Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	15	Down -9 places-9	£42,500	+30.76%	77 6.50%	29
Azure Certification	19	Up 36 places+36	£52,500	-24.18%	66 5.57%	5
Security Cleared	49	Down -5 places-5	£65,000	+1.56%	24 2.03%	4
Computer Science Degree	53	Down -26 places-26	£25,000	-23.07%	20 1.69%	6
CompTIA Security+	54	Up 1 place+1	£65,000	+111.38%	19 1.60%	8
CEH	55	New entry-	£65,000	-	18 1.52%	5
BPSS Clearance	56	Down -1 place-1	£75,900	-0.13%	17 1.43%	1
Microsoft Certification	57	Down -8 places-8	£32,500	+8.33%	16 1.35%	4
CompTIA CySA+	57	New entry-	-	-	16 1.35%
SC Cleared	58	Down -6 places-6	£65,000	+1.56%	15 1.27%
CCNA	62	Down -7 places-7	£27,000	-25.00%	11 0.93%	1
Cisco Certification	62	Down -7 places-7	£27,000	-25.00%	11 0.93%	1
A+ Certification	63	Down -9 places-9	£34,000	+7.93%	10 0.84%	12
Master's Degree	65	Down -14 places-14	£55,000	-	8 0.68%	2
DBS Check	66	Down -40 places-40	£32,361	+7.86%	7 0.59%	6
Network+ Certification	66	New entry-	£34,000	-	7 0.59%	7
NVQ Level 3	67	Down -30 places-30	£46,500	-	6 0.51%	2
PhD	68	Down -13 places-13	-	-	5 0.42%	5
ACCA	68	New entry-	£67,500	-	5 0.42%	1
CIMA	68	New entry-	£67,500	-	5 0.42%	1
Microsoft Certified Professional	70	New entry-	£27,000	-	3 0.25%
MCDST	70	New entry-	£27,000	-	3 0.25%
CIPD	71	New entry-	£62,500	-	2 0.17%
CISA	71	New entry-	£65,000	-	2 0.17%	4
CISM	71	New entry-	£65,000	-	2 0.17%	5
AAT	71	New entry-	£32,500	-	2 0.17%
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	71	New entry-	£30,000	-	2 0.17%	2
AWS Certification	71	Down -15 places-15	£30,000	-	2 0.17%	2
HNC	72	New entry-	£35,000	-	1 0.084%	1
MCSE	72	New entry-	£36,500	-	1 0.084%
CCNP	72	New entry-	£36,500	-	1 0.084%	1
CISSP	72	New entry-	£40,000	-	1 0.084%	1
PMI Certification	72	Down -17 places-17	£75,000	-16.66%	1 0.084%	1
City & Guilds	72	Down -17 places-17	£46,500	-	1 0.084%	2