Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Liverpool

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Azure Certification	19	Up 28 places+28	£62,500	-19.35%	71 6.79%	3
Degree	33	Down -31 places-31	£36,750	+13.07%	44 4.21%	22
CompTIA Security+	55	New entry-	£30,500	-	21 2.01%	4
CEH	59	New entry-	£30,500	-	17 1.63%	1
Postgraduate	61	New entry-	-	-	15 1.43%
CompTIA CySA+	61	New entry-	-	-	15 1.43%	1
AWS Certification	67	New entry-	£37,500	-	9 0.86%	5
A+ Certification	67	Down -19 places-19	£30,500	-6.15%	9 0.86%	4
Network+ Certification	67	New entry-	£30,500	-	9 0.86%	3
CCNA	68	New entry-	-	-	8 0.76%
Cisco Certification	68	Down -19 places-19	-	-	8 0.76%
DBS Check	69	Down -28 places-28	£35,000	-37.77%	7 0.67%	6
SC Cleared	69	Down -20 places-20	£55,000	-45.00%	7 0.67%	2
Security Cleared	69	Down -22 places-22	£55,000	-21.42%	7 0.67%	2
IRCA	70	New entry-	-	-	6 0.57%
BPSS Clearance	71	New entry-	-	-	5 0.48%	1
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	71	New entry-	£37,500	-	5 0.48%	5
PMP	73	New entry-	£60,000	-	3 0.29%	5
PMI Certification	73	New entry-	£60,000	-	3 0.29%	3
Master's Degree	73	Down -60 places-60	-	-	3 0.29%	5
PRINCE2 Practitioner	73	New entry-	-	-	3 0.29%	1
PhD	74	Down -61 places-61	-	-	2 0.19%	3
CCNP	74	Down -25 places-25	-	-	2 0.19%
Microsoft Certification	74	New entry-	£45,000	-	2 0.19%	4
ACCA	74	Down -25 places-25	£52,500	+10.52%	2 0.19%
CIMA	74	New entry-	£52,500	-	2 0.19%
CISSP	75	Down -26 places-26	£62,500	-	1 0.096%	1
GIAC	75	New entry-	£62,500	-	1 0.096%	1
TOGAF Certification	75	Down -26 places-26	£72,500	-6.45%	1 0.096%
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	75	New entry-	-	-	1 0.096%