Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	18	Down 16 places-16	£47,500	+5.55%	492 5.41%	450
Security Cleared	26	Up 2 places+2	£70,000	+0.44%	419 4.61%	236
SC Cleared	38	Up 3 places+3	£70,000	-	313 3.44%	168
DBS Check	117	Down 10 places-10	£43,000	+4.87%	103 1.13%	60
DV Cleared	141	Down 24 places-24	£85,000	+13.33%	74 0.81%	30
BPSS Clearance	144	Down 41 places-41	£75,000	+36.36%	71 0.78%	62
Azure Certification	148	Down 48 places-48	£62,500	-5.66%	67 0.74%	21
HNC	148	Up 7 places+7	£41,250	-17.50%	67 0.74%	91
Microsoft Certification	157	Down 30 places-30	£52,500	+40.00%	57 0.63%	21
HND	160	Down 5 places-5	£41,250	-23.25%	54 0.59%	65
NVQ Level 3	164	Down 1 place-1	£50,500	-12.17%	50 0.55%	30
Cisco Certification	164	Down 28 places-28	£75,000	+21.45%	50 0.55%	24
Master's Degree	169	Down 128 places-128	£70,000	+27.27%	45 0.49%	67
PMI Certification	173	Down 20 places-20	£60,900	-14.24%	41 0.45%	14
ACCA	173	Down 59 places-59	£52,500	+69.35%	41 0.45%	3
CISSP	174	Down 33 places-33	£69,384	+16.12%	40 0.44%	21
Computer Science Degree	177	Down 75 places-75	£55,000	+29.41%	37 0.41%	47
CIMA	178	Down 39 places-39	£52,500	+69.35%	36 0.40%	1
AWS Certification	181	Down 50 places-50	£71,250	+26.73%	33 0.36%	35
City & Guilds	182	Down 19 places-19	£54,000	-	32 0.35%	16
CCNP	182	Down 36 places-36	£75,000	+35.13%	32 0.35%	10
Postgraduate	184	New entry-	£31,813	-	30 0.33%	16
CISM	191	Down 43 places-43	£72,500	+39.72%	23 0.25%	12
Chartered Engineer	194	Down 33 places-33	£57,500	-	20 0.22%	13
CCNA	195	Down 40 places-40	£47,500	-6.86%	19 0.21%	16
TOGAF Certification	196	Down 41 places-41	£63,522	-5.89%	18 0.20%	6
CIPD	200	Down 39 places-39	£35,500	+9.23%	14 0.15%	1
PMP	201	Down 47 places-47	£66,250	-6.70%	13 0.14%	11
CRISC	201	Down 42 places-42	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	4
Network+ Certification	201	Down 55 places-55	£32,500	-40.90%	13 0.14%	20
MCSE	201	Down 47 places-47	£47,500	+35.71%	13 0.14%	1
ISTQB	202	Down 43 places-43	£60,000	+29.72%	12 0.13%	9
A+ Certification	203	Down 57 places-57	£36,250	+3.57%	11 0.12%	14
CITP	203	Down 47 places-47	£75,537	+37.34%	11 0.12%
CCSP	205	Down 46 places-46	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.099%	3
ISEB	205	New entry-	£73,000	-	9 0.099%
(ISC)2 CCSP	205	Down 47 places-47	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.099%	2
ITIL Foundation Certificate	206	Down 48 places-48	£31,000	-42.59%	8 0.088%	6
CompTIA Security+	206	Down 48 places-48	£47,151	+54.59%	8 0.088%	9
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	207	Down 48 places-48	£85,000	+38.77%	7 0.077%	5
CISA	208	Down 46 places-46	£44,720	-38.31%	6 0.066%	11
PRINCE2 Practitioner	208	Down 49 places-49	£60,566	+7.67%	6 0.066%	2
ITIL Certification	209	Down 65 places-65	£59,386	+3.39%	5 0.055%	14
RIBA	209	Down 46 places-46	£45,500	-	5 0.055%	2
AAT	209	Down 63 places-63	-	-	5 0.055%
Six Sigma Green Belt	209	New entry-	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
SAP Certification	210	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%	2
PhD	210	Down 153 places-153	£52,250	-	4 0.044%	27
PCI QSA	211	New entry-	-	-	3 0.033%	1
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	211	Down 48 places-48	£67,500	-	3 0.033%	2