Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the Thames Valley

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	8	Down 6 places-6	£55,000	+15.78%	671 8.60%	278
Security Cleared	17	Up 17 places+17	£75,000	+36.36%	477 6.12%	240
SC Cleared	42	Up 32 places+32	£70,750	+17.91%	276 3.54%	167
DBS Check	76	Up 47 places+47	£39,000	-7.14%	168 2.15%	40
DV Cleared	82	Up 80 places+80	£80,000	+42.85%	151 1.94%	77
Computer Science Degree	99	Up 9 places+9	£62,500	+56.25%	122 1.56%	29
Master's Degree	142	Down 96 places-96	£56,500	+0.12%	74 0.95%	55
HNC	145	Up 13 places+13	£52,000	+30.00%	71 0.91%	25
Microsoft Certification	145	No change0	£47,500	+35.71%	71 0.91%	22
HND	158	Down 16 places-16	£55,500	+13.84%	58 0.74%	18
ACCA	164	Down 7 places-7	£67,500	+17.39%	52 0.67%	5
CIMA	164	Up 1 place+1	£67,500	+22.72%	52 0.67%	5
NVQ Level 3	165	No change0	£43,500	-4.62%	51 0.65%	12
CISSP	175	Down 16 places-16	£57,000	-12.30%	41 0.53%	21
Cisco Certification	175	Down 9 places-9	£47,500	-20.83%	41 0.53%	19
PhD	177	Down 85 places-85	£56,500	+0.12%	39 0.50%	23
Azure Certification	178	Down 21 places-21	£55,000	+29.41%	38 0.49%	39
CompTIA Security+	181	Down 3 places-3	£50,000	-23.07%	35 0.45%	9
City & Guilds	181	Down 5 places-5	£43,000	-5.71%	35 0.45%	7
CCNA	186	Down 17 places-17	£47,500	-20.83%	30 0.38%	17
PMP	189	Down 20 places-20	£65,000	-13.33%	27 0.35%	10
PMI Certification	190	Down 20 places-20	£75,000	-	26 0.33%	10
CCNP	193	Down 21 places-21	£50,000	-23.07%	23 0.29%	2
Network+ Certification	194	Down 8 places-8	£39,000	-8.23%	22 0.28%	18
BPSS Clearance	198	Down 25 places-25	£70,000	+27.27%	18 0.23%	13
SANS	199	Down 19 places-19	£60,000	-7.69%	17 0.22%	2
AWS Certification	199	Down 24 places-24	£68,500	+120.96%	17 0.22%	19
ICAEW	199	New entry-	£72,500	-	17 0.22%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	201	Down 21 places-21	£67,500	+12.50%	15 0.19%
GIAC	204	Down 18 places-18	£55,000	-15.86%	12 0.15%	2
A+ Certification	204	Down 44 places-44	£32,500	+14.03%	12 0.15%	23
ITIL Certification	204	New entry-	£54,000	-	12 0.15%	9
Chartered Engineer	204	Down 18 places-18	£59,000	+12.38%	12 0.15%	8
CISM	205	Down 32 places-32	£77,933	+19.89%	11 0.14%	11
GCIA	205	Down 25 places-25	£55,000	-15.38%	11 0.14%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	205	Down 27 places-27	£90,000	+20.00%	11 0.14%	3
CISA	206	Down 26 places-26	£49,500	-23.84%	10 0.13%	3
CRISC	207	Down 25 places-25	£49,536	-41.72%	9 0.12%	9
Postgraduate	207	Down 23 places-23	£55,000	+37.50%	9 0.12%	7
CompTIA CySA+	208	Down 22 places-22	£55,000	-	8 0.10%	4
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	208	Down 30 places-30	£72,500	+11.53%	8 0.10%	2
NVQ Level 4	209	New entry-	£43,000	-	7 0.090%	1
ITIL Foundation Certificate	209	Down 34 places-34	£42,500	+12.16%	7 0.090%	4
OSCP	210	Down 29 places-29	£70,000	+52.17%	6 0.077%	4
Microsoft Certified Professional	210	Down 38 places-38	£71,250	+133.60%	6 0.077%	2
APMP	210	Down 24 places-24	£80,000	+33.33%	6 0.077%	2
CREST Certified	210	Down 26 places-26	£75,000	+63.04%	6 0.077%	4
GNVQ	211	New entry-	-	-	5 0.064%
CTC Cleared	211	New entry-	£58,346	-	5 0.064%	5
CIPD	211	Down 28 places-28	£30,000	-45.45%	5 0.064%	3