Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Wales

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	35	Down 10 places-10	£65,843	-7.31%	168 4.83%	77
SC Cleared	39	Down 9 places-9	£67,153	-9.00%	148 4.25%	56
Degree	48	Down 43 places-43	£50,871	+1.74%	117 3.36%	173
HNC	113	Down 38 places-38	£45,500	-	35 1.01%	24
DBS Check	119	Down 72 places-72	£25,500	-47.00%	29 0.83%	9
HND	119	Down 49 places-49	£43,750	-	29 0.83%	24
BPSS Clearance	124	Down 88 places-88	£45,000	-42.27%	24 0.69%	6
NVQ Level 3	126	New entry-	£52,000	-	22 0.63%	7
Computer Science Degree	131	Down 68 places-68	£28,375	-49.55%	17 0.49%	16
Azure Certification	131	Down 68 places-68	£65,000	-18.75%	17 0.49%	16
City & Guilds	133	New entry-	£42,500	-	15 0.43%	4
PRINCE2 Practitioner	134	Down 61 places-61	£72,500	+13.28%	14 0.40%	2
PMP	134	Down 59 places-59	£65,875	+1.34%	14 0.40%	10
TOGAF Certification	138	New entry-	£80,000	-	10 0.29%
PMI Certification	138	New entry-	£66,822	-	10 0.29%	6
ISTQB	138	Down 63 places-63	£43,750	+9.37%	10 0.29%	1
AWS Certification	138	Down 66 places-66	£80,000	+164.46%	10 0.29%	6
ITIL Certification	139	Down 64 places-64	£31,519	-54.97%	9 0.26%	1
Cisco Certification	140	Down 68 places-68	£45,000	-9.54%	8 0.23%	10
Microsoft Certification	140	Down 73 places-73	£55,000	+57.14%	8 0.23%	11
ACCA	140	New entry-	£133,627	-	8 0.23%
CompTIA CySA+	141	New entry-	£39,500	-	7 0.20%	8
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	141	New entry-	£80,000	-	7 0.20%
CIMA	141	New entry-	£133,627	-	7 0.20%
ISTQB Advanced Certification	142	Down 67 places-67	£47,500	+18.75%	6 0.17%	1
CCNA	143	Down 70 places-70	£40,750	-18.09%	5 0.14%	7
CompTIA Security+	143	New entry-	£47,500	-	5 0.14%	12
CISSP	144	Down 71 places-71	£60,343	-7.16%	4 0.11%	3
A+ Certification	144	New entry-	£31,519	-	4 0.11%	18
CIPFA	144	New entry-	£137,253	-	4 0.11%
CISMP	145	Down 71 places-71	£47,500	+35.71%	3 0.086%
CCIE	145	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 0.086%
CCNP	145	Down 70 places-70	£45,000	-18.18%	3 0.086%	3
JNCIP	145	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 0.086%
CCAB	145	New entry-	£137,253	-	3 0.086%
CBAP	145	Down 70 places-70	£50,000	-	3 0.086%	1
Network+ Certification	145	Down 77 places-77	£31,519	-60.60%	3 0.086%	10
Master's Degree	146	Down 105 places-105	-	-	2 0.058%	23
ISEB	146	New entry-	£77,500	-	2 0.058%
RIBA	146	New entry-	-	-	2 0.058%
CRISC	147	Down 73 places-73	-	-	1 0.029%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	147	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%	2
Chartered Engineer	147	Down 78 places-78	£66,300	-12.64%	1 0.029%	1
Microsoft Certified Professional	147	New entry-	£29,000	-	1 0.029%	2
MCSE	147	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%	2
CSPO	147	New entry-	£65,000	-	1 0.029%
APMG	147	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%	2
AAT	147	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%
CISM	147	Down 73 places-73	-	-	1 0.029%	2
ITIL Foundation Certificate	147	Down 73 places-73	£48,500	+85.39%	1 0.029%	2