Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in the West Midlands

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 27 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Degree	17	Down 15 places-15	£47,500	+11.76%	509 5.60%	177
Security Cleared	24	Up 2 places+2	£70,000	-	425 4.67%	86
SC Cleared	35	No change0	£70,000	-2.12%	320 3.52%	61
DBS Check	118	Down 5 places-5	£43,000	+4.87%	102 1.12%	31
BPSS Clearance	140	Down 36 places-36	£75,000	+33.33%	76 0.84%	32
DV Cleared	142	Down 21 places-21	£85,000	+13.33%	74 0.81%	12
HNC	143	Up 13 places+13	£41,750	-16.50%	73 0.80%	62
Azure Certification	150	Down 49 places-49	£61,250	+2.08%	66 0.73%	14
HND	156	Up 1 place+1	£41,350	-23.06%	59 0.65%	46
Microsoft Certification	158	Down 30 places-30	£52,500	+50.00%	57 0.63%	14
Cisco Certification	164	Down 25 places-25	£75,000	+21.45%	51 0.56%	15
NVQ Level 3	164	Up 1 place+1	£50,500	-12.17%	51 0.56%	21
Master's Degree	171	Down 129 places-129	£70,000	+27.27%	44 0.48%	16
CISSP	172	Down 29 places-29	£69,384	+16.12%	43 0.47%	8
ACCA	174	Down 59 places-59	£52,500	+69.35%	41 0.45%	1
PMI Certification	175	Down 20 places-20	£60,900	-14.24%	40 0.44%	7
CIMA	179	Down 38 places-38	£52,500	+69.35%	36 0.40%	1
Computer Science Degree	180	Down 74 places-74	£59,250	+39.41%	35 0.39%	13
City & Guilds	182	Down 17 places-17	£54,000	-	33 0.36%	13
CCNP	183	Down 35 places-35	£75,000	+35.13%	32 0.35%	4
AWS Certification	184	Down 53 places-53	£57,500	+17.94%	31 0.34%	10
Postgraduate	185	New entry-	£31,813	-	30 0.33%	16
CISM	193	Down 43 places-43	£72,500	+39.72%	22 0.24%	2
Chartered Engineer	194	Down 31 places-31	£55,000	-	21 0.23%	5
CCNA	195	Down 37 places-37	£47,500	-6.86%	20 0.22%	8
TOGAF Certification	196	Down 39 places-39	£63,386	-6.09%	19 0.21%	3
CIPD	200	Down 38 places-38	£35,500	+9.23%	15 0.17%	2
CRISC	202	Down 41 places-41	£53,600	+3.30%	13 0.14%	1
PMP	202	Down 46 places-46	£66,250	-6.70%	13 0.14%	6
Network+ Certification	202	Down 54 places-54	£32,500	-40.90%	13 0.14%	12
MCSE	202	Down 46 places-46	£47,500	+35.71%	13 0.14%	1
A+ Certification	204	Down 56 places-56	£36,250	+3.57%	11 0.12%	12
ISTQB	204	Down 44 places-44	£60,000	+33.33%	11 0.12%	3
CITP	204	Down 46 places-46	£75,537	+37.34%	11 0.12%
CCSP	206	Down 45 places-45	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.099%	3
(ISC)2 CCSP	206	Down 46 places-46	£82,500	+22.22%	9 0.099%	3
ISEB	207	New entry-	£59,000	-	8 0.088%
ITIL Foundation Certificate	207	Down 47 places-47	£31,000	-42.59%	8 0.088%	4
CompTIA Security+	207	Down 47 places-47	£47,151	+54.59%	8 0.088%	5
CISA	207	Down 43 places-43	£58,610	-19.15%	8 0.088%	3
AWS Certified Solutions Architect	209	Down 48 places-48	£85,000	+38.77%	6 0.066%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	209	Down 48 places-48	£60,566	+7.67%	6 0.066%	2
RIBA	209	Down 44 places-44	£41,000	-	6 0.066%	1
PhD	210	Down 152 places-152	£53,500	-	5 0.055%	1
AAT	210	Down 62 places-62	-	-	5 0.055%
ITIL Certification	210	Down 64 places-64	£59,386	+3.39%	5 0.055%	5
Six Sigma Green Belt	210	New entry-	£85,000	-	5 0.055%
SAP Certification	211	New entry-	£56,250	-	4 0.044%
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	211	Down 46 places-46	£67,500	-	4 0.044%	2
IIBA	212	New entry-	-	-	3 0.033%	3