Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Lancashire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	4	Up 15 places+15	£54,797	+9.47%	613 35.21%	46
Postgraduate	11	Up 72 places+72	£52,939	+104.74%	579 33.26%	1
Master's Degree	11	Up 68 places+68	£83,774	+3.29%	579 33.26%
PhD	12	Up 70 places+70	-	-	577 33.14%
Azure Certification	18	Up 59 places+59	£30,000	-42.85%	145 8.33%	19
BPSS Clearance	31	Down -6 places-6	£50,000	-0.10%	67 3.85%	6
CompTIA Security+	44	New entry-	£33,500	-	43 2.47%	4
CompTIA CySA+	45	New entry-	-	-	42 2.41%	3
CEH	52	Up 30 places+30	£56,249	+17.96%	34 1.95%	2
Cisco Certification	54	Up 9 places+9	£50,000	-9.09%	32 1.84%	13
DBS Check	54	Down -2 places-2	£45,000	-12.84%	32 1.84%	12
CCNA	55	Up 9 places+9	£50,000	-9.09%	31 1.78%	12
JNCIA	67	Down -3 places-3	£50,000	-9.09%	19 1.09%
Security Cleared	69	Down -59 places-59	£65,000	+41.30%	17 0.98%	26
HND	70	Down -36 places-36	£59,632	+19.13%	16 0.92%	1
A+ Certification	71	New entry-	£34,000	-	15 0.86%	5
Network+ Certification	71	New entry-	£34,000	-	15 0.86%	13
HNC	76	Down -39 places-39	£59,632	+19.13%	10 0.57%	4
SC Cleared	78	Down -5 places-5	£32,400	-29.56%	8 0.46%	21
AWS Certification	80	Up 2 places+2	£30,000	-33.33%	6 0.34%	3
CISSP	80	No change0	£60,000	+6.19%	6 0.34%	2
Microsoft Certification	80	Down -2 places-2	£30,000	+20.00%	6 0.34%	5
PMI Certification	80	New entry-	£63,076	-	6 0.34%	4
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	80	Up 2 places+2	£30,000	-33.33%	6 0.34%	2
CISM	81	Down -6 places-6	£83,774	+82.11%	5 0.29%	2
ACCA	82	No change0	£43,925	-18.41%	4 0.23%	5
CIMA	82	No change0	£43,925	-18.41%	4 0.23%	3
ITIL Certification	83	Down -5 places-5	£63,900	+21.71%	3 0.17%	2
ICAEW	83	No change0	£42,850	-10.13%	3 0.17%	1