Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Cambridge

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	1	+4	£55,000	-	146 23.03%	42
DBS Check	12	+29	£60,100	-	65 10.25%	2
Azure Certification	21	+25	£33,750	-32.50%	42 6.62%	8
Master's Degree	25	+6	£55,000	-	35 5.52%	8
PhD	27	+8	£48,750	-	32 5.05%	7
CompTIA Security+	41	-	£35,250	-	17 2.68%	3
CompTIA CySA+	42	-	£40,000	-	16 2.52%	1
Microsoft Certification	46	-1	£34,500	-27.36%	12 1.89%	4
Security Cleared	47	+1	£42,500	-43.33%	11 1.74%	14
CEH	48	-	£35,250	-	10 1.58%	3
Computer Science Degree	50	-11	£59,450	+8.09%	8 1.26%	4
HNC	53	-	£50,000	-	5 0.79%	1
Network+ Certification	53	-2	£30,500	-34.05%	5 0.79%	1
BPSS Clearance	54	-	-	-	4 0.63%
APMP	54	-	£70,600	-	4 0.63%
Postgraduate	54	-	£53,754	-	4 0.63%	1
CCNP	54	-	-	-	4 0.63%
CCNA	54	-3	-	-	4 0.63%
CISSP	54	-3	£190,000	-	4 0.63%	1
Cisco Certification	54	-3	-	-	4 0.63%
CISA	55	-4	£190,000	-	3 0.47%
CISM	55	-4	£190,000	-	3 0.47%	1
A+ Certification	55	-	£30,500	-	3 0.47%	1
AWS Certification	55	-5	£37,500	-	3 0.47%	5
PRINCE2 Practitioner	56	-5	£54,550	+40.26%	2 0.32%	1
SC Cleared	56	-5	£42,500	+20.50%	2 0.32%	8
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	56	-	£33,750	-	2 0.32%	4
ACCA	56	-	£32,500	-	2 0.32%	3
CIMA	56	-	£32,500	-	2 0.32%	3
Microsoft Certified Professional	57	-	-	-	1 0.16%
HND	57	-	-	-	1 0.16%	3
PMP	57	-7	-	-	1 0.16%
PMI Certification	57	-8	-	-	1 0.16%
SSCP	57	-	-	-	1 0.16%	1
CRISC	57	-	-	-	1 0.16%