The first table below looks at the demand for HNC in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Rank 84 - 82
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing HNC 3 0 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 0.298% - 1.597%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.990% - 5.277%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 18
Average salary £22,250 - £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.17%
All Qualifications
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
303 333 379
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 30.12% 24.22% 30.27%
Number of salaries quoted 245 265 320
Average salary £40,250 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.62% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,850 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
HNC
East of England

HNC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex HNC Salary Trend

HNC
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HNC within the Essex 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Harlow - 3 £22,250 -
HNC
East of England

HNC
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (75.00%) MCDST
2 3 (75.00%) Back Office
2 3 (75.00%) C
2 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (75.00%) HND
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) MCSE
2 3 (75.00%) VoIP
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Automotive
3 1 (25.00%) MCAD
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) CATIA

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 1 (25.00%) CATIA
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) VoIP
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (75.00%) Back Office
2 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Automotive
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Field Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) MCDST
2 3 (75.00%) HND
2 3 (75.00%) MCSE
3 1 (25.00%) MCAD
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft