Academic & Professional Certification in Staffordshire

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 Dec 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	1	+3	£38,500	-0.65%	404 40.68%	23
Postgraduate	4	+62	-	-	304 30.61%
Master's Degree	7	-	£65,000	-	270 27.19%	1
PhD	8	-	-	-	267 26.89%
NVQ Level 3	40	+9	-	-	51 5.14%
City & Guilds	40	-	-	-	51 5.14%	1
Security Cleared	52	-20	£75,000	+42.18%	28 2.82%	11
SC Cleared	61	-21	£75,000	+42.18%	17 1.71%	9
DV Cleared	64	-11	£75,000	+42.85%	14 1.41%	1
Azure Certification	65	-2	£60,000	+14.28%	13 1.31%	8
Microsoft Certification	68	-54	£43,250	+23.57%	10 1.01%	8
DBS Check	68	-13	£27,694	+0.70%	10 1.01%	5
HNC	71	-31	£50,000	+42.85%	7 0.70%	5
Computer Science Degree	72	-46	£62,500	+78.57%	6 0.60%
Cisco Certification	73	-29	£41,000	-20.00%	5 0.50%	3
MCP	73	-15	£35,000	-	5 0.50%
MCSA	73	-15	£35,000	-32.69%	5 0.50%	1
CompTIA Security+	73	-	-	-	5 0.50%	2
CompTIA CySA+	73	-	-	-	5 0.50%
CISSP	74	-28	£57,193	-4.67%	4 0.40%	1
HND	75	-38	-	-	3 0.30%	4
CISM	75	-24	£51,887	-13.52%	3 0.30%
A+ Certification	75	-11	£35,000	-	3 0.30%	2
MCSE	75	-54	£35,000	-	3 0.30%	3
(ISC)2 CCSP	75	-	£62,500	-	3 0.30%
CCSP	75	-	£62,500	-	3 0.30%
CCNP	76	-16	£41,000	-21.90%	2 0.20%	1
CCNA	76	-32	£41,000	-20.00%	2 0.20%	3
PRINCE2 Certification	77	-	£45,000	-	1 0.10%
ITIL Certification	77	-16	£37,500	-25.92%	1 0.10%
PMP	77	-15	£82,500	+50.00%	1 0.10%
PMI Certification	77	-12	£82,500	+52.77%	1 0.10%
Chartered Engineer	77	-13	-	-	1 0.10%
CTC Cleared	77	-	£62,500	-	1 0.10%	3
CRISC	77	-	£51,887	-	1 0.10%
TOGAF Certification	77	-	£62,500	-	1 0.10%