Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	18	Down 16 places-16	£47,500	+11.15%	500 5.50%	469
Security Cleared	25	Up 3 places+3	£70,000	-	420 4.62%	237
SC Cleared	37	Up 2 places+2	£70,000	-2.12%	315 3.46%	163
DBS Check	115	Down 7 places-7	£43,000	+4.87%	102 1.12%	63
BPSS Clearance	137	Down 32 places-32	£75,000	+33.33%	75 0.82%	62
DV Cleared	139	Down 18 places-18	£85,000	+13.33%	73 0.80%	34
HNC	142	Up 14 places+14	£41,450	-17.10%	70 0.77%	92
Azure Certification	146	Down 43 places-43	£61,250	-5.76%	66 0.73%	24
Microsoft Certification	154	Down 24 places-24	£52,500	+40.00%	57 0.63%	23
HND	155	Up 2 places+2	£41,250	-23.25%	56 0.62%	66
NVQ Level 3	161	Up 4 places+4	£50,500	-12.17%	50 0.55%	26
Cisco Certification	161	Down 22 places-22	£75,000	+21.45%	50 0.55%	30
Master's Degree	167	Down 122 places-122	£70,000	+27.27%	44 0.48%	69
ACCA	170	Down 55 places-55	£52,500	+69.35%	41 0.45%	3
PMI Certification	171	Down 16 places-16	£60,900	-14.24%	40 0.44%	15
CISSP	171	Down 28 places-28	£65,634	+9.84%	40 0.44%	24
CIMA	175	Down 34 places-34	£52,500	+69.35%	36 0.40%	1
Computer Science Degree	176	Down 71 places-71	£59,250	+39.41%	35 0.39%	48
AWS Certification	179	Down 46 places-46	£57,500	+2.28%	32 0.35%	39
City & Guilds	179	Down 14 places-14	£54,000	-	32 0.35%	14
CCNP	179	Down 31 places-31	£75,000	+35.13%	32 0.35%	13
Postgraduate	181	New entry-	£31,813	-	30 0.33%	24
CISM	189	Down 39 places-39	£72,500	+39.72%	22 0.24%	13
Chartered Engineer	191	Down 28 places-28	£57,500	-	20 0.22%	10
CCNA	191	Down 33 places-33	£47,500	-6.86%	20 0.22%	22
TOGAF Certification	192	Down 35 places-35	£63,386	-6.09%	19 0.21%	5
CIPD	196	Down 34 places-34	£35,500	+9.23%	15 0.17%	1
PMP	198	Down 42 places-42	£66,250	-6.70%	13 0.14%	12
Network+ Certification	198	Down 49 places-49	£32,500	-40.90%	13 0.14%	20
MCSE	198	Down 42 places-42	£47,500	+35.71%	13 0.14%	1
CRISC	198	Down 37 places-37	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	4
A+ Certification	200	Down 52 places-52	£36,250	+3.57%	11 0.12%	14
ISTQB	200	Down 40 places-40	£60,000	+33.33%	11 0.12%	7
CITP	200	Down 42 places-42	£75,537	+37.34%	11 0.12%
(ISC)2 CCSP	203	Down 43 places-43	£82,500	+22.22%	8 0.088%	2
ITIL Foundation Certificate	203	Down 43 places-43	£31,000	-42.59%	8 0.088%	7
CompTIA Security+	203	Down 43 places-43	£47,151	+54.59%	8 0.088%	11
CCSP	203	Down 42 places-42	£82,500	+22.22%	8 0.088%	3
ISEB	203	New entry-	£59,000	-	8 0.088%
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	204	Down 43 places-43	£85,000	+38.77%	7 0.077%	5
PRINCE2 Practitioner	205	Down 44 places-44	£60,566	+7.67%	6 0.066%	3
CISA	205	Down 41 places-41	£44,720	-38.31%	6 0.066%	11
RIBA	205	Down 40 places-40	£41,000	-	6 0.066%	2
ITIL Certification	206	Down 60 places-60	£59,386	+3.39%	5 0.055%	16
Six Sigma Green Belt	206	New entry-	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
PhD	206	Down 146 places-146	£53,500	-	5 0.055%	26
AAT	206	Down 58 places-58	-	-	5 0.055%
SAP Certification	207	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%	2
IIBA	208	New entry-	-	-	3 0.033%	5
CBAP	208	Down 44 places-44	-	-	3 0.033%	1