HNC Contracts with Work from Home Options

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for HNC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 300 427 617
Rank change year-on-year +127 +190 -116
Contract jobs citing HNC 49 32 9
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.33% 0.13% 0.020%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.28% 0.52% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 9
10th Percentile £156 £167 £341
25th Percentile £189 £330 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £378 £444
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% -14.86% +25.51%
75th Percentile £450 £438 £538
90th Percentile £465 £480 -
UK median daily rate £269 £425 £415
% change year-on-year -36.71% +2.41% +14.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 16 0
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% - -
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £53.75 £26.85
% change year-on-year -20.00% +100.19% -26.44%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,834 6,121 8,866
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.18% 25.25% 20.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,485 4,161 6,297
10th Percentile £335 £380 £375
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.75%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 247 220
10th Percentile £15.46 £18.80 £19.35
25th Percentile £24.00 £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.81 £70.00 £65.66
90th Percentile £84.13 £80.25 £72.75
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.84%

HNC
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing HNC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

HNC trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing HNC.

HNC daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing HNC over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

HNC daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing HNC.

HNC hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing HNC over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

HNC hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (2.04%) Confluence
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Infor M3
2 1 (2.04%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.16%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.04%) Azure
2 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) RTP
2 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.16%) Power BI
2 1 (2.04%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) JIRA
1 1 (2.04%) TestRail
General
1 35 (71.43%) Publishing
2 6 (12.24%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.20%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.08%) Aeronautics
4 2 (4.08%) Automotive
4 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Finance
5 1 (2.04%) Local Government
5 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 35 (71.43%) Author
1 35 (71.43%) Technical Author
2 6 (12.24%) Analyst
3 3 (6.12%) Business Analyst
3 3 (6.12%) Support Analyst
4 2 (4.08%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (4.08%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 2 (4.08%) Lead
4 2 (4.08%) Trainer
5 1 (2.04%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (2.04%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (2.04%) Administrator
5 1 (2.04%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 1 (2.04%) JIRA Engineer
5 1 (2.04%) Project Manager
5 1 (2.04%) Quality Engineer
5 1 (2.04%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (2.04%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (2.04%) Systems Test Engineer
5 1 (2.04%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (71.43%) SGML
1 35 (71.43%) XML
2 3 (6.12%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Linux
1 1 (2.04%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (71.43%) Desktop Publishing
2 4 (8.16%) Data Analysis
3 3 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (6.12%) Line Management
3 3 (6.12%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (4.08%) ITIL
4 2 (4.08%) Problem Management
4 2 (4.08%) Service Management
4 2 (4.08%) Validation
4 2 (4.08%) Verification and Validation
5 1 (2.04%) Agile
5 1 (2.04%) DMAIC
5 1 (2.04%) Document Management
5 1 (2.04%) Mathematics
5 1 (2.04%) Performance Management
5 1 (2.04%) PLM
5 1 (2.04%) Project Planning
5 1 (2.04%) Scrum
5 1 (2.04%) TDD
5 1 (2.04%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.12%) C#
1 3 (6.12%) Python
2 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.04%) Shell Script
2 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (81.63%) HND
2 7 (14.29%) Degree
3 6 (12.24%) Security Cleared
4 3 (6.12%) DV Cleared
4 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.04%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (2.04%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.04%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.08%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.04%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.04%) SAP