Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Wales

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 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	£63,500	-10.61%	171 5.03%	58
SC Cleared	39	Down 16 places-16	£65,422	-11.35%	150 4.41%	45
Degree	48	Down 41 places-41	£50,871	+1.51%	115 3.38%	112
HNC	109	Down 42 places-42	£47,500	-	34 1.00%	15
HND	114	Down 52 places-52	£43,750	-	29 0.85%	19
BPSS Clearance	118	Down 90 places-90	£45,000	-43.75%	25 0.73%	12
DBS Check	119	Down 80 places-80	£27,738	-42.35%	24 0.71%	9
NVQ Level 3	121	New entry-	£52,000	-	22 0.65%
Computer Science Degree	127	Down 72 places-72	£26,750	-52.44%	16 0.47%	14
PRINCE2 Practitioner	127	Down 62 places-62	£72,500	+13.28%	16 0.47%	3
Azure Certification	128	Down 72 places-72	£62,500	-21.87%	15 0.44%	33
City & Guilds	129	New entry-	£42,500	-	14 0.41%
PMP	130	Down 63 places-63	£66,750	+2.69%	13 0.38%	7
AWS Certification	132	Down 67 places-67	£80,000	+166.66%	11 0.32%	9
ITIL Certification	133	Down 66 places-66	£31,519	-54.97%	10 0.29%	3
PMI Certification	133	New entry-	£66,822	-	10 0.29%	5
ISTQB	134	Down 67 places-67	£42,500	+6.25%	9 0.26%	1
TOGAF Certification	135	New entry-	£80,000	-	8 0.24%	1
Cisco Certification	135	Down 71 places-71	£45,000	-9.54%	8 0.24%	22
Microsoft Certification	135	Down 73 places-73	£55,000	+67.93%	8 0.24%	7
ACCA	135	New entry-	£133,627	-	8 0.24%
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	136	New entry-	£80,000	-	7 0.21%	1
CIMA	136	New entry-	£133,627	-	7 0.21%
CompTIA CySA+	136	New entry-	£39,500	-	7 0.21%	8
CompTIA Security+	138	New entry-	£47,500	-	5 0.15%	14
CCNA	138	Down 73 places-73	£40,750	-18.09%	5 0.15%	16
ISTQB Advanced Certification	138	Down 71 places-71	£47,500	+18.75%	5 0.15%	1
Microsoft Certified Professional	139	New entry-	£29,000	-	4 0.12%
CISSP	139	Down 75 places-75	£60,343	-7.16%	4 0.12%	11
A+ Certification	139	New entry-	£31,519	-	4 0.12%	23
CIPFA	139	New entry-	£137,253	-	4 0.12%
CISMP	140	Down 74 places-74	£47,500	+35.71%	3 0.088%
CCIE	140	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 0.088%	2
CCNP	140	Down 73 places-73	£45,000	-18.18%	3 0.088%	4
JNCIP	140	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 0.088%	1
CCAB	140	New entry-	£137,253	-	3 0.088%
CBAP	140	Down 73 places-73	£50,000	-	3 0.088%
Network+ Certification	140	Down 80 places-80	£31,519	-60.60%	3 0.088%	19
Master's Degree	141	Down 90 places-90	-	-	2 0.059%	16
ISEB	141	New entry-	£77,500	-	2 0.059%	2
RIBA	141	New entry-	-	-	2 0.059%
CRISC	142	Down 76 places-76	-	-	1 0.029%
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	142	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%	1
Chartered Engineer	142	Down 81 places-81	£66,300	-12.64%	1 0.029%	2
MCSE	142	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%
CSPO	142	New entry-	£65,000	-	1 0.029%
APMG	142	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%
AAT	142	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%
CISM	142	Down 76 places-76	-	-	1 0.029%	2
ITIL Foundation Certificate	142	Down 76 places-76	£48,500	+85.39%	1 0.029%