The first table below looks at the demand for HND in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 213 195 212
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +17
Contract jobs citing HND 7 52 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.087% 0.520% 0.321%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.345% 2.381% 1.521%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 8
Average daily rate £365 £225 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+62.22% -41.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £213 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £369 £388 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £280 £300
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 15
Average hourly rate £29.25 - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £9.50 £14.88 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-36.13% -57.50%
All Qualifications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
2031 2184 2236
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 25.36% 21.85% 21.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 990 957 940
Average daily rate £365 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £494
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 121 212
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.43% -8.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.35 £12.49 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.20 £41.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
HND
England

HND
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Buckinghamshire -4 3 £365 -9.98% 1
Surrey +10 2 - - 4
Berkshire -9 2 - - 3
West Sussex - - - -
East Sussex - - - -
Hampshire - - - - 4
Middlesex - - - -
HND
England

HND
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 20 (74.07%) HNC
2 11 (40.74%) Security Cleared
3 9 (33.33%) Electronics
4 8 (29.63%) Telecoms
5 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
6 6 (22.22%) Degree
6 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 6 (22.22%) Project Management
7 5 (18.52%) UNIX
7 5 (18.52%) MS Project
7 5 (18.52%) MS Office
7 5 (18.52%) System Testing
8 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (14.81%) Military
8 4 (14.81%) MS Excel
8 4 (14.81%) XML
8 4 (14.81%) Perl
8 4 (14.81%) SQL
8 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2
8 4 (14.81%) CCNP
8 4 (14.81%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (14.81%) ATM
9 3 (11.11%) 3G
9 3 (11.11%) CAD
9 3 (11.11%) 2G
9 3 (11.11%) Validation
9 3 (11.11%) NASTRAN
9 3 (11.11%) Finite Element Analysis
9 3 (11.11%) LTE
10 2 (7.407%) DV Cleared

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 4 (14.81%) XML
2 2 (7.407%) HTML
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) MS Project
1 5 (18.52%) MS Office
2 4 (14.81%) MS Excel
3 3 (11.11%) NASTRAN
4 1 (3.704%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) ATM
2 3 (11.11%) 3G
2 3 (11.11%) 2G
2 3 (11.11%) LTE
3 2 (7.407%) 4G
3 2 (7.407%) GSM
4 1 (3.704%) SMS
4 1 (3.704%) UMTS
4 1 (3.704%) SS7
4 1 (3.704%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.407%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (7.407%) LabVIEW
General
1 9 (33.33%) Electronics
2 8 (29.63%) Telecoms
3 4 (14.81%) Military
4 2 (7.407%) Finance
4 2 (7.407%) Legal
5 1 (3.704%) Publishing
5 1 (3.704%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (14.81%) Project Manager
1 4 (14.81%) Support Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) Stress Engineer
3 2 (7.407%) Databuild Engineer
3 2 (7.407%) Build Engineer
3 2 (7.407%) Data Build Engineer
3 2 (7.407%) Hardware Specialist
3 2 (7.407%) Mechanical Engineer
3 2 (7.407%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (3.704%) Software Engineer
4 1 (3.704%) Project Planner
4 1 (3.704%) Senior Manager
4 1 (3.704%) RF Engineer
4 1 (3.704%) Hardware Design Engineer
4 1 (3.704%) Design Engineer
4 1 (3.704%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (3.704%) Test Engineer
4 1 (3.704%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (3.704%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.704%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.704%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) UNIX
2 1 (3.704%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) Project Management
2 5 (18.52%) System Testing
3 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2
4 3 (11.11%) CAD
4 3 (11.11%) Validation
4 3 (11.11%) Finite Element Analysis
5 2 (7.407%) Logistics
5 2 (7.407%) Supplier Management
6 1 (3.704%) Configuration Management
6 1 (3.704%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.704%) Change Management
6 1 (3.704%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.704%) Information Management
6 1 (3.704%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.704%) Scrum
6 1 (3.704%) Software Testing
6 1 (3.704%) Statistical Analysis
6 1 (3.704%) Project Planning
6 1 (3.704%) Integration Testing
6 1 (3.704%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) Perl
1 4 (14.81%) SQL
2 1 (3.704%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 20 (74.07%) HNC
2 11 (40.74%) Security Cleared
3 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
4 6 (22.22%) Degree
5 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 4 (14.81%) CCNP
5 4 (14.81%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (7.407%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.704%) PMI Certification
7 1 (3.704%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.704%) NDS
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.704%) Primavera
2 1 (3.704%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 1 (3.704%) Siemens
2 1 (3.704%) TIBCO
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle
2 1 (3.704%) Nokia Siemens Networks
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I am looking for an Electrical Design engineer to work for a growing company in the Surrey area. You will be working for a growing team of Electrical...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £30 - £40 per hour
Posted: 29 May 2013
Surrey, South East
I am looking for an Electrical Design engineer to work for a growing company in the Surrey area. You will be working for a growing team of Electrical...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £25 - £35 per hour
Posted: 29 May 2013
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