Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Cambridge

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	1	+4	£55,000	-	146 22.12%	52
DBS Check	9	+32	£60,100	-	73 11.06%	7
Azure Certification	20	+26	£33,750	-32.50%	45 6.82%	8
Master's Degree	24	+6	£59,450	+8.09%	33 5.00%	10
PhD	29	+6	£48,750	-	28 4.24%	6
CompTIA Security+	39	-	£35,250	-	18 2.73%	4
CompTIA CySA+	40	-	£40,000	-	17 2.58%	1
Microsoft Certification	45	-2	£34,500	-27.36%	12 1.82%	3
CEH	46	-	£35,250	-	11 1.67%	4
Computer Science Degree	47	-9	£59,450	+13.23%	10 1.52%	7
Security Cleared	48	-1	£42,500	-43.33%	9 1.36%	10
APMP	52	-	£70,600	-	5 0.76%
HNC	52	-	£50,000	-	5 0.76%
Network+ Certification	52	-	£30,500	-	5 0.76%	3
Postgraduate	53	-	£53,754	-	4 0.61%	1
CCNP	53	-	-	-	4 0.61%
CCNA	53	-3	-	-	4 0.61%	2
CISSP	53	-	£190,000	-	4 0.61%	1
Cisco Certification	53	-3	-	-	4 0.61%	2
BPSS Clearance	53	-	-	-	4 0.61%
A+ Certification	54	-	£30,500	-	3 0.45%	3
AWS Certification	54	-4	£37,500	-	3 0.45%	3
CISA	54	-	£190,000	-	3 0.45%
CISM	54	-	£190,000	-	3 0.45%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	55	-5	£54,550	+40.26%	2 0.30%	2
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	55	-	£33,750	-	2 0.30%	3
ACCA	55	-	£32,500	-	2 0.30%	3
CIMA	55	-	£32,500	-	2 0.30%	3
SC Cleared	56	-6	£42,500	+20.50%	1 0.15%	4
CRISC	56	-	-	-	1 0.15%
Microsoft Certified Professional	56	-	-	-	1 0.15%
HND	56	-	-	-	1 0.15%
PMP	56	-7	-	-	1 0.15%
PMI Certification	56	-8	-	-	1 0.15%
SSCP	56	-	-	-	1 0.15%	1