Academic & Professional Certification in Staffordshire

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 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%	178 29.77%	38
Security Cleared	40	-25	£75,000	+36.36%	26 4.35%	10
Master's Degree	40	-	£65,000	-	26 4.35%	3
PhD	42	-	-	-	24 4.01%	1
SC Cleared	50	-15	£75,000	+33.33%	15 2.51%	7
DV Cleared	51	-2	£75,000	+20.00%	14 2.34%
Computer Science Degree	53	-20	£67,500	+92.85%	12 2.01%	3
Microsoft Certification	55	-35	£35,000	-	10 1.67%	11
Cisco Certification	57	-8	£62,500	+21.94%	8 1.34%	2
MCSE	58	-32	£35,000	-	7 1.17%	1
MCSA	58	+9	£35,000	-32.69%	7 1.17%
MCP	58	+6	£35,000	-	7 1.17%
A+ Certification	58	+15	£35,000	-	7 1.17%	3
CISSP	59	-2	£65,000	+8.33%	6 1.00%
CCSP	60	-	£67,500	-	5 0.84%
(ISC)2 CCSP	60	-	£67,500	-	5 0.84%
HNC	60	-13	£50,000	+42.85%	5 0.84%	7
HND	61	-13	-	-	4 0.67%	4
Azure Certification	61	+11	£56,500	+7.61%	4 0.67%	11
TOGAF Certification	62	-	£67,500	-	3 0.50%	1
CISM	62	+1	£51,887	-13.52%	3 0.50%
CCNP	62	+4	£41,000	-21.90%	3 0.50%
CCNA	62	-13	£41,000	-20.00%	3 0.50%	2
PRINCE2 Certification	64	-	£45,000	-	1 0.17%
ITIL Certification	64	+4	£37,500	-25.92%	1 0.17%
PMP	64	+7	£82,500	+50.00%	1 0.17%	1
PMI Certification	64	+10	£82,500	+52.77%	1 0.17%	1
ISTQB	64	+6	£42,500	+82.87%	1 0.17%
Chartered Engineer	64	+8	-	-	1 0.17%
CRISC	64	-	£51,887	-	1 0.17%
DBS Check	64	0	-	-	1 0.17%	6
CREST Certified	64	-	-	-	1 0.17%
CompTIA Security+	64	-	-	-	1 0.17%	3
CompTIA CySA+	64	-	-	-	1 0.17%