HNC Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for HNC in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HNC over the 3 months to 21 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 England 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Rank 477 491 533
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +42
Contract jobs citing HNC 35 66 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.083% 0.123% 0.040%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.464% 0.709% 0.251%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 27 8
Average daily rate £325 £258 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.21% -20.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £112 £150 £282
10% offered a daily rate of more than £387 £350 £371
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £254 £325
% change year-on-year
+28.07% -21.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 6
Average hourly rate £19.50 £30.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.00% +46.34%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.18 £21.10 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.95 £34.10 £27.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £30.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-22.50% +79.10%
All Qualifications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 7537 9312 8766
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 17.82% 17.40% 15.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4003 4940 4263
Average daily rate £375 £388 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 425 512 609
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.35 £12.50 £12.07
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £44.40 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
HNC
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HNC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England HNC Daily Rate Trend

HNC
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HNC across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England HNC Daily Rate Histogram

HNC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England HNC Hourly Rate Trend

HNC
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HNC across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England HNC Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South East +4 16 £338 +31.06%
London +18 5 £300 -22.07%
South West +14 3 £387 +158.00%
East of England +12 3 £315 -
North West +12 3 £105 -62.50%
West Midlands +14 2 - -
East Midlands 0 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
HNC
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HNC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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 42 (46.67%) HND
2 38 (42.22%) Degree
3 35 (38.89%) Security Cleared
4 24 (26.67%) Windows
5 23 (25.56%) Microsoft
6 20 (22.22%) Telecoms
7 19 (21.11%) Project Management
8 18 (20.00%) DV Cleared
9 17 (18.89%) SC Cleared
10 15 (16.67%) XenApp
10 15 (16.67%) Finance
10 15 (16.67%) Citrix
10 15 (16.67%) MS Office
11 14 (15.56%) Electronics
12 13 (14.44%) MS Project
12 13 (14.44%) UNIX
13 12 (13.33%) Active Directory
13 12 (13.33%) MS Excel
13 12 (13.33%) PRINCE2
13 12 (13.33%) Management Information System
14 10 (11.11%) VMware
14 10 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
14 10 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 10 (11.11%) ITIL
15 9 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (10.00%) Internet
16 8 (8.889%) SQL
16 8 (8.889%) MCSE
16 8 (8.889%) Client/Server
16 8 (8.889%) QA

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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 (4.444%) XML
2 2 (2.222%) .NET
2 2 (2.222%) HTML
3 1 (1.111%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.111%) Web Services
3 1 (1.111%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (4.444%) IIS
2 1 (1.111%) FileNet
2 1 (1.111%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.111%) IBM HTTP Server
2 1 (1.111%) Apache
2 1 (1.111%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 1 (1.111%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (1.111%) WebLogic
2 1 (1.111%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.111%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 15 (16.67%) MS Office
2 13 (14.44%) MS Project
3 12 (13.33%) MS Excel
4 4 (4.444%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (3.333%) AutoCAD
6 2 (2.222%) MS Visio
7 1 (1.111%) CATIA
7 1 (1.111%) Pro/ENGINEER
7 1 (1.111%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.333%) BPCS
2 1 (1.111%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.111%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.00%) Internet
2 7 (7.778%) ATM
2 7 (7.778%) LAN
2 7 (7.778%) WAN
3 6 (6.667%) TCP/IP
4 4 (4.444%) 3G
4 4 (4.444%) DNS
4 4 (4.444%) 2G
5 3 (3.333%) LTE
5 3 (3.333%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (2.222%) 4G
6 2 (2.222%) Ethernet
6 2 (2.222%) VPN
6 2 (2.222%) Firewall
7 1 (1.111%) SGSN
7 1 (1.111%) VLAN
7 1 (1.111%) LLU
7 1 (1.111%) ADSL
7 1 (1.111%) PSTN
7 1 (1.111%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.222%) MS Access
2 1 (1.111%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (1.111%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (1.111%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.111%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.111%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (2.222%) LabVIEW
General
1 20 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 15 (16.67%) Finance
3 14 (15.56%) Electronics
4 6 (6.667%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.444%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (4.444%) Legal
5 4 (4.444%) Military
6 3 (3.333%) Back Office
6 3 (3.333%) Automotive
7 2 (2.222%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.222%) Retail
8 1 (1.111%) Publishing
8 1 (1.111%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (14.44%) Project Manager
1 13 (14.44%) Support Engineer
2 8 (8.889%) Analyst
3 6 (6.667%) Windows Support Engineer
4 5 (5.556%) Mechanical Engineer
4 5 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (4.444%) Electrical Engineer
5 4 (4.444%) Technical Support Officer
5 4 (4.444%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (4.444%) Technical Support
5 4 (4.444%) Quality Engineer
5 4 (4.444%) Design Engineer
5 4 (4.444%) Systems Manager
6 3 (3.333%) Test Engineer
6 3 (3.333%) Project Support Officer
6 3 (3.333%) Citrix Engineer
6 3 (3.333%) Build Engineer
6 3 (3.333%) Citrix Support
6 3 (3.333%) Project Officer
6 3 (3.333%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 8 (8.889%) Client/Server
3 3 (3.333%) Fat Client
3 3 (3.333%) SCADA
3 3 (3.333%) Physics
3 3 (3.333%) Thin Client
4 2 (2.222%) FMCG
4 2 (2.222%) Clustering
5 1 (1.111%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.111%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 24 (26.67%) Windows
2 13 (14.44%) UNIX
3 7 (7.778%) Windows 2000
4 6 (6.667%) Windows 7
5 5 (5.556%) Windows XP
6 4 (4.444%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (4.444%) Windows Vista
7 2 (2.222%) Linux
7 2 (2.222%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (21.11%) Project Management
2 12 (13.33%) PRINCE2
3 10 (11.11%) ITIL
4 7 (7.778%) Service Management
5 5 (5.556%) System Testing
6 4 (4.444%) CRM
6 4 (4.444%) Performance Management
6 4 (4.444%) CAPA
6 4 (4.444%) Service Delivery
6 4 (4.444%) Validation
7 3 (3.333%) Time Management
7 3 (3.333%) Logistics
7 3 (3.333%) CAD
7 3 (3.333%) Six Sigma
8 2 (2.222%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (2.222%) Configuration Management
8 2 (2.222%) Test Scripting
8 2 (2.222%) Network Design
9 1 (1.111%) Migration
9 1 (1.111%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.889%) SQL
2 4 (4.444%) C
2 4 (4.444%) Perl
3 1 (1.111%) VB
3 1 (1.111%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.111%) C#
3 1 (1.111%) C++
3 1 (1.111%) Python
3 1 (1.111%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 42 (46.67%) HND
2 38 (42.22%) Degree
3 35 (38.89%) Security Cleared
4 18 (20.00%) DV Cleared
5 17 (18.89%) SC Cleared
6 10 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 9 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (8.889%) MCSE
9 7 (7.778%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (5.556%) MCP
11 4 (4.444%) CCNP
11 4 (4.444%) MCSA
12 3 (3.333%) CCNA
12 3 (3.333%) CCA
12 3 (3.333%) Citrix Certification
12 3 (3.333%) APMP
13 2 (2.222%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
13 2 (2.222%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 1 (1.111%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 1 (1.111%) ACTC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.889%) QA
2 4 (4.444%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.222%) SLA
4 1 (1.111%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 15 (16.67%) XenApp
2 12 (13.33%) Active Directory
3 10 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (8.889%) VMware ESX
5 2 (2.222%) MetaFrame
5 2 (2.222%) NFS
6 1 (1.111%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (1.111%) NDS
6 1 (1.111%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (2.222%) SCCM
2 1 (1.111%) Foglight
2 1 (1.111%) WSUS
2 1 (1.111%) OpenView
2 1 (1.111%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 23 (25.56%) Microsoft
2 15 (16.67%) Citrix
3 10 (11.11%) VMware
4 6 (6.667%) HP
5 5 (5.556%) Oracle
6 4 (4.444%) Siemens
6 4 (4.444%) SAP
7 3 (3.333%) Cramer
7 3 (3.333%) JD Edwards
7 3 (3.333%) Allen-Bradley
8 2 (2.222%) EMC
8 2 (2.222%) Nortel
8 2 (2.222%) Juniper
8 2 (2.222%) Ericsson
8 2 (2.222%) Manugistics
8 2 (2.222%) Cisco
8 2 (2.222%) 3Com
8 2 (2.222%) BT
9 1 (1.111%) ReadSoft
9 1 (1.111%) SolidWorks
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