The first table below looks at the demand for HND in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HND 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Diploma (HND)
Rank 109 - 96
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing HND 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.105% - 0.056%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.660% - 0.398%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £250 £325
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -23.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £21.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+20.93% -38.57%
All Qualifications
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
303 341 251
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 15.89% 14.93% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 191 96
Average daily rate £308 £325 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.38% -2.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £185 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £467 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 20 25
Average hourly rate £12.75 £21.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.28% -4.54%
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 £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
HND
England

HND
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region 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
West Yorkshire - 1 £325 -
HND
England

HND
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 8 (100.00%) MS Project
1 8 (100.00%) MS Office
1 8 (100.00%) MPEG
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) STB
1 8 (100.00%) IPTV
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
1 8 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 7 (87.50%) Middleware
3 6 (75.00%) Tcl
3 6 (75.00%) Python
4 5 (62.50%) SQL
5 4 (50.00%) Bash shell
6 3 (37.50%) Selenium
6 3 (37.50%) Perl
7 2 (25.00%) C
7 2 (25.00%) C++
7 2 (25.00%) DVB
8 1 (12.50%) Automation Testing
8 1 (12.50%) COBOL

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Application Development
1 7 (87.50%) Middleware
Applications
1 8 (100.00%) MS Project
1 8 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DVB
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Tester
3 2 (25.00%) Automation Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Test Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Test Leader
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) MPEG
1 8 (100.00%) STB
1 8 (100.00%) IPTV
1 8 (100.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Tcl
1 6 (75.00%) Python
2 5 (62.50%) SQL
3 4 (50.00%) Bash shell
4 3 (37.50%) Perl
5 2 (25.00%) C
5 2 (25.00%) C++
6 1 (12.50%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
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