Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	4	Down -2 places-2	£55,000	-	1,636 11.12%	863
Security Cleared	24	Down -12 places-12	£65,000	+13.04%	760 5.17%	596
Azure Certification	26	Up 177 places+177	£57,500	-17.85%	732 4.98%	115
Master's Degree	28	Up 71 places+71	£75,000	+34.97%	716 4.87%	215
PhD	38	Up 156 places+156	£72,500	+30.47%	612 4.16%	179
Postgraduate	41	Up 221 places+221	-	-	573 3.90%	159
SC Cleared	55	Down -27 places-27	£65,000	+18.18%	459 3.12%	405
DV Cleared	88	Down -42 places-42	£67,500	+22.72%	288 1.96%	165
CompTIA Security+	106	Up 140 places+140	£40,000	-27.27%	230 1.56%	37
BPSS Clearance	108	Up 39 places+39	£58,728	-2.12%	224 1.52%	74
CompTIA CySA+	113	Up 143 places+143	£45,250	-7.65%	214 1.46%	10
DBS Check	139	Down -61 places-61	£38,500	+0.45%	175 1.19%	107
Computer Science Degree	141	Down -35 places-35	£65,000	+8.33%	172 1.17%	99
CEH	145	Up 109 places+109	£33,500	-49.43%	165 1.12%	33
ACCA	173	Up 69 places+69	£60,000	+41.17%	126 0.86%	51
Cisco Certification	184	Down -21 places-21	£60,000	+9.09%	115 0.78%	76
CIMA	190	Up 57 places+57	£60,000	+54.83%	107 0.73%	40
Microsoft Certification	191	Down -24 places-24	£31,000	-24.84%	106 0.72%	83
A+ Certification	194	Up 48 places+48	£30,000	-	103 0.70%	53
CCNA	211	Down -25 places-25	£45,000	-	84 0.57%	46
Network+ Certification	214	Up 21 places+21	£33,000	-17.50%	81 0.55%	53
HNC	221	Up 27 places+27	£39,280	-3.60%	74 0.50%	26
PMP	237	Down -20 places-20	£50,000	-4.76%	58 0.39%	37
PMI Certification	238	Down -47 places-47	£70,000	+36.44%	57 0.39%	40
HND	247	Down -167 places-167	£41,250	+2.61%	48 0.33%	21
Chartered Engineer	249	Down -6 places-6	£66,300	+2.00%	46 0.31%	9
CISSP	255	Down -77 places-77	£70,000	+5.66%	40 0.27%	40
AWS Certification	258	Down -7 places-7	£62,500	-13.19%	37 0.25%	57
ISTQB	264	Down -29 places-29	£44,375	-6.57%	31 0.21%	8
CISM	264	Down -61 places-61	£77,500	+19.23%	31 0.21%	23
MCSE	264	Down -23 places-23	£39,000	-8.23%	31 0.21%	5
CCNP	269	Down -62 places-62	£75,000	+25.00%	26 0.18%	37
CREST Certified	269	New entry-	£65,000	-	26 0.18%	6
MBA	273	Down -31 places-31	£75,000	+87.50%	22 0.15%	6
Microsoft Certified Professional	275	Down -29 places-29	£30,000	-	20 0.14%	9
CIPD	279	Down -11 places-11	£37,500	-	16 0.11%	3
AAT	279	Down -14 places-14	£60,000	+100.00%	16 0.11%	7
ISTQB Advanced Certification	279	Down -12 places-12	£37,500	-42.30%	16 0.11%	4
City & Guilds	280	Down -20 places-20	£37,500	-1.31%	15 0.10%	12
APMP	281	Down -18 places-18	£75,000	+12.78%	14 0.095%	5
CISA	282	Down -44 places-44	£70,000	+20.68%	13 0.088%	8
ITIL Foundation Certificate	282	Down -22 places-22	£41,000	-21.15%	13 0.088%	4
(ISC)2 CCSP	283	Down -16 places-16	£87,500	+37.25%	12 0.082%	5
PRINCE2 Practitioner	284	Down -21 places-21	£70,000	-0.70%	11 0.075%	9
ITIL Certification	284	Down -49 places-49	£36,875	-32.95%	11 0.075%	17
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	284	Down -17 places-17	£31,000	-31.11%	11 0.075%	39
CCSP	285	Down -17 places-17	£60,000	-4.00%	10 0.068%	2
NVQ Level 3	286	Down -267 places-267	£35,750	-14.88%	9 0.061%	19
TOGAF Certification	287	Down -25 places-25	£85,000	-8.10%	8 0.054%	7
ICAEW	287	New entry-	£80,750	-	8 0.054%	13