Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Cambridge

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	2	+3	£55,000	-	134 20.09%	50
DBS Check	9	+24	£60,100	-	75 11.24%	6
Azure Certification	18	+21	£33,750	-32.50%	50 7.50%	8
Master's Degree	36	-13	£59,450	+8.09%	24 3.60%	9
CompTIA Security+	41	-	£35,250	-	19 2.85%	4
PhD	41	-13	£48,750	-	19 2.85%	6
CompTIA CySA+	42	-	£40,000	-	18 2.70%	1
CEH	48	-	£35,250	-	12 1.80%	4
Microsoft Certification	48	-13	£34,500	-27.36%	12 1.80%	3
Computer Science Degree	50	-19	£59,450	+8.09%	10 1.50%	7
Security Cleared	51	-12	£42,500	-43.33%	9 1.35%	10
Network+ Certification	54	-	£30,500	-	6 0.90%	3
APMP	55	-	£70,600	-	5 0.75%
HNC	55	-	£50,000	-	5 0.75%
CCNA	55	-13	-	-	5 0.75%	1
Cisco Certification	55	-13	-	-	5 0.75%	1
ACCA	56	-	£40,500	-	4 0.60%	4
CIMA	56	-	£40,500	-	4 0.60%	4
BPSS Clearance	56	-	-	-	4 0.60%
Postgraduate	56	-	£53,754	-	4 0.60%	1
CCNP	56	-	-	-	4 0.60%
CISSP	56	-	£190,000	-	4 0.60%	1
A+ Certification	56	-	£30,500	-	4 0.60%	3
AWS Certification	57	-15	£37,500	-	3 0.45%	3
CISA	57	-	£190,000	-	3 0.45%
CISM	57	-	£190,000	-	3 0.45%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	58	-16	£54,550	+40.26%	2 0.30%	2
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	58	-	£33,750	-	2 0.30%	3
SSCP	59	-	-	-	1 0.15%	1
SC Cleared	59	-17	£42,500	+20.50%	1 0.15%	4
CRISC	59	-	-	-	1 0.15%
Microsoft Certified Professional	59	-	-	-	1 0.15%
HND	59	-	-	-	1 0.15%
PMP	59	-18	-	-	1 0.15%
PMI Certification	59	-19	-	-	1 0.15%