Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the North of England

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Azure Certification	26	Up 228 places+228	£42,500	-30.89%	952 4.49%	93
Degree	37	Down -35 places-35	£49,400	+9.77%	751 3.54%	377
Security Cleared	46	Down -18 places-18	£65,000	-	672 3.17%	285
SC Cleared	63	Up 103 places+103	£65,000	+12.06%	506 2.38%	211
BPSS Clearance	127	Up 17 places+17	£51,772	+3.43%	270 1.27%	58
CompTIA Security+	130	Up 172 places+172	£30,500	-44.54%	265 1.25%	46
CEH	133	Up 167 places+167	£30,500	-55.63%	253 1.19%	15
CompTIA CySA+	147	Up 160 places+160	£45,000	-10.00%	232 1.09%	11
DBS Check	164	Down -89 places-89	£50,000	+11.11%	203 0.96%	130
Cisco Certification	183	Up 47 places+47	£57,500	+6.97%	169 0.80%	53
DV Cleared	184	Down -142 places-142	£67,500	-3.57%	168 0.79%	33
Network+ Certification	202	Up 92 places+92	£30,500	-12.85%	148 0.70%	66
A+ Certification	208	Up 92 places+92	£30,500	+1.66%	142 0.67%	81
ACCA	211	Up 26 places+26	£60,000	+9.09%	139 0.65%	28
CIMA	217	Up 40 places+40	£60,000	+7.14%	132 0.62%	29
AWS Certification	220	Down -82 places-82	£37,500	-42.30%	129 0.61%	62
Computer Science Degree	224	Down -46 places-46	£62,500	+13.63%	125 0.59%	30
CCNA	226	Up 35 places+35	£50,000	-3.61%	123 0.58%	33
Microsoft Certification	232	Down -16 places-16	£42,500	+18.88%	116 0.55%	59
PMI Certification	275	No change0	£52,500	-16.00%	70 0.33%	20
HNC	283	Down -112 places-112	£60,000	+25.83%	62 0.29%	43
Master's Degree	285	Down -215 places-215	£42,215	-31.07%	60 0.28%	33
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	290	Up 20 places+20	£37,500	-42.30%	55 0.26%	40
PMP	292	Down -16 places-16	£51,500	-17.60%	53 0.25%	28
CISSP	295	Down -36 places-36	£65,000	-7.14%	50 0.24%	32
ITIL Certification	301	Down -8 places-8	£46,500	-7.00%	44 0.21%	12
CCNP	303	Down -29 places-29	£62,500	+8.69%	42 0.20%	14
CISM	309	Down -29 places-29	£60,850	-18.86%	36 0.17%	18
IRCA	315	New entry-	-	-	30 0.14%
Postgraduate	317	Down -10 places-10	£28,500	-52.50%	28 0.13%	6
ITIL Foundation Certificate	323	Down -26 places-26	£26,250	-26.42%	22 0.10%	11
Chartered Engineer	325	Down -33 places-33	£57,500	-	20 0.094%	13
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer	328	Down -14 places-14	£76,250	+17.30%	17 0.080%
CIPFA	328	Down -25 places-25	£60,000	-	17 0.080%	2
HND	329	Down -120 places-120	£49,400	-1.30%	16 0.075%	30
MCSE	329	Down -29 places-29	-	-	16 0.075%	6
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	329	Down -178 places-178	£80,000	+23.07%	16 0.075%	9
TOGAF Certification	329	Down -54 places-54	£66,000	+1.53%	16 0.075%	2
Microsoft Certified Professional	330	Down -22 places-22	£30,000	-44.73%	15 0.071%	5
CCIE	334	Down -25 places-25	£75,000	+25.00%	11 0.052%	4
CREST Certified	334	Down -20 places-20	£45,000	-21.73%	11 0.052%	2
NVQ Level 3	334	New entry-	£35,500	-	11 0.052%	28
PhD	335	Down -240 places-240	£102,500	+129.05%	10 0.047%	8
ISTQB	335	Down -29 places-29	£65,000	+18.18%	10 0.047%	5
MCSA	336	Down -42 places-42	£47,500	+66.66%	9 0.042%	3
AAT	336	Down -30 places-30	£35,425	+18.08%	9 0.042%	1
CCSP	336	Down -22 places-22	£62,500	+13.63%	9 0.042%	6
(ISC)2 CCSP	336	Down -32 places-32	£62,500	-16.66%	9 0.042%	7
CRISC	337	Down -41 places-41	£60,425	-19.43%	8 0.038%	7
PRINCE2 Practitioner	337	New entry-	£70,000	-	8 0.038%	9