Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	12	Up 2 places+2	£70,000	+21.73%	1,433 7.58%	889
Degree	13	Down -11 places-11	£55,000	-	1,405 7.44%	1,574
SC Cleared	28	Down -2 places-2	£70,000	+27.27%	867 4.59%	547
DV Cleared	48	Up 47 places+47	£80,000	+23.07%	561 2.97%	303
Azure Certification	85	Up 134 places+134	£60,000	+14.28%	349 1.85%	90
BPSS Clearance	87	Up 59 places+59	£60,000	-11.76%	344 1.82%	160
DBS Check	99	Down -35 places-35	£36,500	-4.76%	310 1.64%	225
Computer Science Degree	126	Up 10 places+10	£65,000	+18.18%	252 1.33%	163
HNC	169	Up 55 places+55	£43,500	+8.75%	190 1.01%	144
Cisco Certification	184	Down -22 places-22	£52,500	-	170 0.90%	69
HND	204	Down -125 places-125	£45,000	+12.50%	144 0.76%	116
Microsoft Certification	206	Down -48 places-48	£40,000	-	142 0.75%	40
Master's Degree	220	Down -149 places-149	£57,500	-28.12%	125 0.66%	218
CISSP	226	Down -16 places-16	£65,000	-3.70%	117 0.62%	95
CCNA	232	Down -47 places-47	£47,500	+11.76%	108 0.57%	38
CompTIA Security+	232	Up 29 places+29	£52,500	-19.23%	108 0.57%	39
A+ Certification	233	Up 16 places+16	£30,000	+1.69%	107 0.57%	48
ACCA	236	Down -29 places-29	£67,500	-10.00%	104 0.55%	101
CIMA	244	Down -17 places-17	£65,000	-13.33%	95 0.50%	85
Chartered Engineer	254	Down -11 places-11	£58,000	-20.54%	84 0.44%	51
PMI Certification	260	Down -31 places-31	£62,500	-19.35%	78 0.41%	106
NVQ Level 3	260	Up 3 places+3	£45,500	-0.23%	78 0.41%	62
Network+ Certification	261	Up 22 places+22	£39,000	+3.31%	77 0.41%	20
CEH	268	Up 2 places+2	£64,500	-2.64%	69 0.37%	24
CompTIA CySA+	269	Up 12 places+12	£55,000	+10.00%	68 0.36%	21
CISM	274	Down -38 places-38	£71,250	+3.63%	63 0.33%	55
CCNP	278	Down -56 places-56	£50,000	-15.25%	59 0.31%	27
PhD	279	Down -135 places-135	£57,500	-34.28%	58 0.31%	173
PMP	281	Down -38 places-38	£50,000	-37.50%	56 0.30%	75
City & Guilds	284	Down -17 places-17	£45,000	+2.27%	53 0.28%	49
AWS Certification	288	Down -53 places-53	£65,000	-9.09%	49 0.26%	39
PRINCE2 Practitioner	309	Down -36 places-36	£55,000	-21.98%	28 0.15%	18
ITIL Certification	311	Down -38 places-38	£46,000	-27.84%	26 0.14%	15
GIAC	311	Down -29 places-29	£65,000	-9.72%	26 0.14%	11
ICAEW	313	Down -26 places-26	£75,000	-	24 0.13%	7
CREST Certified	314	Down -29 places-29	£70,000	+52.17%	23 0.12%	28
CRISC	318	Down -46 places-46	£59,428	-8.57%	19 0.10%	20
ITIL Foundation Certificate	320	Down -50 places-50	£42,500	+6.43%	17 0.090%	13
SANS	320	Down -40 places-40	£70,000	+7.69%	17 0.090%	3
GCIA	321	Down -42 places-42	£60,000	-7.69%	16 0.085%	8
TOGAF Certification	321	Down -53 places-53	£85,000	-	16 0.085%	16
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	321	Down -57 places-57	£67,500	+17.39%	16 0.085%	2
CISA	322	Down -51 places-51	£66,928	+2.96%	15 0.079%	26
OSCP	323	Down -51 places-51	£75,000	+11.11%	14 0.074%	19
(ISC)2 CCSP	323	Down -39 places-39	£65,000	+30.00%	14 0.074%	9
CIPD	325	Down -42 places-42	£37,500	-6.25%	12 0.064%	12
ISTQB	325	Down -74 places-74	£41,500	-6.21%	12 0.064%	11
Numerate Degree	327	Down -49 places-49	£75,000	+57.82%	10 0.053%	9
Six Sigma Black Belt	327	Down -48 places-48	£51,500	-17.60%	10 0.053%	2
CCSP	327	Down -41 places-41	£65,000	+15.55%	10 0.053%	5