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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for HNC in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HNC over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkHigher National Certificate (HNC)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank630532734
Rank change year-on-year
Down-98Up+202
Matching permanent IT job ads46138238
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.054 %0.163 %0.117 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.258 %0.694 %0.544 %
Salaries quoted43121190
Average salary£32,500£29,500£31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.16 %-4.830 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,600£22,500£19,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£40,500£41,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£29,500£30,000
% change year-on-year
+10.16 %-1.660 %
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
178321988343743
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK20.75 %23.44 %21.43 %
Salaries quoted148911663436465
Average salary£40,000£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£24,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-

HNC
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing HNC within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

HNC Demand Trend

HNC
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing HNC within the UK.

HNC Salary Trend

HNC
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing HNC over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

HNC Salary Histogram

HNC
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-8546£32,500+8.33 %
South EastDown-1414£32,500+10.16 %
East of EnglandDown-18£32,500+8.33 %
North WestUp+47£28,500+1.78 %
South WestDown-117£31,250-3.84 %
WiltshireDown-36£31,250+42.29 %
BerkshireDown-56£32,500-1.51 %
SurreyUp+175£39,000-
CalneNew entry-5£32,500-
HertfordshireUp+84£31,625+5.41 %
East MidlandsUp+14£22,750-24.16 %
EssexUp+203£32,500-35.00 %
ReadingUp+203£32,500-18.75 %
LondonDown-573£38,750+3.33 %
LancashireNew entry-3£27,500-
PrestonNew entry-3£27,500-
West MidlandsUp+252£33,750+0.74 %
HampshireUp+192£35,750+77.60 %
LeicestershireUp+92£19,500-51.85 %
LeicesterUp+42£19,500-51.85 %
City of LondonDown-592£38,750+3.33 %
NottinghamshireNew entry-2£27,750-
NottinghamNew entry-2£27,750-
BathUp+171--
CheshireUp+81£28,500-28.75 %
SomersetUp+81--
West SussexUp+41£27,500-8.33 %
SouthamptonDown-21£32,500+44.44 %
CambridgeshireDown-71£20,500-25.45 %
CambridgeDown-91£20,500-25.45 %

HNC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

154 (45.76 %)HND
234 (28.81 %)Degree
319 (16.10 %)Cisco Certification
418 (15.25 %)Security Cleared
517 (14.41 %)Education
616 (13.56 %)Electric
616 (13.56 %)Electronics
616 (13.56 %)Telecoms
714 (11.86 %)Manufacturing
714 (11.86 %)Cisco
714 (11.86 %)Windows
813 (11.02 %)CAD
912 (10.17 %)MS Office
912 (10.17 %)Military
1011 (9.322 %)Windows XP
1110 (8.475 %)CCNA
129 (7.627 %)Windows Server 2003
129 (7.627 %)SQL Server
129 (7.627 %)C
129 (7.627 %)Aerospace
129 (7.627 %)SC Cleared
138 (6.780 %)Logistics
138 (6.780 %)QA
138 (6.780 %)EMC
138 (6.780 %)CCNP
147 (5.932 %)Microsoft Certification
147 (5.932 %)MS Excel
147 (5.932 %)Windows 2000
147 (5.932 %)Wi-Fi
147 (5.932 %)ZigBee

HNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (1.695 %)XML
12 (1.695 %)XSD
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
16 (5.085 %)MS Exchange
22 (1.695 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (1.695 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (0.847 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
31 (0.847 %)SharePoint
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
112 (10.17 %)MS Office
27 (5.932 %)MS Excel
34 (3.390 %)AutoCAD
34 (3.390 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (1.695 %)MS Project
42 (1.695 %)MATLAB
51 (0.847 %)CATIA
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (1.695 %)Navision
12 (1.695 %)Dynamics AX
21 (0.847 %)Teamcenter
21 (0.847 %)ENOVIA
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (5.932 %)Wi-Fi
17 (5.932 %)ZigBee
26 (5.085 %)SAN
35 (4.237 %)VSAT
43 (2.542 %)DVB
52 (1.695 %)Internet
52 (1.695 %)VoIP
61 (0.847 %)WAN
61 (0.847 %)Ethernet
61 (0.847 %)TCP/IP
61 (0.847 %)Broadband
61 (0.847 %)LAN
61 (0.847 %)IPstream
61 (0.847 %)TETRA
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (7.627 %)SQL Server
21 (0.847 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
21 (0.847 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
21 (0.847 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (0.847 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
21 (0.847 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.847 %)Bugzilla
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
117 (14.41 %)Education
216 (13.56 %)Electric
216 (13.56 %)Electronics
216 (13.56 %)Telecoms
314 (11.86 %)Manufacturing
412 (10.17 %)Military
59 (7.627 %)Aerospace
66 (5.085 %)Health
73 (2.542 %)Automotive
82 (1.695 %)Auditing
91 (0.847 %)Avionics
91 (0.847 %)Government
91 (0.847 %)Finance
91 (0.847 %)Pensions
91 (0.847 %)Marketing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
114 (11.86 %)Support Engineer
212 (10.17 %)Systems Engineer
39 (7.627 %)Electronics Engineer
39 (7.627 %)Development Engineer
48 (6.780 %)Hardware Engineer
48 (6.780 %)Author
48 (6.780 %)Technical Author
57 (5.932 %)Analyst
66 (5.085 %)Technical Support
66 (5.085 %)Design Engineer
66 (5.085 %)QA Engineer
75 (4.237 %)NOC Engineer
75 (4.237 %)Technical Engineer
75 (4.237 %)Technical Support Engineer
75 (4.237 %)Administrator
75 (4.237 %)Network Engineer
75 (4.237 %)Senior QA Engineer
84 (3.390 %)Software Engineer
84 (3.390 %)Consultant
84 (3.390 %)Senior Systems Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (2.542 %)French Language
13 (2.542 %)Data Integration
22 (1.695 %)Spanish Language
22 (1.695 %)German Language
22 (1.695 %)Mechatronics
31 (0.847 %)Computer Science
31 (0.847 %)Italian Language
31 (0.847 %)Firmware
31 (0.847 %)Blackberry
31 (0.847 %)Mainframe
31 (0.847 %)Replication
31 (0.847 %)STB
31 (0.847 %)Statistics
31 (0.847 %)MHEG
31 (0.847 %)Open Source
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
114 (11.86 %)Windows
211 (9.322 %)Windows XP
39 (7.627 %)Windows Server 2003
47 (5.932 %)Windows 2000
55 (4.237 %)AIX
55 (4.237 %)Solaris
64 (3.390 %)Windows Vista
64 (3.390 %)UNIX
73 (2.542 %)Windows NT
82 (1.695 %)Windows Server 2008
91 (0.847 %)Windows 2000 Server
91 (0.847 %)Windows 7
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (11.02 %)CAD
28 (6.780 %)Logistics
37 (5.932 %)Software Engineering
46 (5.085 %)Project Management
55 (4.237 %)Service Delivery
63 (2.542 %)ITIL
63 (2.542 %)Data Management
72 (1.695 %)Regression Testing
72 (1.695 %)PRINCE2
72 (1.695 %)CAE
72 (1.695 %)Project Planning
72 (1.695 %)Computer Security
81 (0.847 %)Product Management
81 (0.847 %)Finite Element Analysis
81 (0.847 %)Fund Management
81 (0.847 %)Problem Management
81 (0.847 %)Test Management
81 (0.847 %)Test Scripting
81 (0.847 %)Investment Management
81 (0.847 %)Business Intelligence
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
19 (7.627 %)C
25 (4.237 %)SQL
32 (1.695 %)C++
41 (0.847 %)T-SQL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
154 (45.76 %)HND
234 (28.81 %)Degree
319 (16.10 %)Cisco Certification
418 (15.25 %)Security Cleared
510 (8.475 %)CCNA
69 (7.627 %)SC Cleared
78 (6.780 %)CCNP
87 (5.932 %)Microsoft Certification
94 (3.390 %)MCSE
103 (2.542 %)MCP
112 (1.695 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
112 (1.695 %)ISEB
121 (0.847 %)DV Cleared
121 (0.847 %)ITIL Certification
121 (0.847 %)MCTS
121 (0.847 %)MCITP
121 (0.847 %)IRCA
121 (0.847 %)MCSA
121 (0.847 %)MCDBA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (6.780 %)QA
25 (4.237 %)ISO9001
25 (4.237 %)SLA
32 (1.695 %)GMP
32 (1.695 %)ISO9000
41 (0.847 %)TickIT
41 (0.847 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (4.237 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.847 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 (0.847 %)Netcool
11 (0.847 %)DameWare
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
114 (11.86 %)Cisco
28 (6.780 %)EMC
36 (5.085 %)Microsoft
45 (4.237 %)Oracle
45 (4.237 %)NetApp
53 (2.542 %)Mitel
61 (0.847 %)Redback
61 (0.847 %)Altiris
61 (0.847 %)IronPort
61 (0.847 %)Tradeweb
61 (0.847 %)Kaseya
61 (0.847 %)Siemens
61 (0.847 %)Reuters
61 (0.847 %)Bloomberg
61 (0.847 %)Remedy
61 (0.847 %)SolidWorks
61 (0.847 %)VMware
61 (0.847 %)SAP
61 (0.847 %)HP
61 (0.847 %)Citrix