Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 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	+11.76%	516 5.67%	185
Security Cleared	23	Up 4 places+4	£70,000	-	431 4.73%	81
SC Cleared	37	Up 3 places+3	£70,000	-3.44%	323 3.55%	60
DBS Check	117	Up 1 place+1	£43,000	+4.87%	103 1.13%	27
DV Cleared	138	Down 14 places-14	£85,000	+13.33%	77 0.85%	10
BPSS Clearance	139	Down 34 places-34	£75,000	+33.33%	76 0.83%	29
HNC	141	Up 18 places+18	£41,500	-17.00%	74 0.81%	57
Azure Certification	150	Down 47 places-47	£60,000	-	65 0.71%	13
HND	156	Up 4 places+4	£41,350	-23.06%	59 0.65%	43
Microsoft Certification	157	Down 27 places-27	£52,500	+44.82%	58 0.64%	13
NVQ Level 3	162	Up 6 places+6	£48,500	-15.65%	53 0.58%	19
Cisco Certification	164	Down 22 places-22	£75,000	+21.45%	51 0.56%	17
Master's Degree	170	Down 124 places-124	£70,000	+27.27%	45 0.49%	15
CISSP	173	Down 28 places-28	£66,269	+10.90%	42 0.46%	10
ACCA	174	Down 56 places-56	£52,500	+69.35%	41 0.45%	1
PMI Certification	175	Down 17 places-17	£60,900	-14.24%	40 0.44%	6
CIMA	179	Down 35 places-35	£52,500	+69.35%	36 0.40%	1
Computer Science Degree	180	Down 72 places-72	£59,250	+39.41%	35 0.38%	13
City & Guilds	180	Down 12 places-12	£53,250	-	35 0.38%	13
CCNP	182	Down 31 places-31	£75,000	+35.13%	33 0.36%	4
AWS Certification	184	Down 50 places-50	£57,500	+17.94%	31 0.34%	10
Postgraduate	186	New entry-	£36,126	-	29 0.32%	16
CISM	194	Down 42 places-42	£72,500	+39.72%	21 0.23%	2
Chartered Engineer	194	Down 28 places-28	£55,000	-	21 0.23%	5
CCNA	195	Down 34 places-34	£47,500	-6.86%	20 0.22%	9
TOGAF Certification	196	Down 36 places-36	£63,386	-6.09%	19 0.21%	3
CIPD	200	Down 35 places-35	£35,500	+9.23%	15 0.16%	2
PMP	202	Down 43 places-43	£66,250	-6.70%	13 0.14%	6
CRISC	202	Down 38 places-38	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	2
Network+ Certification	202	Down 51 places-51	£32,500	-40.90%	13 0.14%	12
MCSE	202	Down 43 places-43	£47,500	+35.71%	13 0.14%
CITP	204	Down 43 places-43	£75,537	+37.34%	11 0.12%
A+ Certification	204	Down 53 places-53	£36,250	+3.57%	11 0.12%	11
ISTQB	204	Down 41 places-41	£60,000	+33.33%	11 0.12%	2
CCSP	207	Down 43 places-43	£82,500	+22.22%	8 0.088%	4
ISEB	207	New entry-	£59,000	-	8 0.088%
(ISC)2 CCSP	207	Down 44 places-44	£82,500	+22.22%	8 0.088%	4
ITIL Foundation Certificate	207	Down 44 places-44	£31,000	-42.59%	8 0.088%	4
CompTIA Security+	207	Down 44 places-44	£47,151	+54.59%	8 0.088%	5
CISA	208	Down 41 places-41	£72,500	-	7 0.077%	4
PhD	209	Down 146 places-146	£53,500	-	6 0.066%	1
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	209	Down 45 places-45	£85,000	+38.77%	6 0.066%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	209	Down 45 places-45	£60,566	+7.67%	6 0.066%	2
ITIL Certification	210	Down 61 places-61	£59,386	+3.39%	5 0.055%	6
AAT	210	Down 59 places-59	-	-	5 0.055%
Six Sigma Green Belt	210	New entry-	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
RIBA	210	Down 42 places-42	£38,000	-	5 0.055%	1
SAP Certification	211	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	211	Down 43 places-43	£67,500	-	4 0.044%	2
IIBA	212	New entry-	-	-	3 0.033%	3