Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 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%	528 5.77%	153
Security Cleared	24	Up 1 place+1	£70,000	-	434 4.74%	89
SC Cleared	35	Up 3 places+3	£70,000	-3.44%	334 3.65%	69
DBS Check	107	Up 12 places+12	£43,000	+4.87%	117 1.28%	25
HNC	132	Up 17 places+17	£41,500	-17.00%	88 0.96%	45
BPSS Clearance	143	Down 46 places-46	£75,000	+30.43%	77 0.84%	35
DV Cleared	148	Down 35 places-35	£75,026	+0.03%	72 0.79%	11
HND	154	Down 2 places-2	£41,250	-23.25%	66 0.72%	35
Azure Certification	156	Down 59 places-59	£62,500	+4.16%	64 0.70%	37
NVQ Level 3	157	Up 4 places+4	£48,500	-15.65%	63 0.69%	15
Microsoft Certification	167	Down 48 places-48	£52,500	+50.00%	52 0.57%	35
Cisco Certification	169	Down 36 places-36	£75,000	+21.45%	50 0.55%	16
Master's Degree	173	Down 126 places-126	£65,805	+19.64%	46 0.50%	20
City & Guilds	174	Down 13 places-13	£53,250	-	45 0.49%	6
CISSP	176	Down 40 places-40	£66,269	+6.02%	43 0.47%	12
PMI Certification	180	Down 31 places-31	£60,900	+2.30%	39 0.43%	6
ACCA	182	Down 72 places-72	£52,500	+69.35%	37 0.40%	1
CCNP	186	Down 42 places-42	£75,000	+35.13%	33 0.36%	5
CIMA	187	Down 52 places-52	£52,500	+69.35%	32 0.35%	1
Computer Science Degree	187	Down 85 places-85	£59,386	+43.32%	32 0.35%	15
Postgraduate	190	New entry-	£36,126	-	29 0.32%	10
AWS Certification	191	Down 67 places-67	£57,500	+88.52%	28 0.31%	54
TOGAF Certification	196	Down 43 places-43	£63,386	-6.09%	23 0.25%	3
Chartered Engineer	196	Down 37 places-37	£55,000	-	23 0.25%	2
CISM	199	Down 55 places-55	£66,250	+20.45%	20 0.22%	4
CIPD	202	Down 44 places-44	£35,500	+9.23%	17 0.19%	2
CCNA	203	Down 50 places-50	£47,500	+15.85%	16 0.17%	9
Network+ Certification	204	Down 62 places-62	£32,500	-31.57%	15 0.16%	18
CRISC	206	Down 48 places-48	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%
A+ Certification	207	Down 65 places-65	£32,500	-3.70%	12 0.13%	25
PMP	207	Down 57 places-57	£75,000	+25.99%	12 0.13%	6
CITP	209	Down 53 places-53	£102,769	+106.48%	10 0.11%
MCSE	209	Down 55 places-55	-	-	10 0.11%	2
ITIL Foundation Certificate	209	Down 57 places-57	£31,000	-42.59%	10 0.11%	3
ISTQB	209	Down 54 places-54	£52,500	+16.66%	10 0.11%	1
CCSP	210	Down 53 places-53	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.098%	4
(ISC)2 CCSP	210	Down 55 places-55	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.098%	3
PhD	212	Down 153 places-153	£53,500	-	7 0.077%	1
ISEB	212	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 0.077%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	212	Down 56 places-56	£59,522	-4.76%	7 0.077%
CISA	213	Down 53 places-53	£86,250	+18.96%	6 0.066%	2
AAT	214	Down 70 places-70	-	-	5 0.055%	1
CCIE	214	Down 53 places-53	£75,000	-	5 0.055%	3
ITIL Certification	214	Down 69 places-69	£59,386	+3.39%	5 0.055%	7
CompTIA Security+	214	Down 61 places-61	£47,500	+55.73%	5 0.055%	23
RIBA	214	Down 53 places-53	£38,000	-	5 0.055%	1
Six Sigma Green Belt	214	Down 53 places-53	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	214	Down 53 places-53	£67,500	-	5 0.055%
SAP Certification	215	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%
APMG	216	Down 62 places-62	£60,000	+34.70%	3 0.033%	3