Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	17	Down 15 places-15	£48,500	+14.11%	529 5.84%	599
Security Cleared	24	Up 1 place+1	£70,000	-0.38%	424 4.68%	96
SC Cleared	37	Up 3 places+3	£70,000	-3.44%	326 3.60%	76
DBS Check	118	Down 2 places-2	£43,000	+4.87%	110 1.21%	26
HNC	137	Up 16 places+16	£41,500	-17.00%	88 0.97%	47
BPSS Clearance	148	Down 47 places-47	£75,000	+30.43%	77 0.85%	43
DV Cleared	155	Down 39 places-39	£85,000	+13.33%	70 0.77%	12
Azure Certification	158	Down 58 places-58	£62,500	+4.16%	66 0.73%	34
HND	158	Down 3 places-3	£41,250	-23.25%	66 0.73%	37
NVQ Level 3	163	Up 1 place+1	£48,500	-15.65%	61 0.67%	16
Microsoft Certification	169	Down 47 places-47	£52,500	+50.00%	55 0.61%	25
Cisco Certification	175	Down 39 places-39	£75,000	+21.45%	49 0.54%	28
Master's Degree	179	Down 131 places-131	£65,805	+19.64%	45 0.50%	16
City & Guilds	180	Down 16 places-16	£53,250	-	44 0.49%	6
CISSP	181	Down 42 places-42	£66,269	+6.02%	43 0.47%	18
PMI Certification	185	Down 32 places-32	£60,900	+2.30%	39 0.43%	7
ACCA	186	Down 74 places-74	£52,500	+69.35%	38 0.42%	2
CIMA	191	Down 53 places-53	£52,500	+69.35%	33 0.36%	2
Computer Science Degree	192	Down 86 places-86	£59,386	+43.32%	32 0.35%	13
CCNP	192	Down 45 places-45	£75,000	+35.13%	32 0.35%	6
AWS Certification	195	Down 67 places-67	£57,500	+57.53%	29 0.32%	31
Postgraduate	195	New entry-	£36,126	-	29 0.32%	14
TOGAF Certification	201	Down 45 places-45	£63,386	-6.09%	23 0.25%	2
Chartered Engineer	202	Down 40 places-40	£55,000	-	22 0.24%	2
CISM	204	Down 57 places-57	£66,250	+20.45%	20 0.22%	5
CIPD	207	Down 46 places-46	£35,500	+9.23%	17 0.19%	2
CCNA	208	Down 52 places-52	£47,500	+15.85%	16 0.18%	18
Network+ Certification	210	Down 64 places-64	£32,500	-40.90%	14 0.15%	29
CRISC	211	Down 50 places-50	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	1
PMP	212	Down 58 places-58	£75,000	+25.99%	12 0.13%	8
A+ Certification	212	Down 66 places-66	£32,500	-7.14%	12 0.13%	27
MCSE	213	Down 57 places-57	£47,500	+35.71%	11 0.12%
ITIL Foundation Certificate	214	Down 59 places-59	£31,000	-42.59%	10 0.11%	4
ISTQB	214	Down 56 places-56	£52,500	+16.66%	10 0.11%	1
CITP	214	Down 56 places-56	£102,769	+86.85%	10 0.11%
(ISC)2 CCSP	215	Down 57 places-57	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.099%	5
CCSP	215	Down 55 places-55	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.099%	6
PhD	217	Down 155 places-155	£53,500	-	7 0.077%
ISEB	217	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 0.077%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	218	Down 59 places-59	£60,566	-3.09%	6 0.066%	2
CISA	218	Down 55 places-55	£86,250	+18.96%	6 0.066%	6
CompTIA Security+	219	Down 62 places-62	£47,500	+55.73%	5 0.055%	24
Six Sigma Green Belt	219	Down 55 places-55	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
RIBA	219	Down 55 places-55	£38,000	-	5 0.055%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	219	Down 55 places-55	£67,500	-	5 0.055%
AAT	219	Down 72 places-72	-	-	5 0.055%	1
ITIL Certification	219	Down 72 places-72	£59,386	+3.33%	5 0.055%	6
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	220	Down 60 places-60	£85,000	+38.77%	4 0.044%
CCIE	220	Down 56 places-56	£75,000	-	4 0.044%	3
SAP Certification	220	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%