Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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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
Degree	16	Down 14 places-14	£48,500	+14.11%	529 5.79%	432
Security Cleared	24	Up 4 places+4	£70,000	-	431 4.71%	230
SC Cleared	38	Up 10 places+10	£70,000	-3.44%	331 3.62%	166
DBS Check	109	Up 15 places+15	£43,000	+4.87%	118 1.29%	63
HNC	134	Up 19 places+19	£41,500	-17.00%	88 0.96%	67
BPSS Clearance	144	Down 44 places-44	£75,000	+30.43%	78 0.85%	63
DV Cleared	153	Down 38 places-38	£75,000	-	69 0.75%	29
HND	156	No change0	£41,250	-23.25%	66 0.72%	54
Azure Certification	158	Down 57 places-57	£62,500	+4.16%	64 0.70%	27
NVQ Level 3	159	Up 6 places+6	£48,500	-15.65%	63 0.69%	13
Microsoft Certification	169	Down 48 places-48	£52,500	+50.00%	53 0.58%	25
Cisco Certification	172	Down 35 places-35	£75,000	+21.45%	50 0.55%	31
Master's Degree	177	Down 123 places-123	£65,805	+19.64%	45 0.49%	62
City & Guilds	177	Down 12 places-12	£53,250	-	45 0.49%	6
CISSP	179	Down 39 places-39	£66,269	+6.02%	43 0.47%	30
PMI Certification	183	Down 30 places-30	£60,900	+2.30%	39 0.43%	16
ACCA	185	Down 72 places-72	£52,500	+69.35%	37 0.40%	5
CCNP	189	Down 41 places-41	£75,000	+35.13%	33 0.36%	17
CIMA	190	Down 51 places-51	£52,500	+69.35%	32 0.35%	2
Computer Science Degree	190	Down 84 places-84	£59,386	+43.32%	32 0.35%	50
Postgraduate	194	New entry-	£36,126	-	28 0.31%	16
AWS Certification	196	Down 67 places-67	£57,500	+85.48%	26 0.28%	44
TOGAF Certification	199	Down 42 places-42	£63,386	-6.09%	23 0.25%	5
Chartered Engineer	199	Down 36 places-36	£55,000	-	23 0.25%	7
CISM	203	Down 55 places-55	£60,000	+9.09%	19 0.21%	18
CIPD	205	Down 43 places-43	£35,500	+9.23%	17 0.19%	2
CCNA	206	Down 49 places-49	£47,500	+15.85%	16 0.18%	18
Network+ Certification	207	Down 61 places-61	£32,500	-31.57%	15 0.16%	15
CRISC	209	Down 46 places-46	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	3
A+ Certification	210	Down 64 places-64	£32,500	-3.70%	12 0.13%	14
PMP	210	Down 56 places-56	£75,000	+25.99%	12 0.13%	14
ISTQB	211	Down 52 places-52	£60,000	+33.33%	11 0.12%	1
CITP	212	Down 52 places-52	£102,769	+106.48%	10 0.11%	1
MCSE	212	Down 54 places-54	-	-	10 0.11%	2
ITIL Foundation Certificate	212	Down 56 places-56	£31,000	-42.59%	10 0.11%	6
CCSP	213	Down 52 places-52	£83,500	+23.70%	9 0.098%	7
(ISC)2 CCSP	213	Down 54 places-54	£83,500	+23.70%	9 0.098%	6
PhD	215	Down 151 places-151	£53,500	-	7 0.077%	15
ISEB	215	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 0.077%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	215	Down 55 places-55	£59,522	-4.76%	7 0.077%	3
CISA	216	Down 52 places-52	£86,250	+18.96%	6 0.066%	9
CCIE	216	Down 51 places-51	£75,000	-	6 0.066%	5
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	217	Down 52 places-52	£67,500	-	5 0.055%
AAT	217	Down 69 places-69	-	-	5 0.055%	2
ITIL Certification	217	Down 68 places-68	£59,386	+3.39%	5 0.055%	10
RIBA	217	Down 52 places-52	£38,000	-	5 0.055%	2
CompTIA Security+	217	Down 60 places-60	£47,500	+55.73%	5 0.055%	18
Six Sigma Green Belt	217	Down 52 places-52	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
APMG	218	Down 60 places-60	£60,000	+34.70%	4 0.044%	3
SAP Certification	218	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%