Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Wales

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	32	Down 7 places-7	£65,000	-8.50%	176 5.07%	82
SC Cleared	37	Down 9 places-9	£66,014	-10.55%	153 4.41%	60
Degree	45	Down 40 places-40	£50,436	+0.87%	120 3.46%	156
HNC	103	Down 29 places-29	£45,500	-	35 1.01%	17
DBS Check	109	Down 63 places-63	£25,500	-47.00%	29 0.84%	8
HND	109	Down 40 places-40	£43,750	-	29 0.84%	20
BPSS Clearance	114	Down 79 places-79	£45,000	-42.27%	24 0.69%	6
NVQ Level 3	116	New entry-	£52,000	-	22 0.63%	5
Azure Certification	120	Down 58 places-58	£65,000	-18.75%	18 0.52%	18
Computer Science Degree	122	Down 60 places-60	£26,750	-52.44%	16 0.46%	17
City & Guilds	123	New entry-	£42,500	-	15 0.43%	4
PRINCE2 Practitioner	123	Down 51 places-51	£72,500	+13.28%	15 0.43%	3
PMP	125	Down 51 places-51	£66,750	+2.69%	13 0.37%	10
AWS Certification	127	Down 56 places-56	£80,000	+164.46%	11 0.32%	11
ISTQB	128	Down 54 places-54	£43,750	+9.37%	10 0.29%	1
TOGAF Certification	128	New entry-	£80,000	-	10 0.29%	1
ITIL Certification	128	Down 54 places-54	£31,519	-54.97%	10 0.29%	1
PMI Certification	128	New entry-	£66,822	-	10 0.29%	6
ACCA	130	New entry-	£133,627	-	8 0.23%
Cisco Certification	130	Down 59 places-59	£45,000	-9.54%	8 0.23%	9
Microsoft Certification	130	Down 64 places-64	£55,000	+57.14%	8 0.23%	7
CIMA	131	New entry-	£133,627	-	7 0.20%
CompTIA CySA+	131	New entry-	£39,500	-	7 0.20%	8
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	131	New entry-	£80,000	-	7 0.20%
ISTQB Advanced Certification	132	Down 58 places-58	£47,500	+18.75%	6 0.17%	1
CompTIA Security+	133	New entry-	£47,500	-	5 0.14%	8
CCNA	133	Down 61 places-61	£40,750	-18.09%	5 0.14%	7
CIPFA	134	New entry-	£137,253	-	4 0.12%
CISSP	134	Down 63 places-63	£60,343	-7.16%	4 0.12%	3
A+ Certification	134	New entry-	£31,519	-	4 0.12%	12
CCAB	135	New entry-	£137,253	-	3 0.086%
CBAP	135	Down 61 places-61	£50,000	-	3 0.086%	1
Network+ Certification	135	Down 68 places-68	£31,519	-60.60%	3 0.086%	5
CISMP	135	Down 62 places-62	£47,500	+35.71%	3 0.086%
CCIE	135	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 0.086%
CCNP	135	Down 61 places-61	£45,000	-18.18%	3 0.086%	2
JNCIP	135	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 0.086%
RIBA	136	New entry-	-	-	2 0.058%
Master's Degree	136	Down 95 places-95	-	-	2 0.058%	15
ISEB	136	New entry-	£77,500	-	2 0.058%	2
CSPO	137	New entry-	£65,000	-	1 0.029%
CISM	137	Down 64 places-64	-	-	1 0.029%	2
APMG	137	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%	1
AAT	137	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%
ITIL Foundation Certificate	137	Down 64 places-64	£48,500	+85.39%	1 0.029%	1
CREST Certified	137	New entry-	£76,500	-	1 0.029%	6
CRISC	137	Down 64 places-64	-	-	1 0.029%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	137	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%	2
Chartered Engineer	137	Down 69 places-69	£66,300	-12.64%	1 0.029%	1
Microsoft Certified Professional	137	New entry-	£29,000	-	1 0.029%	1