Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Cambridge

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	1	+4	£54,377	-1.13%	143 22.73%	40
DBS Check	13	+28	£60,100	-	61 9.70%	2
Azure Certification	23	+23	£33,750	-32.50%	42 6.68%	9
Master's Degree	28	+3	£55,000	-	34 5.41%	8
PhD	30	+5	£48,750	-	32 5.09%	6
CompTIA Security+	43	-	£30,500	-	18 2.86%	3
CompTIA CySA+	45	-	£40,000	-	16 2.54%	1
Microsoft Certification	49	-4	£34,500	-27.36%	12 1.91%	5
Security Cleared	50	-3	£42,500	-43.33%	11 1.75%	13
CEH	50	-	£30,500	-	11 1.75%	3
Computer Science Degree	54	-16	£59,450	+8.09%	7 1.11%	3
Network+ Certification	55	-4	£30,500	-34.05%	6 0.95%	1
HNC	56	-	£50,000	-	5 0.79%	1
BPSS Clearance	57	-	-	-	4 0.64%
A+ Certification	57	-	£30,500	-	4 0.64%	1
Postgraduate	57	-	£53,754	-	4 0.64%	1
CCNP	57	-	-	-	4 0.64%
CCNA	57	-6	-	-	4 0.64%
CISSP	57	-6	£190,000	-	4 0.64%	1
Cisco Certification	57	-6	-	-	4 0.64%
CISA	58	-7	£190,000	-	3 0.48%
CISM	58	-7	£190,000	-	3 0.48%	1
APMP	58	-	£70,600	-	3 0.48%
AWS Certification	58	-8	£37,500	-	3 0.48%	6
PRINCE2 Practitioner	59	-8	£54,550	+40.26%	2 0.32%	1
SC Cleared	59	-9	£42,500	+20.50%	2 0.32%	8
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	59	-	£33,750	-	2 0.32%	5
ACCA	59	-	£32,500	-	2 0.32%	3
CIMA	59	-	£32,500	-	2 0.32%	3
Microsoft Certified Professional	60	-	-	-	1 0.16%
HND	60	-	-	-	1 0.16%	3
PMP	60	-10	-	-	1 0.16%
PMI Certification	60	-11	-	-	1 0.16%
SSCP	60	-	-	-	1 0.16%	1
CRISC	60	-	-	-	1 0.16%