The first table below looks at the demand for HNC in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HNC over the 3 months to 24 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 London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Rank 373 412 434
Rank change year-on-year
+39 +22
Contract jobs citing HNC 4 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.018% 0.011% 0.026%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.126% 0.079% 0.194%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
Average daily rate £300 £385 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.07% +18.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £258 £300
% change year-on-year
+31.06% -14.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
Average hourly rate £19.00 - £18.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.80 - £15.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.40 - £20.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £30.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-22.50% +79.10%
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3169 3819 4114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.63% 14.18% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1876 2288 2374
Average daily rate £425 £425 £425
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 119 141
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £20.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -3.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £12.30 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £79.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
HNC
England

HNC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 24 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
Brentford - 2 - -
HNC
England

HNC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 3 (42.86%) Degree
1 3 (42.86%) BPCS
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
1 3 (42.86%) JD Edwards
2 2 (28.57%) Six Sigma
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Manugistics
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) HND
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) FMCG
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) MCTS
3 1 (14.29%) MCITP
3 1 (14.29%) Security Management
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) ACSP
3 1 (14.29%) Data Entry
3 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (14.29%) WSUS
3 1 (14.29%) SCCM
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Management

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Lotus Domino
1 1 (14.29%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
2 2 (28.57%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) BPCS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Supply Chain Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Junior
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Systems Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) FMCG
2 1 (14.29%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Six Sigma
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
1 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Security Management
2 1 (14.29%) Data Entry
2 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 1 (14.29%) Logistics
2 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (28.57%) HND
2 2 (28.57%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 1 (14.29%) MCTS
3 1 (14.29%) MCITP
3 1 (14.29%) ACSP
3 1 (14.29%) MCSE
3 1 (14.29%) MCP
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (14.29%) ACTC
3 1 (14.29%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) WSUS
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) JD Edwards
2 2 (28.57%) Manugistics
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 2 (28.57%) SAP
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Compaq
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Lotus
3 1 (14.29%) Apple