HND Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for HND in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland 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 107 95 109
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +14
Contract jobs citing HND 11 15 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.451% 0.564% 0.072%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.703% 4.464% 0.576%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £315 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.88% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £270 £300
% change year-on-year
+20.37% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 2
Average hourly rate £9.25 £9.50 £92.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -89.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.25 £21.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+36.04% -38.57%
All Qualifications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 407 336 347
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 16.69% 12.63% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 163 136
Average daily rate £350 £335 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.47% -4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £212 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £429 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 28 20
Average hourly rate £14.75 £27.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.36% +44.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £13.04 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.85 £37.50 £175.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
HND
UK

HND
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland HND Hourly Rate Trend

HND
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the Scotland 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
Fife +1 5 £315 -
Glasgow -15 3 - -
HND
UK

HND
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 11 (68.75%) Telecoms
2 7 (43.75%) Network Planning
2 7 (43.75%) MS Excel
3 6 (37.50%) SLA
3 6 (37.50%) Cramer
4 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
5 4 (25.00%) WAN
5 4 (25.00%) LAN
5 4 (25.00%) CAD
5 4 (25.00%) GIS
5 4 (25.00%) Workflow Management
5 4 (25.00%) Workflow
5 4 (25.00%) Data Entry
6 3 (18.75%) Jetty
6 3 (18.75%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (18.75%) 2G
6 3 (18.75%) 2.5G
6 3 (18.75%) 3G
6 3 (18.75%) Network Design
6 3 (18.75%) ArcGIS
6 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
6 3 (18.75%) SDH
6 3 (18.75%) Ethernet
6 3 (18.75%) ATM
6 3 (18.75%) Adobe
7 2 (12.50%) B2B
7 2 (12.50%) BT
7 2 (12.50%) E-Learning
7 2 (12.50%) Adobe Captivate

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (6.250%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) Jetty
1 3 (18.75%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 7 (43.75%) MS Excel
2 2 (12.50%) Adobe Captivate
3 1 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) WAN
1 4 (25.00%) LAN
2 3 (18.75%) 2G
2 3 (18.75%) 2.5G
2 3 (18.75%) 3G
2 3 (18.75%) SDH
2 3 (18.75%) Ethernet
2 3 (18.75%) ATM
3 1 (6.250%) VPN
3 1 (6.250%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) GIS
2 1 (6.250%) MS Access
General
1 11 (68.75%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.250%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Retail
2 1 (6.250%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Field Engineer
1 4 (25.00%) GIS Technician
1 4 (25.00%) Telecoms Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Coordinator
2 2 (12.50%) Transmission Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Transmission Planning Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Transmission Planner
3 1 (6.250%) Development Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Network Planner
3 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Development Support Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Author
3 1 (6.250%) Technical Author
3 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support
3 1 (6.250%) Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Support Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) E-Learning
2 1 (6.250%) Learning Management System
2 1 (6.250%) CCTV
2 1 (6.250%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.250%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Windows CE
1 1 (6.250%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Network Planning
2 4 (25.00%) CAD
2 4 (25.00%) Workflow Management
2 4 (25.00%) Workflow
2 4 (25.00%) Data Entry
3 3 (18.75%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (18.75%) Network Design
3 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
4 2 (12.50%) B2B
5 1 (6.250%) Time Management
5 1 (6.250%) QMS
5 1 (6.250%) Data Management
5 1 (6.250%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) C
1 1 (6.250%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Cramer
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 3 (18.75%) Adobe
4 2 (12.50%) BT
5 1 (6.250%) Google
5 1 (6.250%) Oracle
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