Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Lancashire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 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 35.29%	71
Master's Degree	11	Up 65 places+65	£83,774	+3.29%	579 33.33%	22
Postgraduate	11	Up 69 places+69	£52,939	+104.74%	579 33.33%	22
PhD	12	Up 67 places+67	-	-	577 33.22%	22
Azure Certification	18	Up 56 places+56	£30,000	-42.85%	145 8.35%	14
BPSS Clearance	28	Down -4 places-4	£50,000	-0.10%	66 3.80%	21
CompTIA Security+	41	New entry-	£33,500	-	43 2.48%	3
CompTIA CySA+	42	New entry-	-	-	42 2.42%	2
CEH	49	Up 30 places+30	£56,249	+17.96%	34 1.96%	1
DBS Check	51	No change0	£45,000	-13.06%	32 1.84%	11
Cisco Certification	51	Up 9 places+9	£50,000	-9.09%	32 1.84%	12
CCNA	52	Up 9 places+9	£50,000	-9.09%	31 1.78%	11
JNCIA	64	Down -3 places-3	£50,000	-9.09%	19 1.09%
Security Cleared	65	Down -55 places-55	£65,000	+41.30%	18 1.04%	29
HND	67	Down -34 places-34	£59,632	+19.13%	16 0.92%	1
Network+ Certification	68	New entry-	£34,000	-	15 0.86%	13
A+ Certification	68	New entry-	£34,000	-	15 0.86%	5
HNC	73	Down -37 places-37	£59,632	+19.13%	10 0.58%	5
SC Cleared	74	Down -5 places-5	£32,400	-29.56%	9 0.52%	25
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	77	Up 2 places+2	£30,000	-33.33%	6 0.35%	1
AWS Certification	77	Up 2 places+2	£30,000	-33.33%	6 0.35%	2
CISSP	77	No change0	£60,000	+6.19%	6 0.35%	2
Microsoft Certification	77	Down -2 places-2	£30,000	+20.00%	6 0.35%	3
PMI Certification	77	New entry-	£63,076	-	6 0.35%	3
CISM	78	Down -6 places-6	£83,774	+82.11%	5 0.29%	2
ACCA	79	No change0	£43,925	-18.41%	4 0.23%	4
CIMA	79	No change0	£43,925	-18.41%	4 0.23%	2