NVQ Level 3 Jobs

National Vocational Qualification Level 3 (NVQ Level 3)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for NVQ Level 3 qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 818 920
Rank change year-on-year +510 +102 +355
Permanent jobs citing NVQ Level 3 546 89 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.082% 0.010%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.11% 0.31% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 15 42 6
10th Percentile £25,375 £29,971 £22,637
25th Percentile £33,250 £30,380 £23,014
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £24,033
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% +108.05% -2.40%
75th Percentile £54,250 - £25,122
90th Percentile - £61,500 £26,684
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,250 £31,985 £24,033
% change year-on-year +47.73% +33.08% -2.40%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,857 28,256 30,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 44.24% 26.17% 33.90%
Number of salaries quoted 10,746 16,999 14,248
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,954 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.86% -11.74% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +8.62%

NVQ Level 3
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NVQ Level 3 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for NVQ Level 3 in the UK

NVQ Level 3
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NVQ Level 3.

Salary trend for NVQ Level 3 in the UK

NVQ Level 3
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NVQ Level 3 over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Salary histogram for NVQ Level 3 in the UK

NVQ Level 3
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NVQ Level 3 within the UK over the 6 months to 2 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +460 515 £53,000 +6.00% 394
UK excluding London +433 375 £47,250 +47.73% 312
South East +234 213 - - 76
London +224 165 £53,000 +6.00% 100
Midlands +127 60 £57,500 - 50
West Midlands +123 60 £57,500 - 28
North of England +97 55 - - 88
North West +75 55 - - 43
Scotland +118 23 - - 20
East of England +38 14 £41,500 +29.75% 39
South West +118 8 £40,000 - 35
Work from Home +119 3 £34,250 -14.38% 39
Wales - 2 - - 10

NVQ Level 3
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.18%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 527 (96.52%) Manufacturing
2 12 (2.20%) Social Skills
3 5 (0.92%) Legal
4 4 (0.73%) Advertising
4 4 (0.73%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (0.73%) Banking
5 2 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (1.28%) Technical Manager
2 6 (1.10%) Technical Support
3 5 (0.92%) Support Specialist
3 5 (0.92%) Technical Specialist
3 5 (0.92%) Technical Support Specialist
4 4 (0.73%) IT Support
4 4 (0.73%) IT Technician
5 3 (0.55%) Automation Engineer
5 3 (0.55%) Support Engineer
6 2 (0.37%) IT Engineer
6 2 (0.37%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (0.18%) Administrator
7 1 (0.18%) Data Engineer
7 1 (0.18%) IT Assistant
7 1 (0.18%) IT Support Assistant
7 1 (0.18%) Junior IT Engineer
7 1 (0.18%) Junior IT Support
7 1 (0.18%) Junior Support Engineer
7 1 (0.18%) PCB Engineer
7 1 (0.18%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (0.92%) Data Centre
2 4 (0.73%) Robotics
3 3 (0.55%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.18%) CCTV
5 1 (0.18%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.18%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.18%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (0.18%) FMCG
5 1 (0.18%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.18%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (0.18%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.18%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.18%) PACS
5 1 (0.18%) SCADA
5 1 (0.18%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.37%) Android
1 2 (0.37%) Apple iOS
1 2 (0.37%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 520 (95.24%) Service Delivery
2 22 (4.03%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (3.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (1.47%) Preventative Maintenance
5 7 (1.28%) Coaching
5 7 (1.28%) Process Improvement
5 7 (1.28%) Service Management
6 6 (1.10%) Logistics
7 5 (0.92%) CRM
7 5 (0.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (0.73%) Data Entry
8 4 (0.73%) E-Commerce
8 4 (0.73%) Predictive Maintenance
9 3 (0.55%) Data Protection
10 2 (0.37%) Customer Service
10 2 (0.37%) Cybersecurity
11 1 (0.18%) Critical Thinking
11 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis
11 1 (0.18%) Validation
11 1 (0.18%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 7 (1.28%) NVQ Level 4
2 6 (1.10%) DBS Check
3 2 (0.37%) Degree
3 2 (0.37%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (0.73%) SLA
2 3 (0.55%) GDPR
3 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.18%) DICOM
4 1 (0.18%) HL7
4 1 (0.18%) QA
System Software
1 4 (0.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (0.73%) Facebook
2 2 (0.37%) Microsoft