Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South West

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	2	No change0	£75,000	+30.43%	1,585 13.85%	647
SC Cleared	9	Down 2 places-2	£75,000	+36.36%	937 8.19%	353
DV Cleared	17	Up 16 places+16	£80,000	+6.66%	679 5.93%	208
Degree	23	Down 17 places-17	£47,500	-5.00%	605 5.29%	554
BPSS Clearance	106	Up 11 places+11	£53,600	+19.11%	170 1.49%	116
HNC	134	Up 40 places+40	£43,250	-5.23%	133 1.16%	82
HND	150	Up 13 places+13	£43,000	-5.78%	114 1.00%	81
Computer Science Degree	180	Down 41 places-41	£40,000	-17.94%	80 0.70%	50
Microsoft Certification	185	Down 58 places-58	£50,000	+58.73%	75 0.66%	28
CIMA	187	Down 26 places-26	£50,000	+25.00%	73 0.64%	7
ACCA	187	Down 50 places-50	£50,000	+25.00%	73 0.64%	9
DBS Check	198	Down 65 places-65	£37,000	+14.72%	62 0.54%	47
Azure Certification	199	Down 54 places-54	£85,000	+103.59%	61 0.53%	45
CISSP	203	Down 98 places-98	£77,500	+47.61%	57 0.50%	47
AWS Certification	210	Down 63 places-63	£73,750	+83.22%	50 0.44%	46
City & Guilds	215	Down 35 places-35	£45,750	-	45 0.39%	9
NVQ Level 3	215	Down 46 places-46	£48,500	-8.49%	45 0.39%	13
CISM	216	Down 83 places-83	£76,250	+27.08%	44 0.38%	28
Master's Degree	217	Down 131 places-131	£67,500	+56.97%	43 0.38%	76
Chartered Engineer	222	Down 45 places-45	£68,750	+1.85%	38 0.33%	22
Cisco Certification	223	Down 138 places-138	£48,750	+50.00%	37 0.32%	27
PMI Certification	231	Down 58 places-58	£56,250	-2.17%	29 0.25%	21
AAT	233	Down 60 places-60	£40,000	-	27 0.24%	5
A+ Certification	233	Down 78 places-78	£30,000	-1.63%	27 0.24%	45
MCSE	237	Down 57 places-57	£27,000	-64.00%	23 0.20%	2
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	239	Down 63 places-63	£57,500	-11.53%	21 0.18%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	240	Down 60 places-60	£52,500	+23.52%	20 0.17%	5
PhD	241	Down 139 places-139	£65,000	-	19 0.17%	24
CCNA	241	Down 128 places-128	£44,189	+37.01%	19 0.17%	15
CRISC	241	Down 65 places-65	£75,000	+42.85%	19 0.17%	6
TOGAF Certification	246	Down 72 places-72	£82,500	-2.94%	14 0.12%	11
PMP	246	Down 72 places-72	£90,000	+56.52%	14 0.12%	14
CCNP	247	Down 125 places-125	£47,500	-20.83%	13 0.11%	11
Network+ Certification	248	Down 116 places-116	£30,000	-4.76%	12 0.10%	9
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	248	Down 81 places-81	-	-	12 0.10%	3
CREST Certified	248	Down 76 places-76	£55,000	-33.33%	12 0.10%	12
ISTQB	248	Down 77 places-77	£44,625	+19.00%	12 0.10%	6
OSCP	250	Down 71 places-71	£60,000	-17.24%	10 0.087%	6
CHECK Team Member	250	Down 70 places-70	£55,000	-15.38%	10 0.087%	2
MCSA	251	Down 71 places-71	£52,000	-30.66%	9 0.079%	1
CompTIA Security+	251	Down 111 places-111	£41,250	-17.50%	9 0.079%	34
APMP	251	Down 71 places-71	£52,500	-16.00%	9 0.079%	1
CISA	252	Down 73 places-73	£77,500	+51.21%	8 0.070%	12
CIPD	252	Down 75 places-75	£69,973	+173.87%	8 0.070%
CEH	253	Down 109 places-109	£60,000	+20.00%	7 0.061%	12
CIPFA	253	New entry-	£60,000	-	7 0.061%
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	253	Down 94 places-94	£75,000	+39.53%	7 0.061%	3
GIAC	253	Down 73 places-73	£70,000	-12.50%	7 0.061%
APMG	253	Down 74 places-74	£52,500	-11.76%	7 0.061%	4
ITIL Certification	253	Down 74 places-74	£70,752	+42.21%	7 0.061%	8