Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Lancashire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	4	Up 16 places+16	£53,200	+6.28%	392 24.83%	46
Postgraduate	9	Up 95 places+95	£52,679	+103.73%	363 22.99%	1
Master's Degree	10	Up 90 places+90	£83,774	+3.29%	362 22.93%
PhD	11	Up 92 places+92	-	-	360 22.80%
Azure Certification	17	Up 80 places+80	£30,000	-44.18%	144 9.12%	17
BPSS Clearance	31	Down -2 places-2	£50,000	-0.10%	64 4.05%	5
CompTIA Security+	43	New entry-	£33,500	-	43 2.72%	3
CompTIA CySA+	44	New entry-	-	-	42 2.66%	2
DBS Check	50	Up 23 places+23	£45,000	-12.61%	34 2.15%	16
CEH	51	Up 52 places+52	£62,498	+31.06%	33 2.09%	1
Cisco Certification	53	Up 31 places+31	£50,000	-9.09%	31 1.96%	11
CCNA	54	Up 31 places+31	£50,000	-9.09%	30 1.90%	10
JNCIA	66	Up 19 places+19	£50,000	-9.09%	18 1.14%
Security Cleared	67	Down -59 places-59	£65,000	+41.30%	17 1.08%	34
Network+ Certification	69	New entry-	£34,000	-	15 0.95%	13
A+ Certification	69	New entry-	£34,000	-	15 0.95%	7
HND	71	Down -27 places-27	£59,632	+19.13%	13 0.82%	2
SC Cleared	76	Up 21 places+21	£32,400	-31.06%	8 0.51%	26
HNC	77	Down -27 places-27	£59,632	+19.13%	7 0.44%	2
ACCA	78	Up 25 places+25	£46,000	-14.56%	6 0.38%	2
CIMA	78	Up 25 places+25	£46,000	-14.56%	6 0.38%	1
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	78	Up 26 places+26	£30,000	-33.33%	6 0.38%	6
AWS Certification	78	Down -33 places-33	£30,000	-33.33%	6 0.38%	7
Microsoft Certification	78	Up 21 places+21	£30,000	+20.00%	6 0.38%	11
PMI Certification	78	New entry-	£63,076	-	6 0.38%	3
CISM	79	Up 19 places+19	£83,774	+56.89%	5 0.32%	1
ICAEW	79	Up 25 places+25	£47,311	-0.78%	5 0.32%
CISSP	79	Up 22 places+22	£71,887	+27.23%	5 0.32%	2
AAT	81	Up 19 places+19	£47,311	+57.70%	3 0.19%