Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Merseyside

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Azure Certification	20	Up 37 places+37	£55,000	-29.03%	68 5.38%	6
Degree	25	Down -24 places-24	£40,000	+23.07%	58 4.59%	32
CompTIA Security+	59	New entry-	£30,500	-	19 1.50%	7
CEH	61	New entry-	£30,500	-	17 1.34%	2
Postgraduate	63	New entry-	-	-	15 1.19%
CompTIA CySA+	65	New entry-	-	-	13 1.03%
AWS Certification	68	New entry-	£37,500	-	10 0.79%	6
DBS Check	69	Down -22 places-22	£35,000	-30.00%	9 0.71%	14
Network+ Certification	69	New entry-	£30,500	-	9 0.71%	7
A+ Certification	69	Down -11 places-11	£30,500	-6.15%	9 0.71%	9
CCNA	70	New entry-	-	-	8 0.63%
Cisco Certification	70	New entry-	-	-	8 0.63%
SC Cleared	71	Down -14 places-14	£55,000	-45.00%	7 0.55%	1
Security Cleared	71	Down -36 places-36	£55,000	-21.42%	7 0.55%	1
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	72	New entry-	£37,500	-	6 0.47%	6
IRCA	72	New entry-	-	-	6 0.47%
BPSS Clearance	73	New entry-	-	-	5 0.40%
Microsoft Certification	73	New entry-	£60,000	-	5 0.40%	6
PRINCE2 Practitioner	75	New entry-	-	-	3 0.24%	1
Master's Degree	75	Down -53 places-53	-	-	3 0.24%	5
PMP	75	New entry-	£60,000	-	3 0.24%	6
PMI Certification	75	New entry-	£60,000	-	3 0.24%	4
ACCA	76	Down -17 places-17	£52,500	+10.52%	2 0.16%
CIMA	76	New entry-	£52,500	-	2 0.16%
PhD	76	Down -54 places-54	-	-	2 0.16%	3
CCNP	76	New entry-	-	-	2 0.16%
GIAC	77	New entry-	£62,500	-	1 0.079%	1
TOGAF Certification	77	Down -18 places-18	£72,500	-6.45%	1 0.079%
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	77	New entry-	-	-	1 0.079%
HND	77	New entry-	£32,500	-	1 0.079%	3
CISSP	77	Down -18 places-18	£62,500	-	1 0.079%	2