Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Oxford

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	3	Up 2 places+2	£56,500	-7.34%	94 12.50%	36
Computer Science Degree	29	Up 1 place+1	£65,000	+4.00%	34 4.52%	6
Master's Degree	43	Down 17 places-17	£56,500	-33.52%	20 2.66%	10
PhD	46	Down 24 places-24	£56,500	-33.52%	17 2.26%	7
ACCA	52	Down 26 places-26	£75,000	-	11 1.46%
CIMA	52	Down 22 places-22	£75,000	-	11 1.46%
CCNP	55	Down 25 places-25	£49,000	-51.00%	8 1.06%
Cisco Certification	55	Down 25 places-25	£49,000	-51.00%	8 1.06%	1
City & Guilds	55	New entry-	£41,420	-	8 1.06%	1
NVQ Level 3	56	New entry-	£39,000	-	7 0.93%	2
Microsoft Certification	56	New entry-	£32,500	-	7 0.93%
A+ Certification	56	New entry-	£32,500	-	7 0.93%	6
CCNA	58	New entry-	£52,500	-	5 0.66%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	59	New entry-	£90,000	-	4 0.53%
SC Cleared	59	Down 30 places-30	£73,000	-11.51%	4 0.53%	10
Security Cleared	59	Down 31 places-31	£73,000	-14.11%	4 0.53%	12
DBS Check	59	Down 38 places-38	£32,000	-46.35%	4 0.53%	7
Chartered Engineer	60	New entry-	£59,000	-	3 0.40%
PMP	60	New entry-	£90,000	-	3 0.40%	1
PMI Certification	60	New entry-	£90,000	-	3 0.40%	1
Numerate Degree	60	New entry-	£75,000	-	3 0.40%
Azure Certification	60	Down 30 places-30	£40,000	-	3 0.40%	3
HNC	61	New entry-	-	-	2 0.27%	2
HND	61	New entry-	-	-	2 0.27%	1
BPSS Clearance	61	Down 35 places-35	£71,250	+98.72%	2 0.27%	2