Academic & Professional Certification Statistics

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Degree8Down -5 places-5£55,000-1.78%9,485 10.50%3,244
Security Cleared29Down -3 places-3£65,000+6.27%4,719 5.22%2,254
Master's Degree30Up 38 places+38£75,000+7.66%4,659 5.16%478
Azure Certification35Up 248 places+248£40,000-33.33%4,393 4.86%645
Postgraduate36Up 555 places+555£48,505-4.97%4,299 4.76%53
PhD39Up 174 places+174£62,500-5.02%4,229 4.68%180
SC Cleared58Up 20 places+20£65,000+8.33%2,874 3.18%1,516
CompTIA Security+121Up 387 places+387£32,000-41.81%1,437 1.59%147
CompTIA CySA+151Up 463 places+463£46,000-8.00%1,219 1.35%91
DV Cleared153Down -44 places-44£70,000+21.73%1,206 1.33%524
CEH176Up 356 places+356£30,500-59.33%1,079 1.19%120
DBS Check204Down -106 places-106£42,500+10.89%926 1.02%415
Computer Science Degree212Down -118 places-118£65,000+8.33%882 0.98%432
Cisco Certification215Down -33 places-33£65,000+12.06%853 0.94%421
BPSS Clearance216Down -24 places-24£57,000+3.63%844 0.93%297
Microsoft Certification225Down -47 places-47£32,500-27.77%812 0.90%237
ACCA247Up 210 places+210£60,000+26.07%708 0.78%177
CISSP249Down -26 places-26£80,000+10.34%704 0.78%258
A+ Certification253Up 219 places+219£30,500-3.17%689 0.76%174
AWS Certification255Up 116 places+116£31,500-51.53%683 0.76%218
Network+ Certification280Up 229 places+229£30,500-5.42%606 0.67%252
CIMA289Up 234 places+234£60,000+26.31%588 0.65%141
CCNA304Down -39 places-39£50,000-556 0.62%274
CISM371Down -50 places-50£80,000+10.34%415 0.46%145
PMI Certification407Down -70 places-70£70,000+7.69%362 0.40%184
PMP442Down -68 places-68£70,000+7.69%317 0.35%163
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner452Up 149 places+149£30,500-35.78%302 0.33%83
CCNP482Down -179 places-179£70,000+12.00%258 0.29%114
CISA501Down -61 places-61£87,500+25.00%234 0.26%48
City & Guilds503Up 105 places+105£37,500-25.00%232 0.26%60
HNC517Down -154 places-154£42,500-10.86%218 0.24%139
NVQ Level 3524Down -440 places-440£35,500-18.01%211 0.23%60
HND529Down -375 places-375£42,500-15.09%205 0.23%140
CRISC565Down -70 places-70£76,250+5.17%166 0.18%15
CREST Certified578Up 21 places+21£65,000-3.70%152 0.17%13
MCSE592Down -160 places-160£40,750+8.66%138 0.15%22
ITIL Certification612Down -129 places-129£48,500-9.66%118 0.13%46
ISTQB613Down -124 places-124£50,000+5.26%117 0.13%42
OSCP613Down -42 places-42£87,500-2.77%117 0.13%47
Chartered Engineer628Down -149 places-149£57,500-11.53%102 0.11%46
CCIE628Down -61 places-61£75,000-6.25%102 0.11%33
AWS Certified Solutions Architect629Down -82 places-82£77,500+13.09%101 0.11%14
TOGAF Certification634Down -94 places-94£85,000+3.03%96 0.11%30
Microsoft Certified Professional635Down -171 places-171£35,000-95 0.11%26
SANS636Down -46 places-46£90,000+28.57%94 0.10%15
(ISC)2 CCSP637Down -68 places-68£85,000+13.33%93 0.10%58
CIPD639Down -12 places-12£39,000-1.26%91 0.10%23
ITIL Foundation Certificate640Down -81 places-81£42,250-0.58%90 0.100%20
CTC Cleared651Down -21 places-21£62,500-17.00%79 0.087%11
IRCA658New entry---72 0.080%2