Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	18	Down 16 places-16	£48,500	+14.11%	527 5.78%	169
Security Cleared	24	Up 1 place+1	£70,000	-	428 4.70%	104
SC Cleared	36	Up 5 places+5	£70,000	-3.44%	326 3.58%	80
DBS Check	114	Up 7 places+7	£43,000	+4.87%	108 1.19%	30
HNC	135	Up 24 places+24	£41,500	-17.00%	84 0.92%	52
BPSS Clearance	142	Down 38 places-38	£75,000	+30.43%	76 0.83%	43
DV Cleared	147	Down 25 places-25	£85,000	+13.33%	71 0.78%	18
Azure Certification	151	Down 49 places-49	£60,000	-	67 0.74%	37
HND	152	Up 9 places+9	£41,250	-23.25%	66 0.72%	38
Microsoft Certification	159	Down 29 places-29	£52,500	+50.00%	59 0.65%	20
NVQ Level 3	160	Up 10 places+10	£48,500	-15.65%	58 0.64%	14
Cisco Certification	164	Down 22 places-22	£75,000	+21.45%	54 0.59%	29
Master's Degree	172	Down 121 places-121	£70,000	+27.27%	46 0.50%	19
CISSP	175	Down 29 places-29	£66,269	+6.02%	43 0.47%	16
City & Guilds	176	Down 6 places-6	£53,250	-	42 0.46%	7
ACCA	177	Down 58 places-58	£52,500	+69.35%	41 0.45%	2
PMI Certification	179	Down 20 places-20	£60,900	+2.30%	39 0.43%	8
CIMA	182	Down 37 places-37	£52,500	+69.35%	36 0.40%	2
CCNP	183	Down 30 places-30	£75,000	+35.13%	35 0.38%	5
Computer Science Degree	185	Down 76 places-76	£59,250	+39.41%	33 0.36%	16
Postgraduate	189	New entry-	£36,126	-	29 0.32%	14
AWS Certification	189	Down 55 places-55	£57,500	+57.53%	29 0.32%	30
TOGAF Certification	196	Down 34 places-34	£63,386	-6.09%	22 0.24%	1
Chartered Engineer	196	Down 28 places-28	£55,000	-	22 0.24%	4
CISM	197	Down 43 places-43	£72,500	+31.81%	21 0.23%	4
CCNA	198	Down 36 places-36	£47,500	+15.85%	20 0.22%	18
CIPD	202	Down 35 places-35	£35,500	+9.23%	16 0.18%	1
Network+ Certification	203	Down 51 places-51	£32,500	-40.90%	15 0.16%	28
MCSE	205	Down 43 places-43	£47,500	+35.71%	13 0.14%
CRISC	205	Down 38 places-38	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	3
A+ Certification	205	Down 52 places-52	£32,500	-7.14%	13 0.14%	24
PMP	205	Down 45 places-45	£66,250	+11.29%	13 0.14%	8
ISTQB	207	Down 43 places-43	£60,000	+33.33%	11 0.12%	1
CITP	207	Down 43 places-43	£75,537	+37.34%	11 0.12%
ITIL Foundation Certificate	208	Down 44 places-44	£31,000	-42.59%	10 0.11%	4
CCSP	209	Down 43 places-43	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.099%	5
(ISC)2 CCSP	209	Down 45 places-45	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.099%	5
ISEB	210	New entry-	£59,000	-	8 0.088%
CISA	211	Down 42 places-42	£72,500	-	7 0.077%	7
PhD	211	Down 147 places-147	£53,500	-	7 0.077%	1
CompTIA Security+	212	Down 49 places-49	£47,151	+54.59%	6 0.066%	21
PRINCE2 Practitioner	212	Down 47 places-47	£60,566	-3.09%	6 0.066%	2
Six Sigma Green Belt	213	Down 43 places-43	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
RIBA	213	Down 43 places-43	£38,000	-	5 0.055%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	213	Down 43 places-43	£67,500	-	5 0.055%	1
AAT	213	Down 60 places-60	-	-	5 0.055%	1
ITIL Certification	213	Down 60 places-60	£59,386	+3.33%	5 0.055%	6
CCIE	214	Down 44 places-44	£75,000	-	4 0.044%	4
SAP Certification	214	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	214	Down 48 places-48	£85,000	+38.77%	4 0.044%