Academic & Professional Certification in Hertfordshire

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Nov 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	2	0	£35,000	-19.07%	241 20.22%	167
Security Cleared	6	+12	£50,000	-13.04%	161 13.51%	234
Master's Degree	14	+72	£70,000	+55.55%	135 11.33%	8
Postgraduate	16	-	-	-	132 11.07%
PhD	17	-	-	-	131 10.99%
SC Cleared	21	+16	£47,250	-17.82%	98 8.22%	47
Microsoft Certification	65	+27	£50,000	+81.81%	24 2.01%	13
DV Cleared	65	-21	£56,250	+4.16%	24 2.01%	27
Cisco Certification	74	+16	£45,357	-35.20%	15 1.26%	12
BPSS Clearance	75	+23	£53,750	-	14 1.17%	138
DBS Check	77	0	£40,000	+53.84%	12 1.01%	7
CCNA	78	+17	£40,776	-41.74%	11 0.92%	4
Azure Certification	81	+6	£65,000	+85.71%	8 0.67%	10
ACCA	81	-	£75,000	-	8 0.67%	2
CIMA	81	-	£75,000	-	8 0.67%	1
AWS Certification	84	+13	£85,000	+70.00%	5 0.42%	8
Computer Science Degree	84	-16	£25,000	-43.18%	5 0.42%	18
MOS	86	-	-	-	3 0.25%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	86	+15	£52,000	-	3 0.25%
CompTIA CySA+	87	-	£39,750	-	2 0.17%	1
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	87	+15	£82,500	-	2 0.17%	3
AWS Certified Developer	87	-	£100,000	-	2 0.17%
MCAD	87	-	£60,000	-	2 0.17%
AAT	87	+16	£40,000	-	2 0.17%
CompTIA Security+	87	-	£39,750	-	2 0.17%	3
ISTQB	87	-	-	-	2 0.17%
GSEC	87	-	£39,750	-	2 0.17%
CCNP	87	+6	£65,000	-7.14%	2 0.17%	6
MCSA	87	+16	£41,250	-31.25%	2 0.17%	6
HNC	88	-80	£31,500	-	1 0.084%	18
HND	88	+15	£31,500	-	1 0.084%	16
MCSE	88	+15	£27,500	-54.16%	1 0.084%	5
ISEB	88	-	£70,000	-	1 0.084%
SAP Certification	88	-	£75,000	-	1 0.084%
ITIL Certification	88	+4	-	-	1 0.084%	1
PMP	88	+6	-	-	1 0.084%	9
PMI Certification	88	+6	-	-	1 0.084%	11
MBA	88	-	-	-	1 0.084%	1
Network+ Certification	88	-	£65,000	-	1 0.084%	4
MCDST	88	-	£27,500	-	1 0.084%	1
MCITP	88	-	£27,500	-	1 0.084%	1
ITIL Foundation Certificate	88	-	£31,500	-	1 0.084%	1
ISTQB Foundation Certification	88	-	£70,000	-	1 0.084%
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	88	-	£30,000	-	1 0.084%	2