The first table below looks at the demand for ECDL in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ECDL over the 3 months to 22 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 London 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
Rank - 415 432
Contract jobs citing ECDL 0 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - 0.011% 0.003%
As % of the Qualifications category - 0.078% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £225 £185
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +21.62%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £250 £175
% change year-on-year
- +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.89 - £22.50
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3225 3850 4028
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.66% 14.08% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1913 2310 2327
Average daily rate £420 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.17% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 120 142
Average hourly rate £25.00 £20.45 £20.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.27% -1.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £12.45 £13.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ECDL
England

ECDL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region.

London ECDL Hourly Rate Trend

ECDL
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 4 (80.00%) MS Office
2 3 (60.00%) Informatics
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Information Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (20.00%) HTTP
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) NHS
3 1 (20.00%) Intranet
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (20.00%) Health Informatics
3 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management

ECDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Office
2 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) HTTP
1 1 (20.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Trainer
2 1 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Informatics
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) NHS
2 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (20.00%) Health Informatics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Data Security
1 1 (20.00%) Information Management
1 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (20.00%) Change Control
1 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft