Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Reading

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	5	Up 1 place+1	£80,000	+28.00%	187 11.04%	123
SC Cleared	12	Up 12 places+12	£80,000	+33.33%	118 6.97%	90
Degree	15	Down 10 places-10	£50,000	-20.00%	112 6.61%	96
DV Cleared	29	Up 24 places+24	£85,000	+19.29%	76 4.49%	43
DBS Check	67	Down 11 places-11	£45,000	-	25 1.48%	6
Master's Degree	69	Down 50 places-50	-	-	23 1.36%	22
HNC	72	New entry-	£60,000	-	20 1.18%	9
HND	72	Down 15 places-15	£60,000	+4.34%	20 1.18%	3
CISSP	73	Down 26 places-26	£59,000	-9.23%	19 1.12%	20
PhD	78	Down 58 places-58	-	-	14 0.83%	4
NVQ Level 3	79	New entry-	£55,500	-	13 0.77%	3
Microsoft Certification	79	Down 24 places-24	£47,500	-9.52%	13 0.77%	6
CompTIA Security+	81	Down 31 places-31	£52,500	-19.23%	11 0.65%	4
Azure Certification	83	Down 34 places-34	£56,250	+25.00%	9 0.53%	10
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	84	Down 28 places-28	£72,500	+1.75%	8 0.47%	2
CCNA	84	Down 38 places-38	£47,500	-26.92%	8 0.47%	2
Cisco Certification	84	Down 38 places-38	£47,500	-26.92%	8 0.47%	3
Computer Science Degree	85	Down 31 places-31	£70,000	-17.64%	7 0.41%	9
SANS	85	Down 34 places-34	£55,000	-15.38%	7 0.41%	2
ITIL Certification	85	New entry-	£77,500	-	7 0.41%	7
CRISC	87	Down 31 places-31	£59,000	-30.58%	5 0.30%	10
City & Guilds	87	New entry-	£55,500	-	5 0.30%
AWS Certification	87	Down 32 places-32	£48,000	-45.14%	5 0.30%	5
Chartered Engineer	87	New entry-	-	-	5 0.30%	4
CTC Cleared	88	New entry-	£52,500	-	4 0.24%	1
BPSS Clearance	88	Down 35 places-35	£38,500	-30.00%	4 0.24%	1
Postgraduate	88	Down 31 places-31	-	-	4 0.24%	4
CISA	88	Down 31 places-31	£49,500	+16.47%	4 0.24%	4
ITIL Foundation Certificate	88	Down 31 places-31	£31,500	-51.81%	4 0.24%	3
Microsoft Certified Professional	89	Down 32 places-32	£71,250	+23.91%	3 0.18%	1
ACCA	89	Down 36 places-36	£77,500	+24.00%	3 0.18%	1
CIMA	89	Down 33 places-33	£77,500	+34.78%	3 0.18%	1
NVQ Level 4	90	New entry-	-	-	2 0.12%
GCIA	90	Down 39 places-39	£61,250	-5.76%	2 0.12%
TOGAF Certification	90	New entry-	-	-	2 0.12%	1
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer	90	New entry-	-	-	2 0.12%
(ISC)2 CCSP	90	New entry-	£65,000	-	2 0.12%
CREST Certified	90	Down 33 places-33	£52,500	-19.68%	2 0.12%	2
OSCP	90	Down 33 places-33	£65,000	+4.00%	2 0.12%	2
CISM	90	New entry-	£65,433	-	2 0.12%	12
AAT	90	New entry-	£27,950	-	2 0.12%
GCIH	91	New entry-	£52,500	-	1 0.059%
CISMP	91	New entry-	£65,865	-	1 0.059%
Tableau Certification	91	New entry-	£86,500	-	1 0.059%	1
GCED	91	New entry-	£52,500	-	1 0.059%
CCNP	91	Down 43 places-43	£70,000	+7.69%	1 0.059%	2
PMP	91	Down 36 places-36	-	-	1 0.059%	5
PMI Certification	91	Down 36 places-36	-	-	1 0.059%	6
GIAC	91	Down 34 places-34	£52,500	-19.68%	1 0.059%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	91	Down 35 places-35	£90,000	+77.15%	1 0.059%	2