Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Cambridge

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	2	+4	£55,000	-	132 19.64%	50
DBS Check	10	+26	£60,100	-	75 11.16%	6
Azure Certification	18	+25	£33,750	-32.50%	50 7.44%	8
Master's Degree	36	-9	£59,450	+8.09%	23 3.42%	9
CompTIA Security+	40	-	£35,250	-	19 2.83%	4
PhD	41	-10	£48,750	-	18 2.68%	6
CompTIA CySA+	41	-	£40,000	-	18 2.68%	1
Microsoft Certification	47	-8	£34,500	-27.36%	12 1.79%	3
CEH	47	-	£35,250	-	12 1.79%	4
Computer Science Degree	49	-14	£59,450	+8.09%	10 1.49%	7
Security Cleared	50	-7	£42,500	-43.33%	9 1.34%	10
Network+ Certification	53	-	£30,500	-	6 0.89%	3
CCNA	54	-8	-	-	5 0.74%	1
Cisco Certification	54	-8	-	-	5 0.74%	1
APMP	54	-	£70,600	-	5 0.74%
HNC	54	-	£50,000	-	5 0.74%
CCNP	55	-	-	-	4 0.60%
CISSP	55	-	£190,000	-	4 0.60%	1
A+ Certification	55	-	£30,500	-	4 0.60%	3
ACCA	55	-	£40,500	-	4 0.60%	4
CIMA	55	-	£40,500	-	4 0.60%	4
BPSS Clearance	55	-	-	-	4 0.60%
Postgraduate	55	-	£53,754	-	4 0.60%	1
AWS Certification	56	-10	£37,500	-	3 0.45%	3
CISA	56	-	£190,000	-	3 0.45%
CISM	56	-	£190,000	-	3 0.45%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	57	-11	£54,550	+40.26%	2 0.30%	2
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	57	-	£33,750	-	2 0.30%	3
PMP	58	-13	-	-	1 0.15%
PMI Certification	58	-14	-	-	1 0.15%
SSCP	58	-	-	-	1 0.15%	1
SC Cleared	58	-12	£42,500	+20.50%	1 0.15%	4
CRISC	58	-	-	-	1 0.15%
Microsoft Certified Professional	58	-	-	-	1 0.15%
HND	58	-	-	-	1 0.15%