Academic & Professional Certification Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	7	Down -4 places-4	£55,000	-4.34%	9,585 10.82%	2,676
Master's Degree	28	Up 43 places+43	£75,000	+8.20%	4,674 5.28%	537
Security Cleared	30	Down -4 places-4	£65,000	+6.99%	4,612 5.21%	1,761
Azure Certification	33	Up 248 places+248	£37,500	-37.50%	4,415 4.99%	387
Postgraduate	35	Up 561 places+561	£48,130	-1.77%	4,296 4.85%	263
PhD	37	Up 201 places+201	£65,000	-1.21%	4,222 4.77%	316
SC Cleared	58	Up 10 places+10	£65,000	+8.33%	2,777 3.14%	1,192
CompTIA Security+	115	Up 402 places+402	£30,500	-44.54%	1,461 1.65%	172
CompTIA CySA+	149	Up 476 places+476	£46,000	-7.07%	1,218 1.38%	75
DV Cleared	152	Down -48 places-48	£70,000	+21.73%	1,197 1.35%	378
CEH	168	Up 372 places+372	£30,500	-59.33%	1,100 1.24%	96
Computer Science Degree	203	Down -112 places-112	£67,500	+8.00%	901 1.02%	351
DBS Check	204	Down -101 places-101	£42,039	+9.69%	898 1.01%	352
Cisco Certification	209	Down -27 places-27	£65,000	+11.58%	863 0.97%	231
Microsoft Certification	212	Down -31 places-31	£32,500	-27.77%	846 0.96%	271
BPSS Clearance	215	Down -14 places-14	£56,616	+2.93%	825 0.93%	237
ACCA	234	Up 237 places+237	£60,000	+22.84%	724 0.82%	105
AWS Certification	234	Up 138 places+138	£31,250	-51.92%	724 0.82%	239
CISSP	236	Down -16 places-16	£80,000	+10.34%	722 0.82%	145
A+ Certification	239	Up 244 places+244	£30,500	-3.17%	713 0.81%	237
Network+ Certification	263	Up 254 places+254	£30,500	-6.15%	629 0.71%	174
CIMA	273	Up 259 places+259	£60,000	+29.03%	597 0.67%	83
CCNA	288	Down -23 places-23	£50,000	-	562 0.63%	131
CISM	352	Down -27 places-27	£80,000	+10.34%	420 0.47%	77
PMI Certification	382	Down -42 places-42	£70,000	+7.69%	371 0.42%	113
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	412	Up 193 places+193	£30,500	-34.05%	330 0.37%	155
PMP	413	Down -31 places-31	£68,750	+5.76%	329 0.37%	102
CCNP	462	Down -156 places-156	£70,000	+12.00%	266 0.30%	69
City & Guilds	488	Up 124 places+124	£37,500	-25.00%	234 0.26%	57
CISA	490	Down -42 places-42	£87,500	+25.00%	231 0.26%	31
HNC	503	Down -124 places-124	£42,500	-10.86%	218 0.25%	112
NVQ Level 3	505	Down -436 places-436	£35,500	-27.62%	214 0.24%	63
HND	511	Down -168 places-168	£42,500	-15.09%	208 0.23%	136
CRISC	551	Down -50 places-50	£77,500	+5.62%	164 0.19%	7
CREST Certified	558	Up 48 places+48	£65,000	-3.70%	157 0.18%	11
MCSE	565	Down -120 places-120	£37,750	-0.12%	150 0.17%	27
ITIL Certification	591	Down -107 places-107	£49,250	-8.26%	124 0.14%	45
ISTQB	597	Down -100 places-100	£48,767	+2.66%	118 0.13%	48
OSCP	598	Down -19 places-19	£85,000	-	117 0.13%	35
CCIE	612	Down -42 places-42	£75,900	-5.12%	103 0.12%	14
Chartered Engineer	613	Down -124 places-124	£57,500	-11.53%	102 0.12%	37
Microsoft Certified Professional	614	Down -135 places-135	£37,000	+5.71%	101 0.11%	23
CIPD	614	Up 19 places+19	£42,500	-15.00%	101 0.11%	8
TOGAF Certification	618	Down -74 places-74	£85,000	-	97 0.11%	22
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	620	Down -68 places-68	£77,500	+13.09%	95 0.11%	12
SANS	621	Down -23 places-23	£90,000	+28.57%	94 0.11%	18
ITIL Foundation Certificate	621	Down -55 places-55	£42,500	-	94 0.11%	16
(ISC)2 CCSP	622	Down -47 places-47	£85,000	+13.33%	93 0.11%	43
CTC Cleared	636	Up 2 places+2	£62,500	-21.87%	79 0.089%	9
GIAC	641	Down -43 places-43	£70,000	+27.27%	74 0.084%	9