Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Cambridge

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	1	+3	£54,377	-1.13%	143 22.92%	40
DBS Check	12	+31	£60,100	-	61 9.78%	1
Azure Certification	24	+24	£33,750	-32.50%	39 6.25%	6
Master's Degree	27	+5	£55,000	-	34 5.45%	6
PhD	29	+7	£48,750	-18.75%	32 5.13%	7
CompTIA Security+	43	-	£30,500	-	17 2.72%	2
CompTIA CySA+	45	-	£40,000	-	15 2.40%
Microsoft Certification	48	-1	£34,500	-27.36%	12 1.92%	5
Security Cleared	49	0	£42,500	-43.33%	11 1.76%	15
CEH	50	-	£30,500	-	10 1.60%	2
Computer Science Degree	53	-14	£59,450	+8.09%	7 1.12%	4
Network+ Certification	54	-1	£30,500	-34.05%	6 0.96%	1
HNC	55	-	£50,000	-	5 0.80%	1
BPSS Clearance	56	-	-	-	4 0.64%
A+ Certification	56	-	£30,500	-	4 0.64%	1
Postgraduate	56	-	£53,754	-	4 0.64%
CCNP	56	-	-	-	4 0.64%
CCNA	56	-3	-	-	4 0.64%
CISSP	56	-4	£190,000	-	4 0.64%	1
Cisco Certification	56	-3	-	-	4 0.64%
CISA	57	-5	£190,000	-	3 0.48%
CISM	57	-5	£190,000	-	3 0.48%	1
APMP	57	-	£70,600	-	3 0.48%
AWS Certification	57	-6	£37,500	-	3 0.48%	6
PRINCE2 Practitioner	58	-5	£54,550	+40.26%	2 0.32%
SC Cleared	58	-6	£42,500	+20.50%	2 0.32%	8
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	58	-	£33,750	-	2 0.32%	5
ACCA	58	-	£32,500	-	2 0.32%	3
CIMA	58	-	£32,500	-	2 0.32%	3
Microsoft Certified Professional	59	-	-	-	1 0.16%
HND	59	-	-	-	1 0.16%	3
PMP	59	-7	-	-	1 0.16%
PMI Certification	59	-8	-	-	1 0.16%
SSCP	59	-	-	-	1 0.16%	1
CRISC	59	-	-	-	1 0.16%