Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Lancashire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Apr 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 35.19%	64
Postgraduate	11	Up 71 places+71	£52,939	+104.74%	579 33.24%	17
Master's Degree	11	Up 67 places+67	£83,774	+3.29%	579 33.24%	17
PhD	12	Up 69 places+69	-	-	577 33.12%	17
Azure Certification	18	Up 58 places+58	£30,000	-42.85%	145 8.32%	14
BPSS Clearance	29	Down -4 places-4	£50,000	-0.10%	66 3.79%	8
CompTIA Security+	42	New entry-	£33,500	-	43 2.47%	3
CompTIA CySA+	43	New entry-	-	-	42 2.41%	2
CEH	51	Up 30 places+30	£56,249	+17.96%	34 1.95%	1
Cisco Certification	53	Up 9 places+9	£50,000	-9.09%	32 1.84%	12
DBS Check	53	Down -1 place-1	£45,000	-13.06%	32 1.84%	12
CCNA	54	Up 9 places+9	£50,000	-9.09%	31 1.78%	11
JNCIA	66	Down -3 places-3	£50,000	-9.09%	19 1.09%
Security Cleared	67	Down -57 places-57	£65,000	+41.30%	18 1.03%	27
HND	69	Down -35 places-35	£59,632	+19.13%	16 0.92%	1
A+ Certification	70	New entry-	£34,000	-	15 0.86%	4
Network+ Certification	70	New entry-	£34,000	-	15 0.86%	12
HNC	75	Down -38 places-38	£59,632	+19.13%	10 0.57%	5
SC Cleared	76	Down -5 places-5	£32,400	-29.56%	9 0.52%	23
AWS Certification	79	Up 2 places+2	£30,000	-33.33%	6 0.34%	2
CISSP	79	No change0	£60,000	+6.19%	6 0.34%	2
Microsoft Certification	79	Down -2 places-2	£30,000	+20.00%	6 0.34%	3
PMI Certification	79	New entry-	£63,076	-	6 0.34%	3
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	79	Up 2 places+2	£30,000	-33.33%	6 0.34%	1
CISM	80	Down -6 places-6	£83,774	+82.11%	5 0.29%	2
ACCA	81	No change0	£43,925	-18.41%	4 0.23%	4
CIMA	81	No change0	£43,925	-18.41%	4 0.23%	2
ICAEW	82	No change0	£42,850	-10.13%	3 0.17%
ITIL Certification	82	Down -5 places-5	£63,900	+21.71%	3 0.17%	1