HNC Contracts in England

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for HNC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 424 608 769
Rank change year-on-year +184 +161 -138
Contract jobs citing HNC 126 28 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.060% 0.026%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.10% 0.22% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 10 13
10th Percentile £254 £330 £256
25th Percentile £256 £381 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £269 £408 £415
Median % change year-on-year -33.99% -1.81% +5.06%
75th Percentile £350 £550 £450
90th Percentile £450 £641 £494
UK median daily rate £269 £425 £415
% change year-on-year -36.71% +2.41% +13.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 11 5
10th Percentile £25.80 £36.00 £25.39
25th Percentile £35.75 £37.63 £27.86
Median hourly rate £43.00 £42.16 £41.62
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% +1.29% +14.03%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £50.00
90th Percentile - £60.00 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £25.68
% change year-on-year -18.10% +104.48% -29.66%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

HNC falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,463 12,852 15,408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.56% 27.32% 21.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,093 8,593 10,289
10th Percentile £313 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £652 £638
90th Percentile £738 £745 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,006 655 691
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.35 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%
75th Percentile £64.25 £70.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £68.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for HNC in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HNC in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for HNC in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for HNC in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HNC in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for HNC in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HNC within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +62 70 £400 - 86
Midlands - 24 £266 - 147
East Midlands - 21 £266 - 65
South West +5 11 - - 101
South East +19 8 £350 -45.31% 160
North of England +17 8 - - 185
North West +13 5 - - 102
London - 5 £253 - 62
North East - 3 - - 29
West Midlands - 3 - - 82
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 (3.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.17%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.59%) LAN
2 2 (1.59%) RTP
2 2 (1.59%) WAN
3 1 (0.79%) 4G
3 1 (0.79%) 5G
3 1 (0.79%) Broadband
3 1 (0.79%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.79%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.17%) JIRA
1 4 (3.17%) TestRail
2 1 (0.79%) GitLab
2 1 (0.79%) MSI
2 1 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
General
1 64 (50.79%) Publishing
2 36 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 5 (3.97%) Automotive
4 5 (3.97%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.17%) Advertising
6 3 (2.38%) Finance
6 3 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.38%) Police
6 3 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.38%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.59%) Aeronautics
7 2 (1.59%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.59%) Electronics
7 2 (1.59%) Military
8 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (53.97%) Author
1 68 (53.97%) Technical Author
2 13 (10.32%) Project Manager
3 7 (5.56%) Test Manager
4 5 (3.97%) Lead
4 5 (3.97%) Production Manager
4 5 (3.97%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (3.97%) Test Engineer
5 4 (3.17%) Coordinator
5 4 (3.17%) Systems Test Engineer
5 4 (3.17%) Technical Coordinator
6 3 (2.38%) Analyst
6 3 (2.38%) Business Analyst
6 3 (2.38%) Strategy Manager
6 3 (2.38%) Technical Manager
6 3 (2.38%) Technical Project Manager
6 3 (2.38%) Unix Engineer
6 3 (2.38%) Unix Systems Engineer
7 2 (1.59%) Administrator
7 2 (1.59%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (50.79%) SGML
1 64 (50.79%) XML
2 3 (2.38%) .NET
3 1 (0.79%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.76%) Driving Licence
2 4 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.97%) Linux
2 4 (3.17%) Unix
3 3 (2.38%) Windows
4 1 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.79%) Solaris
4 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.79%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (50.79%) Desktop Publishing
2 24 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (15.08%) Conflict Management
3 19 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (15.08%) Time Management
4 15 (11.90%) Critical Thinking
4 15 (11.90%) Decision-Making
4 15 (11.90%) People Management
5 14 (11.11%) Asset Management
6 8 (6.35%) Project Management
7 5 (3.97%) Project Delivery
8 4 (3.17%) Coaching
8 4 (3.17%) Data Analysis
8 4 (3.17%) End-to-End Testing
8 4 (3.17%) Exploratory Testing
8 4 (3.17%) Kaizen
8 4 (3.17%) Mentoring
8 4 (3.17%) SDLC
8 4 (3.17%) Swim Lanes
8 4 (3.17%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.17%) Shell Script
1 4 (3.17%) SQL
2 3 (2.38%) C#
2 3 (2.38%) Python
3 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 98 (77.78%) HND
2 27 (21.43%) Degree
3 12 (9.52%) Security Cleared
4 8 (6.35%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.17%) ISTQB
5 4 (3.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 4 (3.17%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.38%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.38%) NVQ Level 4
7 1 (0.79%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.79%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.52%) QA
2 3 (2.38%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.79%) NFS
2 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.59%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.79%) Cisco
2 1 (0.79%) EMC
2 1 (0.79%) SAP
2 1 (0.79%) VMware