Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 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%	531 5.83%	159
Security Cleared	24	Up 1 place+1	£70,000	-0.38%	432 4.74%	97
SC Cleared	36	Up 2 places+2	£70,000	-3.44%	333 3.66%	76
DBS Check	113	Up 8 places+8	£43,000	+4.87%	111 1.22%	28
HNC	133	Up 25 places+25	£41,500	-17.00%	88 0.97%	47
BPSS Clearance	141	Down 36 places-36	£75,000	+30.43%	78 0.86%	43
DV Cleared	148	Down 26 places-26	£80,013	+6.68%	71 0.78%	13
HND	153	Up 8 places+8	£41,250	-23.25%	66 0.72%	35
Azure Certification	154	Down 51 places-51	£62,500	+4.16%	65 0.71%	53
NVQ Level 3	158	Up 12 places+12	£48,500	-15.65%	61 0.67%	14
Microsoft Certification	166	Down 38 places-38	£52,500	+50.00%	53 0.58%	47
Cisco Certification	169	Down 27 places-27	£75,000	+21.45%	50 0.55%	29
Master's Degree	174	Down 124 places-124	£65,805	+19.64%	45 0.49%	17
City & Guilds	175	Down 5 places-5	£53,250	-	44 0.48%	6
CISSP	176	Down 31 places-31	£66,269	+6.02%	43 0.47%	18
PMI Certification	180	Down 22 places-22	£60,900	+2.30%	39 0.43%	10
ACCA	182	Down 64 places-64	£52,500	+69.35%	37 0.41%	1
CCNP	186	Down 33 places-33	£75,000	+35.13%	33 0.36%	6
Computer Science Degree	187	Down 77 places-77	£59,386	+43.32%	32 0.35%	16
CIMA	187	Down 43 places-43	£52,500	+69.35%	32 0.35%	1
Postgraduate	190	New entry-	£36,126	-	29 0.32%	14
AWS Certification	190	Down 57 places-57	£57,500	+88.52%	29 0.32%	64
TOGAF Certification	196	Down 34 places-34	£63,386	-6.09%	23 0.25%	3
Chartered Engineer	197	Down 29 places-29	£55,000	-	22 0.24%	2
CISM	199	Down 46 places-46	£66,250	+20.45%	20 0.22%	5
CIPD	202	Down 35 places-35	£35,500	+9.23%	17 0.19%	2
CCNA	203	Down 41 places-41	£47,500	+15.85%	16 0.18%	19
Network+ Certification	204	Down 53 places-53	£32,500	-31.57%	15 0.16%	28
CRISC	206	Down 39 places-39	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%
A+ Certification	207	Down 56 places-56	£32,500	-3.70%	12 0.13%	27
PMP	207	Down 48 places-48	£75,000	+25.99%	12 0.13%	10
CITP	209	Down 44 places-44	£102,769	+106.48%	10 0.11%
MCSE	209	Down 46 places-46	-	-	10 0.11%	2
ITIL Foundation Certificate	209	Down 48 places-48	£31,000	-42.59%	10 0.11%	4
ISTQB	209	Down 45 places-45	£52,500	+16.66%	10 0.11%	1
CCSP	210	Down 44 places-44	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.099%	6
(ISC)2 CCSP	210	Down 46 places-46	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.099%	5
PhD	212	Down 147 places-147	£53,500	-	7 0.077%	1
ISEB	212	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 0.077%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	212	Down 47 places-47	£59,522	-4.76%	7 0.077%	2
CISA	213	Down 44 places-44	£86,250	+18.96%	6 0.066%	5
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	214	Down 44 places-44	£67,500	-	5 0.055%
CCIE	214	Down 44 places-44	£75,000	-	5 0.055%	3
AAT	214	Down 61 places-61	-	-	5 0.055%	1
ITIL Certification	214	Down 61 places-61	£59,386	+3.33%	5 0.055%	8
CompTIA Security+	214	Down 52 places-52	£47,500	+55.73%	5 0.055%	22
Six Sigma Green Belt	214	Down 44 places-44	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
RIBA	214	Down 44 places-44	£38,000	-	5 0.055%	1
SAP Certification	215	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	215	Down 49 places-49	£85,000	+38.77%	4 0.044%