Academic & Professional Certification Statistics

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	16	Up 14 places+14	£70,000	+16.66%	8,123 6.65%	2,202
Degree	18	Down 15 places-15	£52,500	+0.96%	7,557 6.18%	2,356
SC Cleared	36	Up 19 places+19	£70,000	+16.66%	5,272 4.31%	1,585
DV Cleared	92	Up 61 places+61	£77,500	+10.71%	2,298 1.88%	502
DBS Check	174	Down 37 places-37	£41,982	+3.65%	1,341 1.10%	285
BPSS Clearance	178	Up 24 places+24	£60,000	+8.28%	1,291 1.06%	403
HNC	197	Up 146 places+146	£47,500	+7.95%	1,193 0.98%	493
Computer Science Degree	223	Down 81 places-81	£62,500	+4.16%	1,031 0.84%	257
HND	255	Down 42 places-42	£47,500	-	881 0.72%	378
CISSP	257	Down 8 places-8	£80,000	+18.51%	868 0.71%	205
Microsoft Certification	283	Down 115 places-115	£52,500	+50.00%	781 0.64%	141
Master's Degree	291	Down 222 places-222	£60,000	-17.24%	757 0.62%	256
NVQ Level 3	304	Up 275 places+275	£47,500	+2.58%	711 0.58%	138
ACCA	318	Down 77 places-77	£62,500	-0.79%	679 0.56%	43
Cisco Certification	329	Down 108 places-108	£62,500	+19.04%	658 0.54%	190
Azure Certification	331	Down 93 places-93	£62,500	+8.69%	655 0.54%	242
CIMA	345	Down 8 places-8	£60,000	-	615 0.50%	35
CISM	363	Down 10 places-10	£78,740	+12.48%	574 0.47%	107
AWS Certification	399	Down 213 places-213	£75,000	+30.43%	511 0.42%	152
City & Guilds	430	Up 161 places+161	£46,500	+10.71%	463 0.38%	112
PMI Certification	469	Down 74 places-74	£60,000	-20.00%	395 0.32%	78
Chartered Engineer	477	Up 53 places+53	£57,100	-18.42%	384 0.31%	93
PhD	502	Down 391 places-391	£56,000	-37.77%	339 0.28%	104
CCNA	513	Down 188 places-188	£48,500	+20.49%	326 0.27%	117
CCNP	523	Down 162 places-162	£65,576	+9.29%	315 0.26%	52
PMP	524	Down 109 places-109	£65,000	-10.34%	312 0.26%	80
A+ Certification	581	Down 145 places-145	£30,000	-1.63%	242 0.20%	212
ITIL Certification	584	Down 53 places-53	£60,000	+16.50%	239 0.20%	49
CompTIA Security+	623	Down 145 places-145	£52,500	+5.00%	199 0.16%	87
Network+ Certification	632	Down 162 places-162	£33,500	+6.34%	189 0.15%	84
Postgraduate	644	Down 41 places-41	£55,000	-20.17%	177 0.14%	41
PRINCE2 Practitioner	665	Down 47 places-47	£69,000	+12.19%	156 0.13%	27
TOGAF Certification	667	Down 146 places-146	£85,000	-	154 0.13%	18
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	670	Down 273 places-273	£80,000	-1.84%	151 0.12%	19
CISA	674	Down 172 places-172	£75,000	+7.14%	147 0.12%	40
CRISC	677	Down 146 places-146	£75,000	-11.76%	144 0.12%	37
(ISC)2 CCSP	699	Down 89 places-89	£82,500	+26.92%	122 0.100%	32
Microsoft Certified Professional	713	Down 186 places-186	£47,500	+46.15%	108 0.088%	45
MCSE	717	Down 280 places-280	£28,500	-18.57%	104 0.085%	15
ITIL Foundation Certificate	718	Down 174 places-174	£42,500	+13.33%	103 0.084%	38
CREST Certified	719	Down 96 places-96	£60,000	-8.21%	102 0.083%	78
ISTQB	719	Down 185 places-185	£47,500	-5.00%	102 0.083%	23
MBA	722	Down 156 places-156	£85,000	+25.92%	99 0.081%	19
CIPD	723	Down 130 places-130	£44,241	-18.87%	98 0.080%	4
CCSP	726	Down 93 places-93	£82,500	+32.00%	95 0.078%	29
CEH	734	Down 218 places-218	£66,750	+33.50%	87 0.071%	91
AAT	735	Down 160 places-160	£42,500	+34.92%	86 0.070%	12
OSCP	738	Down 122 places-122	£70,000	-	83 0.068%	22
GIAC	748	Down 117 places-117	£75,000	-6.25%	73 0.060%	19
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	748	Down 112 places-112	£70,000	+21.73%	73 0.060%	12