2 0.33%	3
CIMA	53	-	£32,500	-	2 0.33%	3
Microsoft Certified Professional	54	-	-	-	1 0.16%
HND	54	-	-	-	1 0.16%	3
PMP	54	-3	-	-	1 0.16%
PMI Certification	54	-4	-	-	1 0.16%
SSCP	54	-	-	-	1 0.16%	1
CRISC	54	-	-	-	1 0.16%
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	54	-	£30,000	-	1 0.16%	5