Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 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	-5.51%	1,623 11.23%	697
Security Cleared	24	Down -13 places-13	£65,000	+13.04%	760 5.26%	554
Azure Certification	27	Up 156 places+156	£57,500	-17.85%	730 5.05%	113
Master's Degree	28	Up 59 places+59	£75,000	+35.66%	717 4.96%	85
PhD	39	Up 134 places+134	£80,000	+48.05%	611 4.23%	27
Postgraduate	43	Up 198 places+198	-	-	573 3.96%	8
SC Cleared	56	Down -28 places-28	£65,000	+18.18%	462 3.20%	322
DV Cleared	85	Down -46 places-46	£65,000	+18.18%	296 2.05%	182
CompTIA Security+	108	Up 120 places+120	£40,000	-33.33%	230 1.59%	30
CompTIA CySA+	113	Up 127 places+127	£45,250	-7.65%	214 1.48%	6
BPSS Clearance	113	Up 18 places+18	£58,728	-2.12%	214 1.48%	62
Computer Science Degree	142	Down -48 places-48	£65,000	+8.33%	167 1.16%	114
CEH	144	Up 92 places+92	£33,500	-51.27%	165 1.14%	34
DBS Check	144	Down -58 places-58	£38,500	-4.22%	165 1.14%	115
ACCA	168	Up 52 places+52	£60,000	+41.17%	133 0.92%	42
Cisco Certification	179	Down -35 places-35	£60,000	+9.09%	119 0.82%	66
CIMA	185	Up 40 places+40	£57,500	+43.21%	113 0.78%	31
Microsoft Certification	190	Down -38 places-38	£31,500	-25.88%	106 0.73%	67
A+ Certification	194	Up 30 places+30	£30,000	+1.69%	100 0.69%	43
CCNA	207	Down -40 places-40	£45,000	-	85 0.59%	41
Network+ Certification	211	Up 6 places+6	£33,000	-17.50%	81 0.56%	53
HNC	220	Up 10 places+10	£39,280	-3.60%	72 0.50%	20
PMP	237	Down -39 places-39	£46,250	-7.50%	55 0.38%	35
PMI Certification	237	Down -65 places-65	£70,000	+40.00%	55 0.38%	42
HND	244	Down -115 places-115	£41,250	+2.61%	48 0.33%	18
Chartered Engineer	248	Down -20 places-20	£70,000	+7.69%	44 0.30%	10
CISSP	249	Down -90 places-90	£66,250	+1.92%	43 0.30%	44
AWS Certification	252	Down -22 places-22	£50,000	-24.81%	40 0.28%	98
MCSE	259	Down -34 places-34	£40,750	+1.87%	33 0.23%	7
CISM	259	Down -73 places-73	£72,500	+11.53%	33 0.23%	28
ISTQB	261	Down -42 places-42	£45,000	-5.26%	31 0.21%	10
CCNP	262	Down -72 places-72	£72,500	+20.83%	30 0.21%	30
CREST Certified	266	New entry-	£65,000	-	26 0.18%	6
MBA	269	Down -45 places-45	£75,000	+87.50%	23 0.16%	16
Microsoft Certified Professional	272	Down -42 places-42	£30,000	+9.09%	20 0.14%	5
CIPD	274	Down -26 places-26	£39,000	-28.44%	18 0.12%	2
AAT	276	Down -29 places-29	£60,000	+100.00%	16 0.11%	9
ISTQB Advanced Certification	276	Down -27 places-27	£37,500	-42.30%	16 0.11%	4
APMP	277	Down -31 places-31	£75,000	+20.00%	15 0.10%	7
City & Guilds	277	Down -35 places-35	£37,500	-1.31%	15 0.10%	13
ITIL Foundation Certificate	278	Down -36 places-36	£42,500	-18.26%	14 0.097%	5
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	279	Down -30 places-30	£31,000	-31.11%	13 0.090%	37
CISA	279	Down -59 places-59	£70,000	+20.68%	13 0.090%	9
(ISC)2 CCSP	280	Down -31 places-31	£87,500	+37.25%	12 0.083%	6
PRINCE2 Practitioner	281	Down -35 places-35	£70,000	-12.77%	11 0.076%	10
CCSP	282	Down -32 places-32	£60,000	-4.00%	10 0.069%	3
ITIL Certification	282	Down -66 places-66	£33,750	-38.63%	10 0.069%	12
NVQ Level 3	283	Down -268 places-268	£35,750	-17.44%	9 0.062%	18
TOGAF Certification	284	Down -41 places-41	£85,000	-4.22%	8 0.055%	5
CRISC	285	Down -58 places-58	£51,249	-28.07%	7 0.048%	6