Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Sheffield

Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Azure Certification	8	Up 30 places+30	£30,500	+5.17%	83 12.85%	5
Degree	26	Down -23 places-23	£36,250	-46.75%	33 5.11%	16
CompTIA Security+	26	New entry-	£30,500	-	33 5.11%	2
A+ Certification	30	New entry-	£30,500	-	29 4.49%	4
CEH	32	New entry-	£30,500	-	27 4.18%	1
Microsoft Certification	34	Up 2 places+2	£30,500	-12.85%	25 3.87%	2
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	36	New entry-	£30,500	-	23 3.56%	3
AWS Certification	36	New entry-	£30,500	-	23 3.56%	3
CompTIA CySA+	38	Up 1 place+1	£40,000	-20.00%	21 3.25%	1
Security Cleared	42	Down -5 places-5	£57,500	-4.16%	17 2.63%	4
Network+ Certification	42	New entry-	£30,500	-	17 2.63%	1
SC Cleared	45	Down -8 places-8	£61,250	+2.08%	14 2.17%	3
Microsoft Certified Professional	53	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.93%
HNC	53	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.93%	1
HND	53	Down -16 places-16	£40,000	-	6 0.93%	2
Computer Science Degree	53	Down -20 places-20	£82,500	+13.79%	6 0.93%	4
CCNA	54	Down -20 places-20	-	-	5 0.77%
Cisco Certification	54	Down -29 places-29	-	-	5 0.77%	2
ACCA	56	Down -20 places-20	-	-	3 0.46%	2
CIMA	56	Down -20 places-20	-	-	3 0.46%	2
DV Cleared	57	New entry-	£62,500	-	2 0.31%
PMI Certification	57	Down -19 places-19	£63,076	-	2 0.31%	1
Master's Degree	57	Down -30 places-30	£87,431	+37.35%	2 0.31%	1
RIBA	57	New entry-	£40,000	-	2 0.31%
City & Guilds	58	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.15%	1
PhD	58	Down -31 places-31	-	-	1 0.15%
CISSP	58	New entry-	£87,431	-	1 0.15%	3
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	58	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%