Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Swansea

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Azure Certification	6	New entry-	£55,000	-	59 17.00%	1
Security Cleared	34	Down -24 places-24	£69,737	+84.81%	17 4.90%	5
CompTIA Security+	35	New entry-	£31,000	-	16 4.61%	4
CEH	36	New entry-	-	-	15 4.32%
SC Cleared	36	Down -26 places-26	£63,508	+68.30%	15 4.32%	5
CompTIA CySA+	36	New entry-	-	-	15 4.32%
AWS Certification	39	New entry-	£80,000	-	12 3.46%
Degree	40	New entry-	£48,832	-	11 3.17%	3
TOGAF Certification	43	New entry-	£80,000	-	8 2.31%
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	44	New entry-	£80,000	-	7 2.02%
CCNA	45	New entry-	-	-	6 1.73%
Cisco Certification	45	New entry-	-	-	6 1.73%
A+ Certification	45	Down -37 places-37	-	-	6 1.73%	7
Network+ Certification	45	New entry-	-	-	6 1.73%	4
ISTQB	45	New entry-	£45,000	-	6 1.73%	1
CISSP	46	New entry-	£63,155	-	5 1.44%	2
PMP	47	New entry-	£65,000	-	4 1.15%
PMI Certification	47	Down -35 places-35	£65,000	+52.94%	4 1.15%
ISTQB Advanced Certification	47	New entry-	£47,500	-	4 1.15%
CISM	48	New entry-	£51,709	-	3 0.86%	2
PRINCE2 Practitioner	49	New entry-	£70,000	-	2 0.58%
DV Cleared	49	Down -37 places-37	£74,600	+10.30%	2 0.58%
BPSS Clearance	49	New entry-	£53,000	-	2 0.58%	2
CIPD	50	New entry-	-	-	1 0.29%	1
CBAP	50	New entry-	£60,000	-	1 0.29%
APMP	50	New entry-	£57,515	-	1 0.29%
CRISC	50	New entry-	-	-	1 0.29%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	50	New entry-	-	-	1 0.29%	1
CSPO	50	Down -40 places-40	£65,000	+8.59%	1 0.29%