Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	4	No change0	£52,500	-5.51%	1,637 11.52%	623
Security Cleared	24	Down -13 places-13	£65,000	+13.04%	751 5.29%	499
Azure Certification	27	Up 156 places+156	£45,000	-35.71%	728 5.13%	136
Master's Degree	28	Up 70 places+70	£75,000	+35.66%	717 5.05%	53
PhD	39	Up 149 places+149	£80,000	+43.97%	612 4.31%	22
Postgraduate	44	Up 198 places+198	-	-	573 4.03%	10
SC Cleared	56	Down -32 places-32	£65,000	+18.18%	463 3.26%	342
DV Cleared	82	Down -44 places-44	£65,000	+18.18%	293 2.06%	142
CompTIA Security+	104	Up 125 places+125	£33,500	-44.16%	224 1.58%	40
BPSS Clearance	111	Up 34 places+34	£58,728	+6.77%	213 1.50%	57
CompTIA CySA+	111	Up 132 places+132	£47,000	-5.05%	213 1.50%	13
CEH	145	Up 94 places+94	£33,500	-52.14%	165 1.16%	39
Computer Science Degree	147	Down -54 places-54	£65,000	+8.33%	161 1.13%	93
DBS Check	152	Down -58 places-58	£38,500	-5.74%	155 1.09%	86
ACCA	164	Up 58 places+58	£60,000	+41.17%	138 0.97%	44
Cisco Certification	180	Down -33 places-33	£60,000	+9.09%	121 0.85%	71
CIMA	183	Up 44 places+44	£55,000	+36.98%	117 0.82%	36
Microsoft Certification	191	Down -36 places-36	£31,500	-25.88%	108 0.76%	67
A+ Certification	199	Up 27 places+27	£30,000	+3.44%	98 0.69%	68
CCNA	211	Down -42 places-42	£45,000	-5.26%	85 0.60%	41
Network+ Certification	215	Up 4 places+4	£33,000	-17.50%	81 0.57%	54
HNC	226	Up 6 places+6	£39,280	-3.60%	69 0.49%	21
PMP	239	Down -42 places-42	£42,500	-20.93%	56 0.39%	38
PMI Certification	240	Down -65 places-65	£70,000	+33.05%	55 0.39%	44
CISSP	249	Down -86 places-86	£66,250	+1.92%	46 0.32%	36
HND	251	Down -32 places-32	£41,250	+2.61%	44 0.31%	18
AWS Certification	251	Down -19 places-19	£37,500	-43.60%	44 0.31%	52
Chartered Engineer	254	Down -23 places-23	£70,000	+7.69%	41 0.29%	14
CISM	261	Down -72 places-72	£72,500	+11.53%	34 0.24%	22
MCSE	261	Down -36 places-36	£40,750	-9.44%	34 0.24%	7
ISTQB	263	Down -43 places-43	£45,000	-5.26%	32 0.23%	7
CCNP	263	Down -72 places-72	£70,000	+12.90%	32 0.23%	35
MBA	269	Down -43 places-43	£75,000	+87.50%	26 0.18%	4
CREST Certified	269	New entry-	£65,000	-	26 0.18%	7
CIPD	275	Down -25 places-25	£39,000	-28.44%	20 0.14%	6
Microsoft Certified Professional	276	Down -43 places-43	£30,000	+9.09%	19 0.13%	4
AAT	277	Down -28 places-28	£60,000	+100.00%	18 0.13%	11
APMP	279	Down -31 places-31	£75,000	+20.00%	16 0.11%	8
ISTQB Advanced Certification	279	Down -28 places-28	£37,500	-42.30%	16 0.11%	1
City & Guilds	280	Down -36 places-36	£37,500	-1.31%	15 0.11%	13
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	280	Down -29 places-29	£31,000	-31.11%	15 0.11%	39
CISA	281	Down -59 places-59	£70,000	+20.68%	14 0.099%	6
(ISC)2 CCSP	283	Down -32 places-32	£87,500	+37.25%	12 0.085%	7
PRINCE2 Practitioner	284	Down -36 places-36	£70,000	-12.77%	11 0.077%	11
ITIL Foundation Certificate	284	Down -39 places-39	£43,750	-10.25%	11 0.077%	1
CCSP	285	Down -33 places-33	£60,000	-4.00%	10 0.070%	3
ITIL Certification	285	Down -67 places-67	£33,750	-38.63%	10 0.070%	10
NVQ Level 3	286	Down -271 places-271	£35,750	-19.85%	9 0.063%	18
CRISC	286	Down -57 places-57	£51,249	-28.07%	9 0.063%	3
TOGAF Certification	286	Down -42 places-42	£85,000	-	9 0.063%	5