Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South West

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	1	Up 1 place+1	£75,000	+30.43%	1,618 14.05%	653
SC Cleared	9	Down 1 place-1	£75,000	+33.99%	953 8.28%	370
DV Cleared	17	Up 16 places+16	£80,000	+6.66%	686 5.96%	211
Degree	23	Down 17 places-17	£47,500	-5.00%	616 5.35%	617
BPSS Clearance	103	Up 9 places+9	£54,500	+21.11%	170 1.48%	133
HNC	121	Up 50 places+50	£43,250	-5.23%	137 1.19%	69
HND	140	Up 20 places+20	£43,000	-5.78%	116 1.01%	76
Computer Science Degree	173	Down 40 places-40	£40,000	-17.94%	79 0.69%	55
Microsoft Certification	177	Down 55 places-55	£50,000	+58.73%	75 0.65%	30
CIMA	179	Down 22 places-22	£50,000	+25.00%	73 0.63%	5
ACCA	179	Down 47 places-47	£50,000	+25.00%	73 0.63%	7
DBS Check	187	Down 57 places-57	£37,000	+14.72%	64 0.56%	62
Azure Certification	188	Down 47 places-47	£85,000	+70.00%	63 0.55%	43
CISSP	190	Down 97 places-97	£76,250	+45.23%	61 0.53%	47
Master's Degree	199	Down 127 places-127	£63,750	+48.25%	52 0.45%	97
AWS Certification	201	Down 56 places-56	£73,750	+83.22%	50 0.43%	49
City & Guilds	203	Down 26 places-26	£45,375	-	48 0.42%	11
CISM	204	Down 76 places-76	£75,000	+25.00%	47 0.41%	27
NVQ Level 3	204	Down 38 places-38	£48,500	-8.49%	47 0.41%	16
Chartered Engineer	209	Down 35 places-35	£67,500	-	42 0.36%	23
Cisco Certification	213	Down 129 places-129	£48,750	+50.00%	38 0.33%	20
PMI Certification	221	Down 51 places-51	£56,250	-2.17%	30 0.26%	20
AAT	224	Down 54 places-54	£40,000	-	27 0.23%	4
A+ Certification	225	Down 73 places-73	£30,000	-1.63%	26 0.23%	46
MCSE	228	Down 51 places-51	£27,000	-64.00%	23 0.20%	3
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	230	Down 57 places-57	£57,500	-11.53%	21 0.18%	2
CCNA	231	Down 123 places-123	£44,189	+37.01%	20 0.17%	12
PhD	232	Down 143 places-143	£65,000	-	19 0.17%	45
CRISC	232	Down 66 places-66	£75,000	+42.85%	19 0.17%	9
TOGAF Certification	235	Down 64 places-64	£80,000	-5.88%	16 0.14%	10
PMP	236	Down 65 places-65	£90,000	+56.52%	15 0.13%	12
CCNP	238	Down 116 places-116	£47,500	-20.83%	13 0.11%	8
PRINCE2 Practitioner	238	Down 61 places-61	£52,500	+23.52%	13 0.11%	6
Network+ Certification	239	Down 110 places-110	£30,000	-4.76%	12 0.10%	11
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	239	Down 75 places-75	-	-	12 0.10%	6
CREST Certified	239	Down 72 places-72	£55,000	-33.33%	12 0.10%	15
ISTQB	239	Down 71 places-71	£44,625	+19.00%	12 0.10%	7
CISA	241	Down 72 places-72	£77,500	+51.21%	10 0.087%	12
OSCP	241	Down 65 places-65	£60,000	-17.24%	10 0.087%	11
CHECK Team Member	241	Down 64 places-64	£55,000	-15.38%	10 0.087%	2
CompTIA Security+	241	Down 104 places-104	£52,500	+5.00%	10 0.087%	32
APMP	241	Down 64 places-64	£52,500	-16.00%	10 0.087%
MCSA	242	Down 65 places-65	£52,000	-30.66%	9 0.078%	1
CIPD	243	Down 69 places-69	£69,973	+173.87%	8 0.070%
CEH	244	Down 103 places-103	£60,000	+20.00%	7 0.061%	14
CIPFA	244	New entry-	£60,000	-	7 0.061%
GIAC	244	Down 67 places-67	£70,000	-12.50%	7 0.061%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	244	Down 89 places-89	£75,000	+36.36%	7 0.061%	3
APMG	244	Down 68 places-68	£52,500	-11.76%	7 0.061%	4
ITIL Certification	244	Down 68 places-68	£70,752	+42.21%	7 0.061%	7