Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South West

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	2	Up 2 places+2	£75,000	+36.36%	1,462 13.40%	684
SC Cleared	10	Down 2 places-2	£75,000	+36.36%	877 8.04%	358
DV Cleared	19	Up 12 places+12	£75,000	+7.14%	633 5.80%	211
Degree	26	Down 20 places-20	£45,000	-10.00%	560 5.13%	546
BPSS Clearance	110	No change0	£51,375	+2.75%	157 1.44%	120
HNC	145	Up 20 places+20	£43,000	-18.25%	110 1.01%	81
HND	158	Down 9 places-9	£43,000	-18.25%	96 0.88%	68
Microsoft Certification	170	Down 52 places-52	£47,500	+50.79%	81 0.74%	37
ACCA	180	Down 43 places-43	£50,000	+25.00%	71 0.65%	7
CIMA	180	Down 21 places-21	£50,000	+25.00%	71 0.65%	8
Computer Science Degree	180	Down 36 places-36	£40,000	-17.94%	71 0.65%	67
DBS Check	186	Down 63 places-63	£35,000	+4.47%	65 0.60%	50
Azure Certification	190	Down 48 places-48	£85,000	+51.78%	61 0.56%	50
CISSP	196	Down 97 places-97	£75,000	+42.85%	55 0.50%	43
AWS Certification	203	Down 57 places-57	£70,000	+37.09%	48 0.44%	58
CISM	208	Down 76 places-76	£75,000	+17.64%	43 0.39%	28
Cisco Certification	211	Down 138 places-138	£48,750	+50.00%	40 0.37%	39
City & Guilds	215	Down 39 places-39	£44,625	-	36 0.33%	13
PRINCE2 Practitioner	216	Down 40 places-40	£52,500	+23.52%	35 0.32%	4
Chartered Engineer	216	Down 45 places-45	£68,750	+1.85%	35 0.32%	20
NVQ Level 3	216	Down 52 places-52	£49,129	-7.30%	35 0.32%	14
Master's Degree	219	Down 130 places-130	£67,500	+56.97%	32 0.29%	64
A+ Certification	221	Down 64 places-64	£30,000	-1.63%	30 0.27%	33
PMI Certification	222	Down 48 places-48	£56,250	-2.17%	29 0.27%	24
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	225	Down 53 places-53	£58,750	-9.61%	26 0.24%	2
AAT	225	Down 56 places-56	£40,000	-	26 0.24%	3
MCSE	228	Down 55 places-55	£26,575	-5.08%	23 0.21%	3
CCNA	231	Down 134 places-134	£44,189	+38.08%	20 0.18%	21
CRISC	232	Down 60 places-60	£75,000	+42.85%	19 0.17%	6
PMP	234	Down 60 places-60	£77,500	+34.78%	17 0.16%	20
ISTQB	235	Down 68 places-68	£50,000	+25.00%	16 0.15%	8
PhD	236	Down 129 places-129	£65,000	-	15 0.14%	27
Network+ Certification	237	Down 113 places-113	£28,500	-9.52%	14 0.13%	10
CCNP	238	Down 124 places-124	£47,500	-18.10%	13 0.12%	9
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	238	Down 70 places-70	-	-	13 0.12%	3
OSCP	239	Down 63 places-63	£60,000	-7.69%	12 0.11%	6
CREST Certified	239	Down 68 places-68	£55,000	-38.88%	12 0.11%	13
TOGAF Certification	239	Down 70 places-70	£81,250	-4.41%	12 0.11%	11
CHECK Team Member	241	Down 65 places-65	£55,000	-15.38%	10 0.092%	2
CEH	242	Down 98 places-98	£60,000	+20.00%	9 0.083%	10
MCSA	242	Down 66 places-66	£52,000	-30.66%	9 0.083%	2
APMP	242	Down 66 places-66	£52,500	-16.00%	9 0.083%	1
CIPD	243	Down 70 places-70	£69,973	+173.87%	8 0.073%
ITIL Certification	243	Down 68 places-68	£70,752	+42.21%	8 0.073%	8
CompTIA Security+	243	Down 105 places-105	£41,250	-17.50%	8 0.073%	22
GIAC	244	New entry-	£70,000	-	7 0.064%	2
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	244	Down 86 places-86	£75,000	+42.85%	7 0.064%	2
(ISC)2 CCSP	244	Down 72 places-72	£125,000	+144.81%	7 0.064%	11
ITIL Foundation Certificate	244	Down 80 places-80	-	-	7 0.064%	7
CISA	245	Down 70 places-70	£77,500	+51.21%	6 0.055%	7