The first table below looks at the demand for HNC in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HNC over the 3 months to 23 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 Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Rank - 70 -
Permanent jobs citing HNC 0 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire - 0.262% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 0.719% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £36,250 -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.17%
All Qualifications
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
138 278 277
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 20.94% 36.44% 33.99%
Number of salaries quoted 125 255 260
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £40,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
HNC
East Midlands

HNC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire HNC Salary Trend

HNC
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) HND
2 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (80.00%) MCDST
2 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 4 (80.00%) MCSE
2 4 (80.00%) C
2 4 (80.00%) VoIP
2 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Back Office
2 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Law
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (20.00%) Xen
3 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) VoIP
1 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (80.00%) Back Office
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Field Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) HND
1 4 (80.00%) MCDST
1 4 (80.00%) MCSE
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Xen
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix