Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the North East

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	15	Up 42 places+42	£65,422	-2.63%	287 7.45%	140
SC Cleared	22	Up 41 places+41	£65,000	-	240 6.23%	113
Degree	23	Down 22 places-22	£62,500	+86.56%	237 6.15%	179
BPSS Clearance	67	New entry-	£70,500	-	93 2.41%	59
HNC	77	Down 26 places-26	£43,750	+9.37%	79 2.05%	20
HND	98	Down 28 places-28	£50,000	+5.26%	55 1.43%	16
NVQ Level 3	112	New entry-	£47,500	-	40 1.04%	4
Azure Certification	113	Down 51 places-51	£80,500	+163.93%	39 1.01%	16
Computer Science Degree	118	Down 54 places-54	£110,000	+113.59%	34 0.88%	24
AWS Certification	122	Down 56 places-56	£80,500	+163.93%	30 0.78%	21
Microsoft Certification	127	Down 66 places-66	£39,000	+27.86%	25 0.65%	16
DV Cleared	129	Down 50 places-50	£97,500	-	23 0.60%	15
Chartered Engineer	130	New entry-	£50,000	-	22 0.57%	6
DBS Check	131	Down 59 places-59	£33,340	-36.49%	21 0.55%	19
CISSP	140	Down 66 places-66	£68,750	-0.72%	12 0.31%	8
CIMA	141	Down 69 places-69	£57,500	+12.74%	11 0.29%
ACCA	141	Down 70 places-70	£57,500	+12.74%	11 0.29%
City & Guilds	142	New entry-	£46,800	-	10 0.26%	5
PMP	143	Down 66 places-66	£41,500	+27.69%	9 0.23%
CIPD	143	Down 64 places-64	£57,500	-11.53%	9 0.23%
PRINCE2 Certification	144	Down 65 places-65	£70,000	+115.38%	8 0.21%
PMI Certification	144	Down 68 places-68	£42,000	+29.23%	8 0.21%	1
NVQ Level 4	145	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 0.18%
Master's Degree	145	Down 120 places-120	£55,000	-8.33%	7 0.18%	18
PRINCE2 Practitioner	145	New entry-	£70,000	-	7 0.18%
CISM	145	Down 68 places-68	£85,000	-	7 0.18%	5
Postgraduate	148	Down 68 places-68	£43,265	-	4 0.10%	2
ISEB	148	New entry-	£41,500	-	4 0.10%	1
CCA	148	New entry-	£28,333	-	4 0.10%	1
Cisco Certification	148	Down 86 places-86	£61,288	+82.94%	4 0.10%	5
ITIL Foundation Certificate	148	Down 73 places-73	£26,000	-20.00%	4 0.10%	4
IIBA	148	New entry-	£52,500	-	4 0.10%	1
APMP	148	New entry-	£40,974	-	4 0.10%	1
Network+ Certification	149	Down 85 places-85	£35,000	+12.90%	3 0.078%	4
TOGAF Certification	149	Down 69 places-69	£69,928	-17.73%	3 0.078%
SSCP	149	New entry-	£40,000	-	3 0.078%	1
MRICS	149	New entry-	£82,500	-	3 0.078%
RIBA	150	Down 69 places-69	£57,500	-	2 0.052%
GIAC	150	Down 69 places-69	£40,000	-41.60%	2 0.052%	1
PgMP	150	New entry-	£44,447	-	2 0.052%
CCNP	150	Down 82 places-82	£65,576	+61.91%	2 0.052%	2
A+ Certification	150	Down 82 places-82	£32,000	+4.06%	2 0.052%	13
CompTIA Security+	150	Down 81 places-81	£40,000	+31.14%	2 0.052%	6
CISA	150	Down 70 places-70	£75,000	-4.76%	2 0.052%	2
CAPM	150	New entry-	£44,447	-	2 0.052%
CTC Cleared	151	New entry-	£38,000	-	1 0.026%	2
NVQ Level 5	151	New entry-	£81,000	-	1 0.026%
MBA	151	New entry-	-	-	1 0.026%	1
CSPO	151	Down 70 places-70	-	-	1 0.026%	1
Tableau Certification	151	New entry-	£45,000	-	1 0.026%