Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 17 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%	1,636 11.69%	786
Security Cleared	25	Down -14 places-14	£65,000	+13.04%	739 5.28%	500
Master's Degree	27	Up 69 places+69	£75,000	+34.97%	716 5.12%	215
Azure Certification	29	Up 150 places+150	£42,500	-39.28%	679 4.85%	118
PhD	37	Up 147 places+147	£67,500	+21.47%	611 4.37%	174
Postgraduate	43	Up 196 places+196	-	-	573 4.10%	161
SC Cleared	55	Down -29 places-29	£65,000	+18.18%	457 3.27%	349
DV Cleared	85	Down -47 places-47	£65,000	+18.18%	288 2.06%	144
BPSS Clearance	112	Up 32 places+32	£58,000	+5.45%	215 1.54%	55
CompTIA Security+	113	Up 112 places+112	£33,500	-44.16%	214 1.53%	39
CompTIA CySA+	117	Up 123 places+123	£49,750	+0.50%	204 1.46%	10
CEH	150	Up 86 places+86	£33,500	-52.14%	156 1.12%	37
Computer Science Degree	150	Down -59 places-59	£65,000	+8.33%	156 1.12%	105
DBS Check	152	Down -55 places-55	£38,500	-8.33%	150 1.07%	77
ACCA	157	Up 61 places+61	£60,000	+48.05%	140 1.00%	48
CIMA	172	Up 50 places+50	£55,000	+36.98%	119 0.85%	39
Cisco Certification	181	Down -35 places-35	£60,000	+9.09%	109 0.78%	67
Microsoft Certification	181	Down -26 places-26	£31,500	-28.00%	109 0.78%	68
A+ Certification	200	Up 22 places+22	£29,000	-	86 0.61%	75
CCNA	211	Down -44 places-44	£45,000	-5.26%	74 0.53%	38
Network+ Certification	214	Up 3 places+3	£33,000	-17.50%	71 0.51%	50
HNC	215	Up 14 places+14	£39,640	-2.71%	70 0.50%	18
PMP	230	Down -35 places-35	£36,250	-30.95%	55 0.39%	37
PMI Certification	231	Down -58 places-58	£67,500	+35.00%	54 0.39%	38
AWS Certification	239	Down -10 places-10	£37,500	-43.60%	46 0.33%	49
CISSP	241	Down -79 places-79	£68,750	+5.76%	44 0.31%	37
HND	242	Down -26 places-26	£42,500	+5.72%	43 0.31%	14
Chartered Engineer	245	Down -15 places-15	£70,000	+7.69%	40 0.29%	11
MCSE	249	Down -24 places-24	£40,750	-4.11%	36 0.26%	5
ISTQB	250	Down -33 places-33	£45,000	-5.26%	35 0.25%	5
CISM	252	Down -66 places-66	£70,000	+7.69%	33 0.24%	19
CCNP	254	Down -64 places-64	£67,500	+8.87%	31 0.22%	33
CREST Certified	259	New entry-	£65,000	-	26 0.19%	7
MBA	259	Down -36 places-36	£75,000	+87.50%	26 0.19%	6
CIPD	264	Down -17 places-17	£43,250	-20.64%	21 0.15%	5
AAT	266	Down -20 places-20	£60,000	+100.00%	19 0.14%	11
Microsoft Certified Professional	266	Down -34 places-34	£29,000	+5.45%	19 0.14%	4
ISTQB Advanced Certification	268	Down -20 places-20	£37,500	-42.30%	17 0.12%
APMP	269	Down -24 places-24	£75,000	+20.00%	16 0.11%	7
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	270	Down -22 places-22	£31,000	-31.11%	15 0.11%	38
City & Guilds	270	Down -29 places-29	£37,500	-1.31%	15 0.11%	10
CISA	272	Down -52 places-52	£65,000	+11.11%	13 0.093%	7
(ISC)2 CCSP	274	Down -26 places-26	£87,500	+37.25%	11 0.079%	7
ITIL Foundation Certificate	274	Down -32 places-32	£43,750	-10.25%	11 0.079%	5
TOGAF Certification	274	Down -34 places-34	£85,000	+13.33%	11 0.079%	6
PRINCE2 Practitioner	274	Down -29 places-29	£70,000	-12.77%	11 0.079%	10
CCSP	276	Down -27 places-27	£77,500	+24.00%	9 0.064%	4
ISTQB Foundation Certification	276	Down -30 places-30	£46,250	+42.30%	9 0.064%	3
NVQ Level 3	276	Down -261 places-261	£35,750	-19.85%	9 0.064%	13
CRISC	277	Down -51 places-51	£51,249	-28.07%	8 0.057%	2