The first table below looks at the demand for HNC in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HNC over the 3 months to 17 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Rank 123 123 123
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Permanent jobs citing HNC 4 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.213% 0.101% 0.046%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.567% 0.220% 0.107%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 1
Average salary £21,250 £22,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.49% -40.66%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +1.58%
All Qualifications
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
706 908 938
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 37.51% 45.88% 43.01%
Number of salaries quoted 593 743 867
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
HNC
Cambridgeshire

HNC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge HNC Jobs Demand Trend

HNC
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing HNC across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge HNC Salary Trend

HNC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited HNC.

1 11 (68.75%) HND
2 7 (43.75%) Electronics
3 6 (37.50%) Telecoms
3 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
3 6 (37.50%) LAN
3 6 (37.50%) WAN
4 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
4 5 (31.25%) Degree
4 5 (31.25%) SQL
4 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
4 5 (31.25%) ISEB
5 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
6 3 (18.75%) GPRS
6 3 (18.75%) VoIP
6 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
6 3 (18.75%) C
6 3 (18.75%) MS Office
6 3 (18.75%) Windows
6 3 (18.75%) Linux
6 3 (18.75%) MCSE
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (18.75%) QuickTest Pro
6 3 (18.75%) GIS
6 3 (18.75%) Cisco
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
6 3 (18.75%) Back Office
6 3 (18.75%) MCDST
6 3 (18.75%) Automated Testing
6 3 (18.75%) QA
6 3 (18.75%) Selenium

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited HNC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (18.75%) MS Office
3 1 (6.250%) Pro/ENGINEER
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) LAN
1 6 (37.50%) WAN
2 3 (18.75%) VoIP
2 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
2 3 (18.75%) GPRS
3 1 (6.250%) Wireless
3 1 (6.250%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (18.75%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (18.75%) Selenium
2 2 (12.50%) Bugzilla
2 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 7 (43.75%) Electronics
2 6 (37.50%) Telecoms
3 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
4 3 (18.75%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Configuration Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Software Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Field Service Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Support Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Field Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Test Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Software Test Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Tester
3 2 (12.50%) Junior
3 2 (12.50%) Software Tester
3 2 (12.50%) Junior Software Tester
3 2 (12.50%) Junior Tester
4 1 (6.250%) CAD Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Designer
4 1 (6.250%) Server Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
1 3 (18.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
2 3 (18.75%) Automated Testing
2 3 (18.75%) Test Scripting
3 2 (12.50%) System Testing
3 2 (12.50%) CAD
4 1 (6.250%) Finite Element Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) HND
2 5 (31.25%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) ISEB
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (18.75%) MCDST
3 3 (18.75%) MCSE
4 2 (12.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
2 1 (6.250%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Cisco
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) EMC
2 1 (6.250%) Cadence