Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	16	Down 14 places-14	£50,000	+17.64%	523 5.77%	515
Security Cleared	24	Up 1 place+1	£70,000	-	424 4.67%	257
SC Cleared	36	Up 7 places+7	£70,000	-3.44%	326 3.59%	192
DBS Check	104	Up 14 places+14	£43,000	+4.87%	118 1.30%	82
HNC	129	Up 18 places+18	£41,750	-16.50%	89 0.98%	85
BPSS Clearance	140	Down 45 places-45	£75,000	+30.43%	76 0.84%	60
DV Cleared	149	Down 42 places-42	£75,000	-	67 0.74%	23
HND	149	Up 1 place+1	£41,350	-23.06%	67 0.74%	64
NVQ Level 3	153	Up 6 places+6	£48,500	-15.65%	63 0.69%	21
Azure Certification	153	Down 59 places-59	£62,500	+6.38%	63 0.69%	31
Microsoft Certification	163	Down 50 places-50	£56,250	+60.71%	53 0.58%	34
Cisco Certification	164	Down 33 places-33	£75,000	+21.45%	52 0.57%	32
City & Guilds	171	Down 12 places-12	£53,250	-	45 0.50%	9
CISSP	171	Down 38 places-38	£72,500	+16.00%	45 0.50%	31
Master's Degree	172	Down 123 places-123	£65,805	+19.64%	44 0.49%	71
PMI Certification	177	Down 30 places-30	£60,900	+2.30%	39 0.43%	18
ACCA	179	Down 66 places-66	£52,500	+69.35%	37 0.41%	6
CCNP	182	Down 40 places-40	£75,000	+35.13%	34 0.37%	11
Computer Science Degree	184	Down 77 places-77	£59,386	+43.32%	32 0.35%	60
CIMA	184	Down 51 places-51	£52,500	+69.35%	32 0.35%	3
Postgraduate	188	New entry-	£36,126	-	28 0.31%	22
AWS Certification	191	Down 69 places-69	£57,500	+88.52%	25 0.28%	56
TOGAF Certification	192	Down 41 places-41	£63,386	-6.09%	24 0.26%	6
Chartered Engineer	193	Down 36 places-36	£55,000	-	23 0.25%	8
CISM	196	Down 54 places-54	£66,250	+8.16%	20 0.22%	17
CCNA	199	Down 48 places-48	£47,500	+15.85%	17 0.19%	20
CIPD	199	Down 43 places-43	£35,500	+9.23%	17 0.19%	3
Network+ Certification	202	Down 63 places-63	£32,500	-18.75%	14 0.15%	26
CRISC	203	Down 46 places-46	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	4
PMP	204	Down 56 places-56	£75,000	+25.99%	12 0.13%	19
A+ Certification	205	Down 66 places-66	£32,500	+1.18%	11 0.12%	21
MCSE	205	Down 52 places-52	£90,000	+157.14%	11 0.12%	1
ITIL Foundation Certificate	206	Down 59 places-59	£31,000	-42.59%	10 0.11%	7
CITP	206	Down 52 places-52	£102,769	+106.48%	10 0.11%	1
CCSP	207	Down 52 places-52	£83,500	+23.70%	9 0.099%	8
ISTQB	207	Down 55 places-55	£52,500	+20.00%	9 0.099%	2
(ISC)2 CCSP	207	Down 54 places-54	£83,500	+23.70%	9 0.099%	7
CCIE	209	Down 50 places-50	£75,000	-	7 0.077%	4
PRINCE2 Practitioner	209	Down 55 places-55	£59,522	-4.76%	7 0.077%	3
PhD	209	Down 148 places-148	£53,500	-	7 0.077%	23
ITIL Certification	210	Down 67 places-67	£59,386	+3.39%	6 0.066%	8
CISA	210	Down 52 places-52	£86,250	+18.96%	6 0.066%	10
RIBA	211	Down 52 places-52	£38,000	-	5 0.055%	1
ISEB	211	New entry-	£45,000	-	5 0.055%
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	211	Down 52 places-52	£67,500	-	5 0.055%
AAT	211	Down 69 places-69	-	-	5 0.055%	2
CompTIA Security+	211	Down 62 places-62	£47,500	+55.73%	5 0.055%	20
Six Sigma Green Belt	211	Down 52 places-52	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
SAP Certification	212	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%
APMG	212	Down 60 places-60	£60,000	+34.70%	4 0.044%	4