Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	18	Down 16 places-16	£48,500	+14.11%	524 5.74%	230
Security Cleared	23	Up 2 places+2	£70,000	-0.38%	433 4.74%	142
SC Cleared	36	Up 4 places+4	£70,000	-3.44%	327 3.58%	109
DBS Check	120	Up 1 place+1	£43,000	+4.87%	108 1.18%	29
HNC	142	Up 16 places+16	£41,500	-17.00%	82 0.90%	57
BPSS Clearance	148	Down 45 places-45	£75,000	+30.43%	76 0.83%	43
DV Cleared	150	Down 28 places-28	£85,000	+13.33%	74 0.81%	13
Azure Certification	158	Down 57 places-57	£60,000	-	66 0.72%	37
HND	159	Up 1 place+1	£41,250	-23.25%	65 0.71%	46
Microsoft Certification	166	Down 37 places-37	£52,500	+50.00%	58 0.64%	28
NVQ Level 3	166	Up 3 places+3	£48,500	-15.65%	58 0.64%	16
Cisco Certification	171	Down 29 places-29	£75,000	+20.00%	53 0.58%	35
Master's Degree	178	Down 129 places-129	£70,000	+27.27%	46 0.50%	30
CISSP	182	Down 38 places-38	£66,269	+10.90%	42 0.46%	27
City & Guilds	182	Down 13 places-13	£53,250	-	42 0.46%	9
ACCA	183	Down 64 places-64	£52,500	+69.35%	41 0.45%	5
PMI Certification	185	Down 27 places-27	£60,900	+2.30%	39 0.43%	13
CIMA	188	Down 43 places-43	£52,500	+69.35%	36 0.39%	5
CCNP	189	Down 37 places-37	£75,000	+35.13%	35 0.38%	8
Computer Science Degree	191	Down 83 places-83	£59,250	+39.41%	33 0.36%	25
AWS Certification	194	Down 61 places-61	£57,500	+57.53%	30 0.33%	60
Postgraduate	195	New entry-	£36,126	-	29 0.32%	14
TOGAF Certification	202	Down 41 places-41	£63,386	-6.09%	22 0.24%	2
Chartered Engineer	202	Down 35 places-35	£55,000	-	22 0.24%	7
CISM	203	Down 51 places-51	£72,500	+35.65%	21 0.23%	10
CCNA	204	Down 42 places-42	£47,500	-6.86%	20 0.22%	20
CIPD	208	Down 42 places-42	£35,500	+9.23%	16 0.18%	1
Network+ Certification	209	Down 58 places-58	£32,500	-40.90%	15 0.16%	31
MCSE	211	Down 50 places-50	£47,500	+35.71%	13 0.14%
CRISC	211	Down 46 places-46	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	4
A+ Certification	211	Down 59 places-59	£32,500	-7.14%	13 0.14%	25
PMP	211	Down 52 places-52	£66,250	+11.29%	13 0.14%	13
CITP	213	Down 50 places-50	£75,537	+37.34%	11 0.12%
ISTQB	213	Down 50 places-50	£60,000	+33.33%	11 0.12%	4
ITIL Foundation Certificate	214	Down 51 places-51	£31,000	-42.59%	10 0.11%	7
CCSP	216	Down 51 places-51	£82,500	+22.22%	8 0.088%	8
ISEB	216	New entry-	£59,000	-	8 0.088%
(ISC)2 CCSP	216	Down 53 places-53	£82,500	+22.22%	8 0.088%	7
CISA	217	Down 49 places-49	£72,500	-	7 0.077%	9
PhD	218	Down 155 places-155	£53,500	-	6 0.066%	1
CompTIA Security+	218	Down 56 places-56	£47,151	+54.59%	6 0.066%	15
PRINCE2 Practitioner	218	Down 54 places-54	£60,566	-3.09%	6 0.066%	4
RIBA	219	Down 50 places-50	£38,000	-	5 0.055%	3
AAT	219	Down 67 places-67	-	-	5 0.055%	1
ITIL Certification	219	Down 68 places-68	£59,386	+3.39%	5 0.055%	7
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	219	Down 54 places-54	£85,000	+38.77%	5 0.055%	1
Six Sigma Green Belt	219	Down 50 places-50	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	220	Down 51 places-51	£67,500	-	4 0.044%	3
CCIE	220	Down 51 places-51	£75,000	-	4 0.044%	6
SAP Certification	220	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%