Academic & Professional Certification in Lancashire

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Dec 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	2	-1	£47,683	-5.15%	653 57.38%	112
PhD	11	-	-	-	578 50.79%	7
Master's Degree	11	+60	-	-	578 50.79%	13
Postgraduate	12	-	-	-	577 50.70%
BPSS Clearance	18	+32	£54,793	-4.80%	62 5.45%	10
Azure Certification	34	+32	£32,500	-39.53%	28 2.46%	23
HND	40	-11	£51,238	+2.36%	19 1.67%	5
HNC	43	-8	£51,238	+2.36%	16 1.41%	5
Cisco Certification	44	+6	£50,000	-4.76%	15 1.32%	5
CCNA	47	+13	£50,000	-	12 1.05%	3
JNCIA	47	+21	£50,000	-	12 1.05%	1
SC Cleared	48	+10	£30,000	-34.78%	11 0.97%	37
Security Cleared	48	-15	£30,000	-39.25%	11 0.97%	58
CompTIA Security+	48	+21	£30,500	-39.00%	11 0.97%	8
ACCA	48	+20	£47,500	-7.29%	11 0.97%	1
CIMA	48	+20	£47,500	-7.29%	11 0.97%	1
CompTIA CySA+	49	-	-	-	10 0.88%	2
DBS Check	51	+8	£30,250	-39.50%	8 0.70%	17
CISSP	53	+11	£60,000	+9.50%	6 0.53%	8
ITIL Certification	53	+14	£35,000	-33.64%	6 0.53%	3
TOGAF Certification	54	+13	£60,000	-10.11%	5 0.44%
Microsoft Certification	56	+14	£30,000	-42.85%	3 0.26%	23
CCIE	56	+14	£60,000	-7.69%	3 0.26%
CRISC	56	-	£60,000	-	3 0.26%
AWS Certification	56	+15	£30,000	-33.33%	3 0.26%	21
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	56	+16	£30,000	-33.33%	3 0.26%	16
ICAEW	57	-	-	-	2 0.18%
CEH	57	+13	£40,250	+0.62%	2 0.18%	12
CISM	57	+7	-	-	2 0.18%	6
PMP	57	+14	-	-	2 0.18%	13