Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Sheffield

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Azure Certification	9	Up 27 places+27	£30,500	+5.17%	88 13.02%	3
CompTIA Security+	28	New entry-	£30,500	-	34 5.03%	1
Degree	29	Down -26 places-26	£37,500	-44.91%	33 4.88%	19
A+ Certification	31	New entry-	£30,500	-	30 4.44%	3
CEH	33	New entry-	£30,500	-	28 4.14%	1
Microsoft Certification	36	Down -2 places-2	£30,500	-12.85%	25 3.70%	3
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	38	New entry-	£30,500	-	23 3.40%	3
AWS Certification	38	New entry-	£30,500	-	23 3.40%	3
CompTIA CySA+	39	Down -2 places-2	£40,000	-20.00%	22 3.25%
Network+ Certification	43	New entry-	£30,500	-	18 2.66%	1
Security Cleared	46	Down -11 places-11	£57,500	-4.16%	15 2.22%	8
SC Cleared	48	Down -13 places-13	£60,000	-	13 1.92%	8
Computer Science Degree	54	Down -26 places-26	£82,500	+13.79%	7 1.04%	5
Microsoft Certified Professional	55	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.89%
HNC	55	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.89%	3
HND	55	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.89%	3
CCNA	55	Down -25 places-25	-	-	6 0.89%	1
Cisco Certification	55	Down -34 places-34	-	-	6 0.89%	5
ACCA	58	Down -24 places-24	-	-	3 0.44%
CIMA	58	Down -24 places-24	-	-	3 0.44%
Master's Degree	59	Down -39 places-39	£87,431	+37.35%	2 0.30%	2
RIBA	59	New entry-	£40,000	-	2 0.30%
DV Cleared	59	New entry-	£62,500	-	2 0.30%
PMI Certification	59	Down -23 places-23	£63,076	-	2 0.30%	2
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	60	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
City & Guilds	60	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.15%	2
PhD	60	Down -40 places-40	-	-	1 0.15%
CISSP	60	New entry-	£87,431	-	1 0.15%	4