Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in South London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	2	Up 5 places+5	£40,000	-33.33%	198 29.29%	13
Master's Degree	9	Up 5 places+5	-	-	138 20.41%	2
Postgraduate	12	New entry-	-	-	133 19.67%
PhD	12	New entry-	-	-	133 19.67%
Security Cleared	42	Down -16 places-16	£55,000	-12.00%	18 2.66%	8
DBS Check	45	Up 25 places+25	£27,694	+5.00%	15 2.22%	13
SC Cleared	50	Down -15 places-15	£52,500	-16.00%	10 1.48%	8
Network+ Certification	52	Up 27 places+27	£33,250	+20.90%	8 1.18%	2
ITIL Foundation Certificate	54	New entry-	-	-	6 0.89%
BPSS Clearance	54	Up 25 places+25	£46,500	-22.50%	6 0.89%
CCNA	54	Up 24 places+24	-	-	6 0.89%
Cisco Certification	54	Up 20 places+20	-	-	6 0.89%
AWS Certification	56	Up 20 places+20	£30,000	-50.00%	4 0.59%	7
Azure Certification	57	Up 21 places+21	£30,000	-53.84%	3 0.44%	5
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	57	New entry-	£30,000	-	3 0.44%	6
HND	57	Up 22 places+22	-	-	3 0.44%
Microsoft Certification	57	Up 15 places+15	£30,000	-44.95%	3 0.44%	4
DV Cleared	58	Up 13 places+13	£74,600	-	2 0.30%
CISSP	58	New entry-	£74,600	-	2 0.30%
A+ Certification	58	New entry-	£33,250	-	2 0.30%	2
PMI Certification	58	New entry-	£70,895	-	2 0.30%
Computer Science Degree	58	Up 16 places+16	-	-	2 0.30%	1
MAPM	59	New entry-	£77,500	-	1 0.15%
ISTQB Advanced Certification	59	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
CEH	59	New entry-	£32,500	-	1 0.15%
IIBA	59	New entry-	£64,290	-	1 0.15%
ISTQB	59	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
PRINCE2 Certification	59	New entry-	£64,000	-	1 0.15%
PMP	59	New entry-	£77,500	-	1 0.15%	1
Numerate Degree	59	New entry-	£30,000	-	1 0.15%
CompTIA Security+	59	New entry-	£32,500	-	1 0.15%