Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	15	Down -13 places-13	£55,000	-	1,180 6.90%	1,098
Security Cleared	17	Down -5 places-5	£70,000	+16.66%	1,167 6.82%	732
SC Cleared	33	Down -5 places-5	£70,000	+16.66%	740 4.33%	453
Azure Certification	42	Up 175 places+175	£59,250	+3.04%	574 3.36%	126
DV Cleared	56	Up 13 places+13	£75,000	+15.38%	449 2.62%	249
BPSS Clearance	93	Up 55 places+55	£59,490	-7.15%	302 1.77%	96
DBS Check	116	Down -65 places-65	£37,500	-6.25%	243 1.42%	180
Computer Science Degree	117	Down -3 places-3	£65,000	+10.63%	242 1.41%	150
CompTIA Security+	161	Up 111 places+111	£52,500	-12.50%	175 1.02%	62
Cisco Certification	162	Up 22 places+22	£52,500	+23.52%	174 1.02%	72
CEH	188	Up 87 places+87	£55,000	-18.51%	137 0.80%	39
CompTIA CySA+	189	Up 99 places+99	£55,000	+11.11%	136 0.79%	14
Microsoft Certification	190	Down -11 places-11	£39,000	-13.33%	135 0.79%	84
HNC	192	Up 54 places+54	£39,250	-1.87%	133 0.78%	92
Master's Degree	195	Down -103 places-103	£60,000	-20.00%	130 0.76%	127
CCNA	204	Up 4 places+4	£47,500	+18.75%	120 0.70%	38
HND	215	Down -135 places-135	£42,500	+6.25%	107 0.63%	77
A+ Certification	218	Up 42 places+42	£27,000	-10.00%	104 0.61%	89
ACCA	227	Down -3 places-3	£65,000	-13.33%	95 0.56%	64
CISSP	228	Down -27 places-27	£65,000	-7.14%	94 0.55%	101
Network+ Certification	236	Up 50 places+50	£39,000	+32.20%	86 0.50%	73
CIMA	243	No change0	£65,000	-18.75%	79 0.46%	56
PMI Certification	250	Down -45 places-45	£71,250	-5.00%	71 0.42%	71
CCNP	261	Down -16 places-16	£52,500	-9.09%	60 0.35%	22
Chartered Engineer	265	Down -16 places-16	£58,500	-18.18%	56 0.33%	21
PMP	267	Down -36 places-36	£50,000	-36.50%	54 0.32%	51
CISM	269	Down -47 places-47	£70,000	+3.70%	52 0.30%	69
PhD	271	Down -88 places-88	£57,500	-25.80%	50 0.29%	57
AWS Certification	277	Down -12 places-12	£62,500	-11.03%	44 0.26%	70
NVQ Level 3	282	Down -11 places-11	£45,000	-1.33%	39 0.23%	34
GIAC	297	Down -9 places-9	£65,000	-9.72%	24 0.14%	13
ICAEW	297	New entry-	£75,000	-	24 0.14%	7
ITIL Certification	298	Down -21 places-21	£46,000	-8.00%	23 0.13%	17
CREST Certified	298	Down -7 places-7	£70,000	+52.17%	23 0.13%	8
PRINCE2 Practitioner	298	Down -19 places-19	£50,000	-29.07%	23 0.13%	15
CIPD	299	Down -9 places-9	£37,500	-6.25%	22 0.13%	16
ITIL Foundation Certificate	299	Down -23 places-23	£42,500	+13.33%	22 0.13%	7
City & Guilds	301	Down -23 places-23	£45,000	-1.33%	20 0.12%	37
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	302	Down -35 places-35	£67,500	+17.39%	19 0.11%	6
TOGAF Certification	303	Down -30 places-30	£85,000	-	18 0.11%	15
CRISC	304	Down -36 places-36	£59,428	-16.59%	17 0.099%	15
GCIA	305	Down -14 places-14	£60,000	-4.00%	16 0.094%	3
ISTQB	307	Down -50 places-50	£47,500	+7.34%	14 0.082%	12
OSCP	307	Down -31 places-31	£75,000	+9.09%	14 0.082%	10
Microsoft Certified Professional	308	Down -36 places-36	£32,500	+6.55%	13 0.076%	15
SANS	308	Down -17 places-17	£70,000	+12.00%	13 0.076%
CISA	310	Down -40 places-40	£70,000	+40.00%	11 0.064%	22
MCSE	310	Down -46 places-46	£45,000	-	11 0.064%	6
(ISC)2 CCSP	310	Down -19 places-19	£65,000	+4.00%	11 0.064%	13
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	312	New entry-	£70,000	-	9 0.053%	8