Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 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	-	1,625 11.15%	821
Security Cleared	25	Down -13 places-13	£65,000	+13.04%	746 5.12%	548
Azure Certification	26	Up 170 places+170	£57,500	-17.85%	733 5.03%	104
Master's Degree	27	Up 68 places+68	£75,000	+34.97%	715 4.91%	205
PhD	37	Up 152 places+152	£72,500	+30.47%	612 4.20%	177
Postgraduate	40	Up 217 places+217	-	-	573 3.93%	159
SC Cleared	57	Down -29 places-29	£65,000	+18.18%	450 3.09%	367
DV Cleared	85	Down -42 places-42	£67,500	+22.72%	285 1.96%	154
CompTIA Security+	105	Up 136 places+136	£40,000	-27.27%	230 1.58%	23
BPSS Clearance	108	Up 34 places+34	£58,728	-2.12%	224 1.54%	58
CompTIA CySA+	113	Up 138 places+138	£45,250	-7.65%	214 1.47%	6
DBS Check	141	Down -63 places-63	£38,500	+0.45%	171 1.17%	81
Computer Science Degree	143	Down -43 places-43	£65,000	+10.63%	169 1.16%	95
CEH	146	Up 103 places+103	£33,500	-49.43%	165 1.13%	29
ACCA	176	Up 61 places+61	£60,000	+41.17%	127 0.87%	44
Cisco Certification	186	Down -30 places-30	£60,000	+9.09%	115 0.79%	76
CIMA	192	Up 50 places+50	£60,000	+54.83%	108 0.74%	34
Microsoft Certification	194	Down -35 places-35	£31,250	-26.47%	106 0.73%	59
A+ Certification	196	Up 41 places+41	£30,000	-	101 0.69%	31
CCNA	213	Down -32 places-32	£45,000	-	84 0.58%	46
Network+ Certification	215	Up 15 places+15	£33,000	-17.50%	81 0.56%	41
HNC	223	Up 20 places+20	£39,280	-3.60%	73 0.50%	24
PMP	240	Down -29 places-29	£50,000	-	56 0.38%	39
PMI Certification	240	Down -55 places-55	£70,000	+40.00%	56 0.38%	39
HND	248	Down -168 places-168	£41,250	+2.61%	48 0.33%	20
Chartered Engineer	250	Down -12 places-12	£66,300	+2.00%	46 0.32%	10
CISSP	257	Down -83 places-83	£70,000	+7.69%	39 0.27%	47
AWS Certification	258	Down -11 places-11	£62,500	-6.01%	38 0.26%	43
MCSE	265	Down -29 places-29	£39,000	-8.23%	31 0.21%	5
ISTQB	266	Down -36 places-36	£44,375	-6.57%	30 0.21%	6
CISM	266	Down -67 places-67	£80,000	+23.07%	30 0.21%	29
CCNP	270	Down -68 places-68	£75,000	+25.00%	26 0.18%	36
CREST Certified	271	New entry-	£65,000	-	25 0.17%	6
MBA	274	Down -37 places-37	£75,000	+87.50%	22 0.15%	5
Microsoft Certified Professional	277	Down -36 places-36	£30,000	-	19 0.13%	6
CIPD	280	Down -18 places-18	£37,500	-31.19%	16 0.11%	4
AAT	280	Down -20 places-20	£60,000	+100.00%	16 0.11%	6
ISTQB Advanced Certification	280	Down -18 places-18	£37,500	-42.30%	16 0.11%	4
City & Guilds	281	Down -26 places-26	£37,500	-1.31%	15 0.10%	12
APMP	282	Down -24 places-24	£75,000	+12.78%	14 0.096%	5
ITIL Foundation Certificate	283	Down -28 places-28	£41,000	-21.15%	13 0.089%	3
CISA	284	Down -51 places-51	£75,000	+29.31%	12 0.082%	6
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	284	Down -22 places-22	£31,000	-31.11%	12 0.082%	25
(ISC)2 CCSP	284	Down -22 places-22	£87,500	+37.25%	12 0.082%	6
PRINCE2 Practitioner	285	Down -27 places-27	£70,000	-0.70%	11 0.076%	10
ITIL Certification	285	Down -55 places-55	£36,875	-32.95%	11 0.076%	13
CCSP	286	Down -23 places-23	£60,000	-4.00%	10 0.069%	2
NVQ Level 3	287	Down -269 places-269	£35,750	-14.88%	9 0.062%	19
TOGAF Certification	288	Down -31 places-31	£85,000	-8.10%	8 0.055%	6
GIAC	289	Down -31 places-31	£65,000	-9.72%	7 0.048%	10