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The table below looks at the demand for Higher National Certificate (HNC) in IT contracts within the North Wales 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHigher National Certificate (HNC)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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£256£264
% change on same period last year-3.24 %
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£27.60£21.75
% change on same period last year+26.91 %
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
North Wales
Matching contract IT job ads85
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.005 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£355
Average daily rate-£358
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£361
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£328
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
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£25.56£25.13
% change on same period last year+1.72 %
HNC WalesHNC
Wales

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

North Wales HNC Demand Trend

HNC
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Wales 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.

11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)VPN
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
11 (100.00 %)Manufacturing
11 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Wales 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.

North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)VPN
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Manufacturing
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Systems Engineer
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory