Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Lancashire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	4	Up 17 places+17	£54,793	+9.46%	517 30.90%	45
Postgraduate	11	Up 82 places+82	£52,679	+103.73%	484 28.93%	1
Master's Degree	12	Up 77 places+77	£83,774	+3.29%	483 28.87%	1
PhD	13	Up 79 places+79	-	-	481 28.75%
Azure Certification	19	Up 67 places+67	£30,000	-44.18%	144 8.61%	16
BPSS Clearance	32	Down -5 places-5	£50,000	-0.10%	66 3.95%	5
CompTIA Security+	45	New entry-	£33,500	-	43 2.57%	3
CompTIA CySA+	46	New entry-	-	-	42 2.51%	2
CEH	53	Up 39 places+39	£56,249	+17.96%	34 2.03%	1
DBS Check	53	Up 10 places+10	£45,000	-12.61%	34 2.03%	15
Cisco Certification	56	Up 17 places+17	£50,000	-9.09%	31 1.85%	11
CCNA	57	Up 17 places+17	£50,000	-9.09%	30 1.79%	10
JNCIA	69	Up 5 places+5	£50,000	-9.09%	18 1.08%
Security Cleared	70	Down -61 places-61	£65,000	+41.30%	17 1.02%	32
HND	72	Down -34 places-34	£59,632	+19.13%	15 0.90%
A+ Certification	72	New entry-	£34,000	-	15 0.90%	7
Network+ Certification	72	New entry-	£34,000	-	15 0.90%	13
HNC	78	Down -33 places-33	£59,632	+19.13%	9 0.54%	3
SC Cleared	79	Up 7 places+7	£32,400	-31.06%	8 0.48%	24
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	81	Up 12 places+12	£30,000	-33.33%	6 0.36%	6
CISSP	81	Up 9 places+9	£60,000	+6.19%	6 0.36%	2
Microsoft Certification	81	Up 7 places+7	£30,000	+20.00%	6 0.36%	8
PMI Certification	81	New entry-	£63,076	-	6 0.36%	4
AWS Certification	81	Down -29 places-29	£30,000	-33.33%	6 0.36%	8
ACCA	82	Up 10 places+10	£45,000	-16.42%	5 0.30%	2
CISM	82	Up 5 places+5	£83,774	+56.89%	5 0.30%	1
CIMA	82	Up 10 places+10	£45,000	-16.42%	5 0.30%	1
ICAEW	84	Up 9 places+9	£42,850	-10.13%	3 0.18%
CRISC	85	New entry-	£60,000	-	2 0.12%
ITIL Certification	85	Up 3 places+3	£63,900	+21.71%	2 0.12%	2
TOGAF Certification	85	Up 5 places+5	£63,900	+11.01%	2 0.12%