England HND Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Higher National Diploma (HND) 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 HND over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Higher National Diploma (HND)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Belfast Berkshire Bracknell Caerphilly Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Clackmannanshire County Antrim Derby Derbyshire East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Scotland South East South Wales South West Staffordshire Staines Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Wales Walsall Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	455	546
Rank change on same period last year	+91
Matching contract IT job ads	78	76
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.124 %	0.081 %
As % of the category below	1.325 %	0.868 %
Daily rates quoted	13	16
Average minimum daily rate	£311	£299
Average daily rate	£318	£315
% change on same period last year	+0.76 %
Average maximum daily rate	£324	£332
UK excluding London average daily rate	£249	£293
% change on same period last year	-15.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	34	24
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.16	£24.44
Average hourly rate	£22.99	£26.24
% change on same period last year	-12.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.81	£28.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.42	£23.07
% change on same period last year	+1.53 %
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 %
HND 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HND 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 HND 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 HND 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	+58	28	£230	-22.61 %
East Midlands	+34	11	-	-
London	+86	10	£338	-15.36 %
South West	+26	7	£275	-
North West	+12	7	£300	-
North East	-	6	-	-
East of England	+29	6	-	-
West Midlands	+24	4	£325	-

HND 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 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.

1 91 (61.07 %) Degree 2 50 (33.56 %) HNC 3 30 (20.13 %) Windows 3 30 (20.13 %) Microsoft 4 28 (18.79 %) Security Cleared 5 25 (16.78 %) Microsoft Certification 6 22 (14.77 %) MS Office 7 20 (13.42 %) MCP 8 18 (12.08 %) C 9 17 (11.41 %) ITIL 9 17 (11.41 %) Windows XP 9 17 (11.41 %) Education 10 16 (10.74 %) Electronics 10 16 (10.74 %) Windows 2000 10 16 (10.74 %) Windows Server 2003

10 16 (10.74 %) Configuration Management 11 15 (10.07 %) SQL 11 15 (10.07 %) Oracle 11 15 (10.07 %) Electric 12 14 (9.396 %) Telecoms 13 13 (8.725 %) Cisco Certification 13 13 (8.725 %) Cisco 14 12 (8.054 %) UNIX 14 12 (8.054 %) MS Excel 14 12 (8.054 %) Quality Management 14 12 (8.054 %) SC Cleared 15 11 (7.383 %) Requirements Analysis 15 11 (7.383 %) QMS 15 11 (7.383 %) MCSE 15 11 (7.383 %) Flash

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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 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.

Application Development 1 8 (5.369 %) HTML 1 8 (5.369 %) XML 2 5 (3.356 %) CSS 2 5 (3.356 %) ASP 3 4 (2.685 %) J2EE 4 3 (2.013 %) WebSphere 4 3 (2.013 %) OC4J 5 1 (0.671 %) XSLT 5 1 (0.671 %) ASP.NET 5 1 (0.671 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 3 (2.013 %) SharePoint 1 3 (2.013 %) MS Exchange 1 3 (2.013 %) WebSphere Application Server 1 3 (2.013 %) Oracle Application Server 2 2 (1.342 %) Oracle 10gAS 3 1 (0.671 %) Exchange Server 5.5 3 1 (0.671 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 1 (0.671 %) WebLogic 3 1 (0.671 %) IIS 3 1 (0.671 %) Documentum 3 1 (0.671 %) BizTalk Server
Applications 1 22 (14.77 %) MS Office 2 12 (8.054 %) MS Excel 3 6 (4.027 %) Photoshop 3 6 (4.027 %) Adobe Illustrator 4 5 (3.356 %) FreeHand 5 3 (2.013 %) Spreadsheet 5 3 (2.013 %) CATIA 6 2 (1.342 %) MATLAB 6 2 (1.342 %) MS Project 7 1 (0.671 %) MS Visio 7 1 (0.671 %) Paint Shop Pro 7 1 (0.671 %) LightWave 3D 7 1 (0.671 %) AutoCAD	Business Applications 1 1 (0.671 %) Oracle ERP 1 1 (0.671 %) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking 1 11 (7.383 %) TCP/IP 2 10 (6.711 %) Broadband 3 8 (5.369 %) DNS 3 8 (5.369 %) DHCP 4 6 (4.027 %) WAN 5 5 (3.356 %) Internet 6 4 (2.685 %) 3G 6 4 (2.685 %) LAN 6 4 (2.685 %) UMTS 7 3 (2.013 %) SAN 7 3 (2.013 %) Firewall 7 3 (2.013 %) Wireless 8 2 (1.342 %) Frame Relay 8 2 (1.342 %) BGP 8 2 (1.342 %) VPN 8 2 (1.342 %) ATM 8 2 (1.342 %) VoIP 8 2 (1.342 %) CDMA 9 1 (0.671 %) GPRS 9 1 (0.671 %) GSM	Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (6.040 %) Oracle 9i 2 8 (5.369 %) Oracle 10g 3 6 (4.027 %) SQL Server 4 5 (3.356 %) OLAP 4 5 (3.356 %) OLTP 4 5 (3.356 %) Oracle OLAP 5 4 (2.685 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 1 (0.671 %) RDBMS 6 1 (0.671 %) Crystal Reports 6 1 (0.671 %) Datawarehouse 6 1 (0.671 %) SQL Server 2000 6 1 (0.671 %) GIS 6 1 (0.671 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 11 (7.383 %) Flash 2 5 (3.356 %) Dreamweaver 3 3 (2.013 %) ClearQuest 3 3 (2.013 %) ClearCase	General 1 17 (11.41 %) Education 2 16 (10.74 %) Electronics 3 15 (10.07 %) Electric 4 14 (9.396 %) Telecoms 5 10 (6.711 %) Government 5 10 (6.711 %) Military 6 9 (6.040 %) Finance 7 8 (5.369 %) Construction 8 7 (4.698 %) Manufacturing 8 7 (4.698 %) Avionics 9 2 (1.342 %) Law 9 2 (1.342 %) Local Government 9 2 (1.342 %) Pensions 9 2 (1.342 %) Auditing 9 2 (1.342 %) Multimedia 9 2 (1.342 %) Police 10 1 (0.671 %) 3D Graphics 10 1 (0.671 %) General Ledger 10 1 (0.671 %) Publishing 10 1 (0.671 %) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles 1 16 (10.74 %) Analyst 2 15 (10.07 %) Support Engineer 3 12 (8.054 %) Support Analyst 3 12 (8.054 %) Developer 4 10 (6.711 %) 3rd Line Support 4 10 (6.711 %) Mechanical Engineer 5 8 (5.369 %) Design Engineer 6 7 (4.698 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer 7 6 (4.027 %) Quality Engineer 7 6 (4.027 %) DBA 8 5 (3.356 %) EMC Engineer 8 5 (3.356 %) Civil Engineer 8 5 (3.356 %) Oracle DBA 8 5 (3.356 %) Test Engineer 8 5 (3.356 %) Helpdesk Support 8 5 (3.356 %) ASP Developer 9 4 (2.685 %) Systems Engineer 10 3 (2.013 %) Network Engineer 10 3 (2.013 %) Desktop Support Analyst 10 3 (2.013 %) 1st Line Support	Miscellaneous 1 7 (4.698 %) Physics 2 6 (4.027 %) Replication 3 5 (3.356 %) Handset 4 3 (2.013 %) Device Driver 5 2 (1.342 %) EPoS 5 2 (1.342 %) NHS 5 2 (1.342 %) Video Conferencing 5 2 (1.342 %) Statistics 5 2 (1.342 %) Computer Science 6 1 (0.671 %) Fat Client 6 1 (0.671 %) Remote Sensing 6 1 (0.671 %) SCADA 6 1 (0.671 %) Mathematics 6 1 (0.671 %) Thin Client 6 1 (0.671 %) ASIC 6 1 (0.671 %) Client/Server 6 1 (0.671 %) E-Learning
Operating Systems 1 30 (20.13 %) Windows 2 17 (11.41 %) Windows XP 3 16 (10.74 %) Windows 2000 3 16 (10.74 %) Windows Server 2003 4 12 (8.054 %) UNIX 5 7 (4.698 %) Linux 6 3 (2.013 %) HPUX 6 3 (2.013 %) Embedded Linux 6 3 (2.013 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 2 (1.342 %) Windows NT 8 1 (0.671 %) NetWare 8 1 (0.671 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 28 (18.79 %) Security Cleared 2 17 (11.41 %) ITIL 3 16 (10.74 %) Configuration Management 4 12 (8.054 %) Quality Management 4 12 (8.054 %) SC Cleared 5 11 (7.383 %) QMS 5 11 (7.383 %) Requirements Analysis 6 10 (6.711 %) CAD 7 6 (4.027 %) BC Cleared 7 6 (4.027 %) Business Intelligence 8 5 (3.356 %) Validation 9 4 (2.685 %) Disaster Recovery 9 4 (2.685 %) Project Management 9 4 (2.685 %) DV Cleared 9 4 (2.685 %) Software Engineering 9 4 (2.685 %) PDM 10 3 (2.013 %) Finite Element Analysis 10 3 (2.013 %) E-business 11 2 (1.342 %) Investment Management 11 2 (1.342 %) FMECA
Programming Languages 1 18 (12.08 %) C 2 15 (10.07 %) SQL 3 9 (6.040 %) PL/SQL 4 7 (4.698 %) JavaScript 5 5 (3.356 %) ActionScript 6 4 (2.685 %) C++ 7 3 (2.013 %) Embedded C 7 3 (2.013 %) Embedded C++ 8 2 (1.342 %) Java 9 1 (0.671 %) VB6 9 1 (0.671 %) VB 9 1 (0.671 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 91 (61.07 %) Degree 2 50 (33.56 %) HNC 3 25 (16.78 %) Microsoft Certification 4 20 (13.42 %) MCP 5 13 (8.725 %) Cisco Certification 6 11 (7.383 %) MCSE 7 4 (2.685 %) ITIL Certification 8 3 (2.013 %) Novell Certification 8 3 (2.013 %) MCAD 8 3 (2.013 %) CNA 8 3 (2.013 %) CCNA 9 1 (0.671 %) CISSP 9 1 (0.671 %) CNE 9 1 (0.671 %) MCDBA 9 1 (0.671 %) CIMA 9 1 (0.671 %) GNVQ
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (2.685 %) SLA 1 4 (2.685 %) QA 2 1 (0.671 %) GAMP 2 1 (0.671 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 6 (4.027 %) Active Directory 2 5 (3.356 %) Oracle RMAN 2 5 (3.356 %) Oracle RAC 3 1 (0.671 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 1 (0.671 %) Terminal Services 3 1 (0.671 %) NetBackup
Systems Management 1 2 (1.342 %) Netcool 2 1 (0.671 %) ARCserve 2 1 (0.671 %) ServiceCenter	Vendors 1 30 (20.13 %) Microsoft 2 15 (10.07 %) Oracle 3 13 (8.725 %) Cisco 4 10 (6.711 %) EMC 5 6 (4.027 %) HP 6 3 (2.013 %) IBM 6 3 (2.013 %) Novell 7 1 (0.671 %) Siemens 7 1 (0.671 %) VERITAS 7 1 (0.671 %) Apple 7 1 (0.671 %) TIBCO 7 1 (0.671 %) Mentor Graphics 7 1 (0.671 %) Citrix 7 1 (0.671 %) Lucent 7 1 (0.671 %) CA 7 1 (0.671 %) CommVault 7 1 (0.671 %) Adobe 7 1 (0.671 %) Macromedia 7 1 (0.671 %) Sun