Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Southampton

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Azure Certification	8	Up 27 places+27	£30,500	-63.03%	71 10.81%	2
Security Cleared	25	Up 12 places+12	£90,000	+53.19%	34 5.18%	25
SC Cleared	27	Up 15 places+15	£90,000	-10.00%	31 4.72%	19
CompTIA Security+	36	New entry-	-	-	21 3.20%	1
Degree	36	Down -27 places-27	£61,250	+16.66%	21 3.20%	25
CompTIA CySA+	36	New entry-	-	-	21 3.20%
Cisco Certification	41	Down -13 places-13	£75,000	+87.50%	16 2.44%
CEH	42	Down -3 places-3	-	-	15 2.28%
DV Cleared	44	New entry-	£96,250	-	13 1.98%	9
Master's Degree	45	Down -10 places-10	£67,500	-	12 1.83%	3
CCNP	48	Down -14 places-14	£75,000	+87.50%	9 1.37%
CCNA	49	Down -19 places-19	£66,250	+65.62%	8 1.22%
Microsoft Certification	51	Down -19 places-19	£29,500	-26.25%	6 0.91%
A+ Certification	51	Down -9 places-9	-	-	6 0.91%	2
Network+ Certification	51	Down -17 places-17	-	-	6 0.91%	1
BPSS Clearance	52	Down -15 places-15	£44,241	-6.47%	5 0.76%	4
ACCA	54	Down -12 places-12	£55,000	-	3 0.46%	1
CIMA	54	New entry-	£55,000	-	3 0.46%	1
ISTQB	54	Down -12 places-12	£32,500	+93.45%	3 0.46%
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	55	Down -14 places-14	£30,500	-32.22%	2 0.30%
CISSP	55	Down -17 places-17	£83,750	+26.41%	2 0.30%
Chartered Engineer	55	Down -14 places-14	-	-	2 0.30%
CISA	55	New entry-	£83,750	-	2 0.30%
CISM	55	Down -14 places-14	£83,750	+36.73%	2 0.30%
AWS Certification	55	Down -14 places-14	£30,500	-32.22%	2 0.30%
DBS Check	56	Down -16 places-16	£26,951	-40.10%	1 0.15%	3
Microsoft Certified Professional	56	New entry-	£26,750	-	1 0.15%
MCSE	56	Down -23 places-23	£26,750	-33.12%	1 0.15%