Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Leeds

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	39	Up 14 places+14	£71,250	+9.61%	94 3.09%	43
Degree	42	Down 37 places-37	£52,500	+50.00%	90 2.96%	51
SC Cleared	51	Up 6 places+6	£66,805	+4.60%	74 2.43%	25
Microsoft Certification	97	Down 52 places-52	£75,000	+130.76%	26 0.86%	7
ITIL Certification	105	Down 30 places-30	£42,500	+32.81%	18 0.59%	3
CISSP	107	Down 22 places-22	£68,750	-21.42%	16 0.53%	7
CompTIA Security+	109	Down 28 places-28	£55,000	+80.32%	14 0.46%	9
Computer Science Degree	109	Down 46 places-46	£47,500	-32.14%	14 0.46%	6
CREST Certified	109	Down 22 places-22	£45,000	-21.73%	14 0.46%	1
PMI Certification	110	Down 25 places-25	£41,724	-35.81%	13 0.43%	5
Cisco Certification	111	New entry-	£67,500	-	12 0.39%	11
Chartered Engineer	111	New entry-	£52,500	-	12 0.39%
DBS Check	111	Down 35 places-35	£41,982	-29.62%	12 0.39%	8
Master's Degree	112	Down 84 places-84	£73,750	+4.60%	11 0.36%	4
HND	113	New entry-	£52,500	-	10 0.33%	9
AWS Certification	113	Down 68 places-68	£75,000	+15.38%	10 0.33%	9
BPSS Clearance	113	Down 26 places-26	£75,000	-	10 0.33%	11
DV Cleared	113	Down 28 places-28	£97,500	+39.28%	10 0.33%	3
CISM	114	Down 28 places-28	£77,000	-9.41%	9 0.30%	4
Azure Certification	114	Down 56 places-56	£62,500	+104.91%	9 0.30%	16
CEH	115	Down 35 places-35	£68,750	+125.40%	8 0.26%	4
HNC	115	Down 37 places-37	£52,500	-	8 0.26%	12
OSCP	116	Down 29 places-29	£67,500	+17.39%	7 0.23%	3
PMP	116	Down 34 places-34	£48,474	+142.36%	7 0.23%	5
ACCA	117	Down 40 places-40	£45,000	-	6 0.20%
SSCP	117	New entry-	£67,500	-	6 0.20%	2
CIMA	117	Down 31 places-31	£45,000	-	6 0.20%
CompTIA CySA+	117	New entry-	£55,000	-	6 0.20%	5
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer	117	New entry-	£72,500	-	6 0.20%
CCSP	118	New entry-	£72,500	-	5 0.16%	1
ISTQB	118	New entry-	-	-	5 0.16%	1
ISTQB Foundation Certification	118	New entry-	-	-	5 0.16%
(ISC)2 CCSP	118	New entry-	£72,500	-	5 0.16%	1
Microsoft Certified Professional	119	New entry-	£85,427	-	4 0.13%	2
CCNA	119	New entry-	£68,750	-	4 0.13%	9
Numerate Degree	119	New entry-	£75,000	-	4 0.13%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	119	Down 36 places-36	£72,925	+77.54%	4 0.13%
CCNP	120	New entry-	£65,576	-	3 0.099%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	120	New entry-	£65,000	-	3 0.099%
CISA	120	New entry-	£65,000	-	3 0.099%
NVQ Level 3	120	New entry-	£49,200	-	3 0.099%	5
APMP	121	New entry-	£44,447	-	2 0.066%
CRISC	121	New entry-	£63,750	-	2 0.066%	1
MCSE	121	New entry-	£67,500	-	2 0.066%	1
CAPM	121	New entry-	£44,447	-	2 0.066%
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	121	New entry-	£65,000	-	2 0.066%
TOGAF Certification	121	Down 47 places-47	£96,000	+28.00%	2 0.066%	1
Network+ Certification	121	Down 41 places-41	£47,500	+55.73%	2 0.066%	12
PgMP	121	New entry-	£44,447	-	2 0.066%
GCIA	121	Down 34 places-34	£85,000	-5.55%	2 0.066%	1