Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South West

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	2	Up 1 place+1	£75,000	+36.36%	1,479 13.26%	409
SC Cleared	10	Down 2 places-2	£75,000	+36.36%	889 7.97%	253
DV Cleared	18	Up 14 places+14	£75,000	+7.14%	640 5.74%	111
Degree	25	Down 19 places-19	£46,000	-8.00%	569 5.10%	344
BPSS Clearance	108	Down 1 place-1	£51,375	+7.74%	155 1.39%	60
HNC	132	Up 35 places+35	£43,250	-17.77%	119 1.07%	66
HND	149	Up 5 places+5	£43,000	-18.25%	99 0.89%	60
Microsoft Certification	170	Down 52 places-52	£47,500	+50.79%	77 0.69%	25
Computer Science Degree	173	Down 32 places-32	£40,000	-15.78%	74 0.66%	43
ACCA	176	Down 42 places-42	£50,000	+25.00%	71 0.64%	4
CIMA	176	Down 18 places-18	£50,000	+25.00%	71 0.64%	5
DBS Check	183	Down 59 places-59	£35,000	-3.44%	64 0.57%	33
Azure Certification	187	Down 46 places-46	£85,000	+54.54%	60 0.54%	33
CISSP	191	Down 93 places-93	£75,000	+42.85%	56 0.50%	28
AWS Certification	198	Down 53 places-53	£70,000	+37.09%	49 0.44%	36
CISM	203	Down 71 places-71	£75,000	+17.64%	44 0.39%	16
Cisco Certification	206	Down 132 places-132	£48,750	+50.00%	41 0.37%	27
City & Guilds	207	Down 31 places-31	£46,625	-	40 0.36%	11
NVQ Level 3	210	Down 46 places-46	£48,815	-7.89%	37 0.33%	7
Master's Degree	211	Down 123 places-123	£67,500	+56.97%	36 0.32%	29
Chartered Engineer	211	Down 39 places-39	£68,750	+1.85%	36 0.32%	17
A+ Certification	216	Down 60 places-60	£30,000	-1.63%	31 0.28%	30
PMI Certification	217	Down 45 places-45	£55,000	-4.34%	30 0.27%	13
PRINCE2 Practitioner	220	Down 44 places-44	£52,500	+23.52%	27 0.24%	5
AAT	221	Down 52 places-52	£40,000	-	26 0.23%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	222	Down 50 places-50	£57,500	-11.53%	25 0.22%
MCSE	224	Down 50 places-50	£26,575	-5.08%	23 0.21%	3
CCNA	226	Down 127 places-127	£44,189	+37.01%	21 0.19%	14
CRISC	228	Down 56 places-56	£75,000	+42.85%	19 0.17%	2
PhD	230	Down 122 places-122	£65,000	-	17 0.15%	13
PMP	230	Down 58 places-58	£77,500	+34.78%	17 0.15%	11
ISTQB	232	Down 66 places-66	£50,000	+25.00%	15 0.13%	2
Network+ Certification	233	Down 107 places-107	£28,500	-9.52%	14 0.13%	9
CCNP	234	Down 120 places-120	£47,500	-18.10%	13 0.12%	9
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	234	Down 67 places-67	-	-	13 0.12%	2
TOGAF Certification	234	Down 65 places-65	£81,250	-4.41%	13 0.12%	7
OSCP	235	Down 60 places-60	£60,000	-17.24%	12 0.11%	2
CREST Certified	235	Down 65 places-65	£55,000	-38.88%	12 0.11%	7
CHECK Team Member	237	Down 61 places-61	£55,000	-15.38%	10 0.090%
MCSA	238	Down 62 places-62	£52,000	-30.66%	9 0.081%	1
CompTIA Security+	238	Down 100 places-100	£41,250	-17.50%	9 0.081%	12
APMP	238	Down 62 places-62	£52,500	-16.00%	9 0.081%	1
CEH	238	Down 96 places-96	£60,000	+20.00%	9 0.081%	8
CIPD	239	Down 66 places-66	£69,973	+173.87%	8 0.072%
GIAC	240	Down 64 places-64	£70,000	-12.50%	7 0.063%	2
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	240	Down 82 places-82	£75,000	+42.85%	7 0.063%
ITIL Certification	240	Down 65 places-65	£70,752	+42.21%	7 0.063%	4
(ISC)2 CCSP	240	Down 68 places-68	£125,000	+144.81%	7 0.063%	8
ITIL Foundation Certificate	240	Down 77 places-77	-	-	7 0.063%	7
RHCSA	240	Down 87 places-87	£60,500	-	7 0.063%