The first table below looks at the demand for HND in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HND over the 3 months to 19 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 Reading 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Diploma (HND)
Rank 72 60 -
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -
Contract jobs citing HND 1 21 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.114% 1.825% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.437% 6.140% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 0
Average daily rate - £220 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £280 £300
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £9.50 £14.88 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-36.13% -57.50%
All Qualifications
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
229 342 348
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 26.02% 29.71% 34.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 119 131
Average daily rate £425 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £226 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £450 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 13
Average hourly rate £18.50 £27.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.72% +71.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.72 £14.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.90 £27.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
HND
Berkshire

HND
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading HND Hourly Rate Trend

HND
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 2 (100.00%) HNC
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) GSM
2 1 (50.00%) UMTS
2 1 (50.00%) NDS
2 1 (50.00%) PMI
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 1 (50.00%) TIBCO
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) SS7
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Product Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) GSM
1 1 (50.00%) UMTS
1 1 (50.00%) SS7
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Product Marketing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) HNC
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) NDS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
1 1 (50.00%) TIBCO
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks