East of England HNC Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Higher National Certificate (HNC) in IT contracts within the East of England 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Location Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bolton Bracknell Buckinghamshire Caerphilly Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Coventry Crawley Devon East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Harlow Hertfordshire Kent Leicestershire London Maidenhead Manchester North East North West Portsmouth Sale Scotland Slough South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stevenage Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	118	152
Rank change on same period last year	+34
Matching contract IT job ads	13	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.018 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	2.870 %	0.929 %
Daily rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum daily rate	£165	£350
Average daily rate	£190	£375
% change on same period last year	-49.33 %
Average maximum daily rate	£215	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£268	£244
% change on same period last year	+9.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.00	£24.58
Average hourly rate	£29.00	£27.92
% change on same period last year	+3.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.00	£31.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£24.60
% change on same period last year	+19.24 %
Qualifications East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	453	538
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.633 %	0.541 %
Daily rates quoted	144	193
Average minimum daily rate	£262	£289
Average daily rate	£281	£304
% change on same period last year	-7.69 %
Average maximum daily rate	£299	£320
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£323
% change on same period last year	+4.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	100	95
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.02	£25.51
Average hourly rate	£23.36	£26.89
% change on same period last year	-13.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.70	£28.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.40	£25.85
% change on same period last year	-1.74 %
HNC England

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.

HNC
Demand Trend

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

HNC
Daily Rate Trend

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

HNC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

HNC
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HNC across the East of England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

HNC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HNC within the East of England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Hertfordshire	+30	6	£300	-20.00 %
Bedfordshire	-	4	-	-
Essex	-	2	£80	-
East Anglia	-	1	-	-

HNC England

HNC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 10 (47.62 %) Degree 2 8 (38.10 %) EMC 2 8 (38.10 %) Electric 3 7 (33.33 %) HND 4 6 (28.57 %) Windows 5 5 (23.81 %) C 5 5 (23.81 %) UNIX 6 4 (19.05 %) TCP/IP 6 4 (19.05 %) Aerospace 7 3 (14.29 %) QA 7 3 (14.29 %) Security Cleared 7 3 (14.29 %) Electronics 7 3 (14.29 %) Microsoft 7 3 (14.29 %) MS Office 7 3 (14.29 %) MS Excel

8 2 (9.524 %) CAD 8 2 (9.524 %) Risk Management 8 2 (9.524 %) Government 8 2 (9.524 %) Military 8 2 (9.524 %) Automotive 8 2 (9.524 %) Software Engineering 8 2 (9.524 %) Chemistry 8 2 (9.524 %) SC Cleared 8 2 (9.524 %) BC Cleared 9 1 (4.762 %) DV Cleared 9 1 (4.762 %) Avionics 9 1 (4.762 %) QMS 9 1 (4.762 %) Mentor Graphics 9 1 (4.762 %) Auditing 9 1 (4.762 %) Manufacturing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Application Platforms 1 1 (4.762 %) MS Exchange	Applications 1 3 (14.29 %) MS Office 1 3 (14.29 %) MS Excel
Communications & Networking 1 4 (19.05 %) TCP/IP 2 1 (4.762 %) Internet 2 1 (4.762 %) ATM 2 1 (4.762 %) GSM 2 1 (4.762 %) SDH 2 1 (4.762 %) UMTS	General 1 8 (38.10 %) Electric 2 4 (19.05 %) Aerospace 3 3 (14.29 %) Electronics 4 2 (9.524 %) Military 4 2 (9.524 %) Automotive 4 2 (9.524 %) Government 5 1 (4.762 %) Manufacturing 5 1 (4.762 %) Auditing 5 1 (4.762 %) Avionics
Job Titles 1 6 (28.57 %) Design Engineer 2 4 (19.05 %) Test Engineer 2 4 (19.05 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 3 3 (14.29 %) Mechanical Engineer 3 3 (14.29 %) Quality Engineer 3 3 (14.29 %) Hardware Design Engineer 3 3 (14.29 %) Hardware Engineer 4 2 (9.524 %) QA Engineer 4 2 (9.524 %) Electrical Engineer 4 2 (9.524 %) Software Engineer 5 1 (4.762 %) Analyst 5 1 (4.762 %) Systems Engineer 5 1 (4.762 %) Support Analyst 5 1 (4.762 %) Helpdesk Analyst 5 1 (4.762 %) Helpdesk Support 5 1 (4.762 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 2 (9.524 %) Chemistry
Operating Systems 1 6 (28.57 %) Windows 2 5 (23.81 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (14.29 %) Security Cleared 2 2 (9.524 %) CAD 2 2 (9.524 %) Risk Management 2 2 (9.524 %) Software Engineering 2 2 (9.524 %) SC Cleared 2 2 (9.524 %) BC Cleared 3 1 (4.762 %) DV Cleared 3 1 (4.762 %) QMS 3 1 (4.762 %) Validation 3 1 (4.762 %) Quality Management 3 1 (4.762 %) ITIL
Programming Languages 1 5 (23.81 %) C	Qualifications 1 10 (47.62 %) Degree 2 7 (33.33 %) HND 3 1 (4.762 %) Microsoft Certification 3 1 (4.762 %) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (14.29 %) QA	System Software 1 1 (4.762 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 8 (38.10 %) EMC 2 3 (14.29 %) Microsoft 3 1 (4.762 %) Mentor Graphics