Qualifications improve your chances; they do not gate the job. Level 3 is the most recognised.
Typical pay: £27,000 to £60,000Level 3 most recognisedOpen entry
Pay range: National Careers Service.
Your route in
You can start without qualifications - direct entry/volunteering; a qualification improves your chances
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Qualifications employers recognise (Level 3)
Any of these strengthens your application.
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Add-on certificates
Complements to the main route. Where no level is shown, the awarding body does not specify one.
- Computing and Information Technology 2 courses
- Digital and Technology Solutions 1 course
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Where this can take you
With experience, you could: be a lead programmer, project leader or product manager, specialise in an area, such as retail or banking systems, become a systems analyst or IT project manager in other areas of IT and train students as a further education teacher.
- HNC in Digital Technologies (Level 4) L46 courses
- Foundation Degree in Business Computing L41 course
- Foundation Degree in Digital and Technology Solutions L41 course