Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the South West

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Nov 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	+33.99%	1,526 13.53%	525
SC Cleared	10	Down 2 places-2	£75,000	+36.36%	903 8.01%	335
DV Cleared	17	Up 14 places+14	£77,500	+6.89%	662 5.87%	154
Degree	24	Down 18 places-18	£45,500	-9.00%	588 5.21%	833
BPSS Clearance	113	Down 4 places-4	£51,375	+14.16%	157 1.39%	75
HNC	129	Up 41 places+41	£43,000	-18.25%	127 1.13%	62
HND	145	Up 14 places+14	£43,000	-18.25%	108 0.96%	54
Computer Science Degree	176	Down 36 places-36	£40,000	-17.94%	75 0.67%	41
Microsoft Certification	176	Down 56 places-56	£47,500	+50.79%	75 0.67%	36
CIMA	179	Down 19 places-19	£50,000	+25.00%	72 0.64%	4
ACCA	179	Down 43 places-43	£50,000	+25.00%	72 0.64%	5
DBS Check	189	Down 62 places-62	£36,000	-0.68%	62 0.55%	43
Azure Certification	191	Down 49 places-49	£85,000	+65.85%	60 0.53%	85
CISSP	196	Down 94 places-94	£75,000	+42.85%	55 0.49%	36
AWS Certification	201	Down 55 places-55	£70,000	+40.00%	50 0.44%	52
City & Guilds	207	Down 29 places-29	£45,375	-	44 0.39%	10
CISM	208	Down 74 places-74	£75,000	+17.64%	43 0.38%	22
Cisco Certification	210	Down 133 places-133	£48,750	+50.00%	41 0.36%	49
NVQ Level 3	211	Down 44 places-44	£48,500	-8.49%	40 0.35%	18
Master's Degree	212	Down 122 places-122	£67,500	+56.97%	39 0.35%	45
Chartered Engineer	215	Down 41 places-41	£68,750	+1.85%	36 0.32%	18
A+ Certification	220	Down 64 places-64	£30,000	-1.63%	31 0.27%	60
PMI Certification	222	Down 50 places-50	£55,000	-4.34%	29 0.26%	14
PRINCE2 Practitioner	224	Down 46 places-46	£52,500	+23.52%	27 0.24%	5
AAT	225	Down 54 places-54	£40,000	-	26 0.23%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	227	Down 53 places-53	£57,500	-11.53%	24 0.21%
MCSE	229	Down 53 places-53	£26,575	-5.08%	22 0.20%	3
CCNA	230	Down 127 places-127	£44,189	+37.01%	21 0.19%	39
CRISC	232	Down 58 places-58	£75,000	+42.85%	19 0.17%	2
PhD	234	Down 123 places-123	£65,000	-	17 0.15%	11
PMP	236	Down 64 places-64	£90,000	+56.52%	15 0.13%	12
ISTQB	236	Down 68 places-68	£50,000	+25.00%	15 0.13%	5
TOGAF Certification	237	Down 65 places-65	£81,250	-4.41%	14 0.12%	6
Network+ Certification	238	Down 110 places-110	£28,500	-9.52%	13 0.12%	50
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	238	Down 71 places-71	-	-	13 0.12%	16
CCNP	238	Down 121 places-121	£47,500	-15.17%	13 0.12%	6
CREST Certified	239	Down 68 places-68	£55,000	-38.88%	12 0.11%	7
OSCP	239	Down 62 places-62	£60,000	-17.24%	12 0.11%	3
CHECK Team Member	241	Down 63 places-63	£55,000	-15.38%	10 0.089%
MCSA	242	Down 64 places-64	£52,000	-30.66%	9 0.080%	1
CompTIA Security+	242	Down 103 places-103	£41,250	-17.50%	9 0.080%	37
APMP	242	Down 64 places-64	£52,500	-16.00%	9 0.080%	2
CEH	242	Down 99 places-99	£60,000	+20.00%	9 0.080%	15
CIPD	243	Down 68 places-68	£69,973	+173.87%	8 0.071%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	244	Down 84 places-84	£75,000	+42.85%	7 0.062%
GIAC	244	Down 66 places-66	£70,000	-12.50%	7 0.062%
(ISC)2 CCSP	244	Down 70 places-70	£125,000	+144.81%	7 0.062%	7
ITIL Certification	244	Down 67 places-67	£70,752	+42.21%	7 0.062%	13
ITIL Foundation Certificate	244	Down 80 places-80	-	-	7 0.062%	7
RHCSA	244	Down 89 places-89	£60,500	-	7 0.062%	1