Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in South Wales

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	19	Up 3 places+3	£66,805	-9.47%	150 6.51%	47
SC Cleared	26	Down 1 place-1	£70,000	-5.40%	127 5.51%	38
Degree	37	Down 30 places-30	£50,871	-3.10%	85 3.69%	126
HNC	81	Down 15 places-15	£43,500	-	25 1.09%	16
DBS Check	84	Down 26 places-26	£26,738	-55.43%	22 0.96%	4
HND	85	Down 24 places-24	£36,000	-	21 0.91%	17
PRINCE2 Practitioner	94	Down 30 places-30	£72,500	+13.28%	12 0.52%	1
NVQ Level 3	94	New entry-	£47,750	-	12 0.52%	2
BPSS Clearance	95	Down 51 places-51	£32,500	-59.37%	11 0.48%	4
ITIL Certification	96	Down 30 places-30	£31,519	-54.97%	10 0.43%	1
Computer Science Degree	96	Down 39 places-39	£26,750	-49.04%	10 0.43%	13
Azure Certification	96	Down 41 places-41	£57,000	-28.75%	10 0.43%	15
Microsoft Certification	98	Down 39 places-39	£55,000	+57.14%	8 0.35%	6
CompTIA CySA+	99	New entry-	£39,500	-	7 0.30%	8
City & Guilds	99	New entry-	£34,000	-	7 0.30%	2
PMP	100	Down 34 places-34	£66,822	+2.80%	6 0.26%	4
PMI Certification	100	New entry-	£66,822	-	6 0.26%	1
ACCA	100	New entry-	£137,253	-	6 0.26%
CIMA	101	New entry-	£137,253	-	5 0.22%
A+ Certification	102	New entry-	£31,519	-	4 0.17%	16
CompTIA Security+	102	New entry-	£47,500	-	4 0.17%	10
CCNA	103	Down 39 places-39	£48,500	-2.51%	3 0.13%	6
CISSP	103	Down 39 places-39	£60,343	-7.16%	3 0.13%	3
Cisco Certification	103	Down 40 places-40	£48,500	-2.51%	3 0.13%	8
CIPFA	103	New entry-	£137,253	-	3 0.13%
CCAB	103	New entry-	£137,253	-	3 0.13%
Network+ Certification	103	Down 44 places-44	£31,519	-60.60%	3 0.13%	7
CISMP	103	Down 38 places-38	£47,500	+35.71%	3 0.13%
Master's Degree	104	Down 68 places-68	-	-	2 0.087%	17
RIBA	104	New entry-	-	-	2 0.087%
APMG	105	New entry-	-	-	1 0.043%	1
ITIL Foundation Certificate	105	Down 40 places-40	£48,500	+85.39%	1 0.043%	2
Microsoft Certified Professional	105	New entry-	£29,000	-	1 0.043%
MCSE	105	New entry-	-	-	1 0.043%
ISEB	105	New entry-	£77,500	-	1 0.043%	2
CREST Certified	105	New entry-	£76,500	-	1 0.043%	6
Chartered Engineer	105	Down 41 places-41	£66,300	-14.83%	1 0.043%	1