Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Cheshire

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	15	Down 13 places-13	£50,000	+2.08%	113 6.65%	128
HNC	33	Up 27 places+27	£54,500	+11.27%	54 3.18%	34
DBS Check	43	Down 15 places-15	£38,000	-36.66%	40 2.35%	14
HND	56	Up 10 places+10	£56,077	+0.37%	26 1.53%	22
Security Cleared	61	Down 2 places-2	£46,250	-20.25%	21 1.24%	36
Microsoft Certification	66	Up 3 places+3	£55,000	-4.34%	16 0.94%	14
DV Cleared	68	No change0	£40,000	-34.95%	14 0.82%	3
NVQ Level 3	71	Down 1 place-1	£54,500	+43.42%	11 0.65%	1
AWS Certification	71	Down 1 place-1	£55,000	-	11 0.65%	6
MCSE	72	New entry-	-	-	10 0.59%	3
PMI Certification	72	Down 11 places-11	£60,000	-4.00%	10 0.59%	3
City & Guilds	75	Down 6 places-6	£56,500	+63.76%	7 0.41%
SC Cleared	77	Down 14 places-14	£42,500	-26.72%	5 0.29%	31
Master's Degree	77	Down 68 places-68	-	-	5 0.29%	11
Azure Certification	77	Down 7 places-7	£63,750	-	5 0.29%	6
PMP	77	Down 15 places-15	£55,000	-12.00%	5 0.29%	3
CISM	78	Down 9 places-9	-	-	4 0.24%	3
CIMA	78	Down 9 places-9	£60,000	+6.66%	4 0.24%
BPSS Clearance	78	Down 14 places-14	-	-	4 0.24%	21
RIBA	78	New entry-	£53,875	-	4 0.24%
Postgraduate	78	Down 66 places-66	£55,000	-	4 0.24%
CISSP	78	Down 9 places-9	-	-	4 0.24%	7
ACCA	78	Down 9 places-9	£60,000	+6.66%	4 0.24%
Chartered Engineer	79	Down 10 places-10	£40,000	-	3 0.18%	7
PhD	79	Down 68 places-68	-	-	3 0.18%	2
Network+ Certification	80	New entry-	-	-	2 0.12%	2
Computer Science Degree	80	Down 13 places-13	£29,000	-31.76%	2 0.12%	10
ISTQB	80	Down 11 places-11	£70,000	-	2 0.12%	1
A+ Certification	80	New entry-	-	-	2 0.12%	8
ITIL Certification	80	New entry-	-	-	2 0.12%
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	81	Down 11 places-11	£55,000	-	1 0.059%	2
MCSA	81	Down 12 places-12	£27,500	-52.17%	1 0.059%
CCNA	81	Down 15 places-15	£27,500	-52.58%	1 0.059%	3
Cisco Certification	81	Down 16 places-16	£27,500	-52.58%	1 0.059%	3
SAP Certification	81	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.059%	1