Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 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 5.77%	518
Security Cleared	24	Up 2 places+2	£70,000	-	428 4.67%	259
SC Cleared	38	Up 7 places+7	£70,000	-3.44%	328 3.58%	195
DBS Check	110	Up 16 places+16	£43,000	+4.87%	119 1.30%	90
HNC	136	Up 20 places+20	£41,750	-16.50%	89 0.97%	84
BPSS Clearance	144	Down 42 places-42	£75,000	+30.43%	79 0.86%	64
DV Cleared	155	Down 38 places-38	£75,000	-	68 0.74%	22
HND	156	Up 3 places+3	£41,350	-23.06%	67 0.73%	63
Azure Certification	158	Down 55 places-55	£62,500	+4.16%	65 0.71%	30
NVQ Level 3	160	Up 8 places+8	£48,500	-15.65%	63 0.69%	18
Microsoft Certification	170	Down 47 places-47	£52,500	+50.00%	53 0.58%	35
Cisco Certification	172	Down 32 places-32	£75,000	+21.45%	51 0.56%	32
City & Guilds	178	Down 10 places-10	£53,250	-	45 0.49%	8
Master's Degree	178	Down 124 places-124	£65,805	+19.64%	45 0.49%	72
CISSP	180	Down 39 places-39	£66,269	+6.02%	43 0.47%	31
PMI Certification	184	Down 28 places-28	£60,900	+2.30%	39 0.43%	17
ACCA	186	Down 70 places-70	£52,500	+69.35%	37 0.40%	6
CCNP	189	Down 38 places-38	£75,000	+35.13%	34 0.37%	11
CIMA	191	Down 49 places-49	£52,500	+69.35%	32 0.35%	3
Computer Science Degree	191	Down 83 places-83	£59,386	+43.32%	32 0.35%	61
Postgraduate	195	New entry-	£36,126	-	28 0.31%	23
AWS Certification	197	Down 66 places-66	£57,500	+88.52%	26 0.28%	53
TOGAF Certification	199	Down 39 places-39	£63,386	-6.09%	24 0.26%	6
Chartered Engineer	200	Down 34 places-34	£55,000	-	23 0.25%	8
CISM	204	Down 54 places-54	£60,000	-2.04%	19 0.21%	18
CIPD	206	Down 41 places-41	£35,500	+9.23%	17 0.19%	4
CCNA	207	Down 47 places-47	£47,500	+15.85%	16 0.17%	20
Network+ Certification	208	Down 59 places-59	£32,500	-31.57%	15 0.16%	25
CRISC	210	Down 44 places-44	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	3
A+ Certification	211	Down 62 places-62	£32,500	-3.70%	12 0.13%	20
PMP	211	Down 54 places-54	£75,000	+25.99%	12 0.13%	17
ISTQB	212	Down 51 places-51	£60,000	+37.14%	11 0.12%	2
CITP	213	Down 50 places-50	£102,769	+106.48%	10 0.11%	1
MCSE	213	Down 52 places-52	-	-	10 0.11%	1
ITIL Foundation Certificate	213	Down 56 places-56	£31,000	-42.59%	10 0.11%	6
CCSP	214	Down 50 places-50	£83,500	+23.70%	9 0.098%	8
(ISC)2 CCSP	214	Down 52 places-52	£83,500	+23.70%	9 0.098%	7
PhD	216	Down 150 places-150	£53,500	-	7 0.076%	26
CCIE	216	Down 48 places-48	£75,000	-	7 0.076%	4
ISEB	216	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 0.076%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	216	Down 53 places-53	£59,522	-4.76%	7 0.076%	3
CISA	217	Down 50 places-50	£86,250	+18.96%	6 0.066%	9
ITIL Certification	217	Down 65 places-65	£59,386	+3.39%	6 0.066%	8
RIBA	218	Down 50 places-50	£38,000	-	5 0.055%	2
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	218	Down 50 places-50	£67,500	-	5 0.055%
AAT	218	Down 67 places-67	-	-	5 0.055%	2
CompTIA Security+	218	Down 59 places-59	£47,500	+55.73%	5 0.055%	20
Six Sigma Green Belt	218	Down 50 places-50	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
CCAB	219	Down 54 places-54	-	-	4 0.044%
APMG	219	Down 58 places-58	£60,000	+34.70%	4 0.044%	4