Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Sheffield

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 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%	86 12.67%	3
CompTIA Security+	29	New entry-	£30,500	-	33 4.86%	1
Degree	30	Down -27 places-27	£40,000	-37.15%	32 4.71%	16
A+ Certification	33	New entry-	£30,500	-	29 4.27%	3
CEH	35	New entry-	£30,500	-	27 3.98%	1
Microsoft Certification	38	Down -1 place-1	£30,500	-12.85%	23 3.39%	3
CompTIA CySA+	39	Up 1 place+1	£40,000	-20.00%	22 3.24%
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	40	New entry-	£30,500	-	21 3.09%	2
AWS Certification	40	New entry-	£30,500	-	21 3.09%	2
Network+ Certification	44	New entry-	£30,500	-	17 2.50%	1
Security Cleared	47	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	-	14 2.06%	9
SC Cleared	48	Down -10 places-10	£60,000	-	13 1.91%	9
Computer Science Degree	53	Down -22 places-22	£82,500	+13.79%	8 1.18%	2
Microsoft Certified Professional	55	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.88%
HNC	55	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.88%	4
HND	55	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.88%	3
CCNA	55	Down -22 places-22	-	-	6 0.88%
Cisco Certification	55	Down -31 places-31	-	-	6 0.88%	4
ACCA	58	Down -21 places-21	-	-	3 0.44%
CIMA	58	Down -21 places-21	-	-	3 0.44%
PMI Certification	59	Down -20 places-20	£63,076	-	2 0.29%	1
Master's Degree	59	Down -36 places-36	£87,431	+37.35%	2 0.29%	1
RIBA	59	New entry-	£40,000	-	2 0.29%
DV Cleared	59	New entry-	£62,500	-	2 0.29%	1
PhD	60	Down -37 places-37	-	-	1 0.15%
CISSP	60	New entry-	£87,431	-	1 0.15%	4
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	60	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
City & Guilds	60	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.15%	2