Romford ECDL Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) in IT contracts within the Romford region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ECDL over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
Location Bury Dorset East Midlands East of England England Essex Kent Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire London Manchester North West Poole Romford South East South West UK Warwickshire West Midlands	3 months to 20 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£187	£175
% change on same period last year	+6.93 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£11.25	£12.50
% change on same period last year	-10.00 %
Qualifications Romford
Matching contract IT job ads	2	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.005 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£324
% change on same period last year	+2.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£18.00
Average hourly rate	-	£19.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.51	£25.74
% change on same period last year	-0.87 %
ECDL London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ECDL across the Romford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Romford 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 1 (100.00 %) UNIX 1 1 (100.00 %) MS Excel 1 1 (100.00 %) Microsoft 1 1 (100.00 %) Microsoft Certification

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Romford 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 1 (100.00 %) MS Excel	Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Analyst 1 1 (100.00 %) Helpdesk Analyst
Operating Systems 1 1 (100.00 %) UNIX	Qualifications 1 1 (100.00 %) Microsoft Certification
Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Microsoft