Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the UK excluding London

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	15	Up 11 places+11	£70,000	+20.68%	6,056 6.62%	3,139
Degree	19	Down 17 places-17	£50,000	+11.11%	5,672 6.20%	5,094
SC Cleared	30	Up 18 places+18	£70,000	+21.73%	3,885 4.25%	1,964
DV Cleared	78	Up 65 places+65	£80,000	+15.94%	1,875 2.05%	778
HNC	128	Up 137 places+137	£46,053	+15.13%	1,216 1.33%	616
BPSS Clearance	139	Up 1 place+1	£57,500	+4.24%	1,130 1.23%	842
DBS Check	163	Down 18 places-18	£40,000	-	1,029 1.12%	455
HND	191	Up 106 places+106	£47,241	+20.08%	884 0.97%	534
NVQ Level 3	236	Up 237 places+237	£47,500	+4.14%	696 0.76%	115
Computer Science Degree	270	Down 95 places-95	£60,000	+20.00%	585 0.64%	657
Microsoft Certification	278	Down 129 places-129	£47,500	+46.15%	557 0.61%	256
CISSP	311	Down 24 places-24	£70,000	+12.00%	478 0.52%	315
Master's Degree	315	Down 295 places-295	£56,500	+2.72%	473 0.52%	814
ACCA	342	Down 125 places-125	£62,500	+19.04%	426 0.47%	42
City & Guilds	344	Up 130 places+130	£46,500	+22.36%	423 0.46%	72
Cisco Certification	349	Down 154 places-154	£53,750	+8.63%	415 0.45%	250
Azure Certification	360	Down 133 places-133	£60,000	+77.77%	394 0.43%	342
CIMA	367	Down 79 places-79	£62,500	+22.54%	387 0.42%	30
Chartered Engineer	388	Up 18 places+18	£56,000	-17.64%	349 0.38%	139
CISM	401	Down 47 places-47	£75,000	+13.20%	328 0.36%	202
PMI Certification	434	Down 42 places-42	£60,000	-4.00%	281 0.31%	186
AWS Certification	463	Down 232 places-232	£67,500	+121.31%	243 0.27%	265
CCNA	470	Down 218 places-218	£42,500	+6.25%	234 0.26%	147
A+ Certification	500	Down 172 places-172	£30,000	-1.63%	201 0.22%	270
CCNP	505	Down 188 places-188	£55,000	-4.34%	195 0.21%	90
PhD	508	Down 481 places-481	£56,000	-30.00%	192 0.21%	482
PMP	510	Down 121 places-121	£57,500	-8.00%	190 0.21%	160
Network+ Certification	531	Down 180 places-180	£31,000	-	167 0.18%	97
ITIL Certification	531	Down 82 places-82	£52,500	+1.94%	167 0.18%	66
PRINCE2 Practitioner	539	Down 52 places-52	£70,000	+26.73%	159 0.17%	39
CompTIA Security+	563	Down 209 places-209	£50,000	+47.05%	135 0.15%	247
Postgraduate	593	Down 523 places-523	£43,265	-33.62%	104 0.11%	131
MCSE	604	Down 223 places-223	£28,500	-17.09%	93 0.10%	25
CIPD	607	Down 141 places-141	£42,500	-16.28%	90 0.098%	8
ITIL Foundation Certificate	616	Down 204 places-204	£36,500	-1.35%	81 0.089%	66
TOGAF Certification	617	Down 193 places-193	£77,500	+3.33%	80 0.087%	48
AAT	620	Down 156 places-156	£40,000	+29.03%	77 0.084%	16
CRISC	625	Down 150 places-150	£72,500	+11.53%	72 0.079%	53
Microsoft Certified Professional	627	Down 204 places-204	£36,250	+11.53%	70 0.077%	112
ISTQB	628	Down 183 places-183	£46,000	+2.22%	69 0.075%	49
CISA	631	Down 143 places-143	£77,500	+19.23%	66 0.072%	87
(ISC)2 CCSP	643	Down 145 places-145	£72,500	+28.88%	54 0.059%	36
CompTIA CySA+	644	Down 139 places-139	£55,000	+10.00%	53 0.058%	143
NVQ Level 4	647	Down 139 places-139	£44,368	-9.41%	50 0.055%	15
CREST Certified	648	Down 159 places-159	£54,000	-16.92%	49 0.054%	81
RIBA	650	Down 139 places-139	£42,500	-22.01%	47 0.051%	10
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor	654	Down 153 places-153	£58,250	-10.38%	43 0.047%	22
CEH	654	Down 269 places-269	£62,000	+89.31%	43 0.047%	120
MCSA	655	Down 190 places-190	£36,000	+10.76%	42 0.046%	16
PRINCE2 Certification	657	Down 145 places-145	£70,000	+35.92%	40 0.044%	20