HNC Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for HNC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing HNC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.13% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - -
75th Percentile £444 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £525 £275 £350
% change year-on-year +90.91% -21.43% -45.31%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 440 92 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 55.49% 29.49% 41.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 59 121
10th Percentile £400 £293 £313
25th Percentile £475 £388 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £490 £463
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% +5.95% -11.78%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £519
90th Percentile £638 £627 £560
South East median daily rate £550 £514 £550
% change year-on-year +7.00% -6.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 3
10th Percentile £14.32 £15.95 £20.96
25th Percentile £28.88 - £24.35
Median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.96% -16.17% +121.08%
75th Percentile £71.56 - £34.00
90th Percentile £155.00 - £36.40
South East median hourly rate £61.16 £25.15 £58.17
% change year-on-year +143.18% -56.77% -3.05%

HNC
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HNC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

HNC job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

HNC
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing HNC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing HNC

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Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing HNC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing HNC

HNC
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HNC within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 22 September 2026. 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
Milton Keynes - 1 £438 - 8
HNC
South East

HNC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Change and Release Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Change Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow