Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Lancashire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 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 35.81%	79
Postgraduate	10	Up 67 places+67	£52,939	+104.74%	579 33.82%	28
Master's Degree	10	Up 64 places+64	£83,774	-16.22%	579 33.82%	29
PhD	11	Up 66 places+66	-	-	577 33.70%	28
Azure Certification	16	Up 55 places+55	£30,000	-42.85%	147 8.59%	9
BPSS Clearance	27	Down -3 places-3	£50,000	-0.10%	65 3.80%	7
CompTIA Security+	38	New entry-	£32,000	-	44 2.57%	4
CompTIA CySA+	40	New entry-	-	-	42 2.45%	2
CEH	46	Up 30 places+30	£50,000	+4.85%	35 2.04%	3
Cisco Certification	49	Up 7 places+7	£50,000	-9.09%	32 1.87%	6
CCNA	50	Up 7 places+7	£50,000	-9.09%	31 1.81%	5
DBS Check	50	Down -2 places-2	£45,000	-13.06%	31 1.81%	12
JNCIA	61	Down -4 places-4	£50,000	-9.09%	19 1.11%
Security Cleared	62	Down -52 places-52	£65,000	+41.30%	18 1.05%	28
HND	64	Down -34 places-34	£59,632	+19.13%	16 0.93%	1
A+ Certification	64	New entry-	£33,750	-	16 0.93%	7
Network+ Certification	64	New entry-	£33,750	-	16 0.93%	7
HNC	70	Down -39 places-39	£59,632	+19.13%	10 0.58%	4
SC Cleared	71	Down -5 places-5	£32,400	-29.56%	9 0.53%	25
AWS Certification	73	Up 3 places+3	£30,000	-33.33%	7 0.41%	3
Microsoft Certification	73	Down -1 place-1	£30,000	+20.00%	7 0.41%	6
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	73	Up 3 places+3	£30,000	-33.33%	7 0.41%	2
CISSP	74	No change0	£60,000	+6.19%	6 0.35%	3
PMI Certification	74	New entry-	£63,076	-	6 0.35%	2
CISM	75	Down -6 places-6	£83,774	+82.11%	5 0.29%	3
ITIL Certification	76	Down -4 places-4	£63,900	+21.71%	4 0.23%	3
ACCA	76	No change0	£43,925	-18.41%	4 0.23%	5
CIMA	76	No change0	£43,925	-18.41%	4 0.23%	4