HNC Contracts 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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 36 112
Rank change year-on-year -33 +76 +20
DemandTrendContract jobs citing HNC 26 64 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.05% 4.13% 0.053%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.22% 14.75% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £60 - -
England median daily rate £500 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +42.86% -17.65% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 36 0
10th Percentile £41.00 - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £43.00 £43.00 -
75th Percentile £66.69 - -
90th Percentile £88.00 - -
England median hourly rate £43.00 £43.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year - -18.10% +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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 418 434 617
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 32.91% 28.00% 32.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 159 306
10th Percentile £197 £204 £268
25th Percentile £350 £319 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +6.20% -2.44% +2.91%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £650
90th Percentile £650 £600 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 145 143
10th Percentile £16.30 £16.30 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.57 £43.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.59% +104.76% -
75th Percentile £64.06 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £85.53 £69.50 £72.05
England median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £55.00
% change year-on-year -48.21% -11.71% +22.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing HNC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for HNC 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 28 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for HNC in the East of England

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DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -33 12 - - 11
Bedfordshire - 9 £60 - 2
Norfolk - 5 - - 1
HNC
England

HNC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of 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:

Applications
1 10 (38.46%) FrameMaker
2 8 (30.77%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) Ethernet
2 5 (19.23%) LAN
2 5 (19.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) Oracle Database
1 5 (19.23%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (57.69%) Social Skills
2 12 (46.15%) Publishing
3 9 (34.62%) Electronics
4 7 (26.92%) Games
5 6 (23.08%) Aerospace
5 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (19.23%) Automotive
7 2 (7.69%) Law
8 1 (3.85%) Aviation
8 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Author
1 12 (46.15%) Technical Author
2 5 (19.23%) Analyst
2 5 (19.23%) Support Analyst
2 5 (19.23%) Technical Analyst
2 5 (19.23%) Technical Support
2 5 (19.23%) Technical Support Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Firmware Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Principal Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) FPGA Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Development Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Principal Hardware Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Test Development Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (46.15%) SGML
1 12 (46.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) FPGA
1 8 (30.77%) PCIe
2 7 (26.92%) Algorithms
2 7 (26.92%) Verilog
3 5 (19.23%) NHS
4 1 (3.85%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) Windows
1 5 (19.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Desktop Publishing
2 8 (30.77%) Physics
3 7 (26.92%) Artificial Intelligence
3 7 (26.92%) Computer Science
3 7 (26.92%) Cryptography
3 7 (26.92%) Machine Learning
3 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (26.92%) UVM
4 6 (23.08%) Customer Requirements
5 5 (19.23%) Capacity Planning
5 5 (19.23%) Security Patching
6 1 (3.85%) Digital Signal Processing
6 1 (3.85%) Process Improvement
6 1 (3.85%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 8 (30.77%) MATLAB
2 7 (26.92%) SystemVerilog
2 7 (26.92%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 26 (100.00%) HND
2 23 (88.46%) Degree
3 14 (53.85%) SC Cleared
3 14 (53.85%) Security Cleared
4 5 (19.23%) MCP
4 5 (19.23%) MCSE
4 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) DO-254
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Actel
1 7 (26.92%) Altera
1 7 (26.92%) Intel
1 7 (26.92%) Microsemi
1 7 (26.92%) Xilinx
2 5 (19.23%) Citrix
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 5 (19.23%) Oracle
3 1 (3.85%) Twitter