Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Oxford

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	8	Down -6 places-6	£56,500	-23.38%	84 11.48%	98
Computer Science Degree	23	Up 6 places+6	£65,000	+4.00%	37 5.05%	15
Azure Certification	24	Up 6 places+6	£40,000	-	36 4.92%	2
Master's Degree	42	Down -21 places-21	£56,250	-33.82%	18 2.46%	20
PhD	44	Down -24 places-24	£56,250	-33.82%	16 2.19%	31
A+ Certification	47	New entry-	£32,500	-	13 1.78%	8
Cisco Certification	48	Down -18 places-18	£49,000	-51.00%	12 1.64%	4
ACCA	49	Down -22 places-22	£75,000	-	11 1.50%	1
CIMA	49	Down -22 places-22	£75,000	-	11 1.50%	1
CCNA	51	New entry-	£52,500	-	9 1.23%	2
Microsoft Certification	53	New entry-	£32,500	-	7 0.96%	3
CompTIA CySA+	53	New entry-	-	-	7 0.96%	2
CEH	53	New entry-	-	-	7 0.96%
CompTIA Security+	53	New entry-	-	-	7 0.96%	5
CCNP	54	Down -24 places-24	£49,000	-51.00%	6 0.82%	2
Network+ Certification	54	New entry-	-	-	6 0.82%	1
City & Guilds	55	New entry-	£41,420	-	5 0.68%	2
PRINCE2 Practitioner	56	New entry-	£90,000	-	4 0.55%
NVQ Level 3	56	New entry-	-	-	4 0.55%	1
SC Cleared	56	Down -27 places-27	£85,000	+3.03%	4 0.55%	5
Security Cleared	56	Down -28 places-28	£85,000	-	4 0.55%	14
PMP	57	New entry-	£90,000	-	3 0.41%	4
PMI Certification	57	New entry-	£90,000	-	3 0.41%	3
DBS Check	57	Down -36 places-36	£77,500	+29.91%	3 0.41%	7
Chartered Engineer	58	New entry-	£59,000	-	2 0.27%
Numerate Degree	59	New entry-	£75,000	-	1 0.14%	1
BPSS Clearance	59	Down -33 places-33	£70,000	+95.23%	1 0.14%	8
ISTQB	59	New entry-	£50,000	-	1 0.14%