Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Kent

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	11	Up 2 places+2	£38,500	-12.00%	146 9.28%	29
Azure Certification	14	Up 53 places+53	£65,000	-16.12%	109 6.93%	3
BPSS Clearance	34	Up 18 places+18	£63,500	+53.01%	67 4.26%
HND	57	Up 6 places+6	£38,500	-6.66%	33 2.10%	10
CompTIA Security+	60	New entry-	£32,500	-	30 1.91%	5
CEH	62	New entry-	-	-	28 1.78%	2
CompTIA CySA+	62	New entry-	-	-	28 1.78%
CCNA	65	Up 2 places+2	£34,500	-4.16%	25 1.59%	2
Cisco Certification	65	Up 2 places+2	£34,500	-4.16%	25 1.59%	2
Network+ Certification	73	New entry-	£28,000	-	17 1.08%	6
Security Cleared	73	Down -31 places-31	£52,500	-4.54%	17 1.08%	13
HNC	74	Down -6 places-6	£38,500	+1.31%	16 1.02%	8
A+ Certification	74	Down -10 places-10	£30,000	-	16 1.02%	8
Microsoft Certification	75	Down -15 places-15	£30,000	-	15 0.95%	8
SC Cleared	75	Down -19 places-19	£52,500	-12.50%	15 0.95%	6
DBS Check	80	Down -75 places-75	£28,000	-26.94%	10 0.64%	15
MCSE	81	New entry-	-	-	9 0.57%
Computer Science Degree	82	Down -19 places-19	£25,000	-33.33%	8 0.51%	4
AWS Certification	83	Down -16 places-16	-	-	7 0.44%	5
Chartered Engineer	83	Down -15 places-15	£85,000	-	7 0.44%
NVQ Level 3	83	New entry-	£58,250	-	7 0.44%	4
TOGAF Certification	85	New entry-	£85,000	-	5 0.32%
Microsoft Certified Professional	86	Down -22 places-22	£30,000	-	4 0.25%
PMI Certification	86	New entry-	£57,000	-	4 0.25%	5
City & Guilds	87	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 0.19%	3
CCNP	87	New entry-	£35,000	-	3 0.19%
PMP	87	New entry-	-	-	3 0.19%	4
ITIL Certification	88	Down -22 places-22	£33,500	-49.62%	2 0.13%	1
CIMA	89	Down -31 places-31	-	-	1 0.064%	4
MRICS	89	New entry-	£55,000	-	1 0.064%
NVQ Level 4	89	New entry-	-	-	1 0.064%
ACCA	89	Down -39 places-39	-	-	1 0.064%	5