The first table below looks at the demand for ECDL in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ECDL over the 3 months to 17 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
Rank 856 871 867
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -4
Permanent jobs citing ECDL 2 25 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% 0.021% 0.003%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.007% 0.074% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 2 25 4
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +30.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 -
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
29773 33643 32244
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.62% 27.82% 26.12%
Number of salaries quoted 23976 28605 26864
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%

ECDL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

ECDL Jobs Demand Trend

ECDL
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ECDL within the UK.

ECDL Salary Trend

ECDL
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ECDL within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Surrey +13 2 £35,000 +7.69%
England +10 2 £35,000 +7.69%
South East -5 2 £35,000 +7.69%
Weybridge - 2 £37,500 -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 £35,000 -

ECDL
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited ECDL.

1 6 (46.15%) MS Office
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) MOS
2 5 (38.46%) MS PowerPoint
2 5 (38.46%) Windows 7
2 5 (38.46%) E-Learning
2 5 (38.46%) Windows XP
2 5 (38.46%) Management Information System
2 5 (38.46%) Adobe
2 5 (38.46%) MS Excel
3 4 (30.77%) SharePoint
3 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) Publishing
3 4 (30.77%) Lync
3 4 (30.77%) Adobe Captivate
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
5 1 (7.692%) C
5 1 (7.692%) Acrobat
5 1 (7.692%) EDRMS
5 1 (7.692%) Statistics
5 1 (7.692%) Mathematics
5 1 (7.692%) Time Management

ECDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited ECDL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) SharePoint
1 4 (30.77%) Lync
Applications
1 6 (46.15%) MS Office
2 5 (38.46%) MS Excel
2 5 (38.46%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (30.77%) Adobe Captivate
4 1 (7.692%) Acrobat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) EDRMS
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
1 4 (30.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Trainer
1 6 (46.15%) IT Trainer
2 2 (15.38%) Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Service Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Management Information System
1 5 (38.46%) E-Learning
2 1 (7.692%) Statistics
2 1 (7.692%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Windows XP
2 5 (38.46%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
1 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (7.692%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) MOS
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) Adobe