Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 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	+8.38%	498 5.46%	445
Security Cleared	23	Up 2 places+2	£70,000	-	421 4.61%	235
SC Cleared	35	Up 4 places+4	£70,000	-0.76%	316 3.46%	168
DBS Check	112	Down 2 places-2	£43,000	+4.87%	102 1.12%	67
BPSS Clearance	138	Down 33 places-33	£75,000	+33.33%	74 0.81%	63
DV Cleared	139	Down 21 places-21	£85,000	+13.33%	73 0.80%	29
HNC	143	Up 13 places+13	£41,350	-17.30%	69 0.76%	93
Azure Certification	145	Down 43 places-43	£62,500	-5.66%	67 0.73%	21
Microsoft Certification	155	Down 26 places-26	£52,500	+40.00%	57 0.62%	25
HND	157	No change0	£41,250	-23.25%	55 0.60%	67
Cisco Certification	162	Down 24 places-24	£75,000	+21.45%	50 0.55%	24
NVQ Level 3	162	Up 3 places+3	£50,500	-12.17%	50 0.55%	27
Master's Degree	167	Down 122 places-122	£65,805	+19.64%	45 0.49%	60
PMI Certification	171	Down 16 places-16	£60,900	-14.24%	41 0.45%	13
ACCA	171	Down 56 places-56	£52,500	+69.35%	41 0.45%	3
CISSP	172	Down 29 places-29	£65,634	+9.84%	40 0.44%	22
Computer Science Degree	175	Down 69 places-69	£55,000	+29.41%	37 0.41%	46
CIMA	176	Down 35 places-35	£52,500	+69.35%	36 0.39%	1
AWS Certification	179	Down 46 places-46	£71,250	+26.73%	33 0.36%	35
City & Guilds	180	Down 15 places-15	£54,000	-	32 0.35%	14
CCNP	180	Down 32 places-32	£75,000	+35.13%	32 0.35%	10
Postgraduate	182	New entry-	£31,813	-	30 0.33%	25
CISM	190	Down 40 places-40	£72,500	+39.72%	22 0.24%	13
Chartered Engineer	192	Down 29 places-29	£57,500	-	20 0.22%	12
CCNA	192	Down 35 places-35	£47,500	-6.86%	20 0.22%	16
TOGAF Certification	193	Down 36 places-36	£63,386	-6.09%	19 0.21%	6
CIPD	197	Down 35 places-35	£35,500	+9.23%	15 0.16%	1
PMP	199	Down 43 places-43	£66,250	-6.70%	13 0.14%	10
Network+ Certification	199	Down 51 places-51	£32,500	-40.90%	13 0.14%	19
MCSE	199	Down 43 places-43	£47,500	+35.71%	13 0.14%	2
CRISC	199	Down 38 places-38	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	4
A+ Certification	201	Down 53 places-53	£36,250	+3.57%	11 0.12%	15
ISTQB	201	Down 41 places-41	£60,000	+33.33%	11 0.12%	8
CITP	201	Down 43 places-43	£75,537	+37.34%	11 0.12%
ISEB	204	New entry-	£59,000	-	8 0.088%
(ISC)2 CCSP	204	Down 44 places-44	£82,500	+22.22%	8 0.088%	2
ITIL Foundation Certificate	204	Down 44 places-44	£31,000	-42.59%	8 0.088%	7
CompTIA Security+	204	Down 44 places-44	£47,151	+54.59%	8 0.088%	10
CCSP	204	Down 43 places-43	£82,500	+22.22%	8 0.088%	3
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	205	Down 44 places-44	£85,000	+38.77%	7 0.077%	5
PRINCE2 Practitioner	206	Down 45 places-45	£60,566	+7.67%	6 0.066%	2
CISA	206	Down 42 places-42	£44,720	-38.31%	6 0.066%	11
RIBA	206	Down 41 places-41	£41,000	-	6 0.066%	2
ITIL Certification	207	Down 61 places-61	£59,386	+3.39%	5 0.055%	14
Six Sigma Green Belt	207	New entry-	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
PhD	207	Down 148 places-148	£53,500	-	5 0.055%	23
AAT	207	Down 59 places-59	-	-	5 0.055%
SAP Certification	208	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%	2
IIBA	209	New entry-	-	-	3 0.033%	5
CBAP	209	Down 45 places-45	-	-	3 0.033%	1