Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Wales

Use this option to select the period over which the statistics are calculated.

There is a choice between 3 and 6 months to 24 October 2026 with year-over-year comparisons.

Exclude

Use this option to exclude results with historical job ad aggregates falling below the selected threshold during the period.

When used in combination with column sorting, this option can be used to display results of greater statistical significance.

Results 1 - 50 of 53

Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	33	Down 15 places-15	£63,500	-9.38%	168 5.02%	88
SC Cleared	38	Down 16 places-16	£64,250	-12.94%	149 4.45%	68
Degree	50	Down 44 places-44	£50,871	+1.29%	109 3.26%	177
HNC	110	Down 43 places-43	£47,500	-	30 0.90%	32
HND	113	Down 51 places-51	£47,500	-	27 0.81%	25
BPSS Clearance	115	Down 87 places-87	£45,000	-40.71%	25 0.75%	6
DBS Check	120	Down 81 places-81	£28,988	-39.76%	20 0.60%	20
NVQ Level 3	120	New entry-	£52,000	-	20 0.60%	6
PRINCE2 Practitioner	124	Down 59 places-59	£72,500	+13.28%	16 0.48%	3
Azure Certification	125	Down 66 places-66	£62,500	-21.87%	15 0.45%	17
Computer Science Degree	125	Down 69 places-69	£28,375	-49.55%	15 0.45%	16
City & Guilds	126	New entry-	£42,500	-	14 0.42%	4
AWS Certification	128	New entry-	£80,000	-	12 0.36%	7
PMP	128	Down 61 places-61	£66,786	+2.74%	12 0.36%	9
ITIL Certification	130	Down 63 places-63	£31,519	-54.97%	10 0.30%	1
PMI Certification	130	New entry-	£66,822	-	10 0.30%	5
Cisco Certification	131	Down 68 places-68	£45,000	-9.54%	9 0.27%	9
TOGAF Certification	132	New entry-	£80,000	-	8 0.24%
Microsoft Certification	132	Down 66 places-66	£55,000	+57.14%	8 0.24%	5
ISTQB	132	Down 65 places-65	£42,500	+6.25%	8 0.24%	1
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	133	New entry-	£80,000	-	7 0.21%	2
ACCA	133	New entry-	£137,253	-	7 0.21%
CompTIA CySA+	133	New entry-	£39,500	-	7 0.21%	5
CIMA	134	New entry-	£137,253	-	6 0.18%
CompTIA Security+	135	New entry-	£47,500	-	5 0.15%	5
Microsoft Certified Professional	135	New entry-	£29,000	-	5 0.15%
CCNA	135	Down 71 places-71	£40,750	-18.09%	5 0.15%	7
CCIE	136	Down 69 places-69	£45,000	-30.76%	4 0.12%
CCNP	136	Down 70 places-70	£45,000	-25.00%	4 0.12%	1
CISSP	136	Down 72 places-72	£60,343	-7.16%	4 0.12%	3
A+ Certification	136	New entry-	£31,519	-	4 0.12%	10
JNCIP	136	New entry-	£45,000	-	4 0.12%
ISTQB Advanced Certification	136	Down 69 places-69	£47,500	+18.75%	4 0.12%	1
CISMP	137	Down 71 places-71	£47,500	+35.71%	3 0.090%
CIPFA	137	New entry-	£137,253	-	3 0.090%
CCAB	137	New entry-	£137,253	-	3 0.090%
CBAP	137	Down 70 places-70	£50,000	-	3 0.090%	1
Network+ Certification	137	Down 77 places-77	£31,519	-60.60%	3 0.090%	4
Master's Degree	138	Down 87 places-87	-	-	2 0.060%	17
ISEB	138	New entry-	£77,500	-	2 0.060%	4
RIBA	138	New entry-	-	-	2 0.060%
CRISC	139	Down 73 places-73	-	-	1 0.030%
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	139	New entry-	-	-	1 0.030%	1
Chartered Engineer	139	Down 79 places-79	£66,300	-9.11%	1 0.030%
DV Cleared	139	Down 82 places-82	£67,500	-15.62%	1 0.030%	5
MCSE	139	New entry-	-	-	1 0.030%
PhD	139	Down 86 places-86	-	-	1 0.030%	14
CSPO	139	Down 72 places-72	£65,000	+8.59%	1 0.030%
APMG	139	New entry-	-	-	1 0.030%
AAT	139	New entry-	-	-	1 0.030%