Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 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 5.76%	438
Security Cleared	24	Up 4 places+4	£70,000	-	433 4.73%	226
SC Cleared	37	Up 8 places+8	£70,000	-3.44%	333 3.64%	162
DBS Check	106	Up 22 places+22	£43,000	+4.87%	118 1.29%	59
HNC	131	Up 26 places+26	£41,500	-17.00%	88 0.96%	73
BPSS Clearance	140	Down 37 places-37	£75,000	+30.43%	78 0.85%	69
DV Cleared	147	Down 26 places-26	£75,013	+0.01%	71 0.78%	28
HND	152	Up 8 places+8	£41,250	-23.25%	66 0.72%	56
Azure Certification	154	Down 50 places-50	£62,500	+4.16%	64 0.70%	25
NVQ Level 3	155	Up 14 places+14	£48,500	-15.65%	63 0.69%	17
Microsoft Certification	165	Down 39 places-39	£52,500	+50.00%	53 0.58%	27
Cisco Certification	168	Down 27 places-27	£75,000	+21.45%	50 0.55%	31
Master's Degree	172	Down 121 places-121	£65,805	+19.64%	46 0.50%	66
City & Guilds	173	Down 4 places-4	£53,250	-	45 0.49%	6
CISSP	175	Down 31 places-31	£66,269	+6.02%	43 0.47%	29
PMI Certification	179	Down 22 places-22	£60,900	+2.30%	39 0.43%	13
ACCA	181	Down 64 places-64	£52,500	+69.35%	37 0.40%	4
CCNP	185	Down 33 places-33	£75,000	+35.13%	33 0.36%	16
CIMA	186	Down 43 places-43	£52,500	+69.35%	32 0.35%	2
Computer Science Degree	186	Down 77 places-77	£59,386	+43.32%	32 0.35%	47
Postgraduate	189	New entry-	£36,126	-	29 0.32%	20
AWS Certification	191	Down 58 places-58	£57,500	+85.48%	27 0.29%	41
TOGAF Certification	195	Down 34 places-34	£63,386	-6.09%	23 0.25%	4
Chartered Engineer	195	Down 28 places-28	£55,000	-	23 0.25%	7
CISM	198	Down 46 places-46	£66,250	+20.45%	20 0.22%	18
CIPD	201	Down 35 places-35	£35,500	+9.23%	17 0.19%	2
CCNA	202	Down 41 places-41	£47,500	+15.85%	16 0.17%	19
Network+ Certification	203	Down 53 places-53	£32,500	-31.57%	15 0.16%	15
CRISC	205	Down 38 places-38	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	2
A+ Certification	206	Down 56 places-56	£32,500	-3.70%	12 0.13%	14
PMP	206	Down 48 places-48	£75,000	+25.99%	12 0.13%	11
CITP	208	Down 44 places-44	£102,769	+106.48%	10 0.11%	1
MCSE	208	Down 46 places-46	-	-	10 0.11%	2
ITIL Foundation Certificate	208	Down 48 places-48	£31,000	-42.59%	10 0.11%	6
ISTQB	208	Down 45 places-45	£52,500	+16.66%	10 0.11%	1
CCSP	209	Down 44 places-44	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.098%	7
(ISC)2 CCSP	209	Down 46 places-46	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.098%	5
PhD	211	Down 147 places-147	£53,500	-	7 0.076%	16
ISEB	211	New entry-	£45,000	-	7 0.076%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	211	Down 47 places-47	£59,522	-4.76%	7 0.076%	2
CISA	212	Down 44 places-44	£86,250	+18.96%	6 0.066%	8
CCIE	212	Down 43 places-43	£75,000	-	6 0.066%	5
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	213	Down 44 places-44	£67,500	-	5 0.055%
AAT	213	Down 61 places-61	-	-	5 0.055%	2
ITIL Certification	213	Down 60 places-60	£59,386	+3.39%	5 0.055%	11
CompTIA Security+	213	Down 52 places-52	£47,500	+55.73%	5 0.055%	18
RIBA	213	Down 44 places-44	£38,000	-	5 0.055%	2
Six Sigma Green Belt	213	Down 44 places-44	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
APMG	214	Down 52 places-52	£60,000	+34.70%	4 0.044%	3
SAP Certification	214	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%