Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Sheffield

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Azure Certification	9	Up 30 places+30	£30,500	+5.17%	88 13.06%	3
CompTIA Security+	28	New entry-	£30,500	-	34 5.04%	1
Degree	29	Down -26 places-26	£37,500	-41.08%	33 4.90%	19
A+ Certification	32	New entry-	£30,500	-	30 4.45%	4
CEH	34	New entry-	£30,500	-	28 4.15%	1
Microsoft Certification	37	No change0	£30,500	-12.85%	25 3.71%	2
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	39	New entry-	£30,500	-	23 3.41%	3
AWS Certification	39	New entry-	£30,500	-	23 3.41%	3
CompTIA CySA+	40	No change0	£40,000	-20.00%	22 3.26%
Network+ Certification	44	New entry-	£30,500	-	18 2.67%	1
Security Cleared	45	Down -7 places-7	£57,500	-4.16%	17 2.52%	6
SC Cleared	48	Down -10 places-10	£61,250	+2.08%	14 2.08%	6
Computer Science Degree	55	Down -24 places-24	£82,500	+13.79%	7 1.04%	4
Microsoft Certified Professional	56	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.89%
HNC	56	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.89%	2
HND	56	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.89%	3
CCNA	56	Down -23 places-23	-	-	6 0.89%
Cisco Certification	56	Down -32 places-32	-	-	6 0.89%	4
CIMA	59	Down -22 places-22	-	-	3 0.45%
ACCA	59	Down -22 places-22	-	-	3 0.45%
Master's Degree	60	Down -36 places-36	£87,431	+37.35%	2 0.30%	2
RIBA	60	New entry-	£40,000	-	2 0.30%
DV Cleared	60	New entry-	£62,500	-	2 0.30%
PMI Certification	60	Down -21 places-21	£63,076	-	2 0.30%	1
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	61	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
City & Guilds	61	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.15%	1
PhD	61	Down -37 places-37	-	-	1 0.15%
CISSP	61	New entry-	£87,431	-	1 0.15%	4