The first table below looks at the demand for ECDL in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ECDL over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
Rank 497 558 567
Rank change year-on-year
+61 +9
Contract jobs citing ECDL 6 8 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.014% 0.015% 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.081% 0.086% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 2
Average daily rate - £238 £180
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +31.94%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £250 £175
% change year-on-year
- +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £15.89 - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.89 - £22.50
All Qualifications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7447 9308 8761
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 17.86% 17.44% 15.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3950 4937 4263
Average daily rate £375 £388 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 421 507 603
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.14 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.40 £44.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
ECDL
UK

ECDL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ECDL across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

England ECDL Jobs Demand Trend

ECDL
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ECDL across the England region.

England ECDL Daily Rate Trend

ECDL
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ECDL across the England region.

England ECDL Hourly Rate Trend

ECDL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ECDL within the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
North West - 5 - -
East of England +20 1 - -
ECDL
UK

ECDL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ECDL also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ECDL.

1 10 (55.56%) MS Excel
2 9 (50.00%) MS Office
3 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 6 (33.33%) PRINCE2
5 4 (22.22%) NHS
5 4 (22.22%) MOS
5 4 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (16.67%) Informatics
6 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
6 3 (16.67%) Project Management
6 3 (16.67%) Windows
6 3 (16.67%) ITIL
6 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
7 2 (11.11%) LAN
7 2 (11.11%) VoIP
7 2 (11.11%) WAN
7 2 (11.11%) HND
7 2 (11.11%) MCSE
7 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (11.11%) Wireless
7 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
7 2 (11.11%) Firewall
7 2 (11.11%) Degree
8 1 (5.556%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (5.556%) MCDST
8 1 (5.556%) Incident Management
8 1 (5.556%) Time Management

ECDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ECDL also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ECDL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 10 (55.56%) MS Excel
2 9 (50.00%) MS Office
3 4 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (5.556%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) LAN
1 2 (11.11%) VoIP
1 2 (11.11%) WAN
1 2 (11.11%) Firewall
1 2 (11.11%) Wireless
2 1 (5.556%) HTTP
2 1 (5.556%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.556%) MS Access
1 1 (5.556%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Analyst
1 6 (33.33%) Trainer
2 4 (22.22%) Administrator
2 4 (22.22%) Project Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) IT Trainer
2 4 (22.22%) Project Administrator
3 1 (5.556%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (5.556%) Information Analyst
3 1 (5.556%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (5.556%) Technical Manager
3 1 (5.556%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (5.556%) Developer Analyst
3 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (5.556%) NHS Information Analyst
3 1 (5.556%) ICT Technician
3 1 (5.556%) IT Support
3 1 (5.556%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 1 (5.556%) ICT Support Technician
3 1 (5.556%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) NHS
2 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (16.67%) Informatics
3 1 (5.556%) Data Extraction
3 1 (5.556%) Health Informatics
3 1 (5.556%) Handset
3 1 (5.556%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.556%) NPfIT
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (5.556%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 3 (16.67%) ITIL
2 3 (16.67%) Project Management
3 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.556%) CAD
4 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (5.556%) Data Security
4 1 (5.556%) Business Continuity
4 1 (5.556%) Web Design
4 1 (5.556%) Information Management
4 1 (5.556%) Data Analysis
4 1 (5.556%) Incident Management
4 1 (5.556%) Time Management
4 1 (5.556%) Data Protection
4 1 (5.556%) Change Control
4 1 (5.556%) Information Governance
4 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) MOS
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (11.11%) HND
3 2 (11.11%) MCSE
3 2 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (5.556%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.556%) Avaya
2 1 (5.556%) Novell
2 1 (5.556%) Remedy