Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Sheffield

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 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 12.65%	3
CompTIA Security+	29	New entry-	£30,500	-	33 4.85%	1
Degree	30	Down -27 places-27	£38,750	-39.12%	31 4.56%	19
A+ Certification	32	New entry-	£30,500	-	29 4.26%	3
CEH	34	New entry-	£30,500	-	27 3.97%	1
Microsoft Certification	36	No change0	£30,500	-12.85%	23 3.38%	3
CompTIA CySA+	37	Up 2 places+2	£40,000	-20.00%	22 3.24%
AWS Certification	38	New entry-	£30,500	-	21 3.09%	3
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	38	New entry-	£30,500	-	21 3.09%	3
Network+ Certification	42	New entry-	£30,500	-	17 2.50%	1
Security Cleared	45	Down -8 places-8	£60,000	-	14 2.06%	10
SC Cleared	46	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	-	13 1.91%	9
Computer Science Degree	52	Down -22 places-22	£82,500	+13.79%	7 1.03%	5
Microsoft Certified Professional	53	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.88%
HNC	53	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.88%	3
HND	53	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.88%	3
CCNA	53	Down -21 places-21	-	-	6 0.88%
Cisco Certification	53	Down -30 places-30	-	-	6 0.88%	4
ACCA	56	Down -20 places-20	-	-	3 0.44%
CIMA	56	Down -20 places-20	-	-	3 0.44%
DV Cleared	57	New entry-	£62,500	-	2 0.29%	2
PMI Certification	57	Down -19 places-19	£63,076	-	2 0.29%	1
Master's Degree	57	Down -35 places-35	£87,431	+37.35%	2 0.29%	2
RIBA	57	New entry-	£40,000	-	2 0.29%
City & Guilds	58	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.15%	2
PhD	58	Down -36 places-36	-	-	1 0.15%
CISSP	58	New entry-	£87,431	-	1 0.15%	4
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	58	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%