Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 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%	1,645 11.64%	781
Security Cleared	24	Down -13 places-13	£65,000	+13.04%	747 5.28%	514
Master's Degree	27	Up 67 places+67	£75,000	+34.97%	718 5.08%	205
Azure Certification	29	Up 152 places+152	£48,750	-30.35%	679 4.80%	112
PhD	38	Up 147 places+147	£75,000	+34.97%	613 4.34%	175
Postgraduate	43	Up 197 places+197	-	-	573 4.05%	162
SC Cleared	54	Down -29 places-29	£65,000	+18.18%	459 3.25%	360
DV Cleared	85	Down -47 places-47	£65,000	+18.18%	291 2.06%	148
BPSS Clearance	110	Up 33 places+33	£58,364	+6.11%	218 1.54%	64
CompTIA Security+	112	Up 115 places+115	£33,500	-44.16%	214 1.51%	30
CompTIA CySA+	117	Up 124 places+124	£49,750	+0.50%	204 1.44%	3
Computer Science Degree	144	Down -54 places-54	£65,000	+8.33%	164 1.16%	99
CEH	151	Up 86 places+86	£33,500	-52.14%	156 1.10%	35
DBS Check	153	Down -56 places-56	£38,000	-9.52%	153 1.08%	84
ACCA	162	Up 58 places+58	£60,000	+41.17%	139 0.98%	43
CIMA	178	Up 47 places+47	£55,000	+36.98%	117 0.83%	35
Cisco Certification	183	Down -37 places-37	£60,000	+9.09%	111 0.79%	69
Microsoft Certification	185	Down -28 places-28	£31,500	-25.88%	109 0.77%	65
A+ Certification	202	Up 22 places+22	£30,000	+3.44%	89 0.63%	72
CCNA	215	Down -47 places-47	£45,000	-5.26%	75 0.53%	40
Network+ Certification	219	Down -2 places-2	£33,000	-17.50%	71 0.50%	51
HNC	220	Up 10 places+10	£39,640	-2.71%	70 0.50%	20
PMP	233	Down -38 places-38	£36,250	-32.55%	57 0.40%	40
PMI Certification	234	Down -62 places-62	£67,500	+28.30%	56 0.40%	43
CISSP	244	Down -83 places-83	£68,750	+5.76%	46 0.33%	36
AWS Certification	246	Down -16 places-16	£37,500	-43.60%	44 0.31%	48
HND	247	Down -30 places-30	£42,500	+5.72%	43 0.30%	18
Chartered Engineer	249	Down -19 places-19	£70,000	+7.69%	41 0.29%	11
CISM	255	Down -68 places-68	£70,000	+7.69%	35 0.25%	19
MCSE	256	Down -31 places-31	£40,750	-4.11%	34 0.24%	5
ISTQB	257	Down -39 places-39	£45,000	-5.26%	33 0.23%	6
CCNP	258	Down -68 places-68	£65,000	+4.83%	32 0.23%	33
MBA	264	Down -40 places-40	£75,000	+87.50%	26 0.18%	4
CREST Certified	264	New entry-	£65,000	-	26 0.18%	7
CIPD	270	Down -22 places-22	£39,000	-28.44%	20 0.14%	5
Microsoft Certified Professional	270	Down -37 places-37	£29,500	+7.27%	20 0.14%	4
AAT	272	Down -25 places-25	£60,000	+100.00%	18 0.13%	10
ISTQB Advanced Certification	274	Down -25 places-25	£37,500	-42.30%	16 0.11%	2
APMP	274	Down -28 places-28	£75,000	+20.00%	16 0.11%	7
City & Guilds	275	Down -33 places-33	£37,500	-1.31%	15 0.11%	12
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	275	Down -26 places-26	£31,000	-31.11%	15 0.11%	41
CISA	276	Down -56 places-56	£70,000	+20.68%	14 0.099%	5
(ISC)2 CCSP	278	Down -29 places-29	£87,500	+37.25%	12 0.085%	7
ITIL Foundation Certificate	279	Down -36 places-36	£43,750	-10.25%	11 0.078%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	279	Down -33 places-33	£70,000	-12.77%	11 0.078%	11
CCSP	280	Down -30 places-30	£60,000	-4.00%	10 0.071%	4
ITIL Certification	280	Down -65 places-65	£33,750	-36.91%	10 0.071%	11
TOGAF Certification	280	Down -38 places-38	£85,000	-	10 0.071%	5
NVQ Level 3	281	Down -265 places-265	£35,750	-19.85%	9 0.064%	17
CRISC	282	Down -55 places-55	£51,249	-28.07%	8 0.057%	2