Bristol HNC Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Higher National Certificate (HNC) in IT contracts within the Bristol region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited HNC over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Location Aberdeen Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chester Croydon East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Midlands North West Northamptonshire Portsmouth Reading Salisbury Scotland South East South West Staffordshire Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Sussex UK West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 8 Jan 2009	Same period last year
Rank	52	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	1	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.662 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£450	-
Average daily rate	£450	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£450	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£260	£315
% change on same period last year	-17.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.72	£19.47
% change on same period last year	+37.22 %
Qualifications Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads	151	162
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.303 %	0.203 %
Daily rates quoted	36	47
Average minimum daily rate	£398	£351
Average daily rate	£419	£358
% change on same period last year	+17.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£440	£364
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£364
% change on same period last year	-3.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	66	37
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.63	£27.39
Average hourly rate	£30.86	£28.82
% change on same period last year	+7.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.08	£30.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.27	£27.12
% change on same period last year	+4.26 %
HNC South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing HNC across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HNC across the Bristol region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HNC across the Bristol region.

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Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing HNC also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited HNC.

1 1 (100.00 %) HND 1 1 (100.00 %) Construction

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing HNC also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited HNC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 1 (100.00 %) Construction	Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Project Engineer
Qualifications 1 1 (100.00 %) HND