HNC Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for HNC in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HNC over the 3 months to 21 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 currently tracked.

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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Rank 502 507 553
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +46
Contract jobs citing HNC 38 74 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.080% 0.127% 0.045%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.446% 0.733% 0.284%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 28 8
Average daily rate £325 £258 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.21% -20.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £118 £150 £282
10% offered a daily rate of more than £387 £361 £371
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £254 £325
% change year-on-year
+28.07% -21.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 8
Average hourly rate £19.50 £30.00 £17.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.00% +69.01%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.18 £14.80 £11.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.95 £33.85 £24.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £30.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-22.50% +79.10%
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 8525 10094 9522
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.06% 17.27% 15.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4567 5265 4539
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 461 551 661
Average hourly rate £23.35 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.13% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%

HNC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing HNC within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

HNC Jobs Demand Trend

HNC
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HNC within the UK.

HNC Daily Rate Trend

HNC
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HNC within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

HNC Daily Rate Histogram

HNC
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HNC within the UK.

HNC Hourly Rate Trend

HNC
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HNC within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

HNC Hourly Rate Histogram

HNC
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HNC within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England +14 35 £325 +26.21%
South East +4 16 £338 +31.06%
Berkshire -2 10 £325 +47.72%
Reading -3 6 £325 +48.57%
London +18 5 £300 -22.07%
Maidenhead - 4 - -
Gloucestershire +25 3 £387 +158.00%
Cheltenham +25 3 £387 +158.00%
Manchester +15 3 £105 -62.50%
South West +14 3 £387 +158.00%
North West +12 3 £105 -62.50%
East of England +12 3 £315 -
Brentford - 3 - -
Surrey +18 2 - -
West Midlands +14 2 - -
Milton Keynes +5 2 £358 +10.00%
Buckinghamshire -1 2 £358 +10.00%
Hampshire -10 2 - -
Bordon - 2 - -
Guildford - 2 - -
Norfolk - 2 £315 -
Wales +10 1 £260 -
Coventry 0 1 - -
East Midlands 0 1 - -
South Wales - 1 £260 -
Leicestershire - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
West Yorkshire - 1 - -
Warwickshire - 1 - -
Bedfordshire - 1 - -

HNC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HNC 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 HNC.

1 44 (45.83%) HND
2 41 (42.71%) Degree
3 35 (36.46%) Security Cleared
4 24 (25.00%) Windows
5 23 (23.96%) Microsoft
6 21 (21.88%) Telecoms
7 20 (20.83%) Project Management
8 18 (18.75%) Finance
8 18 (18.75%) DV Cleared
9 17 (17.71%) SC Cleared
10 15 (15.63%) XenApp
10 15 (15.63%) Citrix
10 15 (15.63%) MS Office
11 14 (14.58%) UNIX
11 14 (14.58%) Electronics
12 13 (13.54%) MS Project
13 12 (12.50%) PRINCE2
13 12 (12.50%) MS Excel
13 12 (12.50%) Active Directory
13 12 (12.50%) Management Information System
14 10 (10.42%) VMware
14 10 (10.42%) VMware Infrastructure
14 10 (10.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 10 (10.42%) ITIL
15 9 (9.375%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (9.375%) Internet
16 8 (8.333%) SQL
16 8 (8.333%) MCSE
16 8 (8.333%) Client/Server
16 8 (8.333%) ATM

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HNC 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 HNC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (4.167%) XML
2 2 (2.083%) .NET
2 2 (2.083%) HTML
3 1 (1.042%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.042%) Web Services
3 1 (1.042%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (4.167%) IIS
2 1 (1.042%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.042%) IBM HTTP Server
2 1 (1.042%) FileNet
2 1 (1.042%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (1.042%) WebLogic
2 1 (1.042%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.042%) Lotus Domino
2 1 (1.042%) Apache
2 1 (1.042%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 15 (15.63%) MS Office
2 13 (13.54%) MS Project
3 12 (12.50%) MS Excel
4 5 (5.208%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (4.167%) AutoCAD
6 2 (2.083%) MS Visio
7 1 (1.042%) Final Cut Pro
7 1 (1.042%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (1.042%) CATIA
7 1 (1.042%) Pro/ENGINEER
Business Applications
1 3 (3.125%) BPCS
2 1 (1.042%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.042%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.375%) Internet
2 8 (8.333%) ATM
2 8 (8.333%) WAN
3 7 (7.292%) TCP/IP
3 7 (7.292%) LAN
4 5 (5.208%) 2G
4 5 (5.208%) 3G
4 5 (5.208%) DNS
5 4 (4.167%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (3.125%) LTE
7 2 (2.083%) Ethernet
7 2 (2.083%) VPN
7 2 (2.083%) GSM
7 2 (2.083%) SS7
7 2 (2.083%) UMTS
7 2 (2.083%) Firewall
7 2 (2.083%) 4G
8 1 (1.042%) xDSL
8 1 (1.042%) SGSN
8 1 (1.042%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.083%) MS Access
2 1 (1.042%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (1.042%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.042%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.042%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.042%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 2 (2.083%) LabVIEW
General
1 21 (21.88%) Telecoms
2 18 (18.75%) Finance
3 14 (14.58%) Electronics
4 6 (6.250%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.167%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (4.167%) Military
5 4 (4.167%) Legal
6 3 (3.125%) Automotive
6 3 (3.125%) Back Office
7 2 (2.083%) Retail
7 2 (2.083%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.083%) Publishing
7 2 (2.083%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (15.63%) Support Engineer
2 14 (14.58%) Project Manager
3 8 (8.333%) Analyst
4 6 (6.250%) Windows Support Engineer
5 5 (5.208%) Electrical Engineer
5 5 (5.208%) Mechanical Engineer
5 5 (5.208%) Design Engineer
5 5 (5.208%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (4.167%) Quality Engineer
6 4 (4.167%) Technical Support
6 4 (4.167%) Systems Manager
6 4 (4.167%) Technical Support Officer
6 4 (4.167%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (3.125%) Citrix Support Engineer
7 3 (3.125%) Build Engineer
7 3 (3.125%) RAN Engineer
7 3 (3.125%) Project Officer
7 3 (3.125%) Citrix Support
7 3 (3.125%) Project Support Officer
7 3 (3.125%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 8 (8.333%) Client/Server
3 3 (3.125%) Fat Client
3 3 (3.125%) SCADA
3 3 (3.125%) Physics
3 3 (3.125%) Thin Client
4 2 (2.083%) Clustering
4 2 (2.083%) FMCG
5 1 (1.042%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.042%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 24 (25.00%) Windows
2 14 (14.58%) UNIX
3 7 (7.292%) Windows 2000
4 6 (6.250%) Windows 7
5 5 (5.208%) Windows XP
6 4 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (4.167%) Windows Vista
7 2 (2.083%) Linux
7 2 (2.083%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (20.83%) Project Management
2 12 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 10 (10.42%) ITIL
4 7 (7.292%) Service Management
5 5 (5.208%) System Testing
5 5 (5.208%) Service Delivery
6 4 (4.167%) CRM
6 4 (4.167%) CAD
6 4 (4.167%) Validation
6 4 (4.167%) Performance Management
6 4 (4.167%) CAPA
7 3 (3.125%) Time Management
7 3 (3.125%) Logistics
7 3 (3.125%) Six Sigma
8 2 (2.083%) Configuration Management
8 2 (2.083%) Document Management
8 2 (2.083%) Network Design
8 2 (2.083%) Change Management
8 2 (2.083%) Product Marketing
8 2 (2.083%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.333%) SQL
2 5 (5.208%) C
3 4 (4.167%) Perl
4 1 (1.042%) Tcl
4 1 (1.042%) VB
4 1 (1.042%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.042%) C#
4 1 (1.042%) C++
4 1 (1.042%) Python
Qualifications
1 44 (45.83%) HND
2 41 (42.71%) Degree
3 35 (36.46%) Security Cleared
4 18 (18.75%) DV Cleared
5 17 (17.71%) SC Cleared
6 10 (10.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 9 (9.375%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (8.333%) MCSE
9 7 (7.292%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (5.208%) MCP
11 4 (4.167%) CCNP
11 4 (4.167%) MCSA
12 3 (3.125%) APMP
12 3 (3.125%) CCA
12 3 (3.125%) Citrix Certification
12 3 (3.125%) CCNA
13 2 (2.083%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 2 (2.083%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
14 1 (1.042%) ACSP
14 1 (1.042%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.333%) QA
2 4 (4.167%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.083%) SLA
4 1 (1.042%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 15 (15.63%) XenApp
2 12 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 10 (10.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (8.333%) VMware ESX
5 2 (2.083%) NFS
5 2 (2.083%) NDS
5 2 (2.083%) MetaFrame
6 1 (1.042%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.042%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.083%) SCCM
2 1 (1.042%) HP SIM
2 1 (1.042%) WSUS
2 1 (1.042%) Foglight
2 1 (1.042%) OpenView
Vendors
1 23 (23.96%) Microsoft
2 15 (15.63%) Citrix
3 10 (10.42%) VMware
4 6 (6.250%) HP
5 5 (5.208%) Oracle
6 4 (4.167%) SAP
6 4 (4.167%) Siemens
6 4 (4.167%) Cramer
7 3 (3.125%) Allen-Bradley
7 3 (3.125%) Ericsson
7 3 (3.125%) JD Edwards
7 3 (3.125%) Cisco
8 2 (2.083%) EMC
8 2 (2.083%) Nortel
8 2 (2.083%) TIBCO
8 2 (2.083%) Manugistics
8 2 (2.083%) Juniper
8 2 (2.083%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 2 (2.083%) Apple
8 2 (2.083%) BT
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