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The table below looks at the demand for Higher National Diploma (HND) in IT contracts across the UK 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHigher National Diploma (HND)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank453538
Rank change on same period last yearUp+85
Matching contract IT job ads118135
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.165 %0.136 %
As % of the category below1.614 %1.373 %
Daily rates quoted1518
Average minimum daily rate£299£304
Average daily rate£304£330
% change on same period last year-7.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£309£355
UK excluding London average daily rate£284£322
% change on same period last year-11.92 %
Hourly rates quoted4236
Average minimum hourly rate£22.24£23.41
Average hourly rate£24.08£24.84
% change on same period last year-3.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.91£26.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.08£24.52
% change on same period last year-1.80 %
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
UK
Matching contract IT job ads73099834
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.21 %9.880 %
Daily rates quoted24983157
Average minimum daily rate£344£343
Average daily rate£364£361
% change on same period last year+0.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£323
% change on same period last year+4.11 %
Hourly rates quoted810944
Average minimum hourly rate£23.78£23.90
Average hourly rate£25.30£25.56
% change on same period last year-1.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.82£27.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.40£25.85
% change on same period last year-1.74 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing HND within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

HND Demand Trend

HND
Daily Rate Trend

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

HND Daily Rate Trend

HND
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HND within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

HND Daily Rate Histogram

HND
Hourly Rate Trend

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

HND Hourly Rate Trend

HND
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HND within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

HND Hourly Rate Histogram

HND
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 HND within the UK over the 3 months to 6 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.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+7286£304-7.81 %
South EastUp+4735£230-24.23 %
ScotlandUp+215--
WalesNew entry-13--
South WalesNew entry-13--
LondonUp+6612£327-3.03 %
NewportNew entry-11--
HampshireUp+2911--
East of EnglandUp+2210£215-42.66 %
East MidlandsUp+188--
NottinghamshireUp+108--
NottinghamUp+28--
North WestUp+87£301-
West LothianNew entry-7--
HertfordshireUp+307£215-42.66 %
South WestUp+126£350-12.50 %
North EastUp+115--
City of LondonDown-65£400-
BelfastNew entry-4--
Tyne and WearNew entry-4--
LivingstonNew entry-4--
BerkshireUp+424£230-51.57 %
Northern IrelandNew entry-4--
County AntrimNew entry-4--
GloucestershireDown-43--
OxfordshireDown-63--
SurreyUp+223--
MerseysideUp+23£301-
ManchesterDown-23--
LiverpoolDown-63£301-

HND
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1125 (63.78 %)Degree
277 (39.29 %)HNC
343 (21.94 %)Microsoft
434 (17.35 %)Security Cleared
531 (15.82 %)Windows
628 (14.29 %)Electronics
727 (13.78 %)MS Office
823 (11.73 %)C
922 (11.22 %)Electric
1020 (10.20 %)Education
1020 (10.20 %)UNIX
1020 (10.20 %)MS Excel
1119 (9.694 %)Microsoft Certification
1119 (9.694 %)Telecoms
1218 (9.184 %)Configuration Management
1316 (8.163 %)SQL
1415 (7.653 %)MS Project
1415 (7.653 %)Flash
1514 (7.143 %)Windows XP
1514 (7.143 %)XML
1514 (7.143 %)HTML
1514 (7.143 %)EMC
1514 (7.143 %)Finance
1514 (7.143 %)Manufacturing
1613 (6.633 %)Cisco
1613 (6.633 %)Cisco Certification
1613 (6.633 %)CAD
1613 (6.633 %)Windows Server 2003
1613 (6.633 %)Oracle
1613 (6.633 %)SQL Server

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (7.143 %)HTML
114 (7.143 %)XML
210 (5.102 %)CSS
210 (5.102 %)ASP
33 (1.531 %)J2EE
33 (1.531 %)WebSphere
33 (1.531 %)OC4J
42 (1.020 %).NET
51 (0.510 %)ASP.NET
51 (0.510 %)XSLT
51 (0.510 %)Spring
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (1.531 %)WebSphere Application Server
13 (1.531 %)Documentum
13 (1.531 %)Oracle Application Server
22 (1.020 %)Oracle 10gAS
22 (1.020 %)IIS
22 (1.020 %)MS Exchange
31 (0.510 %)GroupWise
31 (0.510 %)ArcGIS
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
127 (13.78 %)MS Office
220 (10.20 %)MS Excel
315 (7.653 %)MS Project
411 (5.612 %)Photoshop
510 (5.102 %)Adobe Illustrator
69 (4.592 %)FreeHand
74 (2.041 %)MS Visio
74 (2.041 %)FrameMaker
83 (1.531 %)CATIA
83 (1.531 %)MS PowerPoint
83 (1.531 %)Spreadsheet
92 (1.020 %)CorelDRAW
92 (1.020 %)RoboHelp
101 (0.510 %)AutoCAD
101 (0.510 %)Paint Shop Pro
101 (0.510 %)LightWave 3D
101 (0.510 %)ArcView
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.020 %)Teamcenter
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (6.122 %)TCP/IP
211 (5.612 %)Internet
310 (5.102 %)Broadband
47 (3.571 %)DNS
47 (3.571 %)DHCP
56 (3.061 %)WAN
64 (2.041 %)UMTS
64 (2.041 %)LAN
64 (2.041 %)VPN
64 (2.041 %)SAN
64 (2.041 %)3G
73 (1.531 %)GPRS
73 (1.531 %)GSM
73 (1.531 %)VoIP
73 (1.531 %)Firewall
73 (1.531 %)Wireless
82 (1.020 %)Frame Relay
82 (1.020 %)Intrusion Detection
82 (1.020 %)C7
82 (1.020 %)ATM
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (6.633 %)SQL Server
27 (3.571 %)Oracle 10g
36 (3.061 %)Oracle 9i
44 (2.041 %)OLTP
44 (2.041 %)RDBMS
44 (2.041 %)OLAP
44 (2.041 %)Oracle OLAP
53 (1.531 %)Oracle 8/8i
62 (1.020 %)GIS
62 (1.020 %)SQL Server 2005
71 (0.510 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (0.510 %)Crystal Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (7.653 %)Flash
211 (5.612 %)Dreamweaver
33 (1.531 %)ClearQuest
33 (1.531 %)ClearCase
42 (1.020 %)PVCS
42 (1.020 %)GoLive
42 (1.020 %)FrontPage
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
128 (14.29 %)Electronics
222 (11.22 %)Electric
320 (10.20 %)Education
419 (9.694 %)Telecoms
514 (7.143 %)Finance
514 (7.143 %)Manufacturing
69 (4.592 %)Military
69 (4.592 %)Government
78 (4.082 %)Construction
87 (3.571 %)Aerospace
96 (3.061 %)Health
96 (3.061 %)Avionics
105 (2.551 %)Automotive
113 (1.531 %)Law
113 (1.531 %)Marketing
113 (1.531 %)Police
122 (1.020 %)Pensions
122 (1.020 %)Banking
131 (0.510 %)Multimedia
131 (0.510 %)General Ledger
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
135 (17.86 %)Analyst
220 (10.20 %)Support Engineer
220 (10.20 %)Developer
313 (6.633 %)Test Engineer
412 (6.122 %)Test Analyst
412 (6.122 %)Mechanical Engineer
511 (5.612 %)Support Analyst
610 (5.102 %)Design Engineer
79 (4.592 %)EMC Engineer
88 (4.082 %)Service Analyst
88 (4.082 %)ASP Developer
88 (4.082 %)Service Desk Analyst
88 (4.082 %)Software Developer
97 (3.571 %)Author
97 (3.571 %)Technical Author
97 (3.571 %)Systems Engineer
106 (3.061 %)Quality Engineer
115 (2.551 %)DBA
124 (2.041 %)Desktop Support
124 (2.041 %)Programme Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (5.612 %)Physics
26 (3.061 %)Computer Science
35 (2.551 %)Handset
44 (2.041 %)Replication
53 (1.531 %)Device Driver
53 (1.531 %)Video Conferencing
62 (1.020 %)Blackberry
62 (1.020 %)PMI
62 (1.020 %)EPoS
62 (1.020 %)NHS
62 (1.020 %)IVR
62 (1.020 %)CCTV
62 (1.020 %)Statistics
71 (0.510 %)SCADA
71 (0.510 %)Fat Client
71 (0.510 %)Remote Sensing
71 (0.510 %)Thin Client
71 (0.510 %)ASIC
71 (0.510 %)Clustering
71 (0.510 %)E-Learning
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
131 (15.82 %)Windows
220 (10.20 %)UNIX
314 (7.143 %)Windows XP
413 (6.633 %)Windows Server 2003
512 (6.122 %)Windows 2000
68 (4.082 %)Linux
75 (2.551 %)Windows 2000 Server
84 (2.041 %)HPUX
93 (1.531 %)Embedded Linux
102 (1.020 %)Solaris
111 (0.510 %)NetWare
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
134 (17.35 %)Security Cleared
218 (9.184 %)Configuration Management
313 (6.633 %)CAD
412 (6.122 %)Software Testing
511 (5.612 %)QMS
511 (5.612 %)Quality Management
610 (5.102 %)ITIL
610 (5.102 %)SC Cleared
610 (5.102 %)Requirements Analysis
79 (4.592 %)Software Engineering
88 (4.082 %)Project Management
97 (3.571 %)Service Delivery
97 (3.571 %)BC Cleared
105 (2.551 %)DV Cleared
105 (2.551 %)PDM
105 (2.551 %)Disaster Recovery
105 (2.551 %)Validation
114 (2.041 %)Workflow
114 (2.041 %)Business Intelligence
114 (2.041 %)Programme Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (11.73 %)C
216 (8.163 %)SQL
311 (5.612 %)JavaScript
49 (4.592 %)C++
49 (4.592 %)ActionScript
56 (3.061 %)PL/SQL
63 (1.531 %)Java
63 (1.531 %)Embedded C
63 (1.531 %)Embedded C++
72 (1.020 %)VB
81 (0.510 %)VB.NET
81 (0.510 %)VC++
81 (0.510 %)VB6
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1125 (63.78 %)Degree
277 (39.29 %)HNC
319 (9.694 %)Microsoft Certification
413 (6.633 %)Cisco Certification
512 (6.122 %)MCP
512 (6.122 %)ISEB
66 (3.061 %)MCSE
73 (1.531 %)CCNA
73 (1.531 %)MCAD
82 (1.020 %)CNA
82 (1.020 %)Novell Certification
91 (0.510 %)ITIL Certification
91 (0.510 %)CIMA
91 (0.510 %)NVQ Level 4
91 (0.510 %)MCSA
91 (0.510 %)MCDBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (4.592 %)SLA
26 (3.061 %)QA
31 (0.510 %)GAMP
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (4.082 %)Active Directory
24 (2.041 %)Oracle RMAN
24 (2.041 %)Oracle RAC
31 (0.510 %)Terminal Server
31 (0.510 %)NetBackup
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.020 %)Netcool
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
143 (21.94 %)Microsoft
214 (7.143 %)EMC
313 (6.633 %)Oracle
313 (6.633 %)Cisco
45 (2.551 %)HP
54 (2.041 %)Adobe
63 (1.531 %)IBM
72 (1.020 %)Macromedia
72 (1.020 %)Nortel
72 (1.020 %)Avaya
72 (1.020 %)Ericsson
72 (1.020 %)Nokia
72 (1.020 %)Novell
72 (1.020 %)Siemens
81 (0.510 %)Apple
81 (0.510 %)Symantec
81 (0.510 %)ESRI
81 (0.510 %)Mentor Graphics
81 (0.510 %)Lucent
81 (0.510 %)CommVault