Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Lancashire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	4	Up 16 places+16	£51,550	+2.98%	615 36.96%	70
Postgraduate	10	Up 70 places+70	£52,939	+104.74%	579 34.80%	18
PhD	11	Up 69 places+69	-	-	577 34.68%	17
Master's Degree	11	Up 66 places+66	-	-	577 34.68%	18
Azure Certification	16	Up 58 places+58	£30,000	-42.85%	138 8.29%	8
BPSS Clearance	27	Down -2 places-2	£49,950	-0.20%	68 4.09%	10
CompTIA Security+	41	New entry-	£32,000	-	42 2.52%	4
CompTIA CySA+	42	New entry-	-	-	40 2.40%	1
CEH	47	Up 33 places+33	£50,000	+4.85%	33 1.98%	3
Cisco Certification	49	Up 8 places+8	£50,000	-9.09%	30 1.80%	5
CCNA	50	Up 9 places+9	£50,000	-9.09%	29 1.74%	4
DBS Check	50	Up 2 places+2	£48,750	-5.82%	29 1.74%	10
JNCIA	60	Down -1 place-1	£50,000	-9.09%	19 1.14%
Security Cleared	62	Down -51 places-51	£65,000	+41.30%	17 1.02%	35
HND	63	Down -30 places-30	£59,632	+19.13%	16 0.96%	1
A+ Certification	65	New entry-	£33,750	-	14 0.84%	12
Network+ Certification	65	New entry-	£33,750	-	14 0.84%	8
HNC	69	Down -34 places-34	£59,632	+19.13%	10 0.60%	4
SC Cleared	70	Down -1 place-1	£32,400	-29.56%	9 0.54%	24
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	72	Up 7 places+7	£30,000	-33.33%	7 0.42%	2
AWS Certification	72	Up 7 places+7	£30,000	-33.33%	7 0.42%	3
Microsoft Certification	72	Up 3 places+3	£30,000	+20.00%	7 0.42%	8
PMI Certification	73	New entry-	£63,076	-	6 0.36%	3
ITIL Certification	74	Up 1 place+1	£49,450	-5.80%	5 0.30%	3
CISSP	75	Up 2 places+2	£60,000	+6.19%	4 0.24%	5
ACCA	75	Up 5 places+5	£43,925	-7.88%	4 0.24%	6
CIMA	75	Up 5 places+5	£43,925	-7.88%	4 0.24%	5
ICAEW	76	Up 4 places+4	£42,850	-10.13%	3 0.18%	1
CISM	76	Down -4 places-4	-	-	3 0.18%	3