Academic & Professional Certification in Tyne and Wear

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Dec 2025	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	2	+17	£33,500	-33.00%	143 18.48%	46
Master's Degree	17	-	£105,000	-	60 7.75%	6
PhD	22	-	-	-	53 6.85%
Azure Certification	34	-	£30,500	-	34 4.39%	13
HNC	40	-	£40,000	-	28 3.62%	1
Microsoft Certification	44	+17	£30,500	-15.27%	23 2.97%	11
AWS Certification	46	+30	£30,500	-32.22%	21 2.71%	13
CompTIA Security+	47	-	£30,500	-	20 2.58%	4
Security Cleared	48	+3	£65,000	-	19 2.45%	27
Computer Science Degree	49	+10	£51,500	+14.44%	18 2.33%	8
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	50	+27	£30,500	-32.22%	17 2.20%	8
Network+ Certification	52	-	£30,500	-	15 1.94%	4
ACCA	52	-	£51,000	-	15 1.94%	2
SC Cleared	54	+10	£65,000	+24.67%	13 1.68%	17
Cisco Certification	55	+12	£33,500	-48.46%	12 1.55%	1
HND	55	-	£47,500	-	12 1.55%
A+ Certification	56	+22	£30,500	+8.92%	11 1.42%	6
CCNP	56	+11	£33,500	-48.46%	11 1.42%	1
CIMA	57	-	£51,000	-	10 1.29%	2
CEH	58	+20	£30,500	-39.00%	9 1.16%	3
ITIL Foundation Certificate	58	-	£52,000	-	9 1.16%	1
PMP	58	+20	£32,500	-	9 1.16%
PMI Certification	58	-	£32,500	-	9 1.16%	1
DBS Check	60	+13	£52,500	+31.24%	7 0.90%	3
ITIL Certification	61	+16	£51,500	-23.70%	6 0.78%
CompTIA CySA+	62	-	-	-	5 0.65%	1
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	63	-	£105,000	-	4 0.52%
CISSP	63	+11	£47,500	+3.12%	4 0.52%	1
PRINCE2 Certification	64	-	£32,500	-	3 0.39%
CCNA	64	+5	£54,000	-16.92%	3 0.39%
DV Cleared	64	+14	-	-	3 0.39%	1
CIPD	64	-	£65,000	-	3 0.39%	1
Six Sigma Green Belt	65	-	-	-	2 0.26%
MCP	65	-	£39,500	-	2 0.26%	2
CISM	65	+11	£85,000	-	2 0.26%	2
TOGAF Certification	65	+11	£85,000	-	2 0.26%