Academic & Professional Certification Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	8	Down -5 places-5	£55,000	-4.34%	9,618 10.90%	2,761
Master's Degree	28	Up 46 places+46	£75,000	+8.20%	4,682 5.31%	586
Security Cleared	31	Down -5 places-5	£65,000	+8.33%	4,617 5.23%	1,703
Azure Certification	34	Up 248 places+248	£31,500	-47.50%	4,426 5.02%	390
Postgraduate	36	Up 558 places+558	£48,130	-1.77%	4,296 4.87%	342
PhD	38	Up 206 places+206	£65,000	-1.21%	4,222 4.79%	384
SC Cleared	59	Up 8 places+8	£65,000	+8.33%	2,778 3.15%	1,163
CompTIA Security+	117	Up 397 places+397	£30,500	-44.54%	1,460 1.66%	174
CompTIA CySA+	150	Up 472 places+472	£45,000	-10.00%	1,219 1.38%	80
DV Cleared	152	Down -46 places-46	£70,000	+21.73%	1,199 1.36%	355
CEH	167	Up 371 places+371	£30,500	-59.33%	1,099 1.25%	95
Computer Science Degree	201	Down -110 places-110	£67,500	+8.00%	903 1.02%	334
DBS Check	201	Down -96 places-96	£42,000	+9.58%	903 1.02%	343
Microsoft Certification	205	Down -20 places-20	£31,500	-30.00%	867 0.98%	258
Cisco Certification	206	Down -21 places-21	£65,000	+12.06%	865 0.98%	215
BPSS Clearance	211	Down -6 places-6	£56,465	+2.66%	829 0.94%	230
AWS Certification	227	Up 142 places+142	£31,000	-52.16%	742 0.84%	255
CISSP	237	Down -14 places-14	£80,000	+10.34%	720 0.82%	160
A+ Certification	238	Up 245 places+245	£30,500	-3.17%	716 0.81%	236
ACCA	239	Up 235 places+235	£60,000	+22.84%	714 0.81%	117
Network+ Certification	266	Up 251 places+251	£30,500	-6.15%	631 0.72%	168
CIMA	285	Up 245 places+245	£60,000	+31.86%	587 0.67%	93
CCNA	296	Down -30 places-30	£50,000	-	562 0.64%	117
CISM	366	Down -42 places-42	£80,000	+10.34%	420 0.48%	89
PMI Certification	393	Down -52 places-52	£70,000	+7.69%	370 0.42%	118
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	408	Up 194 places+194	£30,500	-32.22%	347 0.39%	155
PMP	422	Down -41 places-41	£68,750	+5.76%	329 0.37%	100
CCNP	464	Down -162 places-162	£70,000	+12.00%	268 0.30%	67
City & Guilds	490	Up 121 places+121	£37,500	-25.00%	234 0.27%	58
CISA	493	Down -47 places-47	£87,500	+25.00%	230 0.26%	34
HNC	503	Down -125 places-125	£42,500	-10.86%	218 0.25%	112
NVQ Level 3	507	Down -439 places-439	£35,500	-20.41%	214 0.24%	61
HND	514	Down -130 places-130	£42,500	-15.09%	207 0.23%	127
CRISC	556	Down -59 places-59	£78,750	+6.06%	163 0.18%	14
CREST Certified	562	Up 43 places+43	£65,000	-3.70%	157 0.18%	12
MCSE	569	Down -125 places-125	£37,750	-0.90%	150 0.17%	23
ITIL Certification	596	Down -114 places-114	£48,500	-9.66%	123 0.14%	47
ISTQB	599	Down -104 places-104	£48,767	+2.66%	120 0.14%	52
OSCP	602	Down -25 places-25	£85,000	-	117 0.13%	36
CCIE	616	Down -46 places-46	£75,900	-5.12%	103 0.12%	11
Microsoft Certified Professional	617	Down -140 places-140	£37,000	+5.71%	102 0.12%	23
CIPD	618	Up 13 places+13	£42,500	-15.00%	101 0.11%	10
Chartered Engineer	619	Down -133 places-133	£57,500	-11.53%	100 0.11%	39
TOGAF Certification	620	Down -79 places-79	£85,000	-	99 0.11%	27
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	622	Down -72 places-72	£77,500	+13.09%	97 0.11%	13
ITIL Foundation Certificate	624	Down -58 places-58	£42,500	-	95 0.11%	17
SANS	625	Down -29 places-29	£90,000	+30.90%	94 0.11%	11
(ISC)2 CCSP	626	Down -53 places-53	£85,000	+13.33%	93 0.11%	45
CTC Cleared	640	Down -4 places-4	£62,500	-21.87%	79 0.090%	15
GIAC	646	Down -48 places-48	£69,250	+25.90%	73 0.083%	13