The first table below looks at the demand for HNC in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 103 93 -
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -
Contract jobs citing HNC 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.128% 0.126% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.412% 0.394% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £254 £325
% change year-on-year
+28.07% -21.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £21.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £30.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-22.50% +79.10%
All Qualifications
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
486 508 517
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 31.11% 31.91% 28.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 244 216
Average daily rate £358 £365 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.05% +1.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £495 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 46 70
Average hourly rate £25.00 £31.50 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.63% -7.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.53 £12.70 £13.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
HNC
South East

HNC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire HNC Daily Rate Trend

HNC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire HNC Hourly Rate Trend

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 Hampshire 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
Bordon - 2 - -
HNC
South East

HNC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 7 (77.78%) HND
2 6 (66.67%) Electronics
3 5 (55.56%) MS Office
3 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
4 4 (44.44%) System Testing
4 4 (44.44%) ATM
4 4 (44.44%) Military
5 2 (22.22%) Network Design
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) Firewall
5 2 (22.22%) Nortel
5 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (22.22%) Juniper
5 2 (22.22%) LabVIEW
5 2 (22.22%) 3Com
5 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
5 2 (22.22%) LAN
5 2 (22.22%) WAN
5 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
5 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) CCNA
6 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
6 1 (11.11%) OpenView
6 1 (11.11%) HP
6 1 (11.11%) DNS
6 1 (11.11%) Cisco
6 1 (11.11%) SNMP
6 1 (11.11%) Windows

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MS Office
2 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
3 1 (11.11%) MS Project
3 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) ATM
2 2 (22.22%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) LAN
2 2 (22.22%) WAN
2 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
3 1 (11.11%) DNS
3 1 (11.11%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) LabVIEW
General
1 6 (66.67%) Electronics
2 4 (44.44%) Military
3 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Support Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Design Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) IP Network Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Network Design Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) IP Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Hardware Design Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Project Planner
4 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) System Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Network Design
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
3 1 (11.11%) Earned Value Management
3 1 (11.11%) Change Control
3 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
3 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Information Management
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) HND
2 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (22.22%) CCNA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) OpenView
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Nortel
1 2 (22.22%) Juniper
1 2 (22.22%) 3Com
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) HP
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Primavera
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