South West HND Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Higher National Diploma (HND) in IT contracts within the South West region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited HND over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Higher National Diploma (HND)
Location Abingdon Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Bracknell Caerphilly Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cheshire City of London County Antrim Crawley Derby Derbyshire Devon East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Lothian M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Motherwell Newcastle Newport North East North Lanarkshire North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Sale Scotland Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West St Albans Staines Stevenage Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex Wiltshire Yeovil	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	137	160
Rank change on same period last year	+23
Matching contract IT job ads	8	14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.011 %	0.014 %
As % of the category below	1.623 %	2.062 %
Daily rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£400
Average daily rate	£313	£400
% change on same period last year	-21.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£325	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£283	£324
% change on same period last year	-12.82 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.00	£37.50
Average hourly rate	£22.88	£38.33
% change on same period last year	-40.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.75	£39.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.17	£24.25
% change on same period last year	-0.32 %
Qualifications South West
Matching contract IT job ads	493	679
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.694 %	0.686 %
Daily rates quoted	143	195
Average minimum daily rate	£329	£309
Average daily rate	£347	£324
% change on same period last year	+7.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£365	£339
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£322
% change on same period last year	+4.73 %
Hourly rates quoted	72	109
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.40	£24.55
Average hourly rate	£25.56	£26.17
% change on same period last year	-2.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.71	£27.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.54	£25.85
% change on same period last year	-1.20 %
HND England

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.

HND
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing HND across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

HND
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HND across the South West region.

HND
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HND across the South West region.

HND
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HND across the South West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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 West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Gloucestershire	-	4	-	-
Wiltshire	-6	2	£313	-
Devon	-	1	-	-
Somerset	-	1	-	-

HND England

HND
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 6 (46.15 %) HNC 1 6 (46.15 %) Degree 1 6 (46.15 %) Security Cleared 2 5 (38.46 %) C 3 4 (30.77 %) Microsoft 3 4 (30.77 %) Telecoms 4 3 (23.08 %) Electric 4 3 (23.08 %) BC Cleared 4 3 (23.08 %) MCAD 4 3 (23.08 %) MS Project 4 3 (23.08 %) Microsoft Certification 4 3 (23.08 %) CAD 5 2 (15.38 %) FrameMaker 5 2 (15.38 %) Wireless 5 2 (15.38 %) Dreamweaver

5 2 (15.38 %) RoboHelp 5 2 (15.38 %) PVCS 5 2 (15.38 %) C++ 5 2 (15.38 %) HTML 5 2 (15.38 %) Adobe 5 2 (15.38 %) MS Visio 5 2 (15.38 %) Documentum 5 2 (15.38 %) QA 5 2 (15.38 %) DV Cleared 5 2 (15.38 %) Aerospace 5 2 (15.38 %) Education 5 2 (15.38 %) GoLive 5 2 (15.38 %) MS PowerPoint 5 2 (15.38 %) FrontPage 6 1 (7.692 %) Embedded Linux

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 2 (15.38 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 2 (15.38 %) Documentum
Applications 1 3 (23.08 %) MS Project 2 2 (15.38 %) MS Visio 2 2 (15.38 %) RoboHelp 2 2 (15.38 %) FrameMaker 2 2 (15.38 %) MS PowerPoint 3 1 (7.692 %) Spreadsheet	Communications & Networking 1 2 (15.38 %) Wireless 2 1 (7.692 %) DHCP 2 1 (7.692 %) TCP/IP 2 1 (7.692 %) DNS 2 1 (7.692 %) 3G 2 1 (7.692 %) Firewall
Development Applications 1 2 (15.38 %) PVCS 1 2 (15.38 %) Dreamweaver 1 2 (15.38 %) GoLive 1 2 (15.38 %) FrontPage 2 1 (7.692 %) ClearQuest 2 1 (7.692 %) ClearCase	General 1 4 (30.77 %) Telecoms 2 3 (23.08 %) Electric 3 2 (15.38 %) Aerospace 3 2 (15.38 %) Education 4 1 (7.692 %) Military 4 1 (7.692 %) Avionics 4 1 (7.692 %) Electronics
Job Titles 1 3 (23.08 %) Support Engineer 1 3 (23.08 %) Instrumentation Engineer 2 2 (15.38 %) CAD Engineer 2 2 (15.38 %) Technical Writer 2 2 (15.38 %) Author 2 2 (15.38 %) Technical Author 3 1 (7.692 %) Software Engineer 3 1 (7.692 %) Systems Engineer 3 1 (7.692 %) Systems Support 3 1 (7.692 %) Design Engineer 3 1 (7.692 %) Embedded Software Engineer 3 1 (7.692 %) Project Engineer 3 1 (7.692 %) Programme Planner 3 1 (7.692 %) Systems Support Engineer 3 1 (7.692 %) Mechanical Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 1 (7.692 %) Device Driver 1 1 (7.692 %) Statistics
Operating Systems 1 1 (7.692 %) Linux 1 1 (7.692 %) Embedded Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (46.15 %) Security Cleared 2 3 (23.08 %) BC Cleared 2 3 (23.08 %) CAD 3 2 (15.38 %) DV Cleared 4 1 (7.692 %) ITIL 4 1 (7.692 %) Configuration Management 4 1 (7.692 %) Software Engineering 4 1 (7.692 %) Requirements Analysis 4 1 (7.692 %) SC Cleared
Programming Languages 1 5 (38.46 %) C 2 2 (15.38 %) C++ 3 1 (7.692 %) SQL 3 1 (7.692 %) Embedded C 3 1 (7.692 %) Embedded C++	Qualifications 1 6 (46.15 %) HNC 1 6 (46.15 %) Degree 2 3 (23.08 %) MCAD 2 3 (23.08 %) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (15.38 %) QA	Vendors 1 4 (30.77 %) Microsoft 2 2 (15.38 %) Adobe