The first table below looks at the demand for HNC in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing HNC 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 0.178% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.704% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +1.58%
All Qualifications
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
142 142 150
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 25.27% 24.15% 27.52%
Number of salaries quoted 117 129 132
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £41,000 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
HNC
North East

HNC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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
Sunderland - 1 - -
HNC
North East

HNC
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 6 (100.00%) HND
1 6 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (83.33%) LabVIEW
2 5 (83.33%) Agilent
2 5 (83.33%) JTAG
2 5 (83.33%) C++
2 5 (83.33%) VB
2 5 (83.33%) Automotive
2 5 (83.33%) Flash
3 2 (33.33%) Twitter
4 1 (16.67%) MCDST
4 1 (16.67%) VoIP
4 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (16.67%) SLA
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (16.67%) C
4 1 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) MCSE

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 5 (83.33%) Flash
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) VoIP
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) LabVIEW
General
1 6 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (83.33%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Field Service Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Field Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C++
1 5 (83.33%) VB
2 1 (16.67%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) HND
2 1 (16.67%) MCSE
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) JTAG
2 1 (16.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Agilent
2 2 (33.33%) Twitter
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft