HND Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for HND 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 HND 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 Diploma (HND)
Rank 90 101 100
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -1
Contract jobs citing HND 5 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.306% 0.089% 0.106%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.976% 0.623% 0.669%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £310 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £270 £300
% change year-on-year
+20.37% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £29.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.25 £21.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+36.04% -38.57%
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%
HND
England

HND
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands HND Jobs Demand Trend

HND
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands HND Daily Rate Trend

HND
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands HND Hourly Rate Trend

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 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
Staffordshire +15 1 - -
Coventry -1 1 - -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £310 -
Warwickshire - 1 - -
Birmingham - 1 - -
HND
England

HND
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 5 (55.56%) HNC
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) Automotive
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (33.33%) Electronics
3 3 (33.33%) MS Office
3 3 (33.33%) Aerospace
4 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 2 (22.22%) EMC
4 2 (22.22%) Windows
4 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
4 2 (22.22%) Physics
5 1 (11.11%) Use Case
5 1 (11.11%) QMS
5 1 (11.11%) ERD
5 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) Semantic Web
5 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
5 1 (11.11%) Modbus
5 1 (11.11%) Legal
5 1 (11.11%) Validation
5 1 (11.11%) SCADA
5 1 (11.11%) Quality Management
5 1 (11.11%) ISO 14001
5 1 (11.11%) TQM
5 1 (11.11%) BT
5 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
5 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
5 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Office
2 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Modbus
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
1 1 (11.11%) VPN
General
1 4 (44.44%) Automotive
2 3 (33.33%) Electronics
2 3 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Design Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Test Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) EMC Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) EMC Test Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Build Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Design Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) PLC Programmer
2 1 (11.11%) PLC Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Business Process Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Programmer
2 1 (11.11%) Process Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Quality Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Help Desk Operator
2 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Physics
2 1 (11.11%) Semantic Web
2 1 (11.11%) SCADA
2 1 (11.11%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Use Case
1 1 (11.11%) QMS
1 1 (11.11%) ERD
1 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
1 1 (11.11%) Validation
1 1 (11.11%) Quality Management
1 1 (11.11%) TQM
1 1 (11.11%) UML
1 1 (11.11%) OO
1 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
1 1 (11.11%) SysML
1 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
1 1 (11.11%) Zachman Framework
1 1 (11.11%) Network Planning
1 1 (11.11%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) HNC
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ISO 14001
1 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) EMC
3 1 (11.11%) BT
3 1 (11.11%) Siemens
NPI Engineer - Electronics
Staffordshire
The person: Educational Requirements : HNC/HND level qualification in Engineering (degree level desirable) or equivalent experience... Knowledge of Product Life Cycle Management & Six Sigma. Knowledge of Microsoft Office...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 22 May 2013
Solidworks or Catia V5 - Design Engineer
Leamington Spa, West Midlands
They will have good CAD skills in either SolidWorks or CATIA V5... They will have strong communications skills and be literate in Microsoft Office... HND or engineering degree...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £20 - £25 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013
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