Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in West Sussex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Azure Certification	5	New entry-	£30,500	-	67 9.97%	1
Degree	24	Down -22 places-22	£67,500	+5.88%	33 4.91%	13
Security Cleared	30	Down -4 places-4	£35,000	-6.66%	27 4.02%	4
CompTIA Security+	38	New entry-	-	-	19 2.83%	2
CompTIA CySA+	38	New entry-	-	-	19 2.83%
CEH	42	New entry-	-	-	15 2.23%	1
Computer Science Degree	45	Down -37 places-37	£70,000	-	12 1.79%	2
SC Cleared	45	Down -15 places-15	£54,750	+46.00%	12 1.79%	3
BPSS Clearance	47	Down -10 places-10	£56,465	+0.83%	10 1.49%
Cisco Certification	50	Down -14 places-14	-	-	7 1.04%
Network+ Certification	51	New entry-	-	-	6 0.89%	2
CCNA	51	New entry-	-	-	6 0.89%
A+ Certification	51	New entry-	-	-	6 0.89%	7
PMP	52	Down -21 places-21	£90,500	+13.12%	5 0.74%	1
Chartered Engineer	53	Down -17 places-17	£63,233	+14.96%	4 0.60%	1
DV Cleared	53	Down -16 places-16	£32,500	-	4 0.60%
PMI Certification	53	Down -22 places-22	£90,500	+13.12%	4 0.60%	1
CIPD	54	New entry-	£39,000	-	3 0.45%
HNC	54	New entry-	£37,500	-	3 0.45%	5
Microsoft Certification	54	Down -17 places-17	£30,500	-39.00%	3 0.45%	1
Master's Degree	55	Down -19 places-19	-	-	2 0.30%
MBA	55	New entry-	-	-	2 0.30%
Linux+ Certification	55	New entry-	£63,750	-	2 0.30%
HND	55	Down -26 places-26	£37,500	-	2 0.30%	2
Postgraduate	55	Down -18 places-18	-	-	2 0.30%
AWS Certification	55	New entry-	£30,500	-	2 0.30%	3
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner	55	New entry-	£30,500	-	2 0.30%	3
LPIC	55	New entry-	£63,750	-	2 0.30%
CREST Certified	56	New entry-	£75,000	-	1 0.15%	1
SANS	56	New entry-	£75,000	-	1 0.15%	1
OSCP	56	New entry-	£75,000	-	1 0.15%	1