The first table below looks at the demand for NVQ Level 3 in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited NVQ Level 3 over the 3 months to 24 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 currently tracked.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
National Vocational Qualification Level 3 (NVQ Level 3)
Rank 526 574 580
Rank change year-on-year
+48 +6
Contract jobs citing NVQ Level 3 3 10 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.017% 0.007%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.036% 0.099% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £185
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
Average hourly rate £19.38 £13.90 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.42% +11.20%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £13.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
- +4.00%
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8414 10063 9673
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.14% 17.25% 15.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4503 5233 4635
Average daily rate £375 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 552 658
Average hourly rate £22.00 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%

NVQ Level 3
Jobs Demand Trend

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

NVQ Level 3 Jobs Demand Trend

NVQ Level 3
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing NVQ Level 3 within the UK.

NVQ Level 3 Daily Rate Trend

NVQ Level 3
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing NVQ Level 3 within the UK.

NVQ Level 3 Hourly Rate Trend

NVQ Level 3
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NVQ Level 3 within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +38 2 - -
London +38 1 - -
South West +28 1 - -
City of London - 1 - -
Wiltshire - 1 - -

NVQ Level 3
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing NVQ Level 3 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 3.

1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 2 (22.22%) C
3 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 2 (22.22%) BMC PATROL
3 2 (22.22%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (22.22%) Chemistry
4 1 (11.11%) Informatics
4 1 (11.11%) MS Office
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) Windows
4 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
4 1 (11.11%) Internet
4 1 (11.11%) Back Office
4 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) Document Management

NVQ Level 3
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing NVQ Level 3 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 3. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (11.11%) MS Office
2 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
General
1 1 (11.11%) Back Office
1 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Support
3 1 (11.11%) Applications Support
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Applications Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Electrical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
1 2 (22.22%) Chemistry
2 1 (11.11%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL
1 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
1 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
1 1 (11.11%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
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