Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Hillingdon

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	5	Up 2 places+2	£32,500	-53.57%	26 14.13%	6
PhD	14	New entry-	£30,000	-	14 7.61%
Master's Degree	15	New entry-	-	-	13 7.07%
Postgraduate	16	New entry-	-	-	12 6.52%
A+ Certification	26	New entry-	£33,000	-	2 1.09%	4
Network+ Certification	26	New entry-	£33,000	-	2 1.09%	2
Computer Science Degree	26	Down -12 places-12	-	-	2 1.09%
ISTQB Advanced Certification	26	New entry-	£32,500	-	2 1.09%
ISTQB	26	New entry-	£32,500	-	2 1.09%
Microsoft Certification	27	Down -13 places-13	£32,500	-43.47%	1 0.54%	1
SC Cleared	27	New entry-	£35,000	-	1 0.54%
Security Cleared	27	Down -16 places-16	£35,000	-44.21%	1 0.54%
CompTIA Security+	27	New entry-	£32,000	-	1 0.54%	2
CEH	27	New entry-	£32,000	-	1 0.54%	2
AWS Certification	27	New entry-	£32,500	-	1 0.54%	2
Azure Certification	27	New entry-	£32,500	-	1 0.54%	2
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	27	New entry-	£32,500	-	1 0.54%	2