Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Staffordshire

Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Postgraduate	3	New entry-	-	-	304 25.27%	2
Degree	4	Up 2 places+2	£37,000	-6.32%	283 23.52%	31
Master's Degree	8	Up 39 places+39	£65,000	-	256 21.28%	5
PhD	11	Up 36 places+36	-	-	253 21.03%	3
Azure Certification	26	New entry-	£60,000	-	65 5.40%	7
NVQ Level 3	30	Up 4 places+4	-	-	51 4.24%
City & Guilds	30	New entry-	-	-	51 4.24%
Security Cleared	37	Up 15 places+15	£45,000	+20.00%	40 3.33%	21
DBS Check	38	Down -36 places-36	£27,694	-25.00%	39 3.24%	10
SC Cleared	43	Up 11 places+11	£45,000	+4.11%	33 2.74%	13
CompTIA Security+	55	New entry-	£30,500	-	21 1.75%	2
CompTIA CySA+	56	New entry-	-	-	20 1.66%	1
Microsoft Certification	60	Down -35 places-35	£36,000	+2.85%	16 1.33%	2
CEH	61	New entry-	£30,500	-	15 1.25%	1
A+ Certification	64	Down -14 places-14	£30,750	-12.14%	12 1.00%	1
Network+ Certification	67	New entry-	£34,500	-	9 0.75%	1
Microsoft Certified Professional	69	Down -21 places-21	£28,500	-18.57%	7 0.58%	1
MCSA	69	Down -22 places-22	£28,500	-18.57%	7 0.58%
HNC	70	Down -31 places-31	£28,500	-18.57%	6 0.50%	5
Cisco Certification	70	Down -21 places-21	£70,000	+36.58%	6 0.50%	3
CTC Cleared	71	New entry-	£62,500	-	5 0.42%	1
CCNA	71	Down -21 places-21	-	-	5 0.42%	2
DV Cleared	72	New entry-	£100,000	-	4 0.33%
Computer Science Degree	73	Down -40 places-40	-	-	3 0.25%	2
HND	73	Down -33 places-33	-	-	3 0.25%	3
AWS Certification	74	Down -19 places-19	-	-	2 0.17%
MCSE	74	Down -46 places-46	-	-	2 0.17%	1
PMP	74	Down -18 places-18	£62,500	+15.74%	2 0.17%	3
PMI Certification	74	New entry-	£62,500	-	2 0.17%	3