Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Cambridge

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	10	Down 8 places-8	£55,000	+57.14%	143 10.92%	93
Security Cleared	39	Up 5 places+5	£65,000	+52.94%	44 3.36%	29
PhD	51	Down 37 places-37	£47,500	-15.55%	31 2.37%	15
DBS Check	68	Down 56 places-56	£58,875	+114.09%	14 1.07%	3
Microsoft Certification	68	Down 29 places-29	£37,500	+7.14%	14 1.07%	1
Master's Degree	69	Down 53 places-53	£65,000	-51.85%	13 0.99%	21
HND	70	New entry-	£57,500	-	12 0.92%	1
Computer Science Degree	71	Down 26 places-26	£65,000	+30.00%	11 0.84%	10
SC Cleared	72	Down 24 places-24	£58,750	+38.23%	10 0.76%	5
HNC	73	Down 25 places-25	£50,000	-	9 0.69%	5
RIBA	76	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 0.46%	1
NVQ Level 3	78	New entry-	-	-	4 0.31%	2
APMG	78	New entry-	£65,000	-	4 0.31%
CISSP	79	Down 28 places-28	£64,025	-5.14%	3 0.23%	1
ACCA	79	New entry-	£85,000	-	3 0.23%	1
Microsoft Certified Professional	80	Down 28 places-28	-	-	2 0.15%	1
CIMA	80	New entry-	-	-	2 0.15%	1
CIPD	80	New entry-	£24,982	-	2 0.15%
Chartered Engineer	80	New entry-	-	-	2 0.15%
BPSS Clearance	81	Down 30 places-30	-	-	1 0.076%
ITIL Certification	81	New entry-	£80,325	-	1 0.076%
PMP	81	New entry-	£56,000	-	1 0.076%	2
EMC Certification	81	New entry-	£120,000	-	1 0.076%
CompTIA Security+	81	Down 32 places-32	£55,000	+12.24%	1 0.076%	4
SSCP	81	New entry-	£55,000	-	1 0.076%
CISA	81	New entry-	£100,000	-	1 0.076%
CISM	81	Down 30 places-30	£100,000	+48.14%	1 0.076%	1
GNVQ	81	New entry-	£32,500	-	1 0.076%
City & Guilds	81	New entry-	£41,000	-	1 0.076%	1