Academic & Professional Certification in the North West

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Dec 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	2	+1	£46,000	-8.03%	2,225 37.64%	345
Master's Degree	6	+93	£55,000	-21.42%	1,622 27.44%	56
PhD	8	+196	£68,000	+47.82%	1,580 26.73%	16
Postgraduate	15	-	£47,500	-	1,480 25.03%	1
BPSS Clearance	34	+109	£51,000	+1.88%	259 4.38%	82
Security Cleared	65	-27	£67,500	+13.57%	144 2.44%	178
DBS Check	74	-17	£47,500	+18.75%	121 2.05%	49
Azure Certification	81	+98	£30,500	-44.54%	109 1.84%	61
SC Cleared	90	-18	£65,000	+23.80%	97 1.64%	86
ACCA	107	+29	£55,000	+29.41%	77 1.30%	7
Microsoft Certification	122	+48	£30,500	-23.75%	60 1.01%	68
AWS Certification	122	+81	£30,500	-41.90%	60 1.01%	69
CIMA	130	+43	£55,000	+29.41%	52 0.88%	5
Chartered Engineer	133	+38	£57,500	-0.10%	49 0.83%	9
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	139	+72	£30,500	-32.22%	43 0.73%	51
CompTIA Security+	140	+70	£30,500	-39.00%	42 0.71%	25
DV Cleared	143	+11	£75,000	+25.00%	39 0.66%	32
HNC	144	-18	£50,000	-0.10%	38 0.64%	7
Cisco Certification	148	-37	£50,000	-	34 0.58%	18
PMP	148	+14	£50,000	-13.04%	34 0.58%	16
HND	150	-50	£52,397	+4.73%	32 0.54%	7
A+ Certification	152	+46	£30,500	+1.66%	30 0.51%	27
Computer Science Degree	152	-54	£60,000	+18.81%	30 0.51%	62
PMI Certification	155	+9	£50,000	-13.04%	27 0.46%	15
CCNA	156	+1	£50,000	+5.26%	26 0.44%	14
CISSP	156	-3	£65,000	+8.33%	26 0.44%	18
Network+ Certification	157	+46	£30,500	-20.77%	25 0.42%	29
CompTIA CySA+	162	+49	-	-	20 0.34%	4
CEH	162	+29	£30,500	-59.33%	20 0.34%	22
TOGAF Certification	164	+41	£62,469	-3.67%	18 0.30%	2
CISM	166	-46	£82,500	+50.28%	16 0.27%	15
RIBA	168	+38	£54,500	+36.25%	14 0.24%	1
MCP	170	+35	£32,000	-20.00%	12 0.20%	9
AAT	173	+33	£32,500	-18.75%	9 0.15%	1
ITIL Foundation Certificate	173	+32	£35,854	-20.32%	9 0.15%
Numerate Degree	173	+33	£45,487	-17.29%	9 0.15%	5
JNCIA	173	+35	£50,000	-	9 0.15%	3
ITIL Certification	173	+22	£45,250	-13.80%	9 0.15%	6