Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Lancashire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	4	Up 18 places+18	£54,797	+9.47%	612 34.93%	78
Postgraduate	10	Up 88 places+88	£52,939	+104.74%	578 32.99%	24
Master's Degree	10	Up 84 places+84	£83,774	+3.29%	578 32.99%	24
PhD	11	Up 86 places+86	-	-	576 32.88%	23
Azure Certification	17	Up 75 places+75	£30,000	-42.85%	144 8.22%	15
BPSS Clearance	30	Down -2 places-2	£50,000	-0.10%	67 3.82%	18
CompTIA Security+	40	New entry-	£33,500	-	43 2.45%	4
CompTIA CySA+	41	New entry-	-	-	42 2.40%	2
DBS Check	49	Up 18 places+18	£45,000	-12.61%	34 1.94%	12
CEH	49	Up 48 places+48	£56,249	+17.96%	34 1.94%	2
Cisco Certification	51	Up 27 places+27	£50,000	-9.09%	32 1.83%	13
CCNA	52	Up 27 places+27	£50,000	-9.09%	31 1.77%	12
JNCIA	63	Up 16 places+16	£50,000	-9.09%	19 1.08%
Security Cleared	65	Down -56 places-56	£65,000	+41.30%	17 0.97%	37
HND	66	Down -27 places-27	£59,632	+19.13%	16 0.91%	1
A+ Certification	67	New entry-	£34,000	-	15 0.86%	8
Network+ Certification	67	New entry-	£34,000	-	15 0.86%	14
HNC	72	Down -26 places-26	£59,632	+19.13%	10 0.57%	4
SC Cleared	74	Up 15 places+15	£32,400	-29.56%	8 0.46%	28
AWS Certification	76	Down -22 places-22	£30,000	-33.33%	6 0.34%	5
CISSP	76	Up 19 places+19	£60,000	+6.19%	6 0.34%	3
Microsoft Certification	76	Up 17 places+17	£30,000	+20.00%	6 0.34%	8
PMI Certification	76	New entry-	£63,076	-	6 0.34%	4
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	76	Up 21 places+21	£30,000	-33.33%	6 0.34%	4
ACCA	77	Up 20 places+20	£45,000	-16.42%	5 0.29%	3
CISM	77	Up 13 places+13	£83,774	+82.11%	5 0.29%	2
CIMA	77	Up 20 places+20	£45,000	-16.42%	5 0.29%	1
ICAEW	79	Up 19 places+19	£42,850	-10.13%	3 0.17%