The first table below looks at the demand for HND 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 HND 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Diploma (HND)
Rank 52 61 53
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -8
Contract jobs citing HND 3 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.565% 0.143% 0.498%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.786% 0.641% 2.113%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
Average daily rate £365 - £385
90% offered a daily rate of more than £353 - £357
10% offered a daily rate of more than £369 - £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £270 £300
% change year-on-year
+20.37% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.25 £21.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+36.04% -38.57%
All Qualifications
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
168 156 142
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 31.64% 22.35% 23.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 55 72
Average daily rate £300 £225 £281
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -19.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £113 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 9
Average hourly rate £18.73 £17.00 £12.15
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.17% +39.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.48 £13.50 £9.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £50.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
HND
Buckinghamshire

HND
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes HND Jobs Demand Trend

HND
Daily Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes HND Daily Rate Trend

HND
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes HND Hourly Rate Trend

HND
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 10 (100.00%) Project Management
1 10 (100.00%) HNC
1 10 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 10 (100.00%) MS Project
1 10 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 10 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Scrum

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

Applications
1 10 (100.00%) MS Project
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Security Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Project Management
1 10 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (10.00%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) HNC
1 10 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 10 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft