England HNC Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Higher National Certificate (HNC) in IT contracts within the 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 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Location Aberdeen Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Caerphilly Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cheshire Coventry Croydon East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Leicestershire London Manchester Midlands North West Northamptonshire Portsmouth Reading Salisbury Scotland South Coast South East South Wales South West Stevenage UK Wales West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	459	535
Rank change on same period last year	+76
Matching contract IT job ads	74	87
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.117 %	0.093 %
As % of the category below	1.257 %	0.993 %
Daily rates quoted	0	12
Average minimum daily rate	-	£276
Average daily rate	-	£293
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£310
UK excluding London average daily rate	£61	£276
% change on same period last year	-77.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	28	19
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.31	£21.51
Average hourly rate	£27.60	£23.12
% change on same period last year	+19.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.90	£24.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.60	£21.75
% change on same period last year	+26.91 %
Qualifications England
Matching contract IT job ads	5886	8757
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	9.333 %	9.321 %
Daily rates quoted	1952	2931
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£341
Average daily rate	£356	£359
% change on same period last year	-0.60 %
Average maximum daily rate	£375	£376
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£328
% change on same period last year	+0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	711	915
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.91	£24.21
Average hourly rate	£25.34	£25.89
% change on same period last year	-2.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.76	£27.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.18	£25.30
% change on same period last year	-0.46 %
HNC UK

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 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 England 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 England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HNC across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

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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 England region over the 3 months to 1 December 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
South East	+57	28	-	-
East of England	+36	13	-	-
North West	+18	10	-	-
South West	+33	10	-	-
East Midlands	+20	4	-	-
London	+82	4	-	-
West Midlands	+22	3	-	-
Midlands	+13	1	-	-
South Coast	-	1	-	-

HNC UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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 66 (37.29 %) Degree 2 55 (31.07 %) Electric 3 50 (28.25 %) HND 4 43 (24.29 %) Security Cleared 5 40 (22.60 %) Electronics 6 28 (15.82 %) Microsoft 7 25 (14.12 %) Telecoms 8 23 (12.99 %) Aerospace 9 22 (12.43 %) Windows 10 21 (11.86 %) EMC 11 19 (10.73 %) C 11 19 (10.73 %) Manufacturing 12 17 (9.605 %) Education 12 17 (9.605 %) CAD 13 16 (9.040 %) Cisco

14 14 (7.910 %) ITIL 14 14 (7.910 %) UNIX 14 14 (7.910 %) DV Cleared 15 13 (7.345 %) QMS 15 13 (7.345 %) MS Office 15 13 (7.345 %) Cisco Certification 15 13 (7.345 %) AutoCAD 15 13 (7.345 %) Configuration Management 16 12 (6.780 %) MS Excel 17 11 (6.215 %) MS Exchange 17 11 (6.215 %) Service Management 17 11 (6.215 %) Quality Management 17 11 (6.215 %) QA 17 11 (6.215 %) SC Cleared 17 11 (6.215 %) Government

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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 Development 1 4 (2.260 %) .NET 1 4 (2.260 %) ASP.NET 2 2 (1.130 %) AJAX 2 2 (1.130 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 11 (6.215 %) MS Exchange 2 9 (5.085 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 3 (1.695 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 3 (1.695 %) Documentum 4 2 (1.130 %) Oracle Application Server 5 1 (0.565 %) IIS
Applications 1 13 (7.345 %) MS Office 1 13 (7.345 %) AutoCAD 2 12 (6.780 %) MS Excel 3 7 (3.955 %) CATIA 4 2 (1.130 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 4 (2.260 %) SoftGrid 2 1 (0.565 %) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking 1 10 (5.650 %) Broadband 2 9 (5.085 %) TCP/IP 2 9 (5.085 %) 3G 2 9 (5.085 %) 2G 3 6 (3.390 %) BSS 3 6 (3.390 %) UMTS 4 5 (2.825 %) SNMP 5 4 (2.260 %) DSL 6 3 (1.695 %) EIGRP 6 3 (1.695 %) TACACS 6 3 (1.695 %) OSPF 6 3 (1.695 %) BGP 6 3 (1.695 %) Firewall 6 3 (1.695 %) IPsec 6 3 (1.695 %) PPP 6 3 (1.695 %) VoIP 7 2 (1.130 %) WAN 7 2 (1.130 %) GSM 7 2 (1.130 %) LAN 7 2 (1.130 %) PBX	Database & Business Intelligence 1 10 (5.650 %) SQL Server 2 4 (2.260 %) Oracle Reports 3 2 (1.130 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 2 (1.130 %) Crystal Reports 3 2 (1.130 %) Oracle 10g 3 2 (1.130 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 1 (0.565 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (0.565 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (0.565 %) RDBMS
Development Applications 1 5 (2.825 %) Flash 2 4 (2.260 %) Visual Studio 3 2 (1.130 %) PVCS 3 2 (1.130 %) Oracle Forms	General 1 55 (31.07 %) Electric 2 40 (22.60 %) Electronics 3 25 (14.12 %) Telecoms 4 23 (12.99 %) Aerospace 5 19 (10.73 %) Manufacturing 6 17 (9.605 %) Education 7 11 (6.215 %) Government 8 10 (5.650 %) Construction 9 9 (5.085 %) Military 9 9 (5.085 %) Health 10 6 (3.390 %) Avionics 11 3 (1.695 %) Pensions 11 3 (1.695 %) Automotive 12 2 (1.130 %) Auditing 12 2 (1.130 %) Local Government 13 1 (0.565 %) Law
Job Titles 1 18 (10.17 %) Design Engineer 2 12 (6.780 %) Quality Engineer 3 11 (6.215 %) Software Engineer 4 10 (5.650 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 5 9 (5.085 %) Hardware Engineer 6 8 (4.520 %) Test Engineer 6 8 (4.520 %) Switch Engineer 7 7 (3.955 %) Electronics Engineer 7 7 (3.955 %) UNIX Support 7 7 (3.955 %) QA Engineer 7 7 (3.955 %) Analyst 7 7 (3.955 %) Support Engineer 8 6 (3.390 %) Mechanical Engineer 9 5 (2.825 %) Electrical Engineer 9 5 (2.825 %) EMC Engineer 9 5 (2.825 %) Support Specialist 9 5 (2.825 %) Systems Engineer 9 5 (2.825 %) Support Analyst 9 5 (2.825 %) Technical Support 10 4 (2.260 %) Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 7 (3.955 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 1 7 (3.955 %) PKI 2 6 (3.390 %) Management Information System 3 5 (2.825 %) Handset 3 5 (2.825 %) Physics 4 4 (2.260 %) CMDB 5 3 (1.695 %) Chemistry 5 3 (1.695 %) CCTV 6 2 (1.130 %) Statistics 6 2 (1.130 %) Client/Server 6 2 (1.130 %) EPoS 6 2 (1.130 %) Video Conferencing 6 2 (1.130 %) VHDL 7 1 (0.565 %) NHS 7 1 (0.565 %) Clustering 7 1 (0.565 %) Mathematics
Operating Systems 1 22 (12.43 %) Windows 2 14 (7.910 %) UNIX 3 8 (4.520 %) Windows Vista 3 8 (4.520 %) Windows 2000 4 6 (3.390 %) Solaris 5 5 (2.825 %) Windows Server 2003 6 3 (1.695 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 43 (24.29 %) Security Cleared 2 17 (9.605 %) CAD 3 14 (7.910 %) ITIL 3 14 (7.910 %) DV Cleared 4 13 (7.345 %) QMS 4 13 (7.345 %) Configuration Management 5 11 (6.215 %) Service Management 5 11 (6.215 %) Quality Management 5 11 (6.215 %) SC Cleared 6 9 (5.085 %) Software Engineering 6 9 (5.085 %) Validation 7 7 (3.955 %) UML 7 7 (3.955 %) Problem Management 8 6 (3.390 %) BC Cleared 9 5 (2.825 %) Requirements Analysis 10 4 (2.260 %) Service Delivery 11 2 (1.130 %) OO 11 2 (1.130 %) PDM 11 2 (1.130 %) Data Management 11 2 (1.130 %) Project Management
Programming Languages 1 19 (10.73 %) C 2 6 (3.390 %) SQL 3 4 (2.260 %) C# 4 3 (1.695 %) C++ 5 2 (1.130 %) JavaScript 5 2 (1.130 %) PL/SQL 5 2 (1.130 %) VB	Qualifications 1 66 (37.29 %) Degree 2 50 (28.25 %) HND 3 13 (7.345 %) Cisco Certification 4 9 (5.085 %) Microsoft Certification 5 5 (2.825 %) NVQ Level 3 6 3 (1.695 %) MCSE 6 3 (1.695 %) MCAD 6 3 (1.695 %) CCNP 6 3 (1.695 %) CCNA 7 2 (1.130 %) MCP 8 1 (0.565 %) MCDBA 8 1 (0.565 %) ISEB 8 1 (0.565 %) CISSP 8 1 (0.565 %) CNA 8 1 (0.565 %) Novell Certification 8 1 (0.565 %) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 11 (6.215 %) QA 2 5 (2.825 %) ISO9001 3 2 (1.130 %) SLA	System Software 1 3 (1.695 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 1 (0.565 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 28 (15.82 %) Microsoft 2 21 (11.86 %) EMC 3 16 (9.040 %) Cisco 4 10 (5.650 %) Nokia 5 8 (4.520 %) Nortel 5 8 (4.520 %) Ericsson 5 8 (4.520 %) SAP 6 6 (3.390 %) Sun 6 6 (3.390 %) Intel 7 5 (2.825 %) Oracle 8 4 (2.260 %) Altiris 9 3 (1.695 %) Mentor Graphics 10 2 (1.130 %) Mapinfo 10 2 (1.130 %) Cramer 11 1 (0.565 %) Cadence 11 1 (0.565 %) Siemens