The first table below looks at the demand for HNC in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HNC over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Milton Keynes 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Rank 60 58 64
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +6
Contract jobs citing HNC 3 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.492% 0.612% 0.158%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.786% 2.186% 0.667%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
Average daily rate £365 £406 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.98% +15.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+18.18% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £17.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year
+5.71% +34.61%
All Qualifications
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
168 183 150
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 27.54% 27.98% 23.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 79 78
Average daily rate £315 £275 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.54% -12.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £148 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £410 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 17
Average hourly rate £22.50 £15.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.37 £11.00 £9.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £15.30 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £21.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -14.00%
HNC
Buckinghamshire

HNC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes HNC Hourly Rate Trend

HNC
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 4 (100.00%) MS Project
1 4 (100.00%) HND
1 4 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 4 (100.00%) MS Project
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) HND
1 4 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft