Academic & Professional Certification in Northern Ireland

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Dec 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	3	-1	£50,000	+38.31%	103 19.92%	26
Security Cleared	17	+9	£51,000	-14.18%	39 7.54%	19
Microsoft Certification	18	+28	£62,500	+11.11%	37 7.16%	7
MCSE	21	-	-	-	34 6.58%
AWS Certification	26	+21	-	-	29 5.61%	8
SC Cleared	37	-9	£74,316	+25.04%	17 3.29%	9
PMP	40	-	-	-	14 2.71%	2
PMI Certification	40	-	-	-	14 2.71%	2
Cisco Certification	41	+6	£37,500	-28.57%	13 2.51%	2
Azure Certification	42	+6	£62,500	+4.16%	12 2.32%	9
ITIL Certification	43	-	-	-	11 2.13%	1
HNC	45	-3	-	-	9 1.74%
HND	45	-2	-	-	9 1.74%
CCNA	46	+1	£37,500	-28.57%	8 1.55%
CIPD	47	-4	-	-	7 1.35%	1
A+ Certification	48	0	-	-	6 1.16%	4
CompTIA Security+	48	0	-	-	6 1.16%	3
CompTIA CySA+	49	-	-	-	5 0.97%	1
BPSS Clearance	49	-	-	-	5 0.97%	3
CCNP	49	-2	£57,500	+9.52%	5 0.97%	2
Computer Science Degree	50	-31	£40,500	-22.85%	4 0.77%	5
NVQ Level 3	51	-	£38,000	-	3 0.58%
DV Cleared	51	-	£70,000	-	3 0.58%	1
City & Guilds	51	-	£38,000	-	3 0.58%
Master's Degree	51	-21	-	-	3 0.58%	2
ACCA	51	-	£52,500	-	3 0.58%	1
CIMA	51	-	£52,500	-	3 0.58%	1
CCSP	51	-	£57,500	-	3 0.58%	2
Six Sigma Green Belt	52	-	-	-	2 0.39%
CISSP	53	-9	-	-	1 0.19%	2
MBA	53	-	-	-	1 0.19%
CEH	53	-5	-	-	1 0.19%	3
CAPM	53	-	-	-	1 0.19%
PgMP	53	-	-	-	1 0.19%
CBAP	53	-	-	-	1 0.19%
ITIL Foundation Certificate	53	-7	£55,000	-	1 0.19%
(ISC)2 CCSP	53	-	-	-	1 0.19%