Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	4	No change0	£52,500	-5.70%	1,641 11.67%	774
Security Cleared	23	Down -12 places-12	£65,000	+13.04%	751 5.34%	513
Master's Degree	26	Up 68 places+68	£75,000	+34.97%	717 5.10%	211
Azure Certification	28	Up 151 places+151	£45,000	-35.71%	679 4.83%	118
PhD	35	Up 149 places+149	£67,500	+21.47%	611 4.35%	174
Postgraduate	41	Up 198 places+198	-	-	573 4.07%	160
SC Cleared	52	Down -27 places-27	£65,000	+18.18%	462 3.29%	363
DV Cleared	83	Down -44 places-44	£65,000	+18.18%	294 2.09%	146
BPSS Clearance	109	Up 30 places+30	£58,000	+5.45%	216 1.54%	59
CompTIA Security+	110	Up 115 places+115	£33,500	-44.16%	214 1.52%	41
CompTIA CySA+	115	Up 125 places+125	£49,750	+0.50%	204 1.45%	10
Computer Science Degree	143	Down -53 places-53	£65,000	+8.33%	160 1.14%	98
CEH	147	Up 89 places+89	£33,500	-52.14%	156 1.11%	39
DBS Check	151	Down -55 places-55	£38,500	-8.33%	152 1.08%	78
ACCA	158	Up 60 places+60	£60,000	+41.17%	141 1.00%	47
CIMA	175	Up 48 places+48	£55,000	+36.98%	119 0.85%	38
Cisco Certification	181	Down -38 places-38	£60,000	+9.09%	110 0.78%	67
Microsoft Certification	182	Down -27 places-27	£31,500	-30.00%	109 0.78%	65
A+ Certification	202	Up 21 places+21	£29,000	-	86 0.61%	76
CCNA	212	Down -46 places-46	£45,000	-5.26%	75 0.53%	39
Network+ Certification	216	Up 1 place+1	£33,000	-17.50%	71 0.50%	51
HNC	217	Up 12 places+12	£39,640	-2.71%	70 0.50%	20
PMP	230	Down -36 places-36	£36,250	-32.55%	57 0.41%	37
PMI Certification	231	Down -60 places-60	£67,500	+28.30%	56 0.40%	38
AWS Certification	241	Down -12 places-12	£37,500	-43.60%	46 0.33%	50
CISSP	242	Down -83 places-83	£70,000	+7.69%	45 0.32%	37
HND	244	Down -28 places-28	£42,500	+5.72%	43 0.31%	17
Chartered Engineer	246	Down -17 places-17	£70,000	+7.69%	41 0.29%	13
MCSE	251	Down -27 places-27	£40,750	-4.11%	36 0.26%	5
ISTQB	253	Down -36 places-36	£45,000	-5.26%	34 0.24%	6
CISM	253	Down -67 places-67	£72,500	+11.53%	34 0.24%	18
CCNP	255	Down -65 places-65	£65,000	+4.83%	32 0.23%	32
MBA	261	Down -38 places-38	£75,000	+87.50%	26 0.18%	6
CREST Certified	261	New entry-	£65,000	-	26 0.18%	6
CIPD	267	Down -20 places-20	£39,000	-28.44%	20 0.14%	5
Microsoft Certified Professional	268	Down -36 places-36	£29,000	+5.45%	19 0.14%	4
AAT	268	Down -22 places-22	£60,000	+100.00%	19 0.14%	12
ISTQB Advanced Certification	270	Down -22 places-22	£37,500	-42.30%	17 0.12%	2
APMP	271	Down -26 places-26	£75,000	+20.00%	16 0.11%	7
City & Guilds	272	Down -31 places-31	£37,500	-1.31%	15 0.11%	10
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	272	Down -24 places-24	£31,000	-31.11%	15 0.11%	40
CISA	273	Down -54 places-54	£70,000	+20.68%	14 0.100%	7
PRINCE2 Practitioner	276	Down -31 places-31	£70,000	-12.77%	11 0.078%	10
(ISC)2 CCSP	276	Down -28 places-28	£87,500	+37.25%	11 0.078%	7
ITIL Foundation Certificate	276	Down -34 places-34	£43,750	-10.25%	11 0.078%	4
TOGAF Certification	276	Down -36 places-36	£85,000	+13.33%	11 0.078%	5
NVQ Level 3	278	Down -263 places-263	£35,750	-19.85%	9 0.064%	15
CCSP	278	Down -29 places-29	£77,500	+24.00%	9 0.064%	4
ITIL Certification	278	Down -64 places-64	£33,750	-36.91%	9 0.064%	9
CRISC	279	Down -53 places-53	£51,249	-28.07%	8 0.057%	2