Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Wales

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	31	Down 12 places-12	£63,500	-10.61%	169 5.03%	34
SC Cleared	36	Down 13 places-13	£63,500	-13.95%	150 4.46%	25
Degree	47	Down 41 places-41	£50,871	+1.29%	110 3.27%	51
HNC	106	Down 39 places-39	£47,500	-	30 0.89%	18
HND	109	Down 47 places-47	£47,500	-	27 0.80%	17
BPSS Clearance	111	Down 82 places-82	£45,000	-40.71%	25 0.74%	6
DBS Check	116	Down 77 places-77	£28,988	-39.76%	20 0.60%	11
NVQ Level 3	116	New entry-	£52,000	-	20 0.60%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	120	Down 55 places-55	£72,500	+13.28%	16 0.48%	3
Azure Certification	121	Down 65 places-65	£62,500	-21.87%	15 0.45%	10
Computer Science Degree	121	Down 65 places-65	£26,750	-52.44%	15 0.45%	2
City & Guilds	122	New entry-	£42,500	-	14 0.42%
AWS Certification	124	Down 59 places-59	£80,000	+166.66%	12 0.36%	2
PMP	124	Down 57 places-57	£66,786	+2.74%	12 0.36%	3
ITIL Certification	126	Down 59 places-59	£31,519	-54.97%	10 0.30%	1
PMI Certification	126	New entry-	£66,822	-	10 0.30%	3
Cisco Certification	127	Down 64 places-64	£45,000	-9.54%	9 0.27%	8
ISTQB	128	Down 61 places-61	£42,500	+6.25%	8 0.24%	1
TOGAF Certification	128	New entry-	£80,000	-	8 0.24%
Microsoft Certification	128	Down 66 places-66	£55,000	+67.93%	8 0.24%	4
CompTIA CySA+	129	New entry-	£39,500	-	7 0.21%	5
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	129	New entry-	£80,000	-	7 0.21%
ACCA	129	New entry-	£137,253	-	7 0.21%
CIMA	130	New entry-	£137,253	-	6 0.18%
CompTIA Security+	131	New entry-	£47,500	-	5 0.15%	5
Microsoft Certified Professional	131	New entry-	£29,000	-	5 0.15%
CCNA	131	Down 67 places-67	£40,750	-18.09%	5 0.15%	7
ISTQB Advanced Certification	132	Down 65 places-65	£47,500	+18.75%	4 0.12%	1
CCIE	132	Down 65 places-65	£45,000	-30.76%	4 0.12%
CCNP	132	Down 66 places-66	£45,000	-25.00%	4 0.12%	1
CISSP	132	Down 68 places-68	£60,343	-7.16%	4 0.12%	2
A+ Certification	132	New entry-	£31,519	-	4 0.12%	10
JNCIP	132	New entry-	£45,000	-	4 0.12%
CIPFA	133	New entry-	£137,253	-	3 0.089%
CCAB	133	New entry-	£137,253	-	3 0.089%
CBAP	133	Down 66 places-66	£50,000	-	3 0.089%
Network+ Certification	133	Down 73 places-73	£31,519	-60.60%	3 0.089%	4
CISMP	133	Down 67 places-67	£47,500	+35.71%	3 0.089%
Master's Degree	134	Down 83 places-83	-	-	2 0.060%	1
ISEB	134	New entry-	£77,500	-	2 0.060%	2
RIBA	134	New entry-	-	-	2 0.060%
APMG	135	New entry-	-	-	1 0.030%
AAT	135	New entry-	-	-	1 0.030%
CISM	135	Down 69 places-69	-	-	1 0.030%
ITIL Foundation Certificate	135	Down 69 places-69	£48,500	+85.39%	1 0.030%
CREST Certified	135	New entry-	£76,500	-	1 0.030%	3
CRISC	135	Down 69 places-69	-	-	1 0.030%
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	135	New entry-	-	-	1 0.030%	1
Chartered Engineer	135	Down 75 places-75	£66,300	-9.11%	1 0.030%
MCSE	135	New entry-	-	-	1 0.030%