Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Staffordshire

Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Postgraduate	3	New entry-	-	-	304 25.52%
Degree	4	Up 2 places+2	£37,000	-6.32%	284 23.85%	34
Master's Degree	8	Up 43 places+43	£65,000	-	256 21.49%	4
PhD	11	Up 40 places+40	-	-	253 21.24%	1
Azure Certification	25	Up 34 places+34	£60,000	+14.28%	60 5.04%	8
City & Guilds	28	New entry-	-	-	51 4.28%
NVQ Level 3	28	Up 9 places+9	-	-	51 4.28%
DBS Check	36	Down -34 places-34	£27,694	-25.00%	39 3.27%	11
Security Cleared	37	Up 15 places+15	£45,000	-13.41%	37 3.11%	21
SC Cleared	44	Up 11 places+11	£45,000	-13.41%	30 2.52%	13
CompTIA Security+	54	New entry-	£30,500	-	20 1.68%	2
CompTIA CySA+	55	New entry-	-	-	19 1.60%	1
Microsoft Certification	58	Down -32 places-32	£36,000	+2.85%	16 1.34%	5
CEH	60	New entry-	£30,500	-	14 1.18%	1
A+ Certification	63	Down -10 places-10	£30,750	-12.14%	11 0.92%	2
Network+ Certification	66	Down -7 places-7	£34,500	-34.28%	8 0.67%	2
Microsoft Certified Professional	67	Down -16 places-16	£28,500	-18.57%	7 0.59%	1
MCSA	67	Down -17 places-17	£28,500	-18.57%	7 0.59%
HNC	68	Down -26 places-26	£28,500	-18.57%	6 0.50%	5
CTC Cleared	69	New entry-	£62,500	-	5 0.42%
Cisco Certification	69	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	+36.58%	5 0.42%	5
DV Cleared	70	Down -12 places-12	£100,000	+90.47%	4 0.34%
CCNA	70	Down -18 places-18	-	-	4 0.34%	4
Computer Science Degree	71	Down -36 places-36	-	-	3 0.25%	2
HND	71	Down -28 places-28	-	-	3 0.25%	3
AWS Certification	72	Down -14 places-14	-	-	2 0.17%
MCSE	72	Down -42 places-42	-	-	2 0.17%	2
PMP	72	Down -13 places-13	£62,500	+15.74%	2 0.17%	4
PMI Certification	72	New entry-	£62,500	-	2 0.17%	4