Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South West

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	2	Up 3 places+3	£75,000	+30.43%	1,367 13.37%	819
SC Cleared	11	Down -3 places-3	£72,500	+26.08%	820 8.02%	361
DV Cleared	18	Up 17 places+17	£75,000	-	599 5.86%	310
Degree	23	Down -17 places-17	£43,000	-15.31%	539 5.27%	653
Azure Certification	52	Up 74 places+74	£85,000	+49.79%	281 2.75%	88
BPSS Clearance	111	Down -16 places-16	£64,250	+28.50%	144 1.41%	138
Cisco Certification	154	Down -94 places-94	£50,000	+53.84%	85 0.83%	57
Microsoft Certification	160	Down -64 places-64	£47,500	+50.79%	79 0.77%	47
Computer Science Degree	163	Down -37 places-37	£42,500	-10.52%	76 0.74%	106
A+ Certification	168	Down -30 places-30	£32,500	-	71 0.69%	57
HNC	175	Down -24 places-24	£43,500	-17.30%	64 0.63%	46
HND	176	Down -38 places-38	£43,500	-17.30%	63 0.62%	45
CCNA	176	Down -95 places-95	£50,000	+56.25%	63 0.62%	38
ACCA	177	Down -46 places-46	£45,000	+12.50%	62 0.61%	28
CIMA	177	Down -27 places-27	£45,000	+12.50%	62 0.61%	28
CEH	181	Down -48 places-48	£60,000	+20.00%	58 0.57%	17
DBS Check	181	Down -84 places-84	£35,000	+4.47%	58 0.57%	121
CompTIA Security+	182	Down -55 places-55	£46,250	-7.50%	57 0.56%	32
Network+ Certification	183	Down -77 places-77	£27,000	-14.28%	56 0.55%	46
CISSP	186	Down -94 places-94	£75,000	+42.85%	53 0.52%	53
CompTIA CySA+	190	New entry-	-	-	49 0.48%	10
AWS Certification	193	Down -65 places-65	£66,250	+16.75%	46 0.45%	128
CISM	193	Down -71 places-71	£75,000	+11.11%	46 0.45%	39
PRINCE2 Practitioner	207	Down -44 places-44	£55,000	+29.41%	32 0.31%	10
Chartered Engineer	210	Down -54 places-54	£60,500	-10.37%	29 0.28%	22
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	213	Down -54 places-54	£57,500	-11.53%	26 0.25%	3
ISTQB	215	Down -60 places-60	£52,500	+31.25%	24 0.23%	16
MCSE	215	Down -58 places-58	£26,575	-5.08%	24 0.23%	8
Master's Degree	217	Down -120 places-120	£60,500	+40.69%	22 0.22%	114
AAT	217	Down -62 places-62	£40,000	-5.88%	22 0.22%	3
PMI Certification	218	Down -61 places-61	£57,500	-	21 0.21%	34
NVQ Level 3	220	Down -67 places-67	£49,250	-7.07%	19 0.19%	29
CRISC	221	Down -62 places-62	£75,000	+42.85%	18 0.18%	11
City & Guilds	222	Down -59 places-59	£43,500	-	17 0.17%	14
PMP	223	Down -66 places-66	£77,500	+34.78%	16 0.16%	33
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	224	Down -65 places-65	-	-	15 0.15%	24
CCNP	225	Down -123 places-123	£47,500	-16.07%	14 0.14%	13
PhD	226	Down -120 places-120	£65,000	-18.75%	13 0.13%	45
OSCP	226	New entry-	£60,000	-	13 0.13%	14
CREST Certified	226	Down -64 places-64	£53,750	-31.74%	13 0.13%	13
TOGAF Certification	228	Down -73 places-73	£77,500	-8.82%	11 0.11%	10
CHECK Team Member	229	Down -66 places-66	£55,000	-18.51%	10 0.098%	3
CPIM	231	New entry-	-	-	8 0.078%	1
(ISC)2 CCSP	231	Down -74 places-74	£125,000	+144.81%	8 0.078%	8
ITIL Foundation Certificate	231	Down -76 places-76	£27,000	-48.57%	8 0.078%	7
CIPD	232	Down -72 places-72	£69,973	+173.87%	7 0.068%	11
CISA	232	Down -71 places-71	£77,500	+63.15%	7 0.068%	7
RHCSA	233	Down -93 places-93	£60,500	-	6 0.059%	3
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	233	Down -76 places-76	£68,750	+61.76%	6 0.059%	5
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	233	Down -79 places-79	£75,000	+42.85%	6 0.059%	3