Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Lancashire

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	14	Up 39 places+39	£50,000	-	97 6.04%	56
SC Cleared	22	Up 55 places+55	£60,000	-	74 4.60%	38
Degree	35	Down 26 places-26	£41,250	-13.49%	54 3.36%	45
DBS Check	51	Up 20 places+20	£41,500	+38.33%	34 2.12%	10
BPSS Clearance	61	Down 24 places-24	£51,772	+2.46%	24 1.49%	20
HND	63	Down 4 places-4	£50,000	-0.10%	22 1.37%	7
HNC	64	Down 4 places-4	£50,000	-0.10%	21 1.31%	11
NVQ Level 3	66	New entry-	£52,000	-	19 1.18%	10
Microsoft Certified Professional	76	New entry-	£30,000	-	9 0.56%
Microsoft Certification	76	Up 5 places+5	£40,000	+33.33%	9 0.56%	8
ACCA	79	Down 5 places-5	£46,000	-3.15%	6 0.37%
CIMA	79	Down 5 places-5	£46,000	-3.15%	6 0.37%
Computer Science Degree	80	No change0	£40,000	-36.00%	5 0.31%	3
City & Guilds	80	Up 1 place+1	£48,200	-	5 0.31%	4
CCNP	80	New entry-	£60,000	-	5 0.31%
Cisco Certification	80	Down 3 places-3	£60,000	-	5 0.31%	13
Chartered Engineer	81	New entry-	£60,000	-	4 0.25%	1
Numerate Degree	81	New entry-	£50,000	-	4 0.25%
AAT	81	New entry-	£35,000	-	4 0.25%
Novell Certification	81	New entry-	£37,892	-	4 0.25%
DV Cleared	82	Down 25 places-25	£75,026	-	3 0.19%	12
TOGAF Certification	82	Down 4 places-4	£65,000	+8.33%	3 0.19%	2
CIPD	82	New entry-	-	-	3 0.19%	2
AWS Certification	82	Down 25 places-25	£62,500	+108.33%	3 0.19%	15
CCNA	82	Down 1 place-1	£60,000	+20.00%	3 0.19%	11
ICAEW	83	New entry-	£51,772	-	2 0.12%
RHCSA	83	New entry-	-	-	2 0.12%
RHCE	83	New entry-	-	-	2 0.12%
PMI Certification	83	New entry-	£42,224	-	2 0.12%	2
IBM AIX Certification	83	New entry-	-	-	2 0.12%
NVQ Level 4	84	New entry-	£24,522	-	1 0.062%	1
CISM	84	New entry-	-	-	1 0.062%	4
PgMP	84	New entry-	£44,447	-	1 0.062%
Master's Degree	84	Down 57 places-57	-	-	1 0.062%	3
APMP	84	New entry-	£44,447	-	1 0.062%
CESG Certified Professional	84	New entry-	-	-	1 0.062%
ISTQB	84	New entry-	£65,000	-	1 0.062%
CAPM	84	New entry-	£44,447	-	1 0.062%
Postgraduate	84	Down 54 places-54	-	-	1 0.062%	3
ISTQB Foundation Certification	84	New entry-	£65,000	-	1 0.062%
ISTQB Advanced Certification	84	New entry-	£65,000	-	1 0.062%
CCIE	84	Down 6 places-6	£55,000	-8.33%	1 0.062%
CISSP	84	Down 6 places-6	-	-	1 0.062%	6
SAP Certification	84	New entry-	£75,000	-	1 0.062%
PMP	84	Down 3 places-3	£44,447	-	1 0.062%	3