HNC Contracts in the Thames Valley

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for HNC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 140 161
Rank change year-on-year +6 +21 -25
Contract jobs citing HNC 3 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.11% 0.14% 0.057%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.27% 0.40% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - £402
25th Percentile - £357 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £364 £422
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -13.74% +33.96%
75th Percentile - £371 £454
90th Percentile - - £465
South East median daily rate £400 £364 £331
% change year-on-year +9.89% +9.89% +5.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £67.00 £81.37 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.66% - -
South East median hourly rate £67.00 £53.19 -
% change year-on-year +25.98% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

HNC is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,091 1,008 1,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 40.75% 34.84% 28.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 683 677
10th Percentile £213 £320 £260
25th Percentile £413 £410 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +4.17% +1.05%
75th Percentile £621 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £685 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 45 31
10th Percentile £18.20 £20.10 £17.00
25th Percentile £41.50 £27.00 £19.63
Median hourly rate £58.30 £64.68 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +207.24% -
75th Percentile £70.39 £74.79 £48.75
90th Percentile £87.28 £80.25 £80.40
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £58.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -1.97% +30.00% +12.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing HNC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for HNC in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HNC in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for HNC in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HNC in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for HNC in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HNC within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -4 2 £350 -3.85% 32
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 13
HNC
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) 4G
1 1 (33.33%) 5G
1 1 (33.33%) Broadband
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) IT Systems Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Provisioning Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) ITSM
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) RIBA
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) NFS
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft