Academic & Professional Certification in Edinburgh

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 Dec 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	38	-23	£30,500	-32.22%	69 6.91%	39
Azure Certification	73	+17	£30,500	-25.15%	27 2.71%	7
Microsoft Certification	73	+17	£30,500	-34.40%	27 2.71%	9
AWS Certification	83	+9	£30,500	-61.87%	17 1.70%	7
CompTIA Security+	85	-	£30,500	-	15 1.50%	4
Security Cleared	86	-9	£73,801	+13.54%	14 1.40%	19
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	86	-	£30,500	-	14 1.40%	4
CISSP	87	-8	£90,000	+12.98%	13 1.30%	5
CEH	88	-	£30,500	-	12 1.20%	2
A+ Certification	88	-	£30,500	-	12 1.20%	6
SC Cleared	88	-11	£73,801	+13.54%	12 1.20%	15
Network+ Certification	90	+4	£30,500	-	10 1.00%	4
Master's Degree	91	-25	£31,750	-29.44%	9 0.90%	8
CISM	92	-9	£75,000	-	8 0.80%	2
Computer Science Degree	93	-14	£65,000	+34.02%	7 0.70%	8
CFA	93	-11	-	-	7 0.70%
CREST Certified	94	+1	£90,000	-	6 0.60%
SANS	94	+1	£90,000	-	6 0.60%
PhD	95	-19	-	-	5 0.50%
Cisco Certification	95	-8	£56,875	-18.75%	5 0.50%	5
CompTIA CySA+	95	-	-	-	5 0.50%
CCNA	96	-4	£53,750	+15.59%	4 0.40%	1
HNC	96	-	£27,000	-	4 0.40%	2
HND	96	-	£27,000	-	4 0.40%	2
CCNP	97	-6	£67,500	-3.57%	3 0.30%	2
ITIL Certification	97	-3	£30,500	-56.42%	3 0.30%
PMP	97	-14	-	-	3 0.30%
PMI Certification	97	-6	-	-	3 0.30%	1
BPSS Clearance	98	-	£53,750	-	2 0.20%	5
CCA	98	-	-	-	2 0.20%
CCIE	99	-	£75,000	-	1 0.10%
CISA	99	-15	£77,000	-	1 0.10%
GIAC	99	-	£80,000	-	1 0.10%
JNCIP	99	-	£75,000	-	1 0.10%
CSSLP	99	-	£46,000	-	1 0.10%
OSCP	99	-	£80,000	-	1 0.10%
GREM	99	-11	£80,000	-	1 0.10%
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	99	-6	-	-	1 0.10%