Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Sheffield

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 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%	83 12.73%	5
Degree	28	Down -25 places-25	£36,250	-46.75%	33 5.06%	17
CompTIA Security+	28	New entry-	£30,500	-	33 5.06%	2
A+ Certification	32	New entry-	£30,500	-	29 4.45%	4
CEH	34	New entry-	£30,500	-	27 4.14%	1
Microsoft Certification	36	No change0	£30,500	-12.85%	25 3.83%	2
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	38	New entry-	£30,500	-	23 3.53%	3
AWS Certification	38	New entry-	£30,500	-	23 3.53%	3
CompTIA CySA+	40	Down -1 place-1	£40,000	-20.00%	21 3.22%	1
Network+ Certification	44	New entry-	£30,500	-	17 2.61%	1
Security Cleared	44	Down -7 places-7	£57,500	-4.16%	17 2.61%	9
SC Cleared	47	Down -10 places-10	£61,250	+2.08%	14 2.15%	8
Computer Science Degree	55	Down -25 places-25	£82,500	+13.79%	6 0.92%	5
Microsoft Certified Professional	55	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.92%
HNC	55	New entry-	£40,000	-	6 0.92%	1
HND	55	Down -17 places-17	£40,000	-	6 0.92%	2
CCNA	56	Down -24 places-24	-	-	5 0.77%
Cisco Certification	56	Down -33 places-33	-	-	5 0.77%	2
ACCA	58	Down -22 places-22	-	-	3 0.46%
CIMA	58	Down -22 places-22	-	-	3 0.46%
Master's Degree	59	Down -32 places-32	£87,431	+37.35%	2 0.31%	1
RIBA	59	New entry-	£40,000	-	2 0.31%
DV Cleared	59	New entry-	£62,500	-	2 0.31%
PMI Certification	59	Down -21 places-21	£63,076	-	2 0.31%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	60	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
City & Guilds	60	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.15%	1
PhD	60	Down -33 places-33	-	-	1 0.15%
CISSP	60	New entry-	£87,431	-	1 0.15%	3