Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 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%	529 5.78%	417
Security Cleared	24	Up 2 places+2	£70,000	-	428 4.67%	221
SC Cleared	38	Up 8 places+8	£70,000	-3.44%	328 3.58%	162
DBS Check	108	Up 18 places+18	£43,000	+4.87%	120 1.31%	59
HNC	136	Up 19 places+19	£41,500	-17.00%	88 0.96%	65
BPSS Clearance	145	Down 43 places-43	£75,000	+30.43%	79 0.86%	63
DV Cleared	155	Down 39 places-39	£75,000	-	69 0.75%	26
HND	158	No change0	£41,250	-23.25%	66 0.72%	52
Azure Certification	159	Down 56 places-56	£62,500	+4.16%	65 0.71%	26
NVQ Level 3	161	Up 6 places+6	£48,500	-15.65%	63 0.69%	12
Microsoft Certification	171	Down 48 places-48	£52,500	+50.00%	53 0.58%	24
Cisco Certification	173	Down 34 places-34	£75,000	+21.45%	51 0.56%	29
City & Guilds	179	Down 12 places-12	£53,250	-	45 0.49%	5
Master's Degree	179	Down 126 places-126	£65,805	+19.64%	45 0.49%	58
CISSP	181	Down 40 places-40	£66,269	+10.90%	43 0.47%	27
PMI Certification	185	Down 30 places-30	£60,900	+2.30%	39 0.43%	16
ACCA	187	Down 72 places-72	£52,500	+69.35%	37 0.40%	5
CCNP	190	Down 40 places-40	£75,000	+35.13%	34 0.37%	15
CIMA	192	Down 51 places-51	£52,500	+69.35%	32 0.35%	2
Computer Science Degree	192	Down 84 places-84	£59,386	+43.32%	32 0.35%	50
Postgraduate	196	New entry-	£36,126	-	28 0.31%	17
AWS Certification	198	Down 67 places-67	£57,500	+85.48%	26 0.28%	40
TOGAF Certification	200	Down 41 places-41	£63,386	-6.09%	24 0.26%	6
Chartered Engineer	201	Down 36 places-36	£55,000	-	23 0.25%	7
CISM	205	Down 55 places-55	£60,000	+9.09%	19 0.21%	16
CIPD	207	Down 43 places-43	£35,500	+9.23%	17 0.19%	2
CCNA	208	Down 49 places-49	£47,500	+15.85%	16 0.17%	17
Network+ Certification	209	Down 61 places-61	£32,500	-31.57%	15 0.16%	15
CRISC	211	Down 46 places-46	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	3
A+ Certification	212	Down 64 places-64	£32,500	-3.70%	12 0.13%	14
PMP	212	Down 56 places-56	£75,000	+25.99%	12 0.13%	15
ISTQB	213	Down 52 places-52	£60,000	+33.33%	11 0.12%	1
CITP	214	Down 52 places-52	£102,769	+106.48%	10 0.11%	1
MCSE	214	Down 54 places-54	-	-	10 0.11%	2
ITIL Foundation Certificate	214	Down 56 places-56	£31,000	-42.59%	10 0.11%	6
CCSP	215	Down 52 places-52	£83,500	+23.70%	9 0.098%	6
(ISC)2 CCSP	215	Down 54 places-54	£83,500	+23.70%	9 0.098%	5
PhD	217	Down 153 places-153	£53,500	-	7 0.077%	15
CCIE	217	Down 50 places-50	£75,000	-	7 0.077%	4
ISEB	217	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 0.077%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	217	Down 55 places-55	£59,522	-4.76%	7 0.077%	3
CISA	218	Down 52 places-52	£86,250	+18.96%	6 0.066%	9
RIBA	219	Down 52 places-52	£38,000	-	5 0.055%	3
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	219	Down 52 places-52	£67,500	-	5 0.055%
AAT	219	Down 69 places-69	-	-	5 0.055%	2
ITIL Certification	219	Down 68 places-68	£59,386	+3.39%	5 0.055%	9
CompTIA Security+	219	Down 61 places-61	£47,500	+55.73%	5 0.055%	17
Six Sigma Green Belt	219	Down 52 places-52	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
APMG	220	Down 60 places-60	£60,000	+34.70%	4 0.044%	3
SAP Certification	220	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%