Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South West

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 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%	1,469 13.37%	377
SC Cleared	9	Down 1 place-1	£75,000	+36.36%	880 8.01%	235
DV Cleared	17	Up 15 places+15	£75,000	+7.14%	638 5.81%	100
Degree	25	Down 19 places-19	£45,000	-10.00%	557 5.07%	317
BPSS Clearance	110	Down 5 places-5	£51,375	+2.75%	153 1.39%	49
HNC	138	Up 23 places+23	£43,000	-18.25%	111 1.01%	61
HND	151	Down 5 places-5	£43,000	-18.25%	97 0.88%	52
Microsoft Certification	166	Down 54 places-54	£47,500	+50.79%	81 0.74%	25
Computer Science Degree	175	Down 38 places-38	£40,000	-17.94%	72 0.66%	36
CIMA	176	Down 23 places-23	£50,000	+25.00%	71 0.65%	5
ACCA	176	Down 45 places-45	£50,000	+25.00%	71 0.65%	4
DBS Check	181	Down 63 places-63	£35,000	-3.44%	66 0.60%	34
Azure Certification	187	Down 52 places-52	£85,000	+54.54%	60 0.55%	34
CISSP	191	Down 96 places-96	£75,000	+42.85%	56 0.51%	25
AWS Certification	199	Down 60 places-60	£70,000	+37.09%	48 0.44%	38
CISM	203	Down 77 places-77	£75,000	+17.64%	44 0.40%	16
Cisco Certification	206	Down 134 places-134	£48,750	+50.00%	41 0.37%	21
City & Guilds	211	Down 41 places-41	£44,625	-	36 0.33%	10
Chartered Engineer	212	Down 46 places-46	£68,750	+1.85%	35 0.32%	15
NVQ Level 3	212	Down 54 places-54	£49,129	-7.30%	35 0.32%	6
Master's Degree	214	Down 128 places-128	£67,500	+56.97%	33 0.30%	26
A+ Certification	216	Down 65 places-65	£30,000	-1.63%	31 0.28%	30
PMI Certification	217	Down 50 places-50	£55,000	-4.34%	30 0.27%	13
PRINCE2 Practitioner	219	Down 49 places-49	£52,500	+23.52%	28 0.25%	5
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	221	Down 55 places-55	£58,750	-9.61%	26 0.24%	1
AAT	221	Down 58 places-58	£40,000	-	26 0.24%	1
MCSE	224	Down 57 places-57	£26,575	-5.08%	23 0.21%	3
CCNA	226	Down 133 places-133	£44,189	+38.08%	21 0.19%	10
CRISC	228	Down 62 places-62	£75,000	+42.85%	19 0.17%	2
PMP	230	Down 63 places-63	£77,500	+34.78%	17 0.15%	11
ISTQB	231	Down 70 places-70	£50,000	+25.00%	16 0.15%	2
PhD	232	Down 130 places-130	£65,000	-	15 0.14%	12
Network+ Certification	233	Down 114 places-114	£28,500	-9.52%	14 0.13%	9
CCNP	234	Down 126 places-126	£47,500	-18.10%	13 0.12%	5
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	234	Down 73 places-73	-	-	13 0.12%	2
OSCP	235	Down 66 places-66	£60,000	-17.24%	12 0.11%	2
CREST Certified	235	Down 70 places-70	£55,000	-38.88%	12 0.11%	6
TOGAF Certification	235	Down 72 places-72	£81,250	-4.41%	12 0.11%	7
CHECK Team Member	237	Down 67 places-67	£55,000	-15.38%	10 0.091%
MCSA	238	Down 68 places-68	£52,000	-30.66%	9 0.082%	2
APMP	238	Down 68 places-68	£52,500	-16.00%	9 0.082%
CEH	238	Down 102 places-102	£60,000	+20.00%	9 0.082%	8
CompTIA Security+	239	Down 107 places-107	£41,250	-17.50%	8 0.073%	11
CIPD	239	Down 72 places-72	£69,973	+173.87%	8 0.073%
GIAC	240	Down 70 places-70	£70,000	-12.50%	7 0.064%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	240	Down 88 places-88	£75,000	+42.85%	7 0.064%	1
ITIL Certification	240	Down 71 places-71	£70,752	+42.21%	7 0.064%	11
(ISC)2 CCSP	240	Down 74 places-74	£125,000	+144.81%	7 0.064%	6
ITIL Foundation Certificate	240	Down 82 places-82	-	-	7 0.064%	7
GISP	241	New entry-	£76,250	-	6 0.055%