Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South East

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	7	Up 7 places+7	£70,000	+20.68%	1,769 8.31%	1,069
Degree	9	Down 7 places-7	£55,000	+15.78%	1,676 7.88%	1,660
SC Cleared	24	Up 6 places+6	£70,000	+20.68%	1,107 5.20%	663
DV Cleared	49	Up 38 places+38	£80,000	+28.00%	632 2.97%	321
DBS Check	87	Up 39 places+39	£35,000	-14.63%	412 1.94%	153
BPSS Clearance	89	Up 42 places+42	£60,000	-3.22%	404 1.90%	201
HNC	131	Up 81 places+81	£50,556	+26.38%	271 1.27%	125
Computer Science Degree	159	Down 31 places-31	£67,500	+35.00%	225 1.06%	244
HND	175	Up 59 places+59	£50,000	+25.00%	197 0.93%	116
Master's Degree	203	Down 182 places-182	£57,500	-23.33%	160 0.75%	210
Microsoft Certification	222	Down 75 places-75	£47,500	+28.37%	136 0.64%	117
NVQ Level 3	223	Up 35 places+35	£45,000	-1.33%	134 0.63%	22
CISSP	224	Down 14 places-14	£65,000	-	133 0.63%	105
Cisco Certification	229	Down 72 places-72	£50,000	-13.04%	128 0.60%	95
ACCA	241	Down 84 places-84	£67,500	+8.00%	115 0.54%	16
Chartered Engineer	243	No change0	£58,000	-20.54%	113 0.53%	45
CIMA	255	Down 73 places-73	£67,500	-10.00%	101 0.47%	14
Azure Certification	260	Down 52 places-52	£62,500	+25.00%	95 0.45%	105
City & Guilds	270	Down 5 places-5	£45,000	-1.33%	85 0.40%	17
PMI Certification	277	Down 50 places-50	£65,000	-13.33%	77 0.36%	59
CISM	283	Down 52 places-52	£75,000	+13.20%	71 0.33%	58
PhD	285	Down 254 places-254	£57,500	-36.11%	69 0.32%	171
CCNA	286	Down 94 places-94	£48,750	-7.14%	68 0.32%	60
CompTIA Security+	292	Down 38 places-38	£51,500	-20.76%	62 0.29%	69
CCNP	293	Down 84 places-84	£48,750	-18.75%	61 0.29%	28
AWS Certification	297	Down 88 places-88	£65,000	+36.84%	57 0.27%	99
PMP	301	Down 72 places-72	£51,200	-33.93%	53 0.25%	55
A+ Certification	311	Down 70 places-70	£29,064	+1.97%	43 0.20%	75
ITIL Certification	317	Down 47 places-47	£77,500	+21.56%	37 0.17%	27
PRINCE2 Practitioner	325	Down 61 places-61	£65,000	-7.47%	29 0.14%	12
Network+ Certification	326	Down 53 places-53	£39,000	+6.84%	28 0.13%	39
CISA	331	Down 65 places-65	£73,750	+22.91%	23 0.11%	33
GIAC	333	Down 56 places-56	£65,000	-6.72%	21 0.099%	9
CRISC	333	Down 69 places-69	£65,000	-13.33%	21 0.099%	21
Postgraduate	335	Down 279 places-279	£52,500	-19.68%	19 0.089%	27
SANS	335	Down 62 places-62	£57,500	-11.53%	19 0.089%	3
CEH	336	Down 72 places-72	£65,000	-	18 0.085%	29
CompTIA CySA+	338	Down 64 places-64	£58,000	-7.20%	16 0.075%	34
ICAEW	338	Down 60 places-60	£65,000	-13.33%	16 0.075%
TOGAF Certification	338	Down 80 places-80	£85,000	-	16 0.075%	20
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	339	Down 76 places-76	£67,500	+12.50%	15 0.071%	7
Numerate Degree	340	Down 68 places-68	£75,000	+57.82%	14 0.066%	9
CIPD	340	Down 69 places-69	£46,250	-15.90%	14 0.066%	1
MBA	341	Down 106 places-106	£95,000	+26.66%	13 0.061%	18
(ISC)2 CCSP	341	Down 65 places-65	£65,000	+26.82%	13 0.061%	14
CREST Certified	341	Down 73 places-73	£75,000	+15.38%	13 0.061%	20
Six Sigma Black Belt	342	Down 67 places-67	£51,500	-17.60%	12 0.056%	3
ITIL Foundation Certificate	342	Down 82 places-82	£75,000	+87.83%	12 0.056%	16
CSPO	343	New entry-	£80,000	-	11 0.052%	6
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	344	Down 72 places-72	£65,000	-35.00%	10 0.047%	18