The first table below looks at the demand for HNC in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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 109 - 97
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing HNC 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.054% - 0.055%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.329% - 0.386%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £175
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £258 £300
% change year-on-year
+31.06% -14.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £11.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £30.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-22.50% +79.10%
All Qualifications
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
304 333 259
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 16.36% 14.91% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 181 102
Average daily rate £308 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £185 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 21 24
Average hourly rate £12.75 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.33% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £32.50 £60.00
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire - 1 - -
HNC
England

HNC
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 5 (100.00%) MS Office
1 5 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (80.00%) MCP
2 4 (80.00%) UNIX
2 4 (80.00%) MCSE
2 4 (80.00%) MCSA
2 4 (80.00%) Internet
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Vista
3 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 3 (60.00%) WAN
3 3 (60.00%) Performance Management
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Thin Client
4 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (20.00%) Fat Client
4 1 (20.00%) SCCM

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 5 (100.00%) MS Office
2 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Internet
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
2 3 (60.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Technical Support
1 4 (80.00%) Technical Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (20.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 5 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 4 (80.00%) UNIX
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (80.00%) MCP
1 4 (80.00%) MCSE
1 4 (80.00%) MCSA
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft