Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Sheffield

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 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 12.72%	3
CompTIA Security+	30	New entry-	£30,500	-	33 4.88%	1
Degree	32	Down -29 places-29	£38,750	-39.12%	31 4.59%	17
A+ Certification	34	New entry-	£30,500	-	29 4.29%	3
CEH	36	New entry-	£30,500	-	27 3.99%	1
Microsoft Certification	38	Down -2 places-2	£30,500	-12.85%	23 3.40%	3
CompTIA CySA+	39	No change0	£40,000	-20.00%	22 3.25%
AWS Certification	40	New entry-	£30,500	-	21 3.11%	3
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	40	New entry-	£30,500	-	21 3.11%	3
Network+ Certification	44	New entry-	£30,500	-	17 2.51%	1
Security Cleared	46	Down -9 places-9	£57,500	-4.16%	15 2.22%	8
SC Cleared	48	Down -11 places-11	£60,000	-	13 1.92%	8
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 0.44%
CIMA	58	Down -22 places-22	-	-	3 0.44%
DV Cleared	59	New entry-	£62,500	-	2 0.30%
PMI Certification	59	Down -21 places-21	£63,076	-	2 0.30%	2
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%
City & Guilds	60	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.15%	2
PhD	60	Down -38 places-38	-	-	1 0.15%
CISSP	60	New entry-	£87,431	-	1 0.15%	4
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	60	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%