NVQ Level 3 Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

National Vocational Qualification Level 3 (NVQ Level 3)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 440 350 349
Rank change year-on-year -90 -1 +86
Contract jobs citing NVQ Level 3 12 3 37
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.047% 0.022% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.063% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 29
10th Percentile £493 - £167
25th Percentile £546 - £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £635 - £225
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.36%
75th Percentile - - £256
90th Percentile - - £260
UK median daily rate £465 - £225
% change year-on-year - - +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile £14.51 - -
25th Percentile £16.24 - -
Median hourly rate £19.11 £15.09 £12.25
Median % change year-on-year +26.61% +23.18% -42.35%
75th Percentile £25.45 - -
90th Percentile £33.43 - £26.85
UK median hourly rate £21.01 £15.09 £12.25
% change year-on-year +39.23% +23.18% -42.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,518 4,747 7,646
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.13% 35.46% 35.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,471 2,844 4,405
10th Percentile £313 £205 £275
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £675 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,047 478 973
10th Percentile £17.11 £17.44 £13.69
25th Percentile £22.63 £18.87 £18.00
Median hourly rate £47.54 £28.34 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +67.75% -31.71% -20.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.00 £77.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% -25.00% -27.65%

NVQ Level 3
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

NVQ Level 3 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

NVQ Level 3
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NVQ Level 3.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NVQ Level 3

NVQ Level 3
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NVQ Level 3 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NVQ Level 3 in the UK excluding London

NVQ Level 3
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NVQ Level 3.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NVQ Level 3

NVQ Level 3
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing NVQ Level 3 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for NVQ Level 3 in the UK excluding London

NVQ Level 3
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 NVQ Level 3 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
East Midlands -15 6 - - 2
Midlands -52 6 - - 6
South East - 3 £465 - 9
South West - 2 £635 - 1
East of England - 1 - - 3
NVQ Level 3
UK

NVQ Level 3
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) AWS
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Google Workspace
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 6 (50.00%) Local Government
2 5 (41.67%) Fire and Rescue
2 5 (41.67%) Police
3 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Social Housing
4 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Help Desk Technician
1 5 (41.67%) ICT Technician
2 2 (16.67%) Service Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Services Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Housing Association
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) NHS
2 1 (8.33%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Linux
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 6 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) Business Continuity
2 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (41.67%) ITIL
2 5 (41.67%) ITSM
2 5 (41.67%) Mathematics
3 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Compliance Management
5 1 (8.33%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (8.33%) Data Entry
5 1 (8.33%) People Management
5 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) City & Guilds
3 1 (8.33%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Hyper-V
1 5 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) VMware
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Google