Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Wales

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	35	Down 13 places-13	£64,250	-9.55%	171 5.00%	36
SC Cleared	40	Down 15 places-15	£65,929	-10.66%	149 4.36%	28
Degree	49	Down 42 places-42	£50,871	+1.74%	118 3.45%	80
HNC	110	Down 39 places-39	£47,500	-	34 0.99%	13
HND	115	Down 49 places-49	£43,750	-	29 0.85%	17
DBS Check	117	Down 75 places-75	£27,500	-42.85%	27 0.79%	9
BPSS Clearance	119	Down 87 places-87	£45,000	-43.75%	25 0.73%	3
NVQ Level 3	122	New entry-	£52,000	-	22 0.64%	2
Computer Science Degree	128	Down 69 places-69	£26,750	-52.44%	16 0.47%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	128	Down 59 places-59	£72,500	+13.28%	16 0.47%	2
Azure Certification	128	Down 69 places-69	£63,750	-20.31%	16 0.47%	26
City & Guilds	129	New entry-	£42,500	-	15 0.44%	1
PMP	131	Down 60 places-60	£66,750	+2.69%	13 0.38%	6
AWS Certification	133	Down 65 places-65	£80,000	+164.46%	11 0.32%	8
ITIL Certification	134	Down 63 places-63	£31,519	-54.97%	10 0.29%
PMI Certification	134	New entry-	£66,822	-	10 0.29%	3
TOGAF Certification	135	New entry-	£80,000	-	9 0.26%
ISTQB	135	Down 64 places-64	£42,500	+6.25%	9 0.26%
Cisco Certification	136	Down 68 places-68	£45,000	-9.54%	8 0.23%	16
Microsoft Certification	136	Down 72 places-72	£55,000	+67.93%	8 0.23%	6
ACCA	136	New entry-	£133,627	-	8 0.23%
CompTIA CySA+	137	New entry-	£39,500	-	7 0.20%	8
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	137	New entry-	£80,000	-	7 0.20%
CIMA	137	New entry-	£133,627	-	7 0.20%
CCNA	139	Down 70 places-70	£40,750	-18.09%	5 0.15%	15
ISTQB Advanced Certification	139	Down 68 places-68	£47,500	+18.75%	5 0.15%
CompTIA Security+	139	New entry-	£47,500	-	5 0.15%	15
CISSP	140	Down 72 places-72	£60,343	-7.16%	4 0.12%	2
A+ Certification	140	New entry-	£31,519	-	4 0.12%	23
CIPFA	140	New entry-	£137,253	-	4 0.12%
Microsoft Certified Professional	141	New entry-	£29,000	-	3 0.088%	1
CISMP	141	Down 71 places-71	£47,500	+35.71%	3 0.088%
CCIE	141	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 0.088%
CCNP	141	Down 70 places-70	£45,000	-18.18%	3 0.088%	1
JNCIP	141	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 0.088%
CCAB	141	New entry-	£137,253	-	3 0.088%
CBAP	141	Down 70 places-70	£50,000	-	3 0.088%
Network+ Certification	141	Down 77 places-77	£31,519	-60.60%	3 0.088%	19
RIBA	142	New entry-	-	-	2 0.059%
ISEB	142	New entry-	£77,500	-	2 0.059%	1
Master's Degree	142	Down 87 places-87	-	-	2 0.059%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	143	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%	1
CRISC	143	Down 73 places-73	-	-	1 0.029%
Chartered Engineer	143	Down 78 places-78	£66,300	-12.64%	1 0.029%	1
MCSE	143	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%	1
CSPO	143	New entry-	£65,000	-	1 0.029%
APMG	143	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%	3
AAT	143	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%
CISM	143	Down 73 places-73	-	-	1 0.029%
ITIL Foundation Certificate	143	Down 73 places-73	£48,500	+85.39%	1 0.029%