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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Rank 131 131 117
Rank change year-on-year
0 -14
Permanent jobs citing HNC 1 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.047% 0.088% 0.107%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.134% 0.252% 0.375%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
Average salary - - £42,900
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.17%
All Qualifications
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
748 793 533
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 34.86% 34.86% 28.61%
Number of salaries quoted 582 719 403
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £28,000 £29,100
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
HNC
Berkshire

HNC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading HNC Salary Trend

HNC
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 2 (40.00%) HND
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX
1 2 (40.00%) GSM
1 2 (40.00%) UMTS
1 2 (40.00%) NDS
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (40.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
1 2 (40.00%) TIBCO
1 2 (40.00%) SS7
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) Product Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) MS Office
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Broadband

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) GSM
1 2 (40.00%) UMTS
1 2 (40.00%) SS7
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) Broadband
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (20.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Support
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) Product Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) NDS
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
1 2 (40.00%) TIBCO
1 2 (40.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft