Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Wales

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	34	Down 14 places-14	£64,250	-9.55%	173 5.00%	37
SC Cleared	39	Down 15 places-15	£65,929	-10.66%	151 4.36%	31
Degree	47	Down 41 places-41	£50,871	+1.51%	118 3.41%	56
HNC	113	Down 42 places-42	£45,500	-	35 1.01%	12
HND	119	Down 53 places-53	£43,750	-	29 0.84%	18
DBS Check	121	Down 79 places-79	£27,500	-42.85%	27 0.78%	10
BPSS Clearance	123	Down 91 places-91	£45,000	-43.75%	25 0.72%	8
NVQ Level 3	126	New entry-	£52,000	-	22 0.64%	2
Azure Certification	131	Down 72 places-72	£65,000	-18.75%	17 0.49%	32
Computer Science Degree	132	Down 73 places-73	£26,750	-52.44%	16 0.46%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	132	Down 63 places-63	£72,500	+13.28%	16 0.46%	2
City & Guilds	133	New entry-	£42,500	-	15 0.43%	1
PMP	135	Down 64 places-64	£66,750	+2.69%	13 0.38%	5
AWS Certification	137	Down 69 places-69	£80,000	+164.46%	11 0.32%	22
ISTQB	138	Down 67 places-67	£43,750	+9.37%	10 0.29%
ITIL Certification	138	Down 67 places-67	£31,519	-54.97%	10 0.29%
PMI Certification	138	New entry-	£66,822	-	10 0.29%	3
TOGAF Certification	139	New entry-	£80,000	-	9 0.26%
Cisco Certification	140	Down 72 places-72	£45,000	-9.54%	8 0.23%	15
Microsoft Certification	140	Down 76 places-76	£55,000	+67.93%	8 0.23%	11
ACCA	140	New entry-	£133,627	-	8 0.23%
CompTIA CySA+	141	New entry-	£39,500	-	7 0.20%	8
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	141	New entry-	£80,000	-	7 0.20%
CIMA	141	New entry-	£133,627	-	7 0.20%
ISTQB Advanced Certification	142	Down 71 places-71	£47,500	+18.75%	6 0.17%
CompTIA Security+	143	New entry-	£47,500	-	5 0.14%	17
CCNA	143	Down 74 places-74	£40,750	-18.09%	5 0.14%	14
CISSP	144	Down 76 places-76	£60,343	-7.16%	4 0.12%	2
A+ Certification	144	New entry-	£31,519	-	4 0.12%	25
CIPFA	144	New entry-	£137,253	-	4 0.12%
Network+ Certification	145	Down 81 places-81	£31,519	-60.60%	3 0.087%	21
Microsoft Certified Professional	145	New entry-	£29,000	-	3 0.087%	1
CISMP	145	Down 75 places-75	£47,500	+35.71%	3 0.087%
CCIE	145	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 0.087%
CCNP	145	Down 74 places-74	£45,000	-18.18%	3 0.087%	1
JNCIP	145	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 0.087%
CCAB	145	New entry-	£137,253	-	3 0.087%
CBAP	145	Down 74 places-74	£50,000	-	3 0.087%
Master's Degree	146	Down 93 places-93	-	-	2 0.058%	1
ISEB	146	New entry-	£77,500	-	2 0.058%	1
RIBA	146	New entry-	-	-	2 0.058%
ITIL Foundation Certificate	147	Down 77 places-77	£48,500	+85.39%	1 0.029%
CREST Certified	147	New entry-	£76,500	-	1 0.029%	3
CRISC	147	Down 77 places-77	-	-	1 0.029%
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	147	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%	1
Chartered Engineer	147	Down 82 places-82	£66,300	-12.64%	1 0.029%	1
MCSE	147	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%	1
CSPO	147	New entry-	£65,000	-	1 0.029%
APMG	147	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%	3
AAT	147	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%