Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Liverpool

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Azure Certification	6	Up 39 places+39	£30,500	-60.64%	93 11.60%	2
Degree	22	Down -20 places-20	£35,250	+8.46%	46 5.74%	18
CompTIA Security+	26	New entry-	£30,500	-	42 5.24%	2
CEH	33	New entry-	£30,500	-	30 3.74%	1
AWS Certification	38	New entry-	£30,500	-	25 3.12%	3
CompTIA CySA+	39	New entry-	£40,000	-	24 2.99%
A+ Certification	43	Up 2 places+2	£30,500	-12.85%	20 2.49%
Network+ Certification	44	New entry-	£30,500	-	19 2.37%
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	45	New entry-	£30,500	-	18 2.24%	1
Security Cleared	47	Down -3 places-3	£65,000	-22.38%	16 2.00%	5
SC Cleared	50	Down -6 places-6	£85,500	+2.08%	13 1.62%	5
Microsoft Certification	51	Down -8 places-8	£30,500	-28.23%	12 1.50%	1
CCNA	56	New entry-	-	-	7 0.87%	1
Cisco Certification	56	Down -13 places-13	-	-	7 0.87%	1
IRCA	57	New entry-	-	-	6 0.75%
PMP	57	Down -12 places-12	£60,000	-	6 0.75%	1
PMI Certification	57	New entry-	£60,000	-	6 0.75%	1
DBS Check	58	Down -17 places-17	£34,000	-40.86%	5 0.62%	6
Master's Degree	59	Down -31 places-31	-	-	4 0.50%	5
PhD	60	Down -32 places-32	-	-	3 0.37%	2
HNC	61	New entry-	£50,000	-	2 0.25%
HND	61	New entry-	£50,000	-	2 0.25%
BPSS Clearance	62	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
CCNP	62	Down -19 places-19	-	-	1 0.12%	1
Computer Science Degree	62	Down -17 places-17	£55,000	+69.23%	1 0.12%	2
TOGAF Certification	62	Down -17 places-17	£72,500	-6.45%	1 0.12%
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	62	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
DV Cleared	62	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%