The first table below looks at the demand for NVQ Level 4 in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NVQ Level 4 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Vocational Qualification Level 4 (NVQ Level 4)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing NVQ Level 4 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3200 3771 4060
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.75% 14.04% 13.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1905 2251 2340
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 £595
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 116 141
Average hourly rate £25.00 £20.50 £20.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.95% -0.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £12.50 £13.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
NVQ Level 4
England

NVQ Level 4
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing NVQ Level 4 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

London NVQ Level 4 Jobs Demand Trend

NVQ Level 4
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing NVQ Level 4 across the London region.

London NVQ Level 4 Daily Rate Trend

NVQ Level 4
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing NVQ Level 4 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 NVQ Level 4.

1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (66.67%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (33.33%) TOAD
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
3 1 (33.33%) MS Project
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis

NVQ Level 4
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing NVQ Level 4 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 NVQ Level 4. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (33.33%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) TOAD
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Data Administrator
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Business Objects