Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	15	Down 14 places-14	£48,500	+15.96%	960 5.98%	291
Security Cleared	33	Up 1 place+1	£65,000	+4.00%	621 3.87%	164
SC Cleared	45	Up 12 places+12	£70,000	+18.11%	479 2.98%	128
HNC	116	Up 68 places+68	£49,500	+23.75%	196 1.22%	107
NVQ Level 3	121	Up 96 places+96	£50,500	+68.33%	184 1.15%	29
HND	146	Down 39 places-39	£43,500	+8.75%	147 0.92%	77
DBS Check	148	Down 20 places-20	£43,000	+4.87%	145 0.90%	33
City & Guilds	170	Up 36 places+36	£48,919	+71.64%	118 0.74%	21
Master's Degree	185	Down 124 places-124	£45,000	-18.18%	102 0.64%	21
Microsoft Certification	187	Down 58 places-58	£47,500	+35.71%	100 0.62%	15
BPSS Clearance	190	Down 57 places-57	£71,760	+24.80%	97 0.60%	38
DV Cleared	199	Down 29 places-29	£85,000	+13.33%	88 0.55%	28
Cisco Certification	202	Down 47 places-47	£58,589	+32.40%	85 0.53%	27
Azure Certification	204	Down 58 places-58	£60,000	-	83 0.52%	27
ACCA	206	Down 44 places-44	£52,500	+69.35%	81 0.50%	2
Computer Science Degree	208	Down 74 places-74	£55,000	+29.41%	79 0.49%	38
CIMA	216	Down 28 places-28	£54,850	+76.93%	71 0.44%	2
CISSP	223	Down 43 places-43	£67,500	+22.72%	64 0.40%	12
PMI Certification	229	Down 24 places-24	£60,900	+33.11%	58 0.36%	9
CCNP	235	Down 45 places-45	£75,000	+51.58%	52 0.32%	6
CCNA	237	Down 59 places-59	£41,000	+17.14%	50 0.31%	18
Chartered Engineer	241	Down 34 places-34	£55,000	-35.82%	46 0.29%	7
CISM	249	Down 58 places-58	£67,500	+22.72%	38 0.24%	3
AWS Certification	252	Down 75 places-75	£67,500	+32.20%	35 0.22%	10
Postgraduate	257	New entry-	£42,188	-	30 0.19%	8
MCSE	259	Down 75 places-75	£28,500	-18.57%	28 0.17%	2
PMP	259	Down 52 places-52	£57,500	+15.00%	28 0.17%	8
TOGAF Certification	262	Down 58 places-58	£73,714	+13.40%	25 0.16%	3
PhD	264	Down 195 places-195	£45,000	-	23 0.14%	3
A+ Certification	266	Down 70 places-70	£31,000	-11.42%	21 0.13%	38
Network+ Certification	268	Down 70 places-70	£31,000	-23.45%	19 0.12%	18
CIPD	269	Down 64 places-64	£36,500	+12.30%	18 0.11%	1
AAT	271	Down 74 places-74	£43,353	+44.51%	16 0.100%	1
ITIL Foundation Certificate	271	Down 58 places-58	£35,200	-34.81%	16 0.100%	6
CompTIA Security+	272	Down 68 places-68	£47,151	+1.94%	15 0.093%	8
Microsoft Certified Professional	274	Down 94 places-94	£28,500	-18.57%	13 0.081%	4
CRISC	274	Down 63 places-63	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.081%	2
ISTQB	275	Down 63 places-63	£60,000	+37.14%	12 0.075%	2
NVQ Level 4	275	New entry-	£43,000	-	12 0.075%
MCSA	275	Down 88 places-88	£28,500	-18.57%	12 0.075%	2
CCSP	275	Down 60 places-60	£58,589	-13.20%	12 0.075%	4
(ISC)2 CCSP	275	Down 65 places-65	£58,589	-9.86%	12 0.075%	4
CITP	276	Down 64 places-64	£75,537	+37.34%	11 0.069%
ISEB	278	Down 59 places-59	£59,000	-15.71%	9 0.056%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	279	Down 67 places-67	£60,000	-4.00%	8 0.050%	3
CISA	279	Down 63 places-63	£72,500	-	8 0.050%	5
RIBA	279	Down 60 places-60	£35,000	-	8 0.050%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	279	Down 62 places-62	£58,589	-13.20%	8 0.050%	2
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	279	Down 64 places-64	£82,500	+34.69%	8 0.050%
ITIL Certification	280	Down 83 places-83	£59,386	+13.11%	7 0.044%	5