Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South West

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Nov 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	+33.99%	1,504 13.36%	656
SC Cleared	9	Down 1 place-1	£75,000	+36.36%	901 8.01%	375
DV Cleared	17	Up 15 places+15	£75,000	+3.44%	651 5.78%	215
Degree	24	Down 18 places-18	£46,000	-8.00%	576 5.12%	529
BPSS Clearance	110	Down 4 places-4	£51,375	+7.74%	161 1.43%	120
HNC	133	Up 33 places+33	£43,000	-18.25%	123 1.09%	74
HND	147	Up 6 places+6	£43,000	-18.25%	104 0.92%	67
Microsoft Certification	175	Down 57 places-57	£47,500	+50.79%	75 0.67%	46
Computer Science Degree	176	Down 38 places-38	£40,000	-17.94%	74 0.66%	71
ACCA	178	Down 45 places-45	£50,000	+25.00%	72 0.64%	4
CIMA	178	Down 21 places-21	£50,000	+25.00%	72 0.64%	4
DBS Check	187	Down 63 places-63	£35,500	-2.06%	63 0.56%	41
Azure Certification	190	Down 51 places-51	£85,000	+65.85%	60 0.53%	82
CISSP	195	Down 96 places-96	£75,000	+42.85%	55 0.49%	43
AWS Certification	200	Down 57 places-57	£70,000	+40.00%	50 0.44%	57
CISM	207	Down 76 places-76	£75,000	+17.64%	43 0.38%	26
City & Guilds	208	Down 33 places-33	£45,375	-	42 0.37%	10
Cisco Certification	209	Down 134 places-134	£48,750	+50.00%	41 0.36%	60
Chartered Engineer	213	Down 42 places-42	£68,750	+1.85%	37 0.33%	21
NVQ Level 3	213	Down 49 places-49	£48,815	-7.89%	37 0.33%	12
Master's Degree	214	Down 125 places-125	£67,500	+56.97%	36 0.32%	65
A+ Certification	219	Down 66 places-66	£30,000	-1.63%	31 0.28%	56
PMI Certification	220	Down 49 places-49	£55,000	-4.34%	30 0.27%	19
PRINCE2 Practitioner	223	Down 48 places-48	£52,500	+23.52%	27 0.24%	7
AAT	224	Down 56 places-56	£40,000	-	26 0.23%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	225	Down 54 places-54	£57,500	-11.53%	25 0.22%
MCSE	228	Down 55 places-55	£26,575	-5.08%	22 0.20%	4
CCNA	229	Down 129 places-129	£44,189	+37.01%	21 0.19%	43
CRISC	231	Down 60 places-60	£75,000	+42.85%	19 0.17%	3
PhD	233	Down 125 places-125	£65,000	-	17 0.15%	29
PMP	234	Down 63 places-63	£90,000	+56.52%	16 0.14%	19
ISTQB	235	Down 70 places-70	£50,000	+25.00%	15 0.13%	4
TOGAF Certification	236	Down 67 places-67	£81,250	-4.41%	14 0.12%	10
Network+ Certification	237	Down 112 places-112	£28,500	-9.52%	13 0.12%	47
CCNP	237	Down 123 places-123	£47,500	-15.17%	13 0.12%	13
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	237	Down 73 places-73	-	-	13 0.12%	17
OSCP	238	Down 64 places-64	£60,000	-17.24%	12 0.11%	8
CREST Certified	238	Down 70 places-70	£55,000	-38.88%	12 0.11%	11
CHECK Team Member	240	Down 65 places-65	£55,000	-15.38%	10 0.089%
MCSA	241	Down 66 places-66	£52,000	-30.66%	9 0.080%	3
CompTIA Security+	241	Down 105 places-105	£41,250	-17.50%	9 0.080%	29
APMP	241	Down 66 places-66	£52,500	-16.00%	9 0.080%	2
CEH	241	Down 101 places-101	£60,000	+20.00%	9 0.080%	14
CIPD	242	Down 70 places-70	£69,973	+173.87%	8 0.071%	1
GIAC	243	Down 68 places-68	£70,000	-12.50%	7 0.062%	5
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	243	Down 86 places-86	£75,000	+42.85%	7 0.062%
ITIL Certification	243	Down 69 places-69	£70,752	+42.21%	7 0.062%	13
(ISC)2 CCSP	243	Down 72 places-72	£125,000	+144.81%	7 0.062%	8
ITIL Foundation Certificate	243	Down 82 places-82	-	-	7 0.062%	7
RHCSA	243	Down 91 places-91	£60,500	-	7 0.062%	1