Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	4	No change0	£52,500	-5.51%	1,639 11.54%	763
Security Cleared	24	Down -13 places-13	£65,000	+13.04%	751 5.29%	493
Azure Certification	27	Up 157 places+157	£48,750	-30.35%	729 5.13%	110
Master's Degree	28	Up 70 places+70	£75,000	+34.97%	717 5.05%	205
PhD	38	Up 150 places+150	£75,000	+34.97%	613 4.32%	173
Postgraduate	44	Up 198 places+198	-	-	573 4.03%	161
SC Cleared	56	Down -31 places-31	£65,000	+18.18%	461 3.25%	341
DV Cleared	85	Down -47 places-47	£65,000	+18.18%	294 2.07%	143
CompTIA Security+	109	Up 120 places+120	£33,500	-44.16%	224 1.58%	31
CompTIA CySA+	116	Up 127 places+127	£47,000	-5.05%	213 1.50%	3
BPSS Clearance	118	Up 27 places+27	£58,728	+6.77%	211 1.49%	57
CEH	147	Up 92 places+92	£33,500	-52.14%	165 1.16%	38
Computer Science Degree	149	Down -55 places-55	£65,000	+8.33%	161 1.13%	96
DBS Check	156	Down -56 places-56	£38,000	-9.52%	153 1.08%	83
ACCA	163	Up 59 places+59	£60,000	+41.17%	138 0.97%	44
Cisco Certification	176	Down -28 places-28	£60,000	+9.09%	121 0.85%	68
CIMA	180	Up 47 places+47	£55,000	+36.98%	117 0.82%	37
Microsoft Certification	188	Down -29 places-29	£31,500	-25.88%	108 0.76%	61
A+ Certification	198	Up 28 places+28	£30,000	+3.44%	98 0.69%	67
CCNA	211	Down -40 places-40	£45,000	-5.26%	85 0.60%	39
Network+ Certification	215	Up 4 places+4	£33,000	-17.50%	81 0.57%	54
HNC	227	Up 5 places+5	£39,280	-3.60%	69 0.49%	21
PMP	240	Down -43 places-43	£42,500	-20.93%	56 0.39%	37
PMI Certification	241	Down -66 places-66	£70,000	+33.05%	55 0.39%	43
CISSP	251	Down -87 places-87	£67,500	+3.84%	45 0.32%	35
HND	252	Down -33 places-33	£41,250	+2.61%	44 0.31%	19
AWS Certification	252	Down -20 places-20	£37,500	-43.60%	44 0.31%	49
Chartered Engineer	255	Down -23 places-23	£70,000	+7.69%	41 0.29%	14
MCSE	262	Down -35 places-35	£40,750	-4.11%	34 0.24%	6
CISM	262	Down -72 places-72	£72,500	+11.53%	34 0.24%	18
CCNP	264	Down -71 places-71	£65,000	+4.83%	32 0.23%	33
ISTQB	264	Down -44 places-44	£45,000	-5.26%	32 0.23%	6
CREST Certified	270	New entry-	£65,000	-	26 0.18%	5
MBA	270	Down -44 places-44	£75,000	+87.50%	26 0.18%	4
CIPD	276	Down -26 places-26	£39,000	-28.44%	20 0.14%	5
Microsoft Certified Professional	277	Down -42 places-42	£30,000	+9.09%	19 0.13%	4
AAT	278	Down -29 places-29	£60,000	+100.00%	18 0.13%	10
ISTQB Advanced Certification	280	Down -29 places-29	£37,500	-42.30%	16 0.11%	2
APMP	280	Down -32 places-32	£75,000	+20.00%	16 0.11%	7
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	281	Down -30 places-30	£31,000	-31.11%	15 0.11%	39
City & Guilds	281	Down -37 places-37	£37,500	-1.31%	15 0.11%	12
CISA	282	Down -60 places-60	£70,000	+20.68%	14 0.099%	5
(ISC)2 CCSP	284	Down -33 places-33	£87,500	+37.25%	12 0.085%	7
ITIL Foundation Certificate	285	Down -40 places-40	£43,750	-10.25%	11 0.077%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	285	Down -37 places-37	£70,000	-12.77%	11 0.077%	12
CCSP	286	Down -34 places-34	£60,000	-4.00%	10 0.070%	4
ITIL Certification	286	Down -69 places-69	£33,750	-36.91%	10 0.070%	11
TOGAF Certification	286	Down -42 places-42	£85,000	-	10 0.070%	5
NVQ Level 3	287	Down -271 places-271	£35,750	-19.85%	9 0.063%	16
CRISC	288	Down -59 places-59	£51,249	-28.07%	8 0.056%	2