Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Nov 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%	532 5.85%	595
Security Cleared	25	No change0	£70,000	-0.38%	427 4.69%	100
SC Cleared	37	Up 3 places+3	£70,000	-3.44%	328 3.61%	74
DBS Check	113	Up 3 places+3	£43,000	+4.87%	111 1.22%	27
HNC	134	Up 19 places+19	£41,500	-17.00%	88 0.97%	46
BPSS Clearance	144	Down 43 places-43	£75,000	+30.43%	77 0.85%	44
DV Cleared	150	Down 34 places-34	£80,013	+6.68%	71 0.78%	13
HND	154	Up 1 place+1	£41,250	-23.25%	66 0.73%	35
Azure Certification	154	Down 54 places-54	£62,500	+4.16%	66 0.73%	35
NVQ Level 3	159	Up 5 places+5	£48,500	-15.65%	61 0.67%	14
Microsoft Certification	165	Down 43 places-43	£52,500	+50.00%	55 0.60%	29
Cisco Certification	171	Down 35 places-35	£75,000	+21.45%	49 0.54%	28
Master's Degree	175	Down 127 places-127	£65,805	+19.64%	45 0.49%	18
City & Guilds	176	Down 12 places-12	£53,250	-	44 0.48%	6
CISSP	177	Down 38 places-38	£66,269	+6.02%	43 0.47%	18
PMI Certification	181	Down 28 places-28	£60,900	+2.30%	39 0.43%	10
ACCA	182	Down 70 places-70	£52,500	+69.35%	38 0.42%	1
CIMA	187	Down 49 places-49	£52,500	+69.35%	33 0.36%	1
Computer Science Degree	188	Down 82 places-82	£59,386	+43.32%	32 0.35%	15
CCNP	188	Down 41 places-41	£75,000	+35.13%	32 0.35%	5
Postgraduate	191	New entry-	£36,126	-	29 0.32%	15
AWS Certification	191	Down 63 places-63	£57,500	+57.53%	29 0.32%	28
TOGAF Certification	197	Down 41 places-41	£63,386	-6.09%	23 0.25%	3
Chartered Engineer	198	Down 36 places-36	£55,000	-	22 0.24%	2
CISM	200	Down 53 places-53	£66,250	+20.45%	20 0.22%	4
CIPD	203	Down 42 places-42	£35,500	+9.23%	17 0.19%	1
CCNA	204	Down 48 places-48	£47,500	+15.85%	16 0.18%	18
Network+ Certification	206	Down 60 places-60	£32,500	-40.90%	14 0.15%	28
CRISC	207	Down 46 places-46	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	1
A+ Certification	208	Down 62 places-62	£32,500	-7.14%	12 0.13%	27
PMP	208	Down 54 places-54	£75,000	+25.99%	12 0.13%	10
MCSE	209	Down 53 places-53	£47,500	+35.71%	11 0.12%	2
CITP	210	Down 52 places-52	£102,769	+86.85%	10 0.11%
ITIL Foundation Certificate	210	Down 55 places-55	£31,000	-42.59%	10 0.11%	4
ISTQB	210	Down 52 places-52	£52,500	+16.66%	10 0.11%	1
CCSP	211	Down 51 places-51	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.099%	5
(ISC)2 CCSP	211	Down 53 places-53	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.099%	5
PhD	213	Down 151 places-151	£53,500	-	7 0.077%	1
ISEB	213	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 0.077%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	213	Down 54 places-54	£59,522	-4.76%	7 0.077%	2
CISA	214	Down 51 places-51	£86,250	+18.96%	6 0.066%	6
RIBA	215	Down 51 places-51	£38,000	-	5 0.055%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	215	Down 51 places-51	£67,500	-	5 0.055%
AAT	215	Down 68 places-68	-	-	5 0.055%	1
ITIL Certification	215	Down 68 places-68	£59,386	+3.33%	5 0.055%	8
CompTIA Security+	215	Down 58 places-58	£47,500	+55.73%	5 0.055%	23
Six Sigma Green Belt	215	Down 51 places-51	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
CCIE	216	Down 52 places-52	£75,000	-	4 0.044%	3
SAP Certification	216	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	216	Down 56 places-56	£85,000	+38.77%	4 0.044%