HNC Jobs in the UK excluding London

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for HNC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 491 500
Rank change year-on-year +142 +9 +33
Permanent jobs citing HNC 510 249 431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.65% 0.45% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.52% 1.18% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 220 97 150
10th Percentile £26,625 £27,750 £26,915
25th Percentile £32,935 £30,265 £31,133
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £39,000 £40,863
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -4.56% +2.16%
75th Percentile £55,000 £44,560 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,250 £52,155 £62,629
UK median annual salary £45,000 £33,250 £42,000
% change year-on-year +35.34% -20.83% -1.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20,267 21,115 24,779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.75% 37.90% 32.69%
Number of salaries quoted 12,309 7,922 10,678
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,820 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +0.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -

HNC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing HNC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for HNC in the UK excluding London

HNC
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing HNC in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for HNC in the UK excluding London

HNC
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing HNC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for HNC in the UK excluding London

HNC
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HNC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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 +126 139 £42,500 +49.12% 192
South East -2 113 £51,350 +17.29% 158
Midlands +36 111 £47,500 +18.75% 141
North West +49 73 £35,000 +16.67% 100
South West -2 68 £40,000 +0.29% 109
East of England +37 63 £38,500 +35.09% 90
Yorkshire +125 62 £52,750 +85.09% 63
West Midlands +25 62 £42,500 - 77
East Midlands +12 45 £47,500 +18.75% 64
Scotland -77 7 £50,625 +41.69% 59
Wales - 7 £45,000 - 13
North East -13 4 £41,500 +3.90% 33
Northern Ireland - 2 £34,628 - 4
HNC
UK

HNC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (0.78%) Moodle
2 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.20%) JBoss
3 1 (0.20%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 80 (15.69%) AutoCAD
2 45 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
4 29 (5.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (3.53%) Revit
6 8 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.78%) EPLAN
7 4 (0.78%) Simulink
7 4 (0.78%) Solid Edge
7 4 (0.78%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.20%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 10 (1.96%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.39%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 13 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (1.18%) AWS
3 5 (0.98%) Azure
3 5 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (0.98%) Google Workspace
3 5 (0.98%) PaaS
3 5 (0.98%) SaaS
4 2 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.20%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.53%) Internet
2 17 (3.33%) LAN
3 11 (2.16%) Ethernet
4 6 (1.18%) Firewall
4 6 (1.18%) Network Security
5 5 (0.98%) OSPF
5 5 (0.98%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.98%) WAN
5 5 (0.98%) Wireless
6 4 (0.78%) DHCP
6 4 (0.78%) DNS
6 4 (0.78%) Multicast
7 3 (0.59%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.59%) RS-232
8 2 (0.39%) Broadband
8 2 (0.39%) RS-422
8 2 (0.39%) RS-485
9 1 (0.20%) DMZ
9 1 (0.20%) Intranet
9 1 (0.20%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.90%) Data Vault
2 10 (1.96%) QlikView
2 10 (1.96%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.37%) EDMS
4 2 (0.39%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.20%) MySQL
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (2.55%) Visual Studio
2 11 (2.16%) JIRA
3 5 (0.98%) Postman
3 5 (0.98%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (0.98%) SoapUI
4 4 (0.78%) Git
5 3 (0.59%) LabVIEW
5 3 (0.59%) Subversion
6 2 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.20%) ClearCase
General
1 215 (42.16%) Social Skills
2 101 (19.80%) Retail
3 93 (18.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 92 (18.04%) Legal
5 76 (14.90%) Presentation Skills
6 71 (13.92%) Manufacturing
7 55 (10.78%) Aerospace
8 52 (10.20%) Finance
9 48 (9.41%) Local Government
10 36 (7.06%) Telecoms
11 32 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
12 30 (5.88%) Electronics
12 30 (5.88%) Publishing
13 22 (4.31%) Automotive
14 20 (3.92%) Law
14 20 (3.92%) Military
15 15 (2.94%) Marketing
16 11 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (1.18%) Games
Job Titles
1 72 (14.12%) Project Manager
2 52 (10.20%) Senior
3 40 (7.84%) Coordinator
3 40 (7.84%) Technical Coordinator
4 39 (7.65%) Systems Engineer
5 38 (7.45%) Technical Engineer
5 38 (7.45%) Technical Support
6 32 (6.27%) Support Engineer
7 28 (5.49%) Technical Support Engineer
8 26 (5.10%) Author
8 26 (5.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 26 (5.10%) Technical Author
9 21 (4.12%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 21 (4.12%) Technical Manager
10 19 (3.73%) Technical Specialist
11 17 (3.33%) Software Engineer
11 17 (3.33%) Support Specialist
11 17 (3.33%) Technical Support Specialist
12 16 (3.14%) Manufacturing Engineer
13 15 (2.94%) Quantity Surveyor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (5.88%) XML
2 14 (2.75%) .NET
3 8 (1.57%) MFC
4 5 (0.98%) .NET Core
4 5 (0.98%) .NET Framework
4 5 (0.98%) ASP.NET
4 5 (0.98%) JSON
4 5 (0.98%) RESTful
4 5 (0.98%) SOAP
4 5 (0.98%) WCF
4 5 (0.98%) Web Services
4 5 (0.98%) XML Schema
5 4 (0.78%) Akka
5 4 (0.78%) DAO
6 2 (0.39%) EDI
7 1 (0.20%) Node-RED
7 1 (0.20%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 76 (14.90%) Onboarding
2 66 (12.94%) Management Information System
3 55 (10.78%) Housing Association
4 41 (8.04%) Driving Licence
5 29 (5.69%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.16%) IoT
7 10 (1.96%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.76%) Fibre Optics
8 9 (1.76%) FMCG
9 7 (1.37%) Robotics
10 5 (0.98%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.98%) Distributed Applications
11 4 (0.78%) Analogue Electronics
11 4 (0.78%) EPoS
11 4 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (0.78%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.59%) Acoustics
12 3 (0.59%) Clustering
12 3 (0.59%) FPGA
12 3 (0.59%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 49 (9.61%) Windows
2 24 (4.71%) Windows 10
3 23 (4.51%) Linux
4 18 (3.53%) Windows Server 2016
4 18 (3.53%) Windows Server 2019
5 17 (3.33%) Windows 7
5 17 (3.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (1.57%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.98%) VMS
8 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.39%) Unix
9 1 (0.20%) Debian
9 1 (0.20%) Fedora
9 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (34.51%) Problem-Solving
2 120 (23.53%) Mathematics
3 107 (20.98%) Customer Service
4 99 (19.41%) Agile
5 97 (19.02%) Mentoring
6 82 (16.08%) Data Analysis
7 77 (15.10%) Mechatronics
8 75 (14.71%) Time Management
9 66 (12.94%) Project Management
10 52 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 40 (7.84%) Decision-Making
12 38 (7.45%) Project Delivery
13 34 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
14 32 (6.27%) Document Management
15 29 (5.69%) Software Engineering
16 27 (5.29%) CAD
17 26 (5.10%) Computer Science
18 25 (4.90%) Impact Assessments
19 24 (4.71%) Collaborative Working
19 24 (4.71%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 28 (5.49%) C#
2 23 (4.51%) Python
3 19 (3.73%) SQL
4 18 (3.53%) PowerShell
5 17 (3.33%) Java
6 14 (2.75%) C
7 10 (1.96%) VB
8 8 (1.57%) Assembly Language
9 5 (0.98%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.78%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.59%) C++
11 3 (0.59%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.59%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.39%) Bash
Qualifications
1 306 (60.00%) Degree
2 249 (48.82%) HND
3 46 (9.02%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.37%) MRICS
4 7 (1.37%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.18%) Chartered Engineer
6 5 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.78%) APMP
7 4 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.59%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.39%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.39%) RIBA
10 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.20%) MCSE
10 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.20%) NVQ Level 3
10 1 (0.20%) NVQ Level 4
10 1 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.73%) QA
2 16 (3.14%) NEBOSH
3 11 (2.16%) SLA
4 7 (1.37%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.78%) COSHH
6 3 (0.59%) ISO 14001
6 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.39%) PMO
8 1 (0.20%) GDPR
8 1 (0.20%) MISRA
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (4.71%) Active Directory
2 21 (4.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.78%) Firmware
4 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (3.33%) SCCM
2 6 (1.18%) Functional Safety
3 3 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (0.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.20%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 80 (15.69%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.06%) SAP
3 24 (4.71%) VMware
4 16 (3.14%) Siemens
5 13 (2.55%) Google
6 12 (2.35%) NEC
7 9 (1.76%) Allen-Bradley
8 6 (1.18%) Cisco
8 6 (1.18%) Oracle
9 5 (0.98%) Thales
10 4 (0.78%) Citrix
10 4 (0.78%) EMC
11 3 (0.59%) Apple
11 3 (0.59%) Dell
11 3 (0.59%) Epicor
11 3 (0.59%) Sun
12 2 (0.39%) Altera
12 2 (0.39%) Cadence
12 2 (0.39%) Lattice Semiconductor
13 1 (0.20%) Xilinx