Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	4	Down -2 places-2	£52,500	-4.54%	1,631 11.25%	570
Security Cleared	24	Down -12 places-12	£65,000	+13.04%	753 5.19%	428
Azure Certification	26	Up 166 places+166	£57,500	-17.85%	730 5.03%	138
Master's Degree	27	Up 66 places+66	£75,000	+34.97%	717 4.94%	43
PhD	39	Up 144 places+144	£80,000	+52.38%	611 4.21%	19
Postgraduate	42	Up 208 places+208	-	-	573 3.95%	6
SC Cleared	57	Down -31 places-31	£65,000	+18.18%	454 3.13%	267
DV Cleared	84	Down -46 places-46	£65,000	+18.18%	289 1.99%	133
CompTIA Security+	106	Up 131 places+131	£40,000	-33.33%	230 1.59%	39
BPSS Clearance	110	Up 32 places+32	£58,728	-2.12%	223 1.54%	37
CompTIA CySA+	113	Up 136 places+136	£45,250	-7.65%	214 1.48%	13
DBS Check	144	Down -58 places-58	£38,500	+0.45%	168 1.16%	76
Computer Science Degree	145	Down -44 places-44	£65,000	+8.33%	166 1.14%	87
CEH	146	Up 99 places+99	£33,500	-51.27%	165 1.14%	28
ACCA	167	Up 66 places+66	£60,000	+41.17%	131 0.90%	37
Cisco Certification	179	Down -26 places-26	£60,000	+9.09%	116 0.80%	74
CIMA	184	Up 54 places+54	£57,500	+48.38%	111 0.77%	29
Microsoft Certification	188	Down -31 places-31	£31,500	-25.88%	106 0.73%	67
A+ Certification	191	Up 41 places+41	£30,000	+0.84%	101 0.70%	46
CCNA	206	Down -31 places-31	£43,750	-2.77%	83 0.57%	49
Network+ Certification	208	Up 18 places+18	£33,000	-17.50%	81 0.56%	56
HNC	216	Up 23 places+23	£39,280	-3.60%	73 0.50%	19
PMP	234	Down -27 places-27	£46,250	-7.50%	55 0.38%	31
PMI Certification	234	Down -53 places-53	£70,000	+40.00%	55 0.38%	31
HND	241	Down -123 places-123	£41,250	+2.61%	48 0.33%	17
Chartered Engineer	244	Down -7 places-7	£66,300	+2.00%	45 0.31%	7
CISSP	248	Down -81 places-81	£67,500	+3.84%	41 0.28%	32
AWS Certification	250	Down -11 places-11	£50,000	-24.81%	39 0.27%	53
MCSE	257	Down -25 places-25	£40,750	-4.11%	32 0.22%	6
ISTQB	258	Down -30 places-30	£45,000	-5.26%	31 0.21%	4
CISM	258	Down -64 places-64	£77,500	+19.23%	31 0.21%	20
CCNP	262	Down -63 places-63	£75,000	+25.00%	27 0.19%	32
CREST Certified	263	New entry-	£65,000	-	26 0.18%	4
MBA	266	Down -33 places-33	£75,000	+87.50%	23 0.16%	5
Microsoft Certified Professional	270	Down -34 places-34	£30,000	+4.34%	19 0.13%	6
CIPD	271	Down -13 places-13	£39,000	-28.44%	18 0.12%	2
AAT	273	Down -17 places-17	£60,000	+100.00%	16 0.11%	6
ISTQB Advanced Certification	273	Down -15 places-15	£37,500	-42.30%	16 0.11%	2
APMP	274	Down -19 places-19	£75,000	+20.00%	15 0.10%	5
City & Guilds	274	Down -23 places-23	£37,500	-1.31%	15 0.10%	12
ITIL Foundation Certificate	275	Down -24 places-24	£42,000	-19.23%	14 0.097%	3
CISA	276	Down -48 places-48	£70,000	+20.68%	13 0.090%	6
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	276	Down -18 places-18	£31,000	-31.11%	13 0.090%	39
(ISC)2 CCSP	277	Down -19 places-19	£87,500	+37.25%	12 0.083%	5
PRINCE2 Practitioner	278	Down -23 places-23	£70,000	-12.77%	11 0.076%	9
CCSP	279	Down -20 places-20	£60,000	-4.00%	10 0.069%	2
ITIL Certification	279	Down -54 places-54	£33,750	-38.63%	10 0.069%	8
NVQ Level 3	280	Down -265 places-265	£35,750	-17.44%	9 0.062%	17
TOGAF Certification	281	Down -28 places-28	£85,000	-8.10%	8 0.055%	5
GIAC	282	Down -27 places-27	£65,000	-9.72%	7 0.048%	4