Academic & Professional Certification in Kent

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Dec 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	2	+5	£37,500	-39.75%	256 25.52%	46
Master's Degree	6	+70	£100,000	-	157 15.65%	4
PhD	11	-	-	-	144 14.36%	2
Postgraduate	13	-	£77,500	-	142 14.16%
Microsoft Certification	37	+43	£26,150	-	48 4.79%	13
MCSE	38	+42	£26,150	-	47 4.69%
BPSS Clearance	47	+31	£52,500	-4.54%	36 3.59%	12
AWS Certification	48	+32	£31,500	-42.72%	35 3.49%	19
ACCA	48	+32	£62,500	-	35 3.49%	3
Azure Certification	55	+25	£42,500	+30.76%	28 2.79%	11
CIMA	58	-	-	-	25 2.49%	3
DBS Check	68	-16	£30,500	-29.27%	15 1.50%	11
A+ Certification	68	+12	£29,000	-10.76%	15 1.50%	13
Security Cleared	70	-8	£39,000	-29.09%	13 1.30%	17
CompTIA Security+	71	-	£30,500	-	12 1.20%	7
CompTIA CySA+	73	-	-	-	10 1.00%	1
ISTQB	73	-	£37,500	-	10 1.00%
Computer Science Degree	74	+2	£40,000	-37.25%	9 0.90%	9
HNC	74	+6	£44,500	-6.31%	9 0.90%
ISEB	77	-	£37,500	-	6 0.60%
SC Cleared	77	-4	£55,000	-12.00%	6 0.60%	12
Cisco Certification	78	-1	£35,575	-49.17%	5 0.50%	11
ISTQB Advanced Certification	79	-	£42,250	-	4 0.40%
Network+ Certification	79	+1	£28,325	-12.84%	4 0.40%	6
CCNP	80	0	£65,000	-	3 0.30%	6
CCNA	80	-	£26,150	-	3 0.30%	6
HND	80	0	£37,500	+7.14%	3 0.30%
CIPD	80	-	£61,750	-	3 0.30%
CTC Cleared	80	-	£39,000	-	3 0.30%	1
ITIL Foundation Certificate	80	-1	£54,000	+20.00%	3 0.30%
NVQ Level 3	81	-37	£29,000	-	2 0.20%
CEH	81	-1	£30,500	-56.42%	2 0.20%	7
ITIL Certification	81	-6	£67,000	+54.02%	2 0.20%	3
CCIE	82	-	£85,000	-	1 0.100%	2
CCDA	82	-	£45,000	-	1 0.100%
CISSP	82	-8	-	-	1 0.100%	2
Chartered Engineer	82	-3	£85,700	+14.26%	1 0.100%
Numerate Degree	82	-	£42,500	-	1 0.100%
CCIE Security	82	-	£85,000	-	1 0.100%	2
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	82	-	£31,500	-	1 0.100%	10