Academic & Professional Certification in Kent

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 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%	261 25.79%	41
Master's Degree	5	+70	£100,000	-	161 15.91%
PhD	11	-	-	-	144 14.23%
Postgraduate	13	-	£77,500	-	142 14.03%
Microsoft Certification	37	+43	£26,150	-	48 4.74%	13
MCSE	38	+42	£26,150	-	47 4.64%
BPSS Clearance	47	+31	£52,500	-4.54%	36 3.56%	2
AWS Certification	48	+32	£31,500	-42.72%	35 3.46%	10
ACCA	48	+32	£62,500	-	35 3.46%	3
Azure Certification	55	+25	£42,500	+30.76%	28 2.77%	10
CIMA	58	-	-	-	25 2.47%	3
DBS Check	68	-16	£30,500	-29.27%	15 1.48%	9
A+ Certification	68	+12	£29,000	-10.76%	15 1.48%	13
Security Cleared	70	-8	£39,000	-29.09%	13 1.28%	14
CompTIA Security+	71	-	£30,500	-	12 1.19%	7
CompTIA CySA+	73	-	-	-	10 0.99%	1
ISTQB	73	-	£37,500	-	10 0.99%
Computer Science Degree	74	+2	£40,000	-37.25%	9 0.89%	9
HNC	74	+6	£44,500	-6.31%	9 0.89%
ISEB	77	-	£37,500	-	6 0.59%
SC Cleared	77	-4	£55,000	-12.00%	6 0.59%	9
Cisco Certification	78	-1	£35,575	-49.17%	5 0.49%	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	-39	£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 0.099%	2
CCDA	82	-	£45,000	-	1 0.099%
CISSP	82	-8	-	-	1 0.099%
Chartered Engineer	82	-3	£85,700	+14.26%	1 0.099%
Numerate Degree	82	-	£42,500	-	1 0.099%
CCIE Security	82	-	£85,000	-	1 0.099%	2
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	82	-	£31,500	-	1 0.099%	9