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The table below looks at the demand for Higher National Diploma (HND) in IT contracts within the Cheltenham region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited HND over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHigher National Diploma (HND)
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank30-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below6.122 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£283£325
% change on same period last year-12.97 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£21.67-
Average hourly rate£24.17-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£26.67-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.08£24.25
% change on same period last year-0.69 %
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Cheltenham
Matching contract IT job ads4933
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.069 %0.034 %
Daily rates quoted219
Average minimum daily rate£337£335
Average daily rate£356£357
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£322
% change on same period last year+4.87 %
Hourly rates quoted66
Average minimum hourly rate£22.42£28.44
Average hourly rate£24.76£28.78
% change on same period last year-13.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.11£29.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.42£25.90
% change on same period last year-1.85 %
HND GloucestershireHND
Gloucestershire

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.

HND
Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham HND Demand Trend

HND
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheltenham HND Daily Rate Trend

HND
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheltenham HND Hourly Rate Trend

HND
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HND across the Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

Cheltenham HND Hourly Rate Histogram

HND
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham region citing HND 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 HND.

15 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
23 (60.00 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (60.00 %)BC Cleared
23 (60.00 %)MCAD
23 (60.00 %)HNC
23 (60.00 %)CAD
32 (40.00 %)FrameMaker
32 (40.00 %)Telecoms
32 (40.00 %)Education
32 (40.00 %)GoLive
32 (40.00 %)MS Visio
32 (40.00 %)Documentum
32 (40.00 %)Dreamweaver
32 (40.00 %)Microsoft
32 (40.00 %)Adobe
32 (40.00 %)C
32 (40.00 %)HTML
32 (40.00 %)MS Project
32 (40.00 %)PVCS
32 (40.00 %)DV Cleared
32 (40.00 %)RoboHelp
32 (40.00 %)MS PowerPoint
32 (40.00 %)FrontPage
32 (40.00 %)Degree
32 (40.00 %)QA

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham region citing HND 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 HND. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (40.00 %)HTML
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (40.00 %)Documentum
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (40.00 %)MS Project
12 (40.00 %)MS Visio
12 (40.00 %)RoboHelp
12 (40.00 %)FrameMaker
12 (40.00 %)MS PowerPoint
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)PVCS
12 (40.00 %)Dreamweaver
12 (40.00 %)GoLive
12 (40.00 %)FrontPage
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Telecoms
12 (40.00 %)Education
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Author
12 (40.00 %)Technical Author
12 (40.00 %)Technical Writer
12 (40.00 %)CAD Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Mechanical Engineer
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
23 (60.00 %)CAD
23 (60.00 %)BC Cleared
32 (40.00 %)DV Cleared
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (40.00 %)C
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (60.00 %)MCAD
13 (60.00 %)HNC
13 (60.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (40.00 %)Degree
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (40.00 %)QA
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Microsoft
12 (40.00 %)Adobe