Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South West

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 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%	1,546 13.62%	467
SC Cleared	9	Down 1 place-1	£75,000	+36.36%	920 8.11%	291
DV Cleared	16	Up 15 places+15	£80,000	+6.66%	661 5.82%	136
Degree	23	Down 17 places-17	£46,750	-6.50%	599 5.28%	350
BPSS Clearance	108	Down 5 places-5	£52,000	+15.55%	167 1.47%	75
HNC	133	Up 32 places+32	£43,250	-17.77%	131 1.15%	65
HND	147	Up 7 places+7	£43,000	-18.25%	111 0.98%	60
Microsoft Certification	181	Down 65 places-65	£47,500	+50.79%	74 0.65%	32
Computer Science Degree	182	Down 50 places-50	£40,000	-17.94%	73 0.64%	39
ACCA	183	Down 53 places-53	£50,000	+25.00%	72 0.63%	5
CIMA	183	Down 29 places-29	£50,000	+25.00%	72 0.63%	4
DBS Check	192	Down 69 places-69	£36,000	+1.40%	63 0.56%	43
Azure Certification	195	Down 58 places-58	£85,000	+103.59%	60 0.53%	78
CISSP	200	Down 103 places-103	£77,500	+47.61%	55 0.48%	34
AWS Certification	206	Down 66 places-66	£73,750	+83.22%	49 0.43%	50
City & Guilds	210	Down 37 places-37	£45,750	-	45 0.40%	9
CISM	212	Down 85 places-85	£75,000	+25.00%	43 0.38%	22
NVQ Level 3	213	Down 51 places-51	£48,500	-8.49%	42 0.37%	16
Master's Degree	215	Down 132 places-132	£67,500	+56.97%	40 0.35%	37
Cisco Certification	216	Down 141 places-141	£47,500	+46.15%	39 0.34%	46
Chartered Engineer	220	Down 51 places-51	£70,000	+3.70%	35 0.31%	24
PMI Certification	226	Down 59 places-59	£55,000	-4.34%	29 0.26%	13
A+ Certification	227	Down 79 places-79	£30,000	-1.63%	28 0.25%	69
AAT	228	Down 62 places-62	£40,000	-	27 0.24%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	228	Down 55 places-55	£52,500	+23.52%	27 0.24%	5
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	232	Down 63 places-63	£57,500	-11.53%	23 0.20%
MCSE	233	Down 61 places-61	£26,575	-48.39%	22 0.19%	2
CCNA	235	Down 132 places-132	£38,378	+19.00%	20 0.18%	41
PhD	236	Down 131 places-131	£65,000	-	19 0.17%	14
CRISC	236	Down 67 places-67	£75,000	+42.85%	19 0.17%	3
PMP	240	Down 73 places-73	£90,000	+56.52%	15 0.13%	14
TOGAF Certification	241	Down 74 places-74	£81,250	-4.41%	14 0.12%	5
CCNP	242	Down 128 places-128	£47,500	-20.83%	13 0.11%	5
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	242	Down 81 places-81	-	-	13 0.11%	16
Network+ Certification	242	Down 118 places-118	£28,500	-9.52%	13 0.11%	51
CREST Certified	243	Down 78 places-78	£55,000	-33.33%	12 0.11%	6
ISTQB	243	Down 80 places-80	£44,625	+11.56%	12 0.11%	7
OSCP	245	Down 73 places-73	£60,000	-17.24%	10 0.088%	3
CHECK Team Member	245	Down 72 places-72	£55,000	-15.38%	10 0.088%
MCSA	246	Down 73 places-73	£52,000	-30.66%	9 0.079%
CompTIA Security+	246	Down 113 places-113	£41,250	-17.50%	9 0.079%	40
APMP	246	Down 73 places-73	£52,500	-16.00%	9 0.079%	1
CEH	247	Down 110 places-110	£60,000	+20.00%	8 0.071%	14
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	248	Down 95 places-95	£75,000	+42.85%	7 0.062%
ITIL Certification	248	Down 76 places-76	£70,752	+42.21%	7 0.062%	4
ITIL Foundation Certificate	248	Down 89 places-89	-	-	7 0.062%	7
CIPD	248	Down 78 places-78	£69,973	+173.87%	7 0.062%	1
CISA	248	Down 76 places-76	£77,500	+51.21%	7 0.062%	8
GIAC	248	Down 75 places-75	£70,000	-12.50%	7 0.062%
APMG	249	Down 77 places-77	£52,500	-11.76%	6 0.053%	9