Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Sheffield

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Azure Certification	9	Up 32 places+32	£30,500	+5.17%	83 12.58%	4
CompTIA Security+	27	New entry-	£30,500	-	33 5.00%	2
Degree	27	Down -24 places-24	£36,250	-43.04%	33 5.00%	18
A+ Certification	31	New entry-	£30,500	-	29 4.39%	4
CEH	33	New entry-	£30,500	-	27 4.09%	1
Microsoft Certification	35	Up 4 places+4	£30,500	-12.85%	25 3.79%	2
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	37	New entry-	£30,500	-	23 3.48%	3
AWS Certification	37	New entry-	£30,500	-	23 3.48%	3
CompTIA CySA+	39	Up 3 places+3	£40,000	-20.00%	21 3.18%	1
Network+ Certification	43	New entry-	£30,500	-	17 2.58%	1
Security Cleared	43	Down -3 places-3	£57,500	-4.16%	17 2.58%	10
SC Cleared	46	Down -6 places-6	£61,250	+2.08%	14 2.12%	10
Computer Science Degree	54	Down -21 places-21	£82,500	+13.79%	6 0.91%	4
Microsoft Certified Professional	54	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.91%
HNC	54	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.91%	2
HND	54	Down -12 places-12	£40,000	-	6 0.91%	3
CCNA	55	Down -20 places-20	-	-	5 0.76%
Cisco Certification	55	Down -29 places-29	-	-	5 0.76%	2
ACCA	57	Down -18 places-18	-	-	3 0.45%
CIMA	57	Down -18 places-18	-	-	3 0.45%
Master's Degree	58	Down -30 places-30	£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%
PMI Certification	58	Down -17 places-17	£63,076	-	2 0.30%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	59	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
City & Guilds	59	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.15%	1
PhD	59	Down -31 places-31	-	-	1 0.15%
CISSP	59	New entry-	£87,431	-	1 0.15%	3