Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Lancashire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	4	Up 16 places+16	£54,797	+9.47%	613 34.97%	76
Master's Degree	11	Up 68 places+68	£83,774	+3.29%	579 33.03%	24
Postgraduate	11	Up 72 places+72	£52,939	+104.74%	579 33.03%	24
PhD	12	Up 70 places+70	-	-	577 32.92%	23
Azure Certification	18	Up 59 places+59	£30,000	-42.85%	145 8.27%	15
BPSS Clearance	31	Down -5 places-5	£50,000	-0.10%	67 3.82%	5
CompTIA Security+	42	New entry-	£33,500	-	43 2.45%	4
CompTIA CySA+	43	New entry-	-	-	42 2.40%	2
DBS Check	49	Up 2 places+2	£45,000	-12.61%	34 1.94%	10
CEH	49	Up 33 places+33	£56,249	+17.96%	34 1.94%	2
Cisco Certification	51	Up 12 places+12	£50,000	-9.09%	32 1.83%	12
CCNA	52	Up 12 places+12	£50,000	-9.09%	31 1.77%	11
JNCIA	64	No change0	£50,000	-9.09%	19 1.08%
Security Cleared	66	Down -57 places-57	£65,000	+41.30%	17 0.97%	35
HND	67	Down -34 places-34	£59,632	+19.13%	16 0.91%	1
Network+ Certification	68	New entry-	£34,000	-	15 0.86%	14
A+ Certification	68	New entry-	£34,000	-	15 0.86%	7
HNC	73	Down -36 places-36	£59,632	+19.13%	10 0.57%	3
SC Cleared	75	Down -2 places-2	£32,400	-29.56%	8 0.46%	27
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	77	Up 5 places+5	£30,000	-33.33%	6 0.34%	4
AWS Certification	77	Down -17 places-17	£30,000	-33.33%	6 0.34%	5
CISSP	77	Up 3 places+3	£60,000	+6.19%	6 0.34%	3
Microsoft Certification	77	Up 1 place+1	£30,000	+20.00%	6 0.34%	6
PMI Certification	77	New entry-	£63,076	-	6 0.34%	3
CISM	78	Down -3 places-3	£83,774	+82.11%	5 0.29%	2
ACCA	79	Up 3 places+3	£43,925	-18.41%	4 0.23%	5
CIMA	79	Up 3 places+3	£43,925	-18.41%	4 0.23%	3
ICAEW	80	Up 3 places+3	£42,850	-10.13%	3 0.17%	1
ITIL Certification	80	Down -2 places-2	£63,900	+21.71%	3 0.17%	2