Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the UK excluding London

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	6	Down -4 places-4	£47,500	-7.95%	7,007 11.01%	2,573
Azure Certification	17	Up 273 places+273	£30,500	-46.95%	4,108 6.46%	381
Master's Degree	22	Up 83 places+83	£62,500	+13.63%	3,958 6.22%	752
Postgraduate	27	Up 438 places+438	£47,642	+2.45%	3,867 6.08%	631
PhD	31	Up 181 places+181	£65,000	+44.44%	3,738 5.87%	643
Security Cleared	34	Down -16 places-16	£62,500	+4.16%	3,076 4.83%	1,551
SC Cleared	59	Down -3 places-3	£60,000	+4.62%	1,810 2.84%	1,055
CompTIA Security+	78	Up 358 places+358	£30,500	-39.30%	1,363 2.14%	98
CompTIA CySA+	90	Up 390 places+390	£40,000	-20.00%	1,163 1.83%	6
CEH	109	Up 334 places+334	£30,500	-56.42%	1,003 1.58%	108
DV Cleared	128	Down -68 places-68	£65,000	+18.18%	838 1.32%	361
BPSS Clearance	151	Down -25 places-25	£52,500	-4.54%	740 1.16%	232
DBS Check	171	Down -88 places-88	£42,039	+9.69%	637 1.00%	291
A+ Certification	172	Up 194 places+194	£30,500	+5.17%	636 1.00%	278
Cisco Certification	182	Down -19 places-19	£52,500	-4.54%	609 0.96%	215
Microsoft Certification	183	Down -25 places-25	£31,000	-17.33%	608 0.96%	214
Network+ Certification	193	Up 201 places+201	£30,500	-6.15%	568 0.89%	191
AWS Certification	222	Up 148 places+148	£30,500	-43.19%	487 0.77%	221
CCNA	225	Down -19 places-19	£45,000	-5.26%	477 0.75%	134
Computer Science Degree	243	Down -155 places-155	£59,450	+8.09%	418 0.66%	226
ACCA	255	Up 130 places+130	£60,000	+41.17%	380 0.60%	88
CIMA	284	Up 135 places+135	£57,500	+35.29%	319 0.50%	75
CISSP	299	Down -59 places-59	£70,000	+7.69%	294 0.46%	115
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	304	Up 161 places+161	£30,500	-32.22%	287 0.45%	140
PMI Certification	335	Down -27 places-27	£63,076	+0.92%	245 0.39%	94
City & Guilds	351	Up 128 places+128	£37,500	-17.58%	225 0.35%	33
PMP	360	Down -35 places-35	£52,500	-15.99%	214 0.34%	81
NVQ Level 3	363	Down -315 places-315	£35,500	-35.45%	211 0.33%	50
HNC	365	Down -110 places-110	£42,500	-10.86%	208 0.33%	106
CISM	396	Down -108 places-108	£62,500	-3.84%	172 0.27%	82
HND	404	Down -152 places-152	£42,500	-15.00%	162 0.25%	110
CCNP	441	Down -199 places-199	£62,500	-	124 0.19%	61
MCSE	469	Down -148 places-148	£33,625	-7.24%	96 0.15%	20
Chartered Engineer	470	Down -123 places-123	£57,500	-11.53%	95 0.15%	37
ITIL Certification	471	Down -72 places-72	£43,000	-17.30%	94 0.15%	48
CIPD	471	Up 14 places+14	£39,000	-22.77%	94 0.15%	17
CISA	481	Down -118 places-118	£62,500	+2.45%	84 0.13%	28
CREST Certified	483	Down -2 places-2	£65,000	-3.70%	82 0.13%	10
CTC Cleared	486	Up 4 places+4	£62,500	-21.87%	79 0.12%	7
CRISC	491	Down -82 places-82	£60,000	-7.69%	74 0.12%	8
ISTQB	494	Down -103 places-103	£46,250	-2.63%	71 0.11%	33
Microsoft Certified Professional	498	Down -152 places-152	£32,500	-7.14%	67 0.11%	18
IRCA	499	New entry-	-	-	66 0.10%
ITIL Foundation Certificate	499	Down -53 places-53	£40,000	-4.76%	66 0.10%	12
TOGAF Certification	505	Down -63 places-63	£76,250	+17.30%	60 0.094%	32
RIBA	509	Down -31 places-31	£45,000	+12.50%	56 0.088%	5
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	510	Down -51 places-51	£75,000	+16.09%	55 0.086%	11
AAT	519	Down -49 places-49	£49,500	+23.75%	46 0.072%	17
(ISC)2 CCSP	527	Down -65 places-65	£82,500	+10.00%	38 0.060%	33
MBA	530	Down -97 places-97	£75,000	+21.92%	35 0.055%	9