Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Lancashire

Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	4	Down -2 places-2	£49,900	-0.30%	615 38.03%	50
Postgraduate	9	Up 69 places+69	£52,939	+104.74%	579 35.81%	1
Master's Degree	10	Up 66 places+66	-	-	577 35.68%
PhD	10	New entry-	-	-	577 35.68%
Azure Certification	15	Up 57 places+57	£30,000	-42.85%	128 7.92%	10
BPSS Clearance	28	Down -4 places-4	£49,400	-1.30%	62 3.83%	8
CompTIA Security+	42	New entry-	£32,000	-	40 2.47%	3
CompTIA CySA+	44	New entry-	-	-	38 2.35%	1
CEH	50	Up 28 places+28	£50,000	+4.85%	31 1.92%	3
Cisco Certification	53	Up 2 places+2	£50,000	-9.09%	28 1.73%	5
DBS Check	54	No change0	£45,000	-13.06%	27 1.67%	14
CCNA	54	Up 3 places+3	£50,000	-9.09%	27 1.67%	4
JNCIA	62	Down -5 places-5	£50,000	-9.09%	19 1.18%
Security Cleared	64	Down -52 places-52	£65,000	+41.30%	17 1.05%	33
HND	65	Down -33 places-33	£62,498	+24.85%	16 0.99%	1
Network+ Certification	69	New entry-	£33,750	-	12 0.74%	7
A+ Certification	69	New entry-	£33,750	-	12 0.74%	11
HNC	71	Down -36 places-36	£62,498	+24.85%	10 0.62%	4
SC Cleared	72	Down -5 places-5	£32,400	-29.56%	9 0.56%	22
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	74	Up 3 places+3	£30,000	-33.33%	7 0.43%	2
AWS Certification	74	Up 3 places+3	£30,000	-33.33%	7 0.43%	3
Microsoft Certification	74	Down -1 place-1	£30,000	+20.00%	7 0.43%	9
PMI Certification	75	New entry-	£63,076	-	6 0.37%	3
ITIL Certification	76	Down -3 places-3	£49,450	-5.80%	5 0.31%	3
CIMA	77	Up 1 place+1	£43,925	-7.88%	4 0.25%	7
CISSP	77	Down -2 places-2	£60,000	+6.19%	4 0.25%	5
ACCA	77	Up 1 place+1	£43,925	-7.88%	4 0.25%	8
CISM	78	Down -8 places-8	-	-	3 0.19%	3
ICAEW	78	No change0	£42,850	-10.13%	3 0.19%	1