HNC Jobs in England

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for HNC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 450 641 820
Rank change year-on-year +191 +179 -80
Permanent jobs citing HNC 471 265 381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.31% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.89% 0.94% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 224 117 118
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £31,791 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £33,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.88% -26.67% +4.90%
75th Percentile £55,825 £44,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,625 £51,350 £62,629
UK median annual salary £45,000 £33,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year +36.36% -21.43% -2.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

HNC is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,881 28,320 37,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.35% 33.66% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 15,751 12,947 16,894
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,875
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +9.09% -

HNC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing HNC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for HNC in England

HNC
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing HNC in England.

Salary trend for HNC in England

HNC
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing HNC in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for HNC in England

HNC
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HNC within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +139 130 £42,500 +49.12% 191
South East +5 109 £51,350 +26.52% 158
Midlands +21 67 £47,500 +18.75% 131
South West +3 67 £40,000 +0.29% 105
North West +45 66 £35,000 +16.67% 97
East of England +44 61 £38,500 +35.09% 84
Yorkshire +117 60 £52,750 +85.09% 64
London +94 35 £51,196 +55.14% 73
West Midlands -14 32 £42,500 - 77
East Midlands +12 31 £47,500 +18.75% 54
North East -7 4 £41,500 +3.90% 34
HNC
UK

HNC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.85%) Moodle
1 4 (0.85%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (0.21%) JBoss
2 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.21%) WinCC
Applications
1 80 (16.99%) AutoCAD
2 47 (9.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (9.55%) Microsoft Office
4 29 (6.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (3.82%) Revit
6 9 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.85%) EPLAN
7 4 (0.85%) Solid Edge
7 4 (0.85%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.42%) Simulink
9 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.21%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 10 (2.12%) NEC Housing
2 5 (1.06%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 12 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (1.27%) AWS
3 5 (1.06%) Azure
3 5 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (1.06%) Google Workspace
3 5 (1.06%) PaaS
3 5 (1.06%) SaaS
4 2 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (0.42%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.82%) Internet
2 10 (2.12%) Ethernet
2 10 (2.12%) LAN
3 7 (1.49%) Firewall
3 7 (1.49%) Network Security
4 5 (1.06%) OSPF
4 5 (1.06%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.06%) WAN
4 5 (1.06%) Wireless
5 4 (0.85%) DHCP
5 4 (0.85%) DNS
5 4 (0.85%) Multicast
6 3 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.42%) Broadband
8 1 (0.21%) BGP
8 1 (0.21%) DWDM
8 1 (0.21%) MPLS
8 1 (0.21%) SAN
8 1 (0.21%) SDH
8 1 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.31%) Data Vault
2 10 (2.12%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.49%) EDMS
4 5 (1.06%) QlikView
5 1 (0.21%) MySQL
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (2.76%) Visual Studio
2 11 (2.34%) JIRA
3 5 (1.06%) Postman
3 5 (1.06%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (1.06%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.42%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.21%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.21%) Git
General
1 162 (34.39%) Social Skills
2 112 (23.78%) Legal
3 108 (22.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 67 (14.23%) Manufacturing
5 59 (12.53%) Finance
6 54 (11.46%) Aerospace
7 53 (11.25%) Retail
8 52 (11.04%) Local Government
9 42 (8.92%) Telecoms
10 32 (6.79%) Analytical Skills
10 32 (6.79%) Electronics
11 30 (6.37%) Publishing
12 24 (5.10%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (4.67%) Automotive
14 20 (4.25%) Military
15 15 (3.18%) Law
15 15 (3.18%) Marketing
16 11 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (1.91%) Public Sector
18 7 (1.49%) Police
Job Titles
1 78 (16.56%) Project Manager
2 50 (10.62%) Senior
3 42 (8.92%) Coordinator
3 42 (8.92%) Technical Coordinator
4 41 (8.70%) Technical Engineer
5 38 (8.07%) Systems Engineer
6 35 (7.43%) Technical Support
7 34 (7.22%) Support Engineer
8 31 (6.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 30 (6.37%) Technical Support Engineer
10 26 (5.52%) Author
10 26 (5.52%) Technical Author
11 24 (5.10%) Technical Manager
12 21 (4.46%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 16 (3.40%) Software Engineer
13 16 (3.40%) Technical Specialist
14 15 (3.18%) Manufacturing Engineer
14 15 (3.18%) Quantity Surveyor
15 14 (2.97%) Principal Engineer
15 14 (2.97%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (6.37%) XML
2 14 (2.97%) .NET
3 8 (1.70%) MFC
4 5 (1.06%) .NET Core
4 5 (1.06%) .NET Framework
4 5 (1.06%) ASP.NET
4 5 (1.06%) JSON
4 5 (1.06%) RESTful
4 5 (1.06%) SOAP
4 5 (1.06%) WCF
4 5 (1.06%) Web Services
4 5 (1.06%) XML Schema
5 4 (0.85%) Akka
5 4 (0.85%) DAO
6 2 (0.42%) EDI
7 1 (0.21%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 61 (12.95%) Management Information System
2 57 (12.10%) Housing Association
3 37 (7.86%) Driving Licence
4 33 (7.01%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (5.10%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.34%) IoT
7 10 (2.12%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.91%) Fibre Optics
8 9 (1.91%) FMCG
9 6 (1.27%) CCTV
9 6 (1.27%) Robotics
10 5 (1.06%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.06%) Distributed Applications
11 4 (0.85%) Analogue Electronics
11 4 (0.85%) EPoS
11 4 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (0.85%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.85%) SCADA
12 3 (0.64%) Acoustics
12 3 (0.64%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 41 (8.70%) Windows
2 24 (5.10%) Windows 10
3 19 (4.03%) Linux
4 18 (3.82%) Windows Server 2016
4 18 (3.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 17 (3.61%) Windows 7
5 17 (3.61%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.27%) Windows Server
7 5 (1.06%) VMS
8 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.42%) Unix
9 1 (0.21%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (27.18%) Problem-Solving
2 111 (23.57%) Agile
3 84 (17.83%) Time Management
4 70 (14.86%) Project Management
5 68 (14.44%) Mathematics
6 59 (12.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 58 (12.31%) Customer Service
8 45 (9.55%) Decision-Making
8 45 (9.55%) Mentoring
9 38 (8.07%) Project Delivery
10 35 (7.43%) Document Management
11 34 (7.22%) Cybersecurity
12 30 (6.37%) Data Analysis
13 29 (6.16%) Collaborative Working
14 27 (5.73%) CAD
14 27 (5.73%) Software Engineering
15 26 (5.52%) Computer Science
16 25 (5.31%) Impact Assessments
17 24 (5.10%) Mechatronics
17 24 (5.10%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (5.94%) C#
2 20 (4.25%) Python
2 20 (4.25%) SQL
3 18 (3.82%) PowerShell
4 17 (3.61%) Java
5 10 (2.12%) C
5 10 (2.12%) VB
6 8 (1.70%) Assembly Language
7 5 (1.06%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.64%) C++
9 2 (0.42%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 263 (55.84%) Degree
2 251 (53.29%) HND
3 52 (11.04%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.34%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.91%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.70%) Chartered Engineer
7 7 (1.49%) MRICS
8 5 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.06%) RIBA
9 4 (0.85%) APMP
9 4 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.42%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.21%) CCNP
12 1 (0.21%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.21%) MCSE
12 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.21%) NVQ Level 4
12 1 (0.21%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.88%) QA
2 19 (4.03%) NEBOSH
3 12 (2.55%) SLA
4 9 (1.91%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.64%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.42%) COSHH
6 2 (0.42%) PMO
7 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.21%) NCSC
7 1 (0.21%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (4.46%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.85%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (3.61%) SCCM
2 7 (1.49%) Functional Safety
3 3 (0.64%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (0.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.21%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 82 (17.41%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.64%) SAP
3 21 (4.46%) VMware
4 17 (3.61%) Siemens
5 13 (2.76%) Google
5 13 (2.76%) NEC
6 9 (1.91%) Allen-Bradley
7 7 (1.49%) Oracle
8 6 (1.27%) Cisco
9 5 (1.06%) Thales
10 4 (0.85%) Citrix
11 3 (0.64%) Dell
11 3 (0.64%) Epicor
11 3 (0.64%) Sun
12 2 (0.42%) AVEVA
12 2 (0.42%) Rockwell
13 1 (0.21%) EMC
13 1 (0.21%) MathWorks
13 1 (0.21%) Red Hat
13 1 (0.21%) Ubiquiti