Academic & Professional Certification in Staffordshire

Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Nov 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	1	+3	£38,500	-10.46%	176 28.53%	43
Security Cleared	37	-19	£75,000	+36.36%	26 4.21%	15
Master's Degree	37	-	£65,000	-	26 4.21%	7
PhD	39	-	-	-	24 3.89%	4
SC Cleared	48	-8	£75,000	+36.36%	15 2.43%	11
DV Cleared	49	+3	£75,000	+25.00%	14 2.27%
Computer Science Degree	52	-17	£67,500	+92.85%	11 1.78%	3
Microsoft Certification	54	-33	£35,000	-	9 1.46%	14
Cisco Certification	55	-6	£62,500	+21.94%	8 1.30%	2
Azure Certification	57	+15	£56,500	+7.61%	6 0.97%	14
MCP	57	+7	£35,000	-	6 0.97%	1
A+ Certification	57	+16	£35,000	-	6 0.97%	3
MCSE	57	-29	£35,000	-	6 0.97%	1
MCSA	57	+10	£35,000	-32.69%	6 0.97%	1
CISSP	57	0	£65,000	+8.33%	6 0.97%
HNC	58	-11	£50,000	+42.85%	5 0.81%	12
CCSP	58	-	£67,500	-	5 0.81%
(ISC)2 CCSP	58	-	£67,500	-	5 0.81%
HND	59	-11	-	-	4 0.65%	4
TOGAF Certification	60	-	£67,500	-	3 0.49%	1
CISM	60	+2	£51,887	-13.52%	3 0.49%
CCNP	60	+6	£41,000	-21.90%	3 0.49%
CCNA	60	-11	£41,000	-20.00%	3 0.49%	2
CompTIA Security+	61	-	-	-	2 0.32%	3
CompTIA CySA+	61	-	-	-	2 0.32%
PRINCE2 Certification	62	-	£45,000	-	1 0.16%
ITIL Certification	62	+6	£37,500	-25.92%	1 0.16%
PMP	62	+9	£82,500	+50.00%	1 0.16%	2
PMI Certification	62	+12	£82,500	+52.77%	1 0.16%	2
ISTQB	62	+8	£42,500	+82.87%	1 0.16%
Chartered Engineer	62	+10	-	-	1 0.16%
CRISC	62	-	£51,887	-	1 0.16%
DBS Check	62	+2	-	-	1 0.16%	5
CREST Certified	62	-	-	-	1 0.16%