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This section looks at the demand for Higher National Certificate (HNC) in IT contracts within the Leicestershire 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHigher National Certificate (HNC)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2831
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.005 %
As % of the category below4.255 %13.51 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£265£233
% change on same period last year+13.41 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.41£30.08
% change on same period last year-15.51 %
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Leicestershire
Matching contract IT job ads4737
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.062 %0.037 %
Daily rates quoted1210
Average minimum daily rate£240£350
Average daily rate£247£364
% change on same period last year-32.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£254£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£329
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted111
Average minimum hourly rate£15.22£22.00
Average hourly rate£18.80£24.00
% change on same period last year-21.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.39£26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.31£25.67
% change on same period last year-5.30 %
HNC East MidlandsHNC
East Midlands

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 Leicestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Leicestershire HNC Demand 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire HNC Hourly Rate Trend

HNC
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

13 (100.00 %)C
13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %)C++
13 (100.00 %)HTML
13 (100.00 %)JavaScript
13 (100.00 %)VB
13 (100.00 %).NET
13 (100.00 %)Oracle
13 (100.00 %)Crystal Reports
13 (100.00 %)Visual Studio
13 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
13 (100.00 %)Windows
13 (100.00 %)UML
13 (100.00 %)OO
13 (100.00 %)Oracle Reports
13 (100.00 %)OOD
13 (100.00 %)ISO9001
13 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
13 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
13 (100.00 %)Software Engineering
13 (100.00 %)AJAX
13 (100.00 %)Degree
13 (100.00 %)QA

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %)HTML
13 (100.00 %).NET
13 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
13 (100.00 %)AJAX
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (100.00 %)Crystal Reports
13 (100.00 %)Oracle Reports
13 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (100.00 %)Visual Studio
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Software Engineer
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (100.00 %)Windows
13 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)UML
13 (100.00 %)OO
13 (100.00 %)OOD
13 (100.00 %)Software Engineering
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)C
13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %)C++
13 (100.00 %)JavaScript
13 (100.00 %)VB
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (100.00 %)Degree
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (100.00 %)ISO9001
13 (100.00 %)QA
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Oracle