Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Lancashire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	4	Up 15 places+15	£53,200	+6.28%	613 36.25%	79
Postgraduate	9	Up 69 places+69	£52,939	+104.74%	579 34.24%	30
PhD	10	Up 68 places+68	-	-	577 34.12%	30
Master's Degree	10	Up 65 places+65	-	-	577 34.12%	31
Azure Certification	15	Up 57 places+57	£30,000	-42.85%	147 8.69%	7
BPSS Clearance	27	Down -3 places-3	£49,950	-0.20%	67 3.96%	5
CompTIA Security+	43	New entry-	£32,000	-	44 2.60%	2
CompTIA CySA+	45	New entry-	-	-	42 2.48%
CEH	51	Up 26 places+26	£50,000	+4.85%	35 2.07%	3
Cisco Certification	54	Up 3 places+3	£50,000	-9.09%	32 1.89%	6
CCNA	55	Up 3 places+3	£50,000	-9.09%	31 1.83%	5
DBS Check	56	Down -6 places-6	£48,750	-5.82%	30 1.77%	11
JNCIA	67	Down -9 places-9	£50,000	-9.09%	19 1.12%
Security Cleared	69	Down -59 places-59	£65,000	+41.30%	17 1.01%	24
HND	70	Down -39 places-39	£59,632	+19.13%	16 0.95%	1
A+ Certification	70	New entry-	£33,750	-	16 0.95%	9
Network+ Certification	70	New entry-	£33,750	-	16 0.95%	7
HNC	76	Down -44 places-44	£59,632	+19.13%	10 0.59%	4
SC Cleared	77	Down -10 places-10	£32,400	-29.56%	9 0.53%	20
AWS Certification	79	Down -2 places-2	£30,000	-33.33%	7 0.41%	3
Microsoft Certification	79	Down -6 places-6	£30,000	+20.00%	7 0.41%	6
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	79	Down -2 places-2	£30,000	-33.33%	7 0.41%	2
PMI Certification	80	New entry-	£63,076	-	6 0.35%	2
CISSP	82	Down -7 places-7	£60,000	+6.19%	4 0.24%	4
ITIL Certification	82	Down -9 places-9	£63,900	+21.71%	4 0.24%	3
ACCA	82	Down -4 places-4	£43,925	-7.88%	4 0.24%	5
CIMA	82	Down -4 places-4	£43,925	-7.88%	4 0.24%	4