The first table below looks at the demand for HNC in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HNC over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Rank 84 88 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Permanent jobs citing HNC 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 0.227% 0.108% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.727% 0.284% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £31,875 £32,500 £30,650
% change year-on-year
-1.92% +6.03%
All Qualifications
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
275 352 196
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 31.14% 38.05% 30.91%
Number of salaries quoted 260 333 188
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £51,750 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
HNC
Hampshire

HNC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton HNC Salary Trend

HNC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (50.00%) CCNA
1 3 (50.00%) Wireless
1 3 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (33.33%) MS Office
2 2 (33.33%) HND
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 2 (33.33%) VoIP
2 2 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) SSH
3 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
3 1 (16.67%) SNMP
3 1 (16.67%) ISEB
3 1 (16.67%) BGP
3 1 (16.67%) VRRP
3 1 (16.67%) IPsec
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) SCADA
3 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
3 1 (16.67%) System Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 2 (33.33%) MS Office
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (50.00%) Wireless
1 3 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (33.33%) VoIP
2 2 (33.33%) Ethernet
3 1 (16.67%) SNMP
3 1 (16.67%) BGP
3 1 (16.67%) VRRP
3 1 (16.67%) IPsec
3 1 (16.67%) SSH
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Network Support Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Network Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Network Support
1 2 (33.33%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
1 1 (16.67%) System Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CCNA
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (33.33%) HND
3 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) ISEB