NVQ Level 5 Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

National Vocational Qualification Level 5 (NVQ Level 5)
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 5 qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 363 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing NVQ Level 5 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.006% 0.011% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.019% 0.032% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £225 -
UK median daily rate - £225 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £41.00 £23.66 -
Median % change year-on-year +73.29% - -
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £23.66 -
% change year-on-year +73.29% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

NVQ Level 5 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 5,399 6,155 7,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.98% 34.48% 33.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,244 3,642 4,556
10th Percentile £220 £294 £300
25th Percentile £398 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £629 £638
90th Percentile £675 £713 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 673 583 568
10th Percentile £17.87 £16.30 £15.24
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.36 £22.07
Median hourly rate £25.15 £53.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -52.55% +2.14% +15.31%
75th Percentile £43.00 £69.72 £68.97
90th Percentile £73.75 £79.83 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -49.70% -9.09% +22.22%

NVQ Level 5
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing NVQ Level 5 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for NVQ Level 5 in the UK excluding London

NVQ Level 5
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NVQ Level 5.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NVQ Level 5

NVQ Level 5
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NVQ Level 5.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NVQ Level 5

NVQ Level 5
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 5 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 September 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
South East +24 1 - - 1
NVQ Level 5
UK

NVQ Level 5
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) PDM
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared