Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 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%	525 5.77%	181
Security Cleared	24	Up 2 places+2	£70,000	-	428 4.71%	116
SC Cleared	37	Up 2 places+2	£70,000	-3.44%	326 3.58%	90
DBS Check	117	Down 2 places-2	£43,000	+4.87%	108 1.19%	29
HNC	140	Up 13 places+13	£41,500	-17.00%	85 0.93%	50
BPSS Clearance	149	Down 50 places-50	£75,000	+30.43%	75 0.82%	45
DV Cleared	153	Down 37 places-37	£85,000	+13.33%	71 0.78%	18
Azure Certification	157	Down 60 places-60	£60,000	-	67 0.74%	39
HND	158	Down 3 places-3	£41,250	-23.25%	66 0.73%	38
NVQ Level 3	164	No change0	£47,250	-17.82%	60 0.66%	15
Microsoft Certification	166	Down 43 places-43	£52,500	+50.00%	58 0.64%	22
Cisco Certification	170	Down 34 places-34	£75,000	+21.45%	54 0.59%	31
Master's Degree	178	Down 131 places-131	£70,000	+27.27%	46 0.51%	19
CISSP	180	Down 41 places-41	£69,384	+11.01%	44 0.48%	22
City & Guilds	181	Down 17 places-17	£52,500	-	43 0.47%	7
ACCA	183	Down 70 places-70	£52,500	+69.35%	41 0.45%	2
PMI Certification	185	Down 32 places-32	£60,900	+2.30%	39 0.43%	9
CIMA	188	Down 49 places-49	£52,500	+69.35%	36 0.40%	2
CCNP	189	Down 42 places-42	£75,000	+35.13%	35 0.38%	6
Computer Science Degree	192	Down 88 places-88	£59,386	+39.73%	32 0.35%	20
Postgraduate	195	New entry-	£36,126	-	29 0.32%	14
AWS Certification	195	Down 67 places-67	£57,500	+57.53%	29 0.32%	40
TOGAF Certification	202	Down 46 places-46	£63,386	-6.09%	22 0.24%	2
Chartered Engineer	202	Down 40 places-40	£55,000	-	22 0.24%	3
CISM	203	Down 56 places-56	£72,500	+31.81%	21 0.23%	10
CCNA	205	Down 49 places-49	£47,500	+15.85%	19 0.21%	19
CIPD	207	Down 46 places-46	£35,500	+9.23%	17 0.19%	1
Network+ Certification	210	Down 64 places-64	£32,500	-40.90%	14 0.15%	29
CRISC	211	Down 50 places-50	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	5
PMP	211	Down 57 places-57	£66,250	+11.29%	13 0.14%	8
MCSE	212	Down 56 places-56	£47,500	+35.71%	12 0.13%
A+ Certification	212	Down 66 places-66	£32,500	-7.14%	12 0.13%	26
CITP	213	Down 55 places-55	£75,537	+37.34%	11 0.12%
ISTQB	213	Down 55 places-55	£60,000	+33.33%	11 0.12%	2
(ISC)2 CCSP	214	Down 56 places-56	£82,500	+22.22%	10 0.11%	6
CCSP	214	Down 54 places-54	£82,500	+22.22%	10 0.11%	7
ITIL Foundation Certificate	214	Down 58 places-58	£31,000	-42.59%	10 0.11%	5
ISEB	216	New entry-	£59,000	-	8 0.088%
CISA	217	Down 54 places-54	£72,500	-	7 0.077%	7
PhD	217	Down 155 places-155	£53,500	-	7 0.077%
CompTIA Security+	218	Down 61 places-61	£47,151	+54.59%	6 0.066%	22
PRINCE2 Practitioner	218	Down 59 places-59	£60,566	-3.09%	6 0.066%	2
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	219	Down 55 places-55	£67,500	-	5 0.055%	2
AAT	219	Down 72 places-72	-	-	5 0.055%	1
ITIL Certification	219	Down 72 places-72	£59,386	+3.33%	5 0.055%	6
RIBA	219	Down 55 places-55	£38,000	-	5 0.055%	1
Six Sigma Green Belt	219	Down 55 places-55	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	220	Down 60 places-60	£85,000	+38.77%	4 0.044%
CCIE	220	Down 56 places-56	£75,000	-	4 0.044%	4
SAP Certification	220	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%