Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	4	Down -2 places-2	£52,500	-4.54%	1,630 11.25%	570
Security Cleared	24	Down -13 places-13	£65,000	+13.04%	758 5.23%	418
Azure Certification	26	Up 166 places+166	£57,500	-17.85%	730 5.04%	115
Master's Degree	27	Up 66 places+66	£75,000	+34.97%	717 4.95%	51
PhD	38	Up 143 places+143	£80,000	+52.38%	611 4.22%	16
Postgraduate	41	Up 207 places+207	-	-	573 3.96%	7
SC Cleared	55	Down -28 places-28	£65,000	+18.18%	459 3.17%	262
DV Cleared	82	Down -43 places-43	£65,000	+18.18%	295 2.04%	131
CompTIA Security+	105	Up 130 places+130	£40,000	-33.33%	230 1.59%	33
BPSS Clearance	108	Up 33 places+33	£58,728	-2.12%	222 1.53%	36
CompTIA CySA+	112	Up 135 places+135	£45,250	-7.65%	214 1.48%	6
DBS Check	143	Down -51 places-51	£38,500	-4.22%	168 1.16%	77
CEH	144	Up 99 places+99	£33,500	-51.27%	165 1.14%	35
Computer Science Degree	145	Down -45 places-45	£65,000	+8.33%	164 1.13%	94
ACCA	168	Up 61 places+61	£60,000	+41.17%	132 0.91%	38
Cisco Certification	178	Down -26 places-26	£60,000	+9.09%	118 0.81%	68
CIMA	184	Up 50 places+50	£57,500	+35.29%	112 0.77%	30
Microsoft Certification	191	Down -33 places-33	£31,500	-25.88%	105 0.72%	63
A+ Certification	195	Up 36 places+36	£30,000	+1.69%	99 0.68%	39
CCNA	205	Down -32 places-32	£45,000	-	85 0.59%	42
Network+ Certification	209	Up 15 places+15	£33,000	-17.50%	81 0.56%	50
HNC	217	Up 20 places+20	£39,280	-3.60%	73 0.50%	19
PMP	235	Down -30 places-30	£46,250	-7.50%	55 0.38%	31
PMI Certification	235	Down -56 places-56	£70,000	+40.00%	55 0.38%	32
HND	242	Down -125 places-125	£41,250	+2.61%	48 0.33%	16
Chartered Engineer	245	Down -10 places-10	£66,300	+2.00%	45 0.31%	7
CISSP	247	Down -81 places-81	£66,250	+1.92%	43 0.30%	39
AWS Certification	250	Down -13 places-13	£50,000	-24.81%	40 0.28%	51
CISM	257	Down -65 places-65	£72,500	+11.53%	33 0.23%	23
MCSE	257	Down -27 places-27	£40,750	-4.11%	33 0.23%	6
ISTQB	259	Down -33 places-33	£45,000	-5.26%	31 0.21%	4
CCNP	261	Down -64 places-64	£75,000	+25.00%	29 0.20%	32
CREST Certified	264	New entry-	£65,000	-	26 0.18%	4
MBA	267	Down -36 places-36	£75,000	+87.50%	23 0.16%	5
Microsoft Certified Professional	271	Down -36 places-36	£30,000	+9.09%	19 0.13%	5
CIPD	272	Down -16 places-16	£39,000	-28.44%	18 0.12%	2
AAT	274	Down -20 places-20	£60,000	+100.00%	16 0.11%	8
ISTQB Advanced Certification	274	Down -18 places-18	£37,500	-42.30%	16 0.11%	2
APMP	275	Down -22 places-22	£75,000	+20.00%	15 0.10%	5
City & Guilds	275	Down -26 places-26	£37,500	-1.31%	15 0.10%	13
CISA	277	Down -51 places-51	£70,000	+20.68%	13 0.090%	6
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	277	Down -21 places-21	£31,000	-31.11%	13 0.090%	38
ITIL Foundation Certificate	277	Down -28 places-28	£41,250	-20.67%	13 0.090%	2
(ISC)2 CCSP	278	Down -22 places-22	£87,500	+37.25%	12 0.083%	5
PRINCE2 Practitioner	279	Down -26 places-26	£70,000	-12.77%	11 0.076%	10
CCSP	280	Down -23 places-23	£60,000	-4.00%	10 0.069%	2
ITIL Certification	280	Down -57 places-57	£33,750	-38.63%	10 0.069%	9
NVQ Level 3	281	Down -266 places-266	£35,750	-17.44%	9 0.062%	17
TOGAF Certification	282	Down -32 places-32	£85,000	-4.22%	8 0.055%	4
GIAC	283	Down -30 places-30	£65,000	-9.72%	7 0.048%	8