Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Oxfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	15	Down -13 places-13	£58,728	+11.86%	93 7.28%	71
Azure Certification	19	Up 53 places+53	£42,500	-48.48%	72 5.63%	4
Computer Science Degree	31	Up 27 places+27	£65,000	-7.14%	43 3.36%	16
Security Cleared	48	Up 5 places+5	£65,000	+30.00%	24 1.88%	28
CompTIA Security+	50	New entry-	£33,500	-	22 1.72%	1
DBS Check	50	Up 21 places+21	£38,508	-31.60%	22 1.72%	7
ACCA	51	Up 19 places+19	£72,500	-	21 1.64%	6
CompTIA CySA+	51	New entry-	-	-	21 1.64%
SC Cleared	52	Up 10 places+10	£65,000	+14.28%	20 1.56%	23
A+ Certification	55	Up 9 places+9	£32,500	+18.18%	17 1.33%	5
CEH	56	New entry-	£33,500	-	16 1.25%	1
PhD	60	Down -2 places-2	£57,000	+42.50%	12 0.94%	12
Microsoft Certification	60	Down -3 places-3	£32,500	+18.18%	12 0.94%	3
Master's Degree	61	Down -35 places-35	£57,500	+43.75%	11 0.86%	13
Network+ Certification	64	Up 7 places+7	£38,000	+5.55%	8 0.63%	3
CCNA	65	Up 4 places+4	-	-	7 0.55%	1
Cisco Certification	65	Up 4 places+4	-	-	7 0.55%	3
Postgraduate	66	New entry-	-	-	6 0.47%	2
MOS	67	New entry-	£132,943	-	5 0.39%	1
CISM	67	Up 5 places+5	£62,500	-	5 0.39%	2
CISSP	67	Up 5 places+5	£62,500	-	5 0.39%	2
CIMA	68	Up 2 places+2	£87,500	-	4 0.31%	5
BPSS Clearance	68	Up 3 places+3	£58,728	+67.96%	4 0.31%	10
ISTQB	69	New entry-	£47,500	-	3 0.23%
MCSE	69	Down -1 place-1	£42,500	+30.76%	3 0.23%
AAT	70	New entry-	£42,500	-	2 0.16%
CSQA	70	New entry-	£47,500	-	2 0.16%
PMI Certification	70	Up 1 place+1	-	-	2 0.16%	1
CIPD	71	New entry-	£47,500	-	1 0.078%	1
CISA	71	New entry-	£90,000	-	1 0.078%
CCNP	71	Up 1 place+1	-	-	1 0.078%	2
ITIL Certification	71	New entry-	£40,000	-	1 0.078%
PMP	71	New entry-	-	-	1 0.078%	2