Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the North of England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	32	Down -30 places-30	£45,000	+3.44%	1,002 4.17%	1,191
Security Cleared	34	Down -2 places-2	£70,000	+7.69%	999 4.16%	688
SC Cleared	45	Up 119 places+119	£67,500	+12.50%	738 3.07%	489
Azure Certification	118	Up 104 places+104	£60,000	+64.38%	313 1.30%	79
BPSS Clearance	145	No change0	£60,000	+17.00%	250 1.04%	142
HNC	156	Up 10 places+10	£42,625	-10.26%	232 0.97%	183
DBS Check	157	Down -60 places-60	£42,000	-	231 0.96%	265
DV Cleared	165	Down -123 places-123	£80,000	+14.28%	213 0.89%	75
Microsoft Certification	224	Down -23 places-23	£47,500	+46.15%	136 0.57%	66
HND	228	Down -36 places-36	£50,000	-0.10%	132 0.55%	139
Computer Science Degree	237	Down -42 places-42	£62,500	+13.63%	123 0.51%	120
Cisco Certification	245	Down -11 places-11	£60,000	+48.14%	115 0.48%	59
ACCA	257	Down -48 places-48	£62,500	+22.54%	103 0.43%	62
CIMA	264	Down -31 places-31	£62,500	+22.54%	96 0.40%	57
NVQ Level 3	266	Up 34 places+34	£49,600	+30.52%	94 0.39%	103
AWS Certification	277	Down -158 places-158	£70,000	+33.33%	82 0.34%	89
CCNA	279	Down -27 places-27	£42,500	+4.93%	80 0.33%	31
Master's Degree	279	Down -236 places-236	£42,215	-29.64%	80 0.33%	146
Network+ Certification	292	Down -29 places-29	£26,625	-14.11%	67 0.28%	18
Chartered Engineer	299	Down -38 places-38	£50,000	-13.04%	60 0.25%	51
CompTIA Security+	300	Down -27 places-27	£55,000	+80.32%	59 0.25%	25
A+ Certification	301	Down -32 places-32	£27,000	-11.47%	58 0.24%	49
CompTIA CySA+	301	Down -5 places-5	£55,000	+34.14%	58 0.24%	11
CISSP	310	Down -48 places-48	£68,750	-1.78%	49 0.20%	83
ITIL Certification	310	Down -36 places-36	£45,000	-6.73%	49 0.20%	18
PMI Certification	311	Down -36 places-36	£50,000	-	48 0.20%	63
CEH	312	Down -30 places-30	£45,000	+47.54%	47 0.20%	23
PMP	318	Down -42 places-42	£50,000	-4.30%	41 0.17%	57
Postgraduate	318	Down -25 places-25	£42,500	-22.72%	41 0.17%	33
City & Guilds	321	Down -25 places-25	£47,777	+25.72%	38 0.16%	48
CCNP	326	Down -58 places-58	£60,000	+4.34%	33 0.14%	19
CIPD	326	Down -36 places-36	£43,371	+28.50%	33 0.14%	24
CISM	327	Down -47 places-47	£72,500	-14.70%	32 0.13%	67
ITIL Foundation Certificate	336	Down -77 places-77	£26,875	-17.30%	23 0.096%	18
Microsoft Certified Professional	336	Down -45 places-45	£43,750	+36.71%	23 0.096%	34
PhD	340	Down -291 places-291	£53,750	-20.95%	19 0.079%	108
PRINCE2 Practitioner	341	Down -45 places-45	£70,000	+70.42%	18 0.075%	18
MCSE	341	Down -46 places-46	£75,000	+36.36%	18 0.075%	3
CREST Certified	344	Down -44 places-44	£45,000	-21.73%	15 0.063%	26
RIBA	345	Down -48 places-48	£42,000	-22.93%	14 0.058%	14
CISA	345	Down -55 places-55	£65,000	-7.14%	14 0.058%	21
TOGAF Certification	346	Down -77 places-77	£65,883	-5.88%	13 0.054%	12
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	348	Down -204 places-204	£65,000	-13.33%	11 0.046%	13
SAP Certification	349	Down -51 places-51	£58,541	-29.04%	10 0.042%	2
CCSP	350	Down -50 places-50	£62,500	+19.04%	9 0.038%	7
Numerate Degree	350	Down -53 places-53	£75,000	+64.88%	9 0.038%	11
CCA	350	New entry-	£28,333	-	9 0.038%	2
(ISC)2 CCSP	350	Down -52 places-52	£62,500	+19.04%	9 0.038%	10
APMP	351	New entry-	£44,447	-	8 0.033%	6
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer	351	Down -51 places-51	£73,750	+13.46%	8 0.033%	5