Academic & Professional Certification in Staffordshire

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 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%	351 40.11%	58
Postgraduate	6	+65	-	-	215 24.57%
Master's Degree	7	-	£65,000	-	207 23.66%	11
PhD	8	-	-	-	204 23.31%	4
NVQ Level 3	50	+4	-	-	34 3.89%
City & Guilds	50	-	-	-	34 3.89%
Security Cleared	55	-28	£75,000	+36.36%	27 3.09%	13
SC Cleared	65	-26	£75,000	+36.36%	16 1.83%	10
DV Cleared	67	-16	£75,000	+30.43%	14 1.60%
Azure Certification	71	-3	£56,500	+7.61%	10 1.14%	15
Computer Science Degree	73	-43	£65,000	+85.71%	8 0.91%	6
Microsoft Certification	74	-56	£35,000	-	7 0.80%	15
Cisco Certification	75	-29	£51,750	+0.97%	6 0.69%	6
HNC	76	-34	£50,000	+42.85%	5 0.57%	8
CISSP	76	-24	£62,500	+4.16%	5 0.57%	2
A+ Certification	77	-8	£35,000	-	4 0.46%	5
MCSE	77	-52	£35,000	-	4 0.46%	2
MCSA	77	-14	£35,000	-32.69%	4 0.46%	2
MCP	77	-17	£35,000	-	4 0.46%	2
HND	77	-34	-	-	4 0.46%	5
CompTIA CySA+	77	-	-	-	4 0.46%
CompTIA Security+	77	-	-	-	4 0.46%	4
(ISC)2 CCSP	77	-	£65,000	-	4 0.46%
CCSP	77	-	£65,000	-	4 0.46%
CISM	78	-22	£51,887	-13.52%	3 0.34%
TOGAF Certification	79	-	£65,000	-	2 0.23%
CCNP	79	-17	£41,000	-21.90%	2 0.23%	2
CCNA	79	-33	£41,000	-20.00%	2 0.23%	6
PRINCE2 Certification	80	-	£45,000	-	1 0.11%
ITIL Certification	80	-15	£37,500	-25.92%	1 0.11%
PMP	80	-13	£82,500	+50.00%	1 0.11%	1
PMI Certification	80	-10	£82,500	+52.77%	1 0.11%	1
ISTQB	80	-12	£42,500	+82.87%	1 0.11%
Chartered Engineer	80	-11	-	-	1 0.11%
CRISC	80	-	£51,887	-	1 0.11%
DBS Check	80	-20	-	-	1 0.11%	4
CREST Certified	80	-	-	-	1 0.11%