Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Leicestershire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	17	Down -14 places-14	£59,000	+53.95%	108 6.35%	65
Security Cleared	33	No change0	£60,000	+71.42%	62 3.64%	19
SC Cleared	44	Up 3 places+3	£60,750	+8.48%	47 2.76%	14
HNC	57	Down -12 places-12	£52,500	+31.25%	34 2.00%	11
NVQ Level 3	57	New entry-	£52,250	-	34 2.00%	12
Azure Certification	60	Down -13 places-13	-	-	31 1.82%	4
Master's Degree	65	Down -39 places-39	£66,250	+321.86%	26 1.53%	11
HND	68	Down -23 places-23	£47,500	+18.75%	23 1.35%	8
ACCA	73	New entry-	£63,750	-	18 1.06%	4
CIMA	78	New entry-	£65,000	-	13 0.76%	3
AAT	80	New entry-	£43,353	-	11 0.65%	1
CCNA	80	Down -32 places-32	£55,000	+107.54%	11 0.65%	4
Cisco Certification	80	Down -32 places-32	£55,000	+107.54%	11 0.65%	6
NVQ Level 4	80	Down -31 places-31	-	-	11 0.65%	1
City & Guilds	80	New entry-	£43,000	-	11 0.65%	2
Computer Science Degree	83	Down -41 places-41	£61,500	+75.71%	8 0.47%	2
PMP	83	New entry-	£52,500	-	8 0.47%	3
PMI Certification	83	New entry-	£29,000	-	8 0.47%	9
A+ Certification	84	Down -38 places-38	£30,000	-7.69%	7 0.41%	6
Network+ Certification	84	Down -36 places-36	£30,000	-7.69%	7 0.41%	2
CompTIA CySA+	85	New entry-	-	-	6 0.35%
CompTIA Security+	85	New entry-	-	-	6 0.35%	3
CEH	85	New entry-	-	-	6 0.35%	2
CCNP	86	New entry-	£55,000	-	5 0.29%	2
DBS Check	86	Down -47 places-47	£25,000	-44.92%	5 0.29%	7
TOGAF Certification	87	New entry-	£85,000	-	4 0.24%
Postgraduate	89	New entry-	£48,250	-	2 0.12%	1
ICAEW	89	New entry-	£42,500	-	2 0.12%
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	90	Down -41 places-41	-	-	1 0.059%
CISSP	90	Down -41 places-41	-	-	1 0.059%	3
PRINCE2 Certification	90	New entry-	£65,000	-	1 0.059%
BPSS Clearance	90	Down -52 places-52	-	-	1 0.059%	8