Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 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%	528 5.78%	512
Security Cleared	25	No change0	£70,000	-0.38%	430 4.70%	264
SC Cleared	39	Up 6 places+6	£70,000	-3.44%	330 3.61%	198
DBS Check	114	Up 13 places+13	£43,000	+4.87%	119 1.30%	89
HNC	137	Up 20 places+20	£41,750	-16.50%	89 0.97%	83
BPSS Clearance	147	Down 44 places-44	£75,000	+30.43%	79 0.86%	65
DV Cleared	158	Down 41 places-41	£75,000	-	68 0.74%	23
HND	159	Up 1 place+1	£41,350	-23.06%	67 0.73%	62
Azure Certification	160	Down 57 places-57	£62,500	+4.16%	66 0.72%	31
NVQ Level 3	163	Up 6 places+6	£48,500	-15.65%	63 0.69%	18
Microsoft Certification	172	Down 49 places-49	£52,500	+50.00%	54 0.59%	35
Cisco Certification	174	Down 33 places-33	£75,000	+21.45%	52 0.57%	32
City & Guilds	181	Down 12 places-12	£53,250	-	45 0.49%	9
CISSP	182	Down 40 places-40	£69,384	+11.01%	44 0.48%	31
Master's Degree	183	Down 130 places-130	£61,611	+12.01%	43 0.47%	70
PMI Certification	187	Down 30 places-30	£60,900	+2.30%	39 0.43%	18
ACCA	189	Down 72 places-72	£52,500	+69.35%	37 0.40%	6
CCNP	192	Down 40 places-40	£75,000	+35.13%	34 0.37%	11
Computer Science Degree	194	Down 84 places-84	£59,386	+43.32%	32 0.35%	60
CIMA	194	Down 51 places-51	£52,500	+69.35%	32 0.35%	3
Postgraduate	198	New entry-	£36,126	-	28 0.31%	23
AWS Certification	200	Down 69 places-69	£57,500	+88.52%	26 0.28%	55
TOGAF Certification	202	Down 41 places-41	£63,386	-6.09%	24 0.26%	6
Chartered Engineer	203	Down 36 places-36	£55,000	-	23 0.25%	8
CISM	206	Down 55 places-55	£66,250	+8.16%	20 0.22%	18
CCNA	209	Down 48 places-48	£47,500	+15.85%	17 0.19%	20
CIPD	209	Down 43 places-43	£35,500	+9.23%	17 0.19%	4
Network+ Certification	211	Down 62 places-62	£32,500	-18.75%	15 0.16%	26
CRISC	213	Down 46 places-46	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	3
A+ Certification	214	Down 65 places-65	£32,500	-	12 0.13%	21
PMP	214	Down 56 places-56	£75,000	+25.99%	12 0.13%	18
MCSE	215	Down 53 places-53	£90,000	+157.14%	11 0.12%	1
ITIL Foundation Certificate	216	Down 58 places-58	£31,000	-42.59%	10 0.11%	7
CITP	216	Down 52 places-52	£102,769	+106.48%	10 0.11%	1
CCSP	217	Down 52 places-52	£83,500	+23.70%	9 0.099%	8
ISTQB	217	Down 55 places-55	£52,500	+20.00%	9 0.099%	2
(ISC)2 CCSP	217	Down 54 places-54	£83,500	+23.70%	9 0.099%	7
PhD	219	Down 153 places-153	£53,500	-	7 0.077%	25
CCIE	219	Down 50 places-50	£75,000	-	7 0.077%	4
PRINCE2 Practitioner	219	Down 55 places-55	£59,522	-4.76%	7 0.077%	3
ITIL Certification	220	Down 67 places-67	£59,386	+3.39%	6 0.066%	8
CISA	220	Down 52 places-52	£86,250	+18.96%	6 0.066%	9
RIBA	221	Down 52 places-52	£38,000	-	5 0.055%	2
ISEB	221	New entry-	£45,000	-	5 0.055%
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	221	Down 52 places-52	£67,500	-	5 0.055%
AAT	221	Down 69 places-69	-	-	5 0.055%	2
Six Sigma Green Belt	221	Down 52 places-52	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
CompTIA Security+	221	Down 62 places-62	£47,500	+55.73%	5 0.055%	20
SAP Certification	222	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%
CCAB	222	Down 56 places-56	-	-	4 0.044%