Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 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%	502 5.53%	177
Security Cleared	25	No change0	£70,000	-	419 4.62%	85
SC Cleared	38	Down 2 places-2	£70,000	-2.12%	315 3.47%	59
DBS Check	115	Down 8 places-8	£43,000	+4.87%	102 1.12%	30
BPSS Clearance	137	Down 35 places-35	£75,000	+33.33%	76 0.84%	29
DV Cleared	140	Down 22 places-22	£85,000	+13.33%	73 0.80%	13
HNC	143	Up 10 places+10	£41,450	-17.10%	70 0.77%	62
Azure Certification	146	Down 48 places-48	£61,250	+2.08%	66 0.73%	13
Microsoft Certification	155	Down 30 places-30	£52,500	+50.00%	57 0.63%	13
HND	156	Down 2 places-2	£41,250	-23.25%	56 0.62%	46
Cisco Certification	161	Down 25 places-25	£75,000	+21.45%	51 0.56%	14
NVQ Level 3	161	Up 1 place+1	£50,500	-12.17%	51 0.56%	21
Master's Degree	168	Down 126 places-126	£70,000	+27.27%	44 0.48%	17
CISSP	171	Down 31 places-31	£65,634	+9.84%	41 0.45%	8
ACCA	171	Down 59 places-59	£52,500	+69.35%	41 0.45%	1
PMI Certification	172	Down 20 places-20	£60,900	-14.24%	40 0.44%	7
CIMA	176	Down 38 places-38	£52,500	+69.35%	36 0.40%	1
Computer Science Degree	177	Down 74 places-74	£59,250	+39.41%	35 0.39%	13
City & Guilds	179	Down 17 places-17	£54,000	-	33 0.36%	13
CCNP	180	Down 35 places-35	£75,000	+35.13%	32 0.35%	4
AWS Certification	180	Down 52 places-52	£57,500	+17.94%	32 0.35%	12
Postgraduate	182	New entry-	£31,813	-	30 0.33%	16
CISM	190	Down 43 places-43	£72,500	+39.72%	22 0.24%	2
CCNA	192	Down 37 places-37	£47,500	-6.86%	20 0.22%	8
Chartered Engineer	192	Down 32 places-32	£57,500	-	20 0.22%	5
TOGAF Certification	193	Down 39 places-39	£63,386	-6.09%	19 0.21%	4
CIPD	197	Down 38 places-38	£35,500	+9.23%	15 0.17%	2
Network+ Certification	199	Down 54 places-54	£32,500	-40.90%	13 0.14%	13
MCSE	199	Down 46 places-46	£47,500	+35.71%	13 0.14%
CRISC	199	Down 41 places-41	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	1
PMP	199	Down 46 places-46	£66,250	-6.70%	13 0.14%	7
CITP	201	Down 46 places-46	£75,537	+37.34%	11 0.12%
A+ Certification	201	Down 56 places-56	£36,250	+3.57%	11 0.12%	14
ISTQB	201	Down 44 places-44	£60,000	+33.33%	11 0.12%	3
CCSP	203	Down 45 places-45	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.099%	2
(ISC)2 CCSP	203	Down 46 places-46	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.099%	2
ISEB	204	New entry-	£59,000	-	8 0.088%
ITIL Foundation Certificate	204	Down 47 places-47	£31,000	-42.59%	8 0.088%	6
CompTIA Security+	204	Down 47 places-47	£47,151	+54.59%	8 0.088%	5
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	205	Down 47 places-47	£85,000	+38.77%	7 0.077%
RIBA	206	Down 44 places-44	£41,000	-	6 0.066%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	206	Down 48 places-48	£60,566	+7.67%	6 0.066%	2
CISA	206	Down 45 places-45	£44,720	-38.31%	6 0.066%	3
PhD	207	Down 151 places-151	£53,500	-	5 0.055%	1
AAT	207	Down 62 places-62	-	-	5 0.055%
ITIL Certification	207	Down 64 places-64	£59,386	+3.39%	5 0.055%	5
Six Sigma Green Belt	207	New entry-	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	208	Down 46 places-46	£67,500	-	4 0.044%	2
SAP Certification	208	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%
CCAB	209	Down 50 places-50	-	-	3 0.033%