Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 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%	526 5.77%	206
Security Cleared	22	Down 1 place-1	£70,000	-	431 4.73%	129
SC Cleared	36	Up 1 place+1	£70,000	-3.44%	327 3.59%	100
DBS Check	117	Down 1 place-1	£43,000	+4.87%	108 1.18%	27
HNC	140	Up 14 places+14	£41,500	-17.00%	84 0.92%	53
BPSS Clearance	148	Down 49 places-49	£75,000	+30.43%	76 0.83%	45
DV Cleared	151	Down 34 places-34	£80,013	+6.68%	73 0.80%	20
HND	158	Down 2 places-2	£41,250	-23.25%	66 0.72%	36
Azure Certification	158	Down 61 places-61	£60,000	-	66 0.72%	42
NVQ Level 3	166	Down 1 place-1	£48,500	-15.65%	58 0.64%	13
Microsoft Certification	166	Down 41 places-41	£52,500	+50.00%	58 0.64%	23
Cisco Certification	171	Down 33 places-33	£75,000	+20.00%	53 0.58%	37
Master's Degree	178	Down 133 places-133	£70,000	+27.27%	46 0.50%	25
City & Guilds	182	Down 17 places-17	£53,250	-	42 0.46%	9
CISSP	182	Down 41 places-41	£66,269	+6.02%	42 0.46%	26
ACCA	183	Down 68 places-68	£52,500	+69.35%	41 0.45%	2
PMI Certification	185	Down 31 places-31	£60,900	+2.30%	39 0.43%	11
CIMA	188	Down 47 places-47	£52,500	+69.35%	36 0.39%	2
CCNP	189	Down 41 places-41	£75,000	+35.13%	35 0.38%	8
Computer Science Degree	191	Down 87 places-87	£59,250	+39.41%	33 0.36%	20
AWS Certification	194	Down 65 places-65	£57,500	+57.53%	30 0.33%	46
Postgraduate	195	New entry-	£36,126	-	29 0.32%	10
TOGAF Certification	202	Down 45 places-45	£63,386	-6.09%	22 0.24%	2
Chartered Engineer	202	Down 39 places-39	£55,000	-	22 0.24%	5
CISM	203	Down 54 places-54	£72,500	+31.81%	21 0.23%	10
CCNA	204	Down 46 places-46	£47,500	-6.86%	20 0.22%	20
CIPD	208	Down 46 places-46	£35,500	+9.23%	16 0.18%	1
Network+ Certification	209	Down 62 places-62	£32,500	-40.90%	15 0.16%	29
MCSE	211	Down 54 places-54	£47,500	+35.71%	13 0.14%
CRISC	211	Down 49 places-49	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	4
A+ Certification	211	Down 63 places-63	£32,500	-7.14%	13 0.14%	26
PMP	211	Down 56 places-56	£66,250	+11.29%	13 0.14%	11
ISTQB	213	Down 54 places-54	£60,000	+33.33%	11 0.12%	3
CITP	213	Down 54 places-54	£75,537	+37.34%	11 0.12%
ITIL Foundation Certificate	214	Down 55 places-55	£31,000	-42.59%	10 0.11%	6
CCSP	216	Down 55 places-55	£82,500	+22.22%	8 0.088%	9
ISEB	216	New entry-	£59,000	-	8 0.088%
(ISC)2 CCSP	216	Down 57 places-57	£82,500	+22.22%	8 0.088%	9
CISA	217	Down 53 places-53	£72,500	-	7 0.077%	7
PhD	217	Down 159 places-159	£53,500	-	7 0.077%	1
CompTIA Security+	218	Down 60 places-60	£47,151	+54.59%	6 0.066%	19
PRINCE2 Practitioner	218	Down 58 places-58	£60,566	-3.09%	6 0.066%	2
Six Sigma Green Belt	219	Down 54 places-54	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
RIBA	219	Down 54 places-54	£38,000	-	5 0.055%	1
AAT	219	Down 71 places-71	-	-	5 0.055%	1
ITIL Certification	219	Down 72 places-72	£59,386	+3.39%	5 0.055%	7
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	219	Down 58 places-58	£85,000	+38.77%	5 0.055%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	220	Down 55 places-55	£67,500	-	4 0.044%	3
CCIE	220	Down 55 places-55	£75,000	-	4 0.044%	7
SAP Certification	220	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%