Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the North of England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Azure Certification	32	Up 215 places+215	£47,500	-21.48%	858 3.88%	105
Degree	36	Down -34 places-34	£50,000	+11.11%	787 3.56%	579
Security Cleared	41	Down -13 places-13	£65,000	+4.00%	741 3.35%	380
SC Cleared	58	Up 98 places+98	£65,000	+13.04%	545 2.46%	269
BPSS Clearance	129	Up 12 places+12	£51,772	+3.43%	275 1.24%	84
CompTIA Security+	153	Up 140 places+140	£30,500	-39.00%	224 1.01%	66
DBS Check	154	Down -80 places-80	£46,000	+5.74%	223 1.01%	188
CEH	161	Up 138 places+138	£30,500	-45.77%	215 0.97%	23
CompTIA CySA+	166	Up 136 places+136	£45,000	+9.75%	204 0.92%	12
DV Cleared	185	Down -143 places-143	£70,000	-	178 0.80%	47
Cisco Certification	191	Up 43 places+43	£57,500	+64.28%	168 0.76%	60
Network+ Certification	215	Up 69 places+69	£30,500	-12.85%	141 0.64%	82
ACCA	220	Up 2 places+2	£60,000	+9.09%	136 0.61%	40
A+ Certification	222	Up 70 places+70	£30,500	+1.66%	134 0.61%	94
CIMA	227	Up 18 places+18	£60,000	+9.09%	129 0.58%	37
Microsoft Certification	230	Down -26 places-26	£42,500	+18.88%	126 0.57%	70
Computer Science Degree	232	Down -51 places-51	£62,500	+13.63%	124 0.56%	46
AWS Certification	234	Down -96 places-96	£37,500	-42.30%	122 0.55%	91
CCNA	235	Up 21 places+21	£46,250	+23.33%	121 0.55%	35
HNC	274	Down -105 places-105	£49,400	+3.60%	79 0.36%	77
PMI Certification	284	Down -17 places-17	£53,000	-15.20%	67 0.30%	31
Master's Degree	291	Down -220 places-220	£42,215	-29.64%	60 0.27%	64
ITIL Certification	300	Down -16 places-16	£45,750	-8.50%	51 0.23%	11
PMP	301	Down -33 places-33	£52,500	-16.00%	50 0.23%	41
CISSP	302	Down -41 places-41	£65,000	-	49 0.22%	63
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	306	Down -4 places-4	£37,500	-42.30%	45 0.20%	48
CCNP	309	Down -37 places-37	£60,000	+15.38%	42 0.19%	18
CISM	317	Down -37 places-37	£65,000	-11.86%	34 0.15%	28
HND	317	Down -122 places-122	£49,000	-2.10%	34 0.15%	63
IRCA	320	New entry-	£32,000	-	31 0.14%
Postgraduate	322	Down -23 places-23	£28,500	-52.50%	29 0.13%	22
Chartered Engineer	323	Down -38 places-38	£52,500	-8.69%	28 0.13%	22
NVQ Level 3	325	New entry-	£41,000	-	26 0.12%	50
ITIL Foundation Certificate	326	Down -39 places-39	£27,000	-24.69%	25 0.11%	11
MCSE	333	Down -40 places-40	£75,000	+106.89%	18 0.081%	4
CIPFA	334	Down -39 places-39	£60,000	-	17 0.077%	3
Microsoft Certified Professional	335	Down -35 places-35	£30,000	-44.73%	16 0.072%	8
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	335	Down -189 places-189	£67,500	-3.57%	16 0.072%	9
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer	336	Down -30 places-30	£76,250	+17.30%	15 0.068%	4
TOGAF Certification	337	Down -70 places-70	£66,000	+1.53%	14 0.063%	2
PRINCE2 Practitioner	340	Down -35 places-35	£70,000	+45.36%	11 0.050%	10
City & Guilds	340	Down -35 places-35	£47,777	-	11 0.050%	28
CREST Certified	340	Down -34 places-34	£45,000	-21.73%	11 0.050%	11
CCIE	341	Down -40 places-40	£75,000	+25.00%	10 0.045%	5
CIPD	342	Down -46 places-46	£42,500	+41.66%	9 0.041%	10
ISTQB	342	Down -44 places-44	£57,500	+4.54%	9 0.041%	5
MCSA	342	Down -58 places-58	£47,500	+65.21%	9 0.041%	4
AAT	342	Down -47 places-47	£35,425	+18.08%	9 0.041%	8
CCSP	342	New entry-	£62,500	-	9 0.041%	6
(ISC)2 CCSP	342	Down -39 places-39	£62,500	-	9 0.041%	9