Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 31 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	17	Down 15 places-15	£48,500	+14.11%	523 5.75%	140
Security Cleared	23	Up 2 places+2	£70,000	-0.38%	430 4.73%	84
SC Cleared	37	Up 3 places+3	£70,000	-3.44%	325 3.58%	67
DBS Check	116	Up 5 places+5	£43,000	+4.87%	108 1.19%	21
HNC	140	Up 18 places+18	£41,500	-17.00%	82 0.90%	51
BPSS Clearance	145	Down 42 places-42	£75,000	+30.43%	76 0.84%	29
DV Cleared	147	Down 25 places-25	£85,000	+13.33%	73 0.80%	11
Azure Certification	154	Down 53 places-53	£60,000	-	66 0.73%	12
HND	156	Up 4 places+4	£41,250	-23.25%	64 0.70%	36
NVQ Level 3	162	Up 7 places+7	£48,500	-15.65%	58 0.64%	12
Microsoft Certification	162	Down 33 places-33	£52,500	+50.00%	58 0.64%	10
Cisco Certification	169	Down 27 places-27	£75,000	+20.00%	51 0.56%	17
Master's Degree	174	Down 125 places-125	£70,000	+27.27%	46 0.51%	13
City & Guilds	178	Down 9 places-9	£53,250	-	42 0.46%	10
CISSP	178	Down 34 places-34	£66,269	+10.90%	42 0.46%	10
ACCA	179	Down 60 places-60	£52,500	+69.35%	41 0.45%	2
PMI Certification	181	Down 23 places-23	£60,900	+2.30%	39 0.43%	6
CIMA	184	Down 39 places-39	£52,500	+69.35%	36 0.40%	2
CCNP	186	Down 34 places-34	£75,000	+35.13%	34 0.37%	4
Computer Science Degree	187	Down 79 places-79	£59,250	+39.41%	33 0.36%	14
AWS Certification	190	Down 57 places-57	£57,500	+57.53%	30 0.33%	10
Postgraduate	191	New entry-	£36,126	-	29 0.32%	6
TOGAF Certification	198	Down 37 places-37	£63,386	-6.09%	22 0.24%	1
Chartered Engineer	198	Down 31 places-31	£55,000	-	22 0.24%	4
CISM	199	Down 47 places-47	£72,500	+35.65%	21 0.23%	2
CCNA	201	Down 39 places-39	£47,500	-6.86%	19 0.21%	8
CIPD	204	Down 38 places-38	£35,500	+9.23%	16 0.18%	1
Network+ Certification	205	Down 54 places-54	£32,500	-40.90%	15 0.17%	10
MCSE	207	Down 46 places-46	£47,500	+35.71%	13 0.14%
CRISC	207	Down 42 places-42	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	2
A+ Certification	207	Down 55 places-55	£32,500	-7.14%	13 0.14%	11
PMP	207	Down 48 places-48	£66,250	+11.29%	13 0.14%	6
ISTQB	209	Down 46 places-46	£60,000	+33.33%	11 0.12%	2
CITP	209	Down 46 places-46	£75,537	+37.34%	11 0.12%
ITIL Foundation Certificate	210	Down 47 places-47	£31,000	-42.59%	10 0.11%	4
CCSP	212	Down 47 places-47	£82,500	+22.22%	8 0.088%	4
(ISC)2 CCSP	212	Down 49 places-49	£82,500	+22.22%	8 0.088%	4
ISEB	212	New entry-	£59,000	-	8 0.088%
CISA	213	Down 45 places-45	£72,500	-	7 0.077%	4
PhD	214	Down 151 places-151	£53,500	-	6 0.066%
CompTIA Security+	214	Down 52 places-52	£47,151	+54.59%	6 0.066%	5
PRINCE2 Practitioner	214	Down 50 places-50	£60,566	-3.09%	6 0.066%	2
RIBA	215	Down 46 places-46	£38,000	-	5 0.055%	1
AAT	215	Down 63 places-63	-	-	5 0.055%	1
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	215	Down 50 places-50	£85,000	+38.77%	5 0.055%
ITIL Certification	215	Down 64 places-64	£59,386	+3.39%	5 0.055%	5
Six Sigma Green Belt	215	Down 46 places-46	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	216	Down 47 places-47	£67,500	-	4 0.044%	2
SAP Certification	216	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%
PCI QSA	217	New entry-	-	-	3 0.033%	1