Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Wales

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	36	Down 16 places-16	£63,500	-10.61%	169 4.98%	50
SC Cleared	41	Down 17 places-17	£65,000	-11.92%	150 4.42%	40
Degree	51	Down 44 places-44	£50,871	+1.29%	115 3.39%	50
HNC	112	Down 43 places-43	£45,500	-	33 0.97%	16
HND	116	Down 52 places-52	£43,750	-	29 0.85%	16
BPSS Clearance	119	Down 89 places-89	£45,000	-40.71%	26 0.77%	7
NVQ Level 3	123	New entry-	£52,000	-	22 0.65%	2
DBS Check	124	Down 83 places-83	£27,976	-41.86%	21 0.62%	8
Computer Science Degree	129	Down 71 places-71	£26,750	-52.44%	16 0.47%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	129	Down 62 places-62	£72,500	+13.28%	16 0.47%	3
Azure Certification	130	Down 72 places-72	£62,500	-21.87%	15 0.44%	9
City & Guilds	131	New entry-	£42,500	-	14 0.41%	1
PMP	132	Down 63 places-63	£66,750	+2.69%	13 0.38%	4
AWS Certification	134	Down 67 places-67	£80,000	+166.66%	11 0.32%	2
ITIL Certification	135	Down 66 places-66	£31,519	-54.97%	10 0.29%	1
PMI Certification	135	New entry-	£66,822	-	10 0.29%	3
Cisco Certification	136	Down 71 places-71	£45,000	-9.54%	9 0.26%	7
ISTQB	136	Down 67 places-67	£42,500	+6.25%	9 0.26%	1
TOGAF Certification	137	New entry-	£80,000	-	8 0.24%
Microsoft Certification	137	Down 73 places-73	£55,000	+67.93%	8 0.24%	3
ACCA	137	New entry-	£133,627	-	8 0.24%
CIMA	138	New entry-	£133,627	-	7 0.21%
CompTIA CySA+	138	New entry-	£39,500	-	7 0.21%	6
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	138	New entry-	£80,000	-	7 0.21%
Microsoft Certified Professional	140	New entry-	£29,000	-	5 0.15%
CCNA	140	Down 74 places-74	£40,750	-18.09%	5 0.15%	6
ISTQB Advanced Certification	140	Down 71 places-71	£47,500	+18.75%	5 0.15%	1
CompTIA Security+	140	New entry-	£47,500	-	5 0.15%	6
CCIE	141	Down 72 places-72	£45,000	-30.76%	4 0.12%
CCNP	141	Down 73 places-73	£45,000	-25.00%	4 0.12%	1
CISSP	141	Down 75 places-75	£60,343	-7.16%	4 0.12%	2
A+ Certification	141	New entry-	£31,519	-	4 0.12%	10
JNCIP	141	New entry-	£45,000	-	4 0.12%
CIPFA	141	New entry-	£137,253	-	4 0.12%
CISMP	142	Down 74 places-74	£47,500	+35.71%	3 0.088%
CBAP	142	Down 73 places-73	£50,000	-	3 0.088%
CCAB	142	New entry-	£137,253	-	3 0.088%
Network+ Certification	142	Down 80 places-80	£31,519	-60.60%	3 0.088%	3
Master's Degree	143	Down 90 places-90	-	-	2 0.059%	1
ISEB	143	New entry-	£77,500	-	2 0.059%	2
RIBA	143	New entry-	-	-	2 0.059%
CRISC	144	Down 76 places-76	-	-	1 0.029%
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	144	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%	1
Chartered Engineer	144	Down 82 places-82	£66,300	-9.11%	1 0.029%	1
MCSE	144	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%
CSPO	144	Down 75 places-75	£65,000	+8.59%	1 0.029%
APMG	144	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%
AAT	144	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%
ITIL Foundation Certificate	144	Down 76 places-76	£48,500	+85.39%	1 0.029%
CISM	144	Down 76 places-76	-	-	1 0.029%