Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 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	-	1,628 11.17%	682
Security Cleared	24	Down -11 places-11	£65,000	+13.04%	758 5.20%	505
Azure Certification	27	Up 173 places+173	£57,500	-17.85%	733 5.03%	107
Master's Degree	29	Up 71 places+71	£75,000	+34.97%	712 4.89%	54
PhD	40	Up 152 places+152	£72,500	+30.47%	608 4.17%	27
Postgraduate	42	Up 218 places+218	-	-	571 3.92%	6
SC Cleared	57	Down -28 places-28	£65,000	+18.18%	460 3.16%	339
DV Cleared	91	Down -44 places-44	£67,500	+22.72%	287 1.97%	150
CompTIA Security+	111	Up 133 places+133	£40,000	-20.00%	227 1.56%	34
BPSS Clearance	113	Up 35 places+35	£58,728	-2.12%	224 1.54%	59
CompTIA CySA+	120	Up 133 places+133	£43,000	-12.24%	212 1.45%	5
Computer Science Degree	142	Down -37 places-37	£65,000	+13.04%	177 1.21%	99
DBS Check	145	Down -71 places-71	£38,500	+0.45%	173 1.19%	102
CEH	155	Up 96 places+96	£33,000	-50.18%	161 1.10%	33
ACCA	183	Up 56 places+56	£60,000	+41.17%	122 0.84%	48
Cisco Certification	189	Down -31 places-31	£60,000	+9.09%	115 0.79%	80
Microsoft Certification	195	Down -34 places-34	£31,250	-21.87%	106 0.73%	71
CIMA	197	Up 47 places+47	£60,000	+54.83%	104 0.71%	36
A+ Certification	198	Up 39 places+39	£30,000	-	102 0.70%	49
CCNA	214	Down -32 places-32	£43,750	-2.77%	85 0.58%	47
Network+ Certification	218	Up 14 places+14	£33,000	-17.50%	81 0.56%	48
HNC	224	Up 20 places+20	£39,280	-3.60%	75 0.51%	24
PMI Certification	241	Down -51 places-51	£70,000	+33.05%	58 0.40%	35
PMP	242	Down -27 places-27	£50,000	-9.09%	57 0.39%	35
HND	251	Down -174 places-174	£40,000	-0.24%	48 0.33%	20
Chartered Engineer	253	Down -13 places-13	£66,300	+2.00%	46 0.32%	9
CISSP	260	Down -85 places-85	£70,000	+3.70%	39 0.27%	31
AWS Certification	262	Down -11 places-11	£62,500	-19.09%	37 0.25%	53
ISTQB	268	Down -34 places-34	£44,375	-6.57%	31 0.21%	9
MCSE	268	Down -31 places-31	£39,000	-8.23%	31 0.21%	6
CISM	269	Down -70 places-70	£80,000	+23.07%	30 0.21%	18
CCNP	272	Down -68 places-68	£75,000	+27.65%	27 0.19%	39
CREST Certified	273	New entry-	£65,000	-	26 0.18%	4
MBA	277	Down -38 places-38	£75,000	+87.50%	22 0.15%	8
Microsoft Certified Professional	280	Down -38 places-38	£30,000	-	19 0.13%	7
ISTQB Advanced Certification	283	Down -19 places-19	£37,500	-42.30%	16 0.11%	4
CIPD	284	Down -19 places-19	£37,500	-	15 0.10%	3
City & Guilds	284	Down -27 places-27	£37,500	-1.31%	15 0.10%	11
AAT	284	Down -22 places-22	£60,000	+100.00%	15 0.10%	7
APMP	285	Down -25 places-25	£75,000	+12.78%	14 0.096%	5
ITIL Foundation Certificate	286	Down -29 places-29	£41,000	-21.15%	13 0.089%	5
PRINCE2 Practitioner	287	Down -27 places-27	£70,000	-0.70%	12 0.082%	6
CISA	287	Down -52 places-52	£75,000	+29.31%	12 0.082%	4
(ISC)2 CCSP	288	Down -24 places-24	£87,500	+37.25%	11 0.076%	5
ITIL Certification	288	Down -55 places-55	£36,875	-32.95%	11 0.076%	14
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	288	Down -23 places-23	£31,000	-31.11%	11 0.076%	39
NVQ Level 3	290	Down -270 places-270	£35,750	-14.88%	9 0.062%	16
CCSP	290	Down -25 places-25	£77,500	+24.00%	9 0.062%	2
TOGAF Certification	291	Down -32 places-32	£85,000	-8.10%	8 0.055%	6
ICAEW	291	New entry-	£80,750	-	8 0.055%	12