Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South East

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 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%	1,644 11.77%	776
Security Cleared	25	Down -14 places-14	£65,000	+13.04%	735 5.26%	531
Master's Degree	26	Up 73 places+73	£75,000	+34.97%	716 5.13%	212
Azure Certification	29	Up 150 places+150	£42,500	-39.28%	679 4.86%	117
PhD	37	Up 149 places+149	£65,000	+16.98%	612 4.38%	174
Postgraduate	43	Up 198 places+198	-	-	573 4.10%	162
SC Cleared	56	Down -29 places-29	£65,000	+18.18%	455 3.26%	359
DV Cleared	85	Down -46 places-46	£61,250	+11.36%	287 2.06%	145
BPSS Clearance	114	Up 33 places+33	£58,000	+5.45%	214 1.53%	87
CompTIA Security+	114	Up 113 places+113	£33,500	-44.16%	214 1.53%	41
CompTIA CySA+	119	Up 123 places+123	£49,750	+0.50%	204 1.46%	10
CEH	151	Up 86 places+86	£33,500	-51.97%	156 1.12%	37
Computer Science Degree	152	Down -58 places-58	£65,000	+8.33%	155 1.11%	108
DBS Check	155	Down -55 places-55	£38,500	-8.33%	149 1.07%	73
ACCA	162	Up 57 places+57	£60,000	+48.05%	139 1.00%	45
CIMA	181	Up 42 places+42	£55,000	+36.98%	118 0.85%	36
Cisco Certification	189	Down -42 places-42	£60,000	+9.09%	108 0.77%	65
Microsoft Certification	189	Down -33 places-33	£31,500	-28.00%	108 0.77%	71
A+ Certification	208	Up 16 places+16	£29,000	-	86 0.62%	75
CCNA	220	Down -51 places-51	£43,750	-9.77%	73 0.52%	36
Network+ Certification	221	Down -2 places-2	£33,000	-17.50%	72 0.52%	49
HNC	222	Up 9 places+9	£40,000	-1.83%	71 0.51%	17
PMP	239	Down -42 places-42	£30,000	-42.85%	54 0.39%	37
PMI Certification	240	Down -65 places-65	£65,000	+30.00%	53 0.38%	37
AWS Certification	247	Down -16 places-16	£37,500	-43.60%	46 0.33%	47
HND	250	Down -31 places-31	£42,500	+5.98%	43 0.31%	12
CISSP	250	Down -89 places-89	£67,500	+3.84%	43 0.31%	46
Chartered Engineer	255	Down -22 places-22	£70,000	+7.69%	38 0.27%	11
MCSE	257	Down -30 places-30	£40,750	-4.11%	36 0.26%	5
ISTQB	259	Down -40 places-40	£45,000	-5.26%	34 0.24%	6
CISM	260	Down -73 places-73	£70,000	+7.69%	33 0.24%	24
CCNP	263	Down -71 places-71	£65,000	+4.83%	30 0.21%	30
CREST Certified	265	New entry-	£65,000	-	28 0.20%	7
MBA	267	Down -42 places-42	£75,000	+87.50%	26 0.19%	6
CIPD	272	Down -23 places-23	£43,250	-20.64%	21 0.15%	5
AAT	273	Down -25 places-25	£60,000	+100.00%	20 0.14%	11
Microsoft Certified Professional	274	Down -40 places-40	£29,000	+5.45%	19 0.14%	4
ISTQB Advanced Certification	276	Down -26 places-26	£37,500	-42.30%	17 0.12%
APMP	277	Down -30 places-30	£75,000	+20.00%	16 0.11%	7
City & Guilds	278	Down -33 places-33	£37,500	-19.35%	15 0.11%	6
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	278	Down -28 places-28	£31,000	-31.11%	15 0.11%	37
CISA	280	Down -58 places-58	£65,000	+11.11%	13 0.093%	9
(ISC)2 CCSP	282	Down -32 places-32	£87,500	+37.25%	11 0.079%	9
ITIL Foundation Certificate	282	Down -38 places-38	£43,750	-10.25%	11 0.079%	5
TOGAF Certification	282	Down -40 places-40	£85,000	+13.33%	11 0.079%	7
PRINCE2 Practitioner	282	Down -35 places-35	£70,000	-12.77%	11 0.079%	10
NVQ Level 3	284	Down -269 places-269	£35,750	-19.85%	9 0.064%	10
CCSP	284	Down -33 places-33	£77,500	+24.00%	9 0.064%	5
ISTQB Foundation Certification	284	Down -36 places-36	£46,250	+42.30%	9 0.064%	3
CRISC	285	Down -57 places-57	£51,249	-28.07%	8 0.057%	5