ECDL Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for ECDL qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 389 369 413
Rank change year-on-year -20 +44 +89
Contract jobs citing ECDL 10 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.057% 0.012% 0.019%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.036% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £220
25th Percentile £379 - £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £498 £450
Median % change year-on-year -23.19% +10.67% +181.25%
75th Percentile £386 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £383 £487 £329
% change year-on-year -21.46% +48.14% +71.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - £13.28
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £13.54
75th Percentile £16.50 - £13.80
90th Percentile £17.20 - -
UK median hourly rate £16.00 - £13.54
% change year-on-year - - -12.98%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

ECDL 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,438 5,601 7,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.69% 33.90% 35.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,935 3,279 4,487
10th Percentile £220 £245 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -2.62% +1.71%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 878 422 627
10th Percentile £16.90 £19.85 £16.87
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £27.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.37 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.91% -9.77% +16.67%
75th Percentile £45.46 £67.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £78.69
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £53.67
% change year-on-year -44.11% -16.15% +19.26%

ECDL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ECDL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ECDL job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ECDL
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ECDL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ECDL

ECDL
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ECDL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ECDL

ECDL
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ECDL within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 November 2025. 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
East of England - 6 - -
North West -21 3 - -
North of England -45 3 - - 1
South West - 1 £383 - 1
ECDL
UK

ECDL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Cerner Millennium
1 1 (10.00%) SystmOne
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) LAN
1 6 (60.00%) Structured Cabling
1 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
1 6 (60.00%) WAN
1 6 (60.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 2 (20.00%) Billing
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Analyst
2 6 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 6 (60.00%) 2nd Line Technical Support
2 6 (60.00%) 2nd Line Technical Support Analyst
2 6 (60.00%) Asset Management Analyst
2 6 (60.00%) Support Analyst
2 6 (60.00%) Technical Analyst
2 6 (60.00%) Technical Support
2 6 (60.00%) Technical Support Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Support Officer
4 1 (10.00%) Configuration Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) ICT Technician
4 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Technician
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Management Information System
2 7 (70.00%) NHS
3 6 (60.00%) CMDB
3 6 (60.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
1 6 (60.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Asset Management
1 6 (60.00%) Network Management
1 6 (60.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (20.00%) Change Management
2 2 (20.00%) ERP
2 2 (20.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) AAT
1 2 (20.00%) HND
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Cerner
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle