Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	4	No change0	£52,500	-5.03%	1,629 11.32%	595
Security Cleared	23	Down -12 places-12	£65,000	+13.04%	758 5.27%	484
Azure Certification	26	Up 159 places+159	£55,000	-21.42%	729 5.07%	103
Master's Degree	27	Up 68 places+68	£75,000	+35.66%	715 4.97%	50
PhD	37	Up 147 places+147	£80,000	+48.05%	611 4.25%	19
Postgraduate	41	Up 202 places+202	-	-	573 3.98%	9
SC Cleared	55	Down -31 places-31	£65,000	+18.18%	462 3.21%	314
DV Cleared	82	Down -45 places-45	£65,000	+18.18%	294 2.04%	152
CompTIA Security+	103	Up 127 places+127	£40,000	-33.33%	229 1.59%	31
BPSS Clearance	110	Up 24 places+24	£58,728	-2.12%	215 1.49%	39
CompTIA CySA+	111	Up 131 places+131	£45,250	-7.65%	214 1.49%	6
Computer Science Degree	139	Down -45 places-45	£65,000	+8.33%	165 1.15%	93
CEH	139	Up 99 places+99	£33,500	-51.27%	165 1.15%	32
DBS Check	142	Down -55 places-55	£38,500	-7.22%	162 1.13%	74
ACCA	160	Up 62 places+62	£60,000	+41.17%	135 0.94%	40
Cisco Certification	173	Down -28 places-28	£60,000	+9.09%	120 0.83%	56
CIMA	178	Up 49 places+49	£55,000	+36.98%	114 0.79%	29
Microsoft Certification	185	Down -32 places-32	£31,500	-25.88%	107 0.74%	66
A+ Certification	191	Up 35 places+35	£30,000	+1.69%	99 0.69%	55
CCNA	204	Down -35 places-35	£45,000	-	85 0.59%	31
Network+ Certification	208	Up 11 places+11	£33,000	-17.50%	81 0.56%	44
HNC	219	Up 13 places+13	£39,280	-3.60%	70 0.49%	18
PMP	235	Down -35 places-35	£36,250	-27.50%	54 0.38%	37
PMI Certification	236	Down -62 places-62	£70,000	+40.00%	53 0.37%	39
HND	243	Down -43 places-43	£41,250	+2.61%	46 0.32%	15
CISSP	245	Down -84 places-84	£65,000	-	44 0.31%	38
Chartered Engineer	245	Down -15 places-15	£70,000	+7.69%	44 0.31%	9
AWS Certification	248	Down -16 places-16	£50,000	-24.81%	41 0.29%	49
MCSE	255	Down -28 places-28	£40,750	+1.87%	34 0.24%	7
CISM	256	Down -68 places-68	£72,500	+11.53%	33 0.23%	20
CCNP	258	Down -66 places-66	£72,500	+20.83%	31 0.22%	29
ISTQB	258	Down -37 places-37	£45,000	-5.26%	31 0.22%	8
CREST Certified	262	New entry-	£65,000	-	27 0.19%	7
MBA	266	Down -40 places-40	£75,000	+87.50%	23 0.16%	4
Microsoft Certified Professional	269	Down -37 places-37	£30,000	+9.09%	20 0.14%	4
CIPD	271	Down -21 places-21	£39,000	-28.44%	18 0.13%	3
AAT	272	Down -23 places-23	£60,000	+100.00%	17 0.12%	9
ISTQB Advanced Certification	273	Down -22 places-22	£37,500	-42.30%	16 0.11%	3
APMP	274	Down -26 places-26	£75,000	+20.00%	15 0.10%	6
City & Guilds	274	Down -31 places-31	£37,500	-1.31%	15 0.10%	13
ITIL Foundation Certificate	275	Down -31 places-31	£42,500	-18.26%	14 0.097%	3
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	276	Down -25 places-25	£31,000	-31.11%	13 0.090%	39
CISA	276	Down -54 places-54	£70,000	+20.68%	13 0.090%	6
(ISC)2 CCSP	277	Down -26 places-26	£87,500	+37.25%	12 0.083%	6
PRINCE2 Practitioner	278	Down -30 places-30	£70,000	-12.77%	11 0.077%	11
CCSP	279	Down -27 places-27	£60,000	-4.00%	10 0.070%	3
ITIL Certification	279	Down -61 places-61	£33,750	-38.63%	10 0.070%	7
NVQ Level 3	280	Down -265 places-265	£35,750	-17.44%	9 0.063%	17
TOGAF Certification	281	Down -36 places-36	£85,000	-4.22%	8 0.056%	5
CRISC	282	Down -53 places-53	£51,249	-28.07%	7 0.049%	3