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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.

LinkHigher National Certificate (HNC)
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank459535
Rank change on same period last yearUp+76
Matching contract IT job ads7487
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.117 %0.093 %
As % of the category below1.257 %0.993 %
Daily rates quoted012
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 quoted2819
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 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
England
Matching contract IT job ads58868757
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.333 %9.321 %
Daily rates quoted19522931
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 quoted711915
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 UKHNC
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.

England HNC Demand Trend

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.

England HNC Daily Rate Trend

HNC
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.

England HNC Hourly Rate Trend

HNC
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.

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 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.

LocationRank 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 EastUp+5728--
East of EnglandUp+3613--
North WestUp+1810--
South WestUp+3310--
East MidlandsUp+204--
LondonUp+824--
West MidlandsUp+223--
MidlandsUp+131--
South CoastNew entry-1--
HNC UKHNC
UK

HNC
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.

166 (37.29 %)Degree
255 (31.07 %)Electric
350 (28.25 %)HND
443 (24.29 %)Security Cleared
540 (22.60 %)Electronics
628 (15.82 %)Microsoft
725 (14.12 %)Telecoms
823 (12.99 %)Aerospace
922 (12.43 %)Windows
1021 (11.86 %)EMC
1119 (10.73 %)C
1119 (10.73 %)Manufacturing
1217 (9.605 %)Education
1217 (9.605 %)CAD
1316 (9.040 %)Cisco
1414 (7.910 %)ITIL
1414 (7.910 %)UNIX
1414 (7.910 %)DV Cleared
1513 (7.345 %)QMS
1513 (7.345 %)MS Office
1513 (7.345 %)Cisco Certification
1513 (7.345 %)AutoCAD
1513 (7.345 %)Configuration Management
1612 (6.780 %)MS Excel
1711 (6.215 %)MS Exchange
1711 (6.215 %)Service Management
1711 (6.215 %)Quality Management
1711 (6.215 %)QA
1711 (6.215 %)SC Cleared
1711 (6.215 %)Government

HNC
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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (2.260 %).NET
14 (2.260 %)ASP.NET
22 (1.130 %)AJAX
22 (1.130 %)HTML
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (6.215 %)MS Exchange
29 (5.085 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (1.695 %)Exchange Server 2007
33 (1.695 %)Documentum
42 (1.130 %)Oracle Application Server
51 (0.565 %)IIS
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (7.345 %)MS Office
113 (7.345 %)AutoCAD
212 (6.780 %)MS Excel
37 (3.955 %)CATIA
42 (1.130 %)MS Visio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (2.260 %)SoftGrid
21 (0.565 %)Oracle ERP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (5.650 %)Broadband
29 (5.085 %)TCP/IP
29 (5.085 %)3G
29 (5.085 %)2G
36 (3.390 %)BSS
36 (3.390 %)UMTS
45 (2.825 %)SNMP
54 (2.260 %)DSL
63 (1.695 %)EIGRP
63 (1.695 %)TACACS
63 (1.695 %)OSPF
63 (1.695 %)BGP
63 (1.695 %)Firewall
63 (1.695 %)IPsec
63 (1.695 %)PPP
63 (1.695 %)VoIP
72 (1.130 %)WAN
72 (1.130 %)GSM
72 (1.130 %)LAN
72 (1.130 %)PBX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (5.650 %)SQL Server
24 (2.260 %)Oracle Reports
32 (1.130 %)Oracle 8/8i
32 (1.130 %)Crystal Reports
32 (1.130 %)Oracle 10g
32 (1.130 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (0.565 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.565 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.565 %)RDBMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (2.825 %)Flash
24 (2.260 %)Visual Studio
32 (1.130 %)PVCS
32 (1.130 %)Oracle Forms
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
155 (31.07 %)Electric
240 (22.60 %)Electronics
325 (14.12 %)Telecoms
423 (12.99 %)Aerospace
519 (10.73 %)Manufacturing
617 (9.605 %)Education
711 (6.215 %)Government
810 (5.650 %)Construction
99 (5.085 %)Military
99 (5.085 %)Health
106 (3.390 %)Avionics
113 (1.695 %)Pensions
113 (1.695 %)Automotive
122 (1.130 %)Auditing
122 (1.130 %)Local Government
131 (0.565 %)Law
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (10.17 %)Design Engineer
212 (6.780 %)Quality Engineer
311 (6.215 %)Software Engineer
410 (5.650 %)Radio Access Network Engineer
59 (5.085 %)Hardware Engineer
68 (4.520 %)Test Engineer
68 (4.520 %)Switch Engineer
77 (3.955 %)Electronics Engineer
77 (3.955 %)UNIX Support
77 (3.955 %)QA Engineer
77 (3.955 %)Analyst
77 (3.955 %)Support Engineer
86 (3.390 %)Mechanical Engineer
95 (2.825 %)Electrical Engineer
95 (2.825 %)EMC Engineer
95 (2.825 %)Support Specialist
95 (2.825 %)Systems Engineer
95 (2.825 %)Support Analyst
95 (2.825 %)Technical Support
104 (2.260 %)Project Manager
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (3.955 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
17 (3.955 %)PKI
26 (3.390 %)Management Information System
35 (2.825 %)Handset
35 (2.825 %)Physics
44 (2.260 %)CMDB
53 (1.695 %)Chemistry
53 (1.695 %)CCTV
62 (1.130 %)Statistics
62 (1.130 %)Client/Server
62 (1.130 %)EPoS
62 (1.130 %)Video Conferencing
62 (1.130 %)VHDL
71 (0.565 %)NHS
71 (0.565 %)Clustering
71 (0.565 %)Mathematics
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
122 (12.43 %)Windows
214 (7.910 %)UNIX
38 (4.520 %)Windows Vista
38 (4.520 %)Windows 2000
46 (3.390 %)Solaris
55 (2.825 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (1.695 %)Windows XP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
143 (24.29 %)Security Cleared
217 (9.605 %)CAD
314 (7.910 %)ITIL
314 (7.910 %)DV Cleared
413 (7.345 %)QMS
413 (7.345 %)Configuration Management
511 (6.215 %)Service Management
511 (6.215 %)Quality Management
511 (6.215 %)SC Cleared
69 (5.085 %)Software Engineering
69 (5.085 %)Validation
77 (3.955 %)UML
77 (3.955 %)Problem Management
86 (3.390 %)BC Cleared
95 (2.825 %)Requirements Analysis
104 (2.260 %)Service Delivery
112 (1.130 %)OO
112 (1.130 %)PDM
112 (1.130 %)Data Management
112 (1.130 %)Project Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (10.73 %)C
26 (3.390 %)SQL
34 (2.260 %)C#
43 (1.695 %)C++
52 (1.130 %)JavaScript
52 (1.130 %)PL/SQL
52 (1.130 %)VB
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
166 (37.29 %)Degree
250 (28.25 %)HND
313 (7.345 %)Cisco Certification
49 (5.085 %)Microsoft Certification
55 (2.825 %)NVQ Level 3
63 (1.695 %)MCSE
63 (1.695 %)MCAD
63 (1.695 %)CCNP
63 (1.695 %)CCNA
72 (1.130 %)MCP
81 (0.565 %)MCDBA
81 (0.565 %)ISEB
81 (0.565 %)CISSP
81 (0.565 %)CNA
81 (0.565 %)Novell Certification
81 (0.565 %)ISEB Practitioner
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (6.215 %)QA
25 (2.825 %)ISO9001
32 (1.130 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (1.695 %)Active Directory
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.565 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
128 (15.82 %)Microsoft
221 (11.86 %)EMC
316 (9.040 %)Cisco
410 (5.650 %)Nokia
58 (4.520 %)Nortel
58 (4.520 %)Ericsson
58 (4.520 %)SAP
66 (3.390 %)Sun
66 (3.390 %)Intel
75 (2.825 %)Oracle
84 (2.260 %)Altiris
93 (1.695 %)Mentor Graphics
102 (1.130 %)Mapinfo
102 (1.130 %)Cramer
111 (0.565 %)Cadence
111 (0.565 %)Siemens