Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Merseyside

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Azure Certification	17	Up 38 places+38	£40,000	-48.38%	76 6.39%	5
Degree	27	Down -26 places-26	£40,000	+23.07%	59 4.96%	18
CompTIA Security+	48	New entry-	£30,500	-	31 2.61%	6
CEH	55	New entry-	£30,500	-	24 2.02%	1
CompTIA CySA+	60	New entry-	£40,000	-	19 1.60%
AWS Certification	61	New entry-	£37,500	-	18 1.51%	5
A+ Certification	65	Down -9 places-9	£30,500	-6.15%	14 1.18%	11
Network+ Certification	66	New entry-	£30,500	-	13 1.09%	7
Security Cleared	66	Down -31 places-31	£60,000	-14.28%	13 1.09%	6
SC Cleared	67	Down -11 places-11	£60,000	-28.35%	12 1.01%	3
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	68	New entry-	£37,500	-	11 0.92%	5
Postgraduate	70	New entry-	-	-	9 0.76%	1
CCNA	72	New entry-	-	-	7 0.59%	1
Cisco Certification	72	Down -15 places-15	-	-	7 0.59%	1
Microsoft Certification	72	New entry-	£30,500	-	7 0.59%	7
IRCA	73	New entry-	-	-	6 0.50%
DBS Check	73	Down -25 places-25	£35,000	-37.77%	6 0.50%	9
BPSS Clearance	74	New entry-	-	-	5 0.42%	2
PMP	75	New entry-	£60,000	-	4 0.34%	1
PMI Certification	75	New entry-	£60,000	-	4 0.34%
Master's Degree	75	Down -50 places-50	-	-	4 0.34%	1
PhD	76	Down -51 places-51	-	-	3 0.25%
TOGAF Certification	78	Down -21 places-21	£72,500	-6.45%	1 0.084%
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	78	New entry-	-	-	1 0.084%
HND	78	New entry-	£32,500	-	1 0.084%	2
CCNP	78	Down -21 places-21	-	-	1 0.084%	1
Computer Science Degree	78	Down -24 places-24	£55,000	+69.23%	1 0.084%	1