The first table below looks at the demand for HNC in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HNC over the 3 months to 24 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 for the West Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Rank 93 102 99
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -3
Contract jobs citing HNC 2 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.122% 0.045% 0.159%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.791% 0.312% 1.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £258 £300
% change year-on-year
+31.06% -14.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +130.76%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £30.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-22.50% +79.10%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
253 321 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.49% 14.32% 15.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 147 127
Average daily rate £328 £301 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.98% -6.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £436 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 31 30
Average hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.15 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.00 £31.75 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
HNC
England

HNC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands HNC Daily Rate Trend

HNC
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HNC across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands HNC Hourly Rate Trend

HNC
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Coventry -1 1 - -
Warwickshire - 1 - -
HNC
England

HNC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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 5 (71.43%) HND
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Automotive
3 2 (28.57%) Electronics
3 2 (28.57%) EMC
3 2 (28.57%) Physics
3 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
4 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
4 1 (14.29%) QMS
4 1 (14.29%) Internet
4 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
4 1 (14.29%) ISO 14001
4 1 (14.29%) TQM
4 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) BT
4 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) Python
4 1 (14.29%) ISO 9001
4 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 1 (14.29%) VPN
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) C#
4 1 (14.29%) C++

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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 1 (14.29%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 3 (42.86%) Automotive
2 2 (28.57%) Electronics
2 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Test Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) EMC Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) EMC Test Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Python Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Build Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Process Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Process Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Quality Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
1 1 (14.29%) QMS
1 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma
1 1 (14.29%) Project Management
1 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
1 1 (14.29%) TQM
1 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
1 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) C++
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
1 1 (14.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) HND
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 14001
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) EMC
2 1 (14.29%) BT
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
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Posted: 22 May 2013