Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Sheffield

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 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%	83 12.43%	4
CompTIA Security+	27	New entry-	£30,500	-	33 4.94%	2
Degree	27	Down -24 places-24	£36,250	-43.04%	33 4.94%	20
A+ Certification	31	New entry-	£30,500	-	29 4.34%	4
CEH	33	New entry-	£30,500	-	27 4.04%	1
Microsoft Certification	35	Up 2 places+2	£30,500	-12.85%	25 3.74%	2
AWS Certification	37	New entry-	£30,500	-	23 3.44%	3
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	37	New entry-	£30,500	-	23 3.44%	3
CompTIA CySA+	39	Up 1 place+1	£40,000	-20.00%	21 3.14%	1
Network+ Certification	43	New entry-	£30,500	-	17 2.54%	1
Security Cleared	43	Down -5 places-5	£57,500	-4.16%	17 2.54%	9
SC Cleared	46	Down -8 places-8	£61,250	+2.08%	14 2.10%	9
Microsoft Certified Professional	54	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.90%
HNC	54	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.90%	2
HND	54	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.90%	3
Computer Science Degree	54	Down -23 places-23	£82,500	+13.79%	6 0.90%	4
CCNA	55	Down -22 places-22	-	-	5 0.75%	1
Cisco Certification	55	Down -31 places-31	-	-	5 0.75%	3
ACCA	57	Down -20 places-20	-	-	3 0.45%
CIMA	57	Down -20 places-20	-	-	3 0.45%
PMI Certification	58	Down -19 places-19	£63,076	-	2 0.30%
Master's Degree	58	Down -33 places-33	£87,431	+37.35%	2 0.30%	2
RIBA	58	New entry-	£40,000	-	2 0.30%
DV Cleared	58	New entry-	£62,500	-	2 0.30%
PhD	59	Down -34 places-34	-	-	1 0.15%
CISSP	59	New entry-	£87,431	-	1 0.15%	3
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	59	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
City & Guilds	59	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.15%	1