Academic & Professional Certification Statistics

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	12	Up 20 places+20	£70,000	+12.00%	8,544 6.92%	6,070
Degree	15	Down 12 places-12	£52,500	-	7,877 6.38%	12,382
SC Cleared	34	Up 24 places+24	£70,000	+16.66%	5,544 4.49%	3,963
DV Cleared	89	Up 90 places+90	£80,000	+14.28%	2,376 1.92%	1,283
DBS Check	167	No change0	£41,982	+3.65%	1,432 1.16%	991
BPSS Clearance	180	Up 23 places+23	£60,000	+8.28%	1,339 1.08%	1,502
HNC	181	Up 171 places+171	£47,500	+7.95%	1,331 1.08%	923
Computer Science Degree	231	Down 90 places-90	£62,500	+4.16%	1,017 0.82%	1,968
HND	245	Up 132 places+132	£47,500	+11.76%	976 0.79%	795
CISSP	261	Down 23 places-23	£80,000	+18.51%	902 0.73%	827
Master's Degree	283	Down 254 places-254	£60,000	-14.28%	814 0.66%	2,221
NVQ Level 3	292	Up 285 places+285	£47,500	-0.52%	790 0.64%	205
Microsoft Certification	297	Down 137 places-137	£52,500	+50.00%	770 0.62%	667
ACCA	329	Down 98 places-98	£62,500	-	682 0.55%	110
Azure Certification	337	Down 107 places-107	£65,000	+18.18%	664 0.54%	660
Cisco Certification	345	Down 126 places-126	£60,500	+12.55%	644 0.52%	590
CIMA	364	Down 52 places-52	£62,500	+4.16%	610 0.49%	78
CISM	374	Down 35 places-35	£80,000	+14.28%	589 0.48%	504
AWS Certification	402	Down 185 places-185	£75,000	+50.00%	531 0.43%	739
City & Guilds	417	Up 167 places+167	£46,500	+10.71%	499 0.40%	134
Chartered Engineer	460	Up 66 places+66	£57,100	-17.24%	415 0.34%	248
PMI Certification	467	Down 88 places-88	£61,611	-17.85%	406 0.33%	499
PhD	495	Down 456 places-456	£56,000	-37.77%	353 0.29%	1,355
CCNA	517	Down 191 places-191	£50,000	+23.45%	322 0.26%	301
PMP	524	Down 130 places-130	£65,000	-7.14%	311 0.25%	428
CCNP	530	Down 173 places-173	£65,000	+8.33%	304 0.25%	212
ITIL Certification	575	Down 56 places-56	£60,000	+16.50%	255 0.21%	136
A+ Certification	584	Down 174 places-174	£30,500	-	243 0.20%	385
CompTIA Security+	611	Down 161 places-161	£52,500	+28.04%	213 0.17%	385
Network+ Certification	627	Down 179 places-179	£34,000	+7.93%	196 0.16%	195
Postgraduate	643	Down 558 places-558	£55,000	-20.17%	180 0.15%	222
TOGAF Certification	659	Down 151 places-151	£85,000	-	164 0.13%	92
PRINCE2 Practitioner	660	Down 49 places-49	£70,000	+12.00%	163 0.13%	74
CISA	671	Down 186 places-186	£77,500	+10.71%	152 0.12%	246
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	677	Down 137 places-137	£80,000	-1.84%	146 0.12%	124
CRISC	678	Down 157 places-157	£75,000	-6.25%	145 0.12%	159
(ISC)2 CCSP	705	Down 102 places-102	£83,500	+28.46%	118 0.096%	132
ITIL Foundation Certificate	710	Down 187 places-187	£43,250	+8.31%	113 0.092%	124
Microsoft Certified Professional	710	Down 191 places-191	£52,500	+61.53%	113 0.092%	411
MBA	713	Down 161 places-161	£90,000	+22.03%	110 0.089%	234
CREST Certified	716	Down 106 places-106	£62,500	-4.11%	107 0.087%	150
ISTQB	716	Down 187 places-187	£47,500	-5.00%	107 0.087%	104
MCSE	719	Down 290 places-290	£28,500	-18.57%	104 0.084%	52
CIPD	723	Down 146 places-146	£44,241	-18.87%	100 0.081%	18
AAT	728	Down 163 places-163	£42,500	+28.78%	95 0.077%	20
OSCP	731	Down 122 places-122	£70,000	-	92 0.075%	123
CCSP	732	Down 106 places-106	£84,250	+34.75%	91 0.074%	99
CEH	732	Down 250 places-250	£70,000	+55.55%	91 0.074%	197
GIAC	745	Down 124 places-124	£75,000	-	78 0.063%	103
RIBA	746	Down 110 places-110	£47,500	-12.84%	77 0.062%	22