HNC Jobs in England

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for HNC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 356 624 813
Rank change year-on-year +268 +189 -58
Permanent jobs citing HNC 681 281 397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.71% 0.34% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.65% 1.01% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 222 127 126
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £31,931 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £35,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -24.73% +8.40%
75th Percentile £55,675 £44,560 £55,000
90th Percentile £64,875 £51,500 £62,629
UK median annual salary £45,000 £34,250 £42,000
% change year-on-year +31.39% -18.45% -2.09%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,654 27,711 39,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.84% 33.76% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 15,775 12,833 16,968
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,734 £42,500 £40,132
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 £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +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 12 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +187 217 £42,161 +47.93% 186
Midlands +91 179 £47,500 +18.75% 146
Yorkshire +174 121 £52,750 +85.09% 57
West Midlands +69 115 £42,500 - 81
South East -27 114 £51,350 +15.24% 159
North West +33 73 £35,000 +16.67% 102
South West -8 69 £40,000 +0.29% 101
East of England +40 65 £38,500 +35.09% 86
East Midlands +30 60 £47,500 +18.75% 65
London +74 34 £51,196 +55.14% 61
North East +5 23 £41,500 +3.90% 29
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 (0.59%) Moodle
1 4 (0.59%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (0.15%) JBoss
2 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 80 (11.75%) AutoCAD
2 47 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (6.61%) Microsoft Office
4 29 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (2.64%) Revit
6 9 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (1.03%) Simulink
8 4 (0.59%) EPLAN
8 4 (0.59%) Solid Edge
8 4 (0.59%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.15%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 10 (1.47%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.73%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 14 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (0.88%) AWS
3 5 (0.73%) Azure
3 5 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (0.73%) Google Workspace
3 5 (0.73%) PaaS
3 5 (0.73%) SaaS
4 2 (0.29%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.15%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.64%) Internet
2 15 (2.20%) LAN
3 10 (1.47%) Ethernet
4 7 (1.03%) Firewall
4 7 (1.03%) Network Security
5 5 (0.73%) OSPF
5 5 (0.73%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.73%) WAN
5 5 (0.73%) Wireless
6 4 (0.59%) DHCP
6 4 (0.59%) DNS
6 4 (0.59%) Multicast
7 3 (0.44%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.29%) Broadband
9 1 (0.15%) BGP
9 1 (0.15%) DWDM
9 1 (0.15%) MPLS
9 1 (0.15%) SAN
9 1 (0.15%) SDH
9 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.67%) Data Vault
2 10 (1.47%) QlikView
2 10 (1.47%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.03%) EDMS
4 1 (0.15%) MySQL
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (1.91%) Visual Studio
2 11 (1.62%) JIRA
3 6 (0.88%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (0.73%) Postman
4 5 (0.73%) SoapUI
5 3 (0.44%) LabVIEW
6 2 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.15%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.15%) Git
7 1 (0.15%) Subversion
General
1 366 (53.74%) Social Skills
2 252 (37.00%) Retail
3 223 (32.75%) Presentation Skills
4 112 (16.45%) Legal
5 108 (15.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 68 (9.99%) Manufacturing
7 59 (8.66%) Finance
8 57 (8.37%) Aerospace
9 52 (7.64%) Local Government
10 42 (6.17%) Telecoms
11 32 (4.70%) Analytical Skills
11 32 (4.70%) Electronics
12 30 (4.41%) Publishing
13 22 (3.23%) Automotive
14 20 (2.94%) Law
14 20 (2.94%) Military
15 15 (2.20%) Marketing
16 11 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (1.32%) Public Sector
18 7 (1.03%) Police
Job Titles
1 78 (11.45%) Project Manager
2 49 (7.20%) Senior
3 42 (6.17%) Coordinator
3 42 (6.17%) Systems Engineer
3 42 (6.17%) Technical Coordinator
4 41 (6.02%) Technical Engineer
5 40 (5.87%) Technical Support
6 34 (4.99%) Support Engineer
7 31 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 30 (4.41%) Technical Support Engineer
9 26 (3.82%) Author
9 26 (3.82%) Technical Author
10 24 (3.52%) Technical Manager
11 21 (3.08%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 21 (3.08%) Technical Specialist
12 19 (2.79%) Support Specialist
12 19 (2.79%) Technical Support Specialist
13 16 (2.35%) Software Engineer
14 15 (2.20%) Manufacturing Engineer
14 15 (2.20%) Quantity Surveyor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.41%) XML
2 14 (2.06%) .NET
3 8 (1.17%) MFC
4 5 (0.73%) .NET Core
4 5 (0.73%) .NET Framework
4 5 (0.73%) ASP.NET
4 5 (0.73%) JSON
4 5 (0.73%) RESTful
4 5 (0.73%) SOAP
4 5 (0.73%) WCF
4 5 (0.73%) Web Services
4 5 (0.73%) XML Schema
5 4 (0.59%) Akka
5 4 (0.59%) DAO
6 2 (0.29%) EDI
7 1 (0.15%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 223 (32.75%) Onboarding
2 66 (9.69%) Management Information System
3 57 (8.37%) Housing Association
4 37 (5.43%) Driving Licence
5 33 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
5 33 (4.85%) STB
6 11 (1.62%) IoT
7 10 (1.47%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.32%) Fibre Optics
8 9 (1.32%) FMCG
9 7 (1.03%) Robotics
10 6 (0.88%) CCTV
11 5 (0.73%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.73%) Distributed Applications
12 4 (0.59%) Analogue Electronics
12 4 (0.59%) EPoS
12 4 (0.59%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (0.59%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.44%) Clustering
13 3 (0.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 46 (6.75%) Windows
2 24 (3.52%) Windows 10
3 20 (2.94%) Linux
4 18 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
4 18 (2.64%) Windows Server 2019
5 17 (2.50%) Windows 7
5 17 (2.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (0.88%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.73%) VMS
8 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.29%) Unix
9 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (48.60%) Problem-Solving
2 272 (39.94%) Mathematics
3 256 (37.59%) Customer Service
4 244 (35.83%) Mentoring
5 229 (33.63%) Data Analysis
6 223 (32.75%) Mechatronics
7 111 (16.30%) Agile
8 84 (12.33%) Time Management
9 70 (10.28%) Project Management
10 58 (8.52%) Continuous Improvement
11 45 (6.61%) Decision-Making
12 38 (5.58%) Project Delivery
13 35 (5.14%) Document Management
14 34 (4.99%) Cybersecurity
15 32 (4.70%) Software Engineering
16 29 (4.26%) Collaborative Working
17 27 (3.96%) CAD
17 27 (3.96%) Computer Science
18 26 (3.82%) Validation
19 25 (3.67%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 28 (4.11%) C#
2 20 (2.94%) Python
3 19 (2.79%) SQL
4 18 (2.64%) PowerShell
5 17 (2.50%) Java
6 12 (1.76%) C
7 10 (1.47%) VB
8 8 (1.17%) Assembly Language
9 7 (1.03%) MATLAB
10 5 (0.73%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.44%) C++
Qualifications
1 473 (69.46%) Degree
2 260 (38.18%) HND
3 54 (7.93%) Security Cleared
4 12 (1.76%) SC Cleared
5 11 (1.62%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.17%) Chartered Engineer
7 7 (1.03%) MRICS
8 5 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (0.73%) RIBA
9 4 (0.59%) APMP
10 3 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.29%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.15%) CCNP
12 1 (0.15%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.15%) MCSE
12 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.15%) NVQ Level 4
12 1 (0.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.38%) QA
2 19 (2.79%) NEBOSH
3 12 (1.76%) SLA
4 9 (1.32%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.44%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.29%) COSHH
6 2 (0.29%) PMO
7 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.15%) NCSC
7 1 (0.15%) NIST
System Software
1 23 (3.38%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.73%) Firmware
4 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (2.50%) SCCM
2 6 (0.88%) Functional Safety
3 3 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (0.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 84 (12.33%) Microsoft
2 36 (5.29%) SAP
3 23 (3.38%) VMware
4 16 (2.35%) Siemens
5 13 (1.91%) Google
5 13 (1.91%) NEC
6 9 (1.32%) Allen-Bradley
7 6 (0.88%) Cisco
7 6 (0.88%) Oracle
8 5 (0.73%) Thales
9 4 (0.59%) Citrix
10 3 (0.44%) Dell
10 3 (0.44%) Epicor
10 3 (0.44%) Sun
11 2 (0.29%) EMC
12 1 (0.15%) Apple
12 1 (0.15%) Autodesk
12 1 (0.15%) Fortinet
12 1 (0.15%) MathWorks
12 1 (0.15%) Xilinx