The first table below looks at the demand for HNC in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HNC over the 3 months to 23 May 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 Cambridgeshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Rank - 63 -
Contract jobs citing HNC 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire - 0.146% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 0.800% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £258 £300
% change year-on-year
+31.06% -14.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £17.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £30.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-22.50% +79.10%
All Qualifications
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
104 125 89
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 19.26% 18.20% 16.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 67 34
Average daily rate £315 £300 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £160 £152
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £525 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 21 22
Average hourly rate £35.25 £16.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+120.31% +23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.15 £11.86 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.20 £47.50 £18.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
HNC
East of England

HNC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire HNC Hourly Rate Trend

HNC
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) SolidWorks
1 1 (100.00%) CATIA
1 1 (100.00%) Pro/ENGINEER
1 1 (100.00%) Physics

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 1 (100.00%) CATIA
1 1 (100.00%) Pro/ENGINEER
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Mechanical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) HND
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SolidWorks
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