Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Oxfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	9	Down -6 places-6	£57,500	-4.16%	124 8.67%	41
Azure Certification	27	Up 47 places+47	£42,500	-	63 4.41%	6
Computer Science Degree	28	Up 32 places+32	£65,000	+1.96%	62 4.34%	5
ACCA	50	Up 22 places+22	£72,500	-	31 2.17%	3
Security Cleared	61	Down -11 places-11	£82,500	+59.42%	20 1.40%	17
CIMA	62	Up 10 places+10	£75,000	-	19 1.33%	2
DBS Check	63	Up 6 places+6	£77,500	+29.91%	18 1.26%	5
CompTIA Security+	64	New entry-	£33,500	-	17 1.19%	1
SC Cleared	64	Down -2 places-2	£82,500	+26.92%	17 1.19%	8
CEH	65	New entry-	£33,500	-	16 1.12%
CompTIA CySA+	65	New entry-	-	-	16 1.12%
A+ Certification	66	Up 1 place+1	£32,500	+18.18%	15 1.05%	6
Master's Degree	67	Down -30 places-30	£56,500	+41.25%	14 0.98%	7
PhD	68	Down -5 places-5	£56,500	-9.60%	13 0.91%	3
CCNA	69	Up 4 places+4	£50,000	-9.09%	12 0.84%
Cisco Certification	69	Up 3 places+3	£50,000	-35.48%	12 0.84%	2
Microsoft Certification	71	Down -14 places-14	£32,500	+18.18%	10 0.70%	4
Network+ Certification	73	Up 1 place+1	£38,000	+28.81%	8 0.56%	1
BPSS Clearance	74	No change0	£58,728	+67.96%	7 0.49%	3
MOS	75	New entry-	£132,943	-	6 0.42%
CCNP	75	Down -2 places-2	£50,000	-35.48%	6 0.42%	1
NVQ Level 3	77	Down -20 places-20	-	-	4 0.28%	1
ISTQB	78	New entry-	£47,500	-	3 0.21%
CISSP	78	Down -5 places-5	£110,000	+10.00%	3 0.21%	3
CISM	79	Down -5 places-5	-	-	2 0.14%	1
CSQA	79	New entry-	£47,500	-	2 0.14%
MCSE	80	Down -12 places-12	£42,500	+30.76%	1 0.070%
PMP	80	New entry-	-	-	1 0.070%
PMI Certification	80	New entry-	-	-	1 0.070%
CIPD	80	Down -6 places-6	£47,500	-	1 0.070%	3