Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Scotland

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	15	No change0	£52,231	+55.91%	292 6.56%	107
Security Cleared	32	Up 83 places+83	£70,000	-2.69%	174 3.91%	101
SC Cleared	54	Up 70 places+70	£70,000	-5.15%	107 2.41%	79
BPSS Clearance	73	Up 51 places+51	£50,000	-34.12%	75 1.69%	41
HNC	78	Up 47 places+47	£43,250	+35.15%	69 1.55%	28
HND	91	Up 38 places+38	£45,500	+42.18%	55 1.24%	16
Chartered Engineer	111	Up 33 places+33	£65,000	-24.15%	35 0.79%	5
PRINCE2 Practitioner	112	New entry-	£83,930	-	34 0.76%
DV Cleared	115	Up 30 places+30	£75,026	+32.78%	31 0.70%	32
Cisco Certification	116	Up 18 places+18	£28,000	-22.22%	30 0.67%	11
NVQ Level 3	118	Up 32 places+32	£44,368	-	28 0.63%	4
Master's Degree	119	Down 49 places-49	£65,000	+104.72%	27 0.61%	24
CCNA	121	Up 18 places+18	£28,000	-22.22%	25 0.56%	9
CISSP	122	Up 20 places+20	£97,500	+8.33%	24 0.54%	8
Microsoft Certification	122	Down 11 places-11	£26,225	-14.01%	24 0.54%	4
PhD	127	Down 38 places-38	-	-	19 0.43%	19
ACCA	128	Up 6 places+6	£55,000	-20.86%	18 0.40%
CISM	128	Up 18 places+18	£110,000	+80.47%	18 0.40%	4
CIMA	129	Up 22 places+22	£55,000	-20.86%	17 0.38%
City & Guilds	130	Up 22 places+22	£46,750	-	16 0.36%	8
Network+ Certification	131	Up 8 places+8	£28,000	-8.19%	15 0.34%	9
NVQ Level 4	132	New entry-	£44,368	-	14 0.31%
Azure Certification	132	Down 4 places-4	£58,194	+90.80%	14 0.31%	10
DBS Check	134	Up 16 places+16	£29,500	+3.50%	12 0.27%	6
Computer Science Degree	135	Down 5 places-5	£82,500	+37.50%	11 0.25%	6
A+ Certification	136	Up 6 places+6	£26,150	-14.26%	10 0.22%	6
CCNP	138	Up 7 places+7	£50,250	-16.25%	8 0.18%	2
ICAEW	138	New entry-	£55,000	-	8 0.18%
MCSE	139	Up 11 places+11	£26,150	-	7 0.16%
PMI Certification	139	Up 12 places+12	-	-	7 0.16%	2
AAT	139	Up 14 places+14	£48,750	+14.70%	7 0.16%
CISA	139	Up 13 places+13	£90,000	+16.88%	7 0.16%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	140	New entry-	-	-	6 0.13%
ISEB	140	New entry-	£62,500	-	6 0.13%
CISMP	142	New entry-	-	-	4 0.090%
ITIL Foundation Certificate	142	Up 10 places+10	£25,000	-	4 0.090%
CIPD	142	Up 11 places+11	-	-	4 0.090%
ISTQB	142	Up 11 places+11	£62,500	-	4 0.090%
CompTIA Security+	142	Up 2 places+2	£53,765	+76.27%	4 0.090%	9
CRISC	143	Up 3 places+3	-	-	3 0.067%	2
CTC Cleared	143	New entry-	-	-	3 0.067%
MCSA	143	New entry-	-	-	3 0.067%
IRCA	143	New entry-	£60,000	-	3 0.067%
CCA	143	Up 6 places+6	-	-	3 0.067%	2
CompTIA CySA+	143	New entry-	£65,029	-	3 0.067%	9
AWS Certification	143	Down 12 places-12	-	-	3 0.067%	10
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	143	New entry-	-	-	3 0.067%	1
CITP	144	New entry-	-	-	2 0.045%
CCIE	144	Up 6 places+6	£50,500	-	2 0.045%
ITIL Certification	144	Up 9 places+9	-	-	2 0.045%