Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Sheffield

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Azure Certification	9	Up 29 places+29	£30,500	+5.17%	86 12.80%	3
CompTIA Security+	29	New entry-	£30,500	-	33 4.91%	1
Degree	30	Down -27 places-27	£37,500	-41.08%	32 4.76%	17
A+ Certification	33	New entry-	£30,500	-	29 4.32%	3
CEH	35	New entry-	£30,500	-	27 4.02%	1
Microsoft Certification	38	Down -2 places-2	£30,500	-12.85%	23 3.42%	3
CompTIA CySA+	39	No change0	£40,000	-20.00%	22 3.27%
AWS Certification	40	New entry-	£30,500	-	21 3.13%	3
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	40	New entry-	£30,500	-	21 3.13%	3
Network+ Certification	44	New entry-	£30,500	-	17 2.53%	1
Security Cleared	46	Down -9 places-9	£57,500	-4.16%	15 2.23%	9
SC Cleared	48	Down -11 places-11	£60,000	-	13 1.93%	9
Computer Science Degree	54	Down -24 places-24	£82,500	+13.79%	7 1.04%	4
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 -23 places-23	-	-	6 0.89%
Cisco Certification	55	Down -32 places-32	-	-	6 0.89%	4
ACCA	58	Down -22 places-22	-	-	3 0.45%
CIMA	58	Down -22 places-22	-	-	3 0.45%
DV Cleared	59	New entry-	£62,500	-	2 0.30%
Master's Degree	59	Down -37 places-37	£87,431	+37.35%	2 0.30%	1
RIBA	59	New entry-	£40,000	-	2 0.30%
PMI Certification	59	Down -21 places-21	£63,076	-	2 0.30%	2
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	60	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
PhD	60	Down -38 places-38	-	-	1 0.15%
CISSP	60	New entry-	£87,431	-	1 0.15%	4
City & Guilds	60	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.15%	2