NVQ Level 3 Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

National Vocational Qualification Level 3 (NVQ Level 3)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire with a requirement for NVQ Level 3 qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NVQ Level 3 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 0.37% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.82% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East Midlands median daily rate - - £225
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.20 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.20 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northamptonshire

NVQ Level 3 falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 55 23 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 20.45% 15.75% 7.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 22 9
10th Percentile £339 £356 £318
25th Percentile £393 £359 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £431 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -4.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £475 £469
90th Percentile - £598 £503
East Midlands median daily rate £475 £447 £360
% change year-on-year +6.26% +24.17% -28.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £40.55
25th Percentile - - £42.13
Median hourly rate £17.20 - £48.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +156.00%
75th Percentile - - £55.63
90th Percentile - - £58.25
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.80 £24.34 £20.00
% change year-on-year -6.33% +21.70% +18.84%

NVQ Level 3
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NVQ Level 3 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

NVQ Level 3 job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

NVQ Level 3
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NVQ Level 3 within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northampton - 1 - -
NVQ Level 3
East Midlands

NVQ Level 3
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
1 1 (100.00%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft