Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Lancashire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	4	Up 17 places+17	£54,797	+9.47%	612 34.67%	54
Postgraduate	11	Up 85 places+85	£52,679	+103.73%	579 32.80%	1
Master's Degree	12	Up 80 places+80	£83,774	+3.29%	578 32.75%	1
PhD	14	Up 81 places+81	-	-	576 32.63%
Azure Certification	20	Up 69 places+69	£30,000	-44.18%	144 8.16%	15
BPSS Clearance	34	Down -7 places-7	£50,000	-0.10%	67 3.80%	18
CompTIA Security+	46	New entry-	£33,500	-	43 2.44%	3
CompTIA CySA+	47	New entry-	-	-	42 2.38%	2
CEH	55	Up 40 places+40	£56,249	+17.96%	34 1.93%	1
DBS Check	55	Up 10 places+10	£45,000	-12.61%	34 1.93%	14
Cisco Certification	57	Up 19 places+19	£50,000	-9.09%	32 1.81%	13
CCNA	58	Up 19 places+19	£50,000	-9.09%	31 1.76%	12
JNCIA	69	Up 8 places+8	£50,000	-9.09%	19 1.08%
Security Cleared	71	Down -62 places-62	£65,000	+41.30%	17 0.96%	40
HND	72	Down -34 places-34	£59,632	+19.13%	16 0.91%
A+ Certification	73	New entry-	£34,000	-	15 0.85%	6
Network+ Certification	73	New entry-	£34,000	-	15 0.85%	13
HNC	78	Down -33 places-33	£59,632	+19.13%	10 0.57%	2
SC Cleared	80	Up 7 places+7	£32,400	-29.56%	8 0.45%	29
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	82	Up 13 places+13	£30,000	-33.33%	6 0.34%	4
AWS Certification	82	Down -29 places-29	£30,000	-33.33%	6 0.34%	5
CISSP	82	Up 11 places+11	£60,000	+6.19%	6 0.34%	3
Microsoft Certification	82	Up 9 places+9	£30,000	+20.00%	6 0.34%	7
PMI Certification	82	New entry-	£63,076	-	6 0.34%	5
ACCA	83	Up 12 places+12	£45,000	-16.42%	5 0.28%	4
CISM	83	Up 5 places+5	£83,774	+82.11%	5 0.28%	2
CIMA	83	Up 12 places+12	£45,000	-16.42%	5 0.28%	2
ICAEW	85	Up 11 places+11	£42,850	-10.13%	3 0.17%