The first table below looks at the demand for HNC in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HNC over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Buckinghamshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Rank 72 68 80
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +12
Contract jobs citing HNC 3 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.329% 0.418% 0.183%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.408% 1.681% 0.858%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
Average daily rate £365 £406 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.98% +15.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+18.18% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £17.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year
+5.71% +4.47%
All Qualifications
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
213 238 233
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 23.33% 24.90% 21.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 104 110
Average daily rate £320 £275 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% -18.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £148 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £414 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 26
Average hourly rate £22.50 £15.00 £13.33
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +12.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.00 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £19.10 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
HNC
South East

HNC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing HNC across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Buckinghamshire HNC Jobs Demand Trend

HNC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire HNC Daily Rate Trend

HNC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire HNC Hourly Rate Trend

HNC
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 4 (100.00%) MS Project
1 4 (100.00%) HND
1 4 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Project
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) HND
1 4 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft