The first table below looks at the demand for HNC in IT jobs advertised for the South East 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Rank 407 395 389
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -6
Permanent jobs citing HNC 29 48 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.132% 0.202% 0.141%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.404% 0.603% 0.508%
Number of salaries quoted 14 34 25
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +31.57%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +1.58%
All Qualifications
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7175 7966 6300
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 32.59% 33.52% 27.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5783 6964 5399
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
HNC
England

HNC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East HNC Salary Trend

HNC
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing HNC across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East HNC Salary Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
West Sussex -6 10 £35,000 -22.22%
Hampshire -10 6 £25,000 -39.39%
Surrey +12 4 £32,000 +4.91%
Berkshire +6 4 £35,000 -6.66%
Oxfordshire -13 2 £20,000 -44.44%
East Sussex +2 1 - -
Buckinghamshire -8 1 £65,000 +80.55%
Kent - 1 - -
HNC
England

HNC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 43 (55.84%) HND
2 30 (38.96%) Telecoms
3 23 (29.87%) C
3 23 (29.87%) TCP/IP
3 23 (29.87%) Degree
4 22 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 21 (27.27%) Windows
6 20 (25.97%) Electronics
7 18 (23.38%) Manufacturing
8 17 (22.08%) Cisco
9 16 (20.78%) VoIP
9 16 (20.78%) Linux
10 13 (16.88%) MCSE
10 13 (16.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (16.88%) MCDST
11 12 (15.58%) Back Office
12 8 (10.39%) Configuration Management
12 8 (10.39%) SQL
12 8 (10.39%) MS Office
13 7 (9.091%) MS Excel
13 7 (9.091%) WCDMA
13 7 (9.091%) Wireless
13 7 (9.091%) Aerospace
13 7 (9.091%) Retail
14 6 (7.792%) Spreadsheet
14 6 (7.792%) Change Control
14 6 (7.792%) Finance
14 6 (7.792%) Project Management
14 6 (7.792%) Management Information System
15 5 (6.494%) Service Delivery

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 Development
1 1 (1.299%) .NET
1 1 (1.299%) JSP
1 1 (1.299%) XML
1 1 (1.299%) WCF
1 1 (1.299%) WPF
Applications
1 8 (10.39%) MS Office
2 7 (9.091%) MS Excel
3 6 (7.792%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (3.896%) AutoCAD
5 2 (2.597%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (2.597%) MS Project
6 1 (1.299%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (5.195%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 23 (29.87%) TCP/IP
2 16 (20.78%) VoIP
3 7 (9.091%) WCDMA
3 7 (9.091%) Wireless
4 5 (6.494%) GSM
4 5 (6.494%) LTE
5 2 (2.597%) VSAT
5 2 (2.597%) UMTS
5 2 (2.597%) TDMA
5 2 (2.597%) VLAN
5 2 (2.597%) Bluetooth
5 2 (2.597%) Ethernet
5 2 (2.597%) WLAN
5 2 (2.597%) RFID
5 2 (2.597%) DVB
5 2 (2.597%) SS7
6 1 (1.299%) VRRP
6 1 (1.299%) VPN
6 1 (1.299%) BGP
6 1 (1.299%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (2.597%) LabVIEW
General
1 30 (38.96%) Telecoms
2 20 (25.97%) Electronics
3 18 (23.38%) Manufacturing
4 12 (15.58%) Back Office
5 7 (9.091%) Aerospace
5 7 (9.091%) Retail
6 6 (7.792%) Finance
7 5 (6.494%) Military
8 3 (3.896%) Marketing
9 2 (2.597%) Romanian Language
9 2 (2.597%) Avionics
9 2 (2.597%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.299%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 19 (24.68%) Support Engineer
2 13 (16.88%) Field Service Engineer
2 13 (16.88%) Field Engineer
3 7 (9.091%) Software Engineer
4 6 (7.792%) Applications Support
5 5 (6.494%) Support Technician
5 5 (6.494%) Test Team Leader
5 5 (6.494%) Team Leader
6 4 (5.195%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (5.195%) Applications Support Technician
7 3 (3.896%) Business Manager
7 3 (3.896%) Support Analyst
7 3 (3.896%) Technical Support
7 3 (3.896%) Analyst
7 3 (3.896%) Design Engineer
7 3 (3.896%) Service Manager
7 3 (3.896%) Electronics Engineer
7 3 (3.896%) Relationships Manager
7 3 (3.896%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 3 (3.896%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.792%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.494%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (6.494%) Computer Science
3 4 (5.195%) Statistics
3 4 (5.195%) Client/Server
4 3 (3.896%) Chip and PIN
5 2 (2.597%) Physics
6 1 (1.299%) SCADA
6 1 (1.299%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.299%) Tandem
6 1 (1.299%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 21 (27.27%) Windows
2 16 (20.78%) Linux
3 3 (3.896%) Windows NT
4 2 (2.597%) Windows XP
4 2 (2.597%) UNIX
5 1 (1.299%) Windows Vista
5 1 (1.299%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (10.39%) Configuration Management
2 6 (7.792%) Project Management
2 6 (7.792%) Change Control
3 5 (6.494%) Test Strategy
3 5 (6.494%) Information Management
3 5 (6.494%) Test Scripting
3 5 (6.494%) Communications Security
3 5 (6.494%) Service Delivery
3 5 (6.494%) Regression Testing
4 4 (5.195%) CAD
5 3 (3.896%) Time Management
5 3 (3.896%) Lean Manufacturing
5 3 (3.896%) Validation
5 3 (3.896%) Scrum
5 3 (3.896%) Software Engineering
5 3 (3.896%) Change Management
5 3 (3.896%) ERP
6 2 (2.597%) ITIL
6 2 (2.597%) Six Sigma
6 2 (2.597%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (29.87%) C
2 8 (10.39%) SQL
3 5 (6.494%) C#
3 5 (6.494%) C++
3 5 (6.494%) Embedded C
4 3 (3.896%) VC++
4 3 (3.896%) Perl
5 2 (2.597%) Python
6 1 (1.299%) PHP
6 1 (1.299%) Java
Qualifications
1 43 (55.84%) HND
2 23 (29.87%) Degree
3 13 (16.88%) MCSE
3 13 (16.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (16.88%) MCDST
4 4 (5.195%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (5.195%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.896%) CCNA
6 2 (2.597%) ISEB
6 2 (2.597%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.299%) MBA
7 1 (1.299%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.299%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.896%) SLA
2 2 (2.597%) GMP
2 2 (2.597%) ISO 9001
2 2 (2.597%) QA
3 1 (1.299%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 2 (2.597%) NDS
Systems Management
1 1 (1.299%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 22 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 17 (22.08%) Cisco
3 3 (3.896%) Oracle
3 3 (3.896%) SAP
3 3 (3.896%) Sage
4 2 (2.597%) TIBCO
4 2 (2.597%) Primavera
4 2 (2.597%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 2 (2.597%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (1.299%) HP
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Salary: £35000 Per Annum plus benefits
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