HNC Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for HNC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing HNC 27 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.68% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.39% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £60 - -
25th Percentile £61 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £62 - -
75th Percentile £62 - -
90th Percentile £63 - -
England median daily rate £298 £400 £438
% change year-on-year -25.39% -8.57% -11.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 0
10th Percentile £6.00 - -
25th Percentile £32.06 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.19 - -
90th Percentile £43.75 - -
England median hourly rate £42.50 £32.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +30.77% -38.10% +41.40%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of 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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 501 331 586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 31.21% 29.14% 34.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 131 288
10th Percentile £198 £181 £263
25th Percentile £363 £298 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +2.94%
75th Percentile £588 £584 £675
90th Percentile £688 £675 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 74 143
10th Percentile £15.50 £21.46 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.05 £14.16
Median hourly rate £22.79 £58.75 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.21% +95.83% +42.86%
75th Percentile £53.94 £73.13 £58.75
90th Percentile £68.38 £92.00 £73.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.50
% change year-on-year -45.54% -12.04% +16.67%

HNC
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

HNC job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing HNC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing HNC

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing HNC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing HNC

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HNC in the East of England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for HNC in the East of England

HNC
Contract Job Locations in the East of 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. 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
Hertfordshire - 12 - - 9
Norfolk - 10 - -
Bedfordshire - 5 £62 -
HNC
England

HNC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 10 (37.04%) FrameMaker
2 5 (18.52%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) LAN
1 6 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 5 (18.52%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.70%) RS-232
3 1 (3.70%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 5 (18.52%) Oracle Database
General
1 16 (59.26%) Social Skills
2 12 (44.44%) Publishing
3 6 (22.22%) Aerospace
3 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (18.52%) Automotive
4 5 (18.52%) Electronics
4 5 (18.52%) Games
5 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.70%) Aviation
6 1 (3.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Author
1 12 (44.44%) Technical Author
2 10 (37.04%) Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) Support Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) Technical Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) Technical Support
3 8 (29.63%) Technical Support Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) Firmware Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Principal Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) IT Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) IT Support
6 2 (7.41%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (44.44%) SGML
1 12 (44.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) NHS
2 5 (18.52%) Algorithms
2 5 (18.52%) FPGA
2 5 (18.52%) PCIe
2 5 (18.52%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 10 (37.04%) Windows
2 6 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 5 (18.52%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (18.52%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Desktop Publishing
2 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (18.52%) AI
3 5 (18.52%) Capacity Planning
3 5 (18.52%) Computer Science
3 5 (18.52%) Cryptography
3 5 (18.52%) Machine Learning
3 5 (18.52%) Physics
3 5 (18.52%) Security Patching
3 5 (18.52%) UVM
4 4 (14.81%) Customer Service
4 4 (14.81%) Information Governance
4 4 (14.81%) ITIL
4 4 (14.81%) ITSM
4 4 (14.81%) Service Management
5 2 (7.41%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) MATLAB
1 5 (18.52%) SystemVerilog
1 5 (18.52%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 27 (100.00%) HND
2 25 (92.59%) Degree
3 11 (40.74%) SC Cleared
3 11 (40.74%) Security Cleared
4 10 (37.04%) MCP
4 10 (37.04%) MCSE
4 10 (37.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (14.81%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) DO-254
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Firmware
2 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Actel
2 5 (18.52%) Altera
2 5 (18.52%) Citrix
2 5 (18.52%) Intel
2 5 (18.52%) Microsemi
2 5 (18.52%) Oracle
2 5 (18.52%) Xilinx