HNC Contracts in England

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for HNC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 30 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 414 608 765
Rank change year-on-year +194 +157 -154
Contract jobs citing HNC 122 30 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.063% 0.028%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.08% 0.23% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 10 13
10th Percentile £254 £330 £256
25th Percentile £256 £381 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £269 £408 £415
Median % change year-on-year -33.99% -1.81% +5.06%
75th Percentile £350 £550 £450
90th Percentile £450 £641 £494
UK median daily rate £269 £408 £415
% change year-on-year -33.99% -1.81% +17.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 12 6
10th Percentile £25.80 £36.00 £25.81
25th Percentile £35.75 £38.44 £30.46
Median hourly rate £43.00 £47.33 £40.56
Median % change year-on-year -9.14% +16.69% +11.12%
75th Percentile - £60.00 £47.91
90th Percentile - £69.00 £54.38
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £26.85
% change year-on-year -21.82% +104.84% -26.44%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,257 13,095 15,430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.62% 27.57% 21.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,980 8,780 10,261
10th Percentile £313 £348 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £745 £745 £724
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 999 658 679
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.35 £21.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +37.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £67.60
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.23
% change year-on-year -27.27% +24.36% +24.58%

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HNC in England.

Daily rate trend for HNC in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HNC in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for HNC in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HNC in England.

Hourly rate trend for HNC in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HNC in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for HNC in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +69 70 £400 - 87
Midlands - 22 £266 - 144
East Midlands - 21 £266 - 63
South West +1 10 - - 100
North of England +23 8 - - 188
South East +19 8 £350 -45.31% 169
North West +17 5 - - 101
London - 4 £253 - 48
North East - 3 - - 32
West Midlands - 1 - - 81
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 (3.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.46%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.28%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.64%) RTP
3 1 (0.82%) 4G
3 1 (0.82%) 5G
3 1 (0.82%) Broadband
3 1 (0.82%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.82%) LAN
3 1 (0.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.46%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.28%) JIRA
1 4 (3.28%) TestRail
2 1 (0.82%) GitLab
2 1 (0.82%) MSI
2 1 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
General
1 64 (52.46%) Publishing
2 34 (27.87%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.84%) Public Sector
4 5 (4.10%) Automotive
4 5 (4.10%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.28%) Advertising
6 3 (2.46%) Finance
6 3 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.46%) Police
6 3 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.46%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.64%) Aeronautics
7 2 (1.64%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.64%) Electronics
8 1 (0.82%) Military
8 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (55.74%) Author
1 68 (55.74%) Technical Author
2 11 (9.02%) Project Manager
3 7 (5.74%) Test Manager
4 5 (4.10%) Lead
4 5 (4.10%) Production Manager
4 5 (4.10%) Test Engineer
5 4 (3.28%) Coordinator
5 4 (3.28%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (3.28%) Systems Test Engineer
5 4 (3.28%) Technical Coordinator
6 3 (2.46%) Analyst
6 3 (2.46%) Business Analyst
6 3 (2.46%) Strategy Manager
6 3 (2.46%) Technical Manager
6 3 (2.46%) Technical Project Manager
6 3 (2.46%) Unix Engineer
6 3 (2.46%) Unix Systems Engineer
7 2 (1.64%) IT Support
7 2 (1.64%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (52.46%) SGML
1 64 (52.46%) XML
2 3 (2.46%) .NET
3 1 (0.82%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.28%) Driving Licence
1 4 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.10%) Linux
2 4 (3.28%) Unix
3 2 (1.64%) Windows
4 1 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.82%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (52.46%) Desktop Publishing
2 23 (18.85%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (15.57%) Conflict Management
3 19 (15.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (15.57%) Time Management
4 15 (12.30%) Critical Thinking
4 15 (12.30%) Decision-Making
4 15 (12.30%) People Management
5 14 (11.48%) Asset Management
6 8 (6.56%) Project Management
7 4 (3.28%) Agile
7 4 (3.28%) Data Analysis
7 4 (3.28%) Functional Testing
7 4 (3.28%) Kaizen
7 4 (3.28%) Project Planning
7 4 (3.28%) Scrum
7 4 (3.28%) SDLC
7 4 (3.28%) Swim Lanes
7 4 (3.28%) TDD
7 4 (3.28%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.28%) Shell Script
1 4 (3.28%) SQL
2 3 (2.46%) C#
2 3 (2.46%) Python
Qualifications
1 96 (78.69%) HND
2 23 (18.85%) Degree
3 11 (9.02%) Security Cleared
4 8 (6.56%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.28%) ISTQB
5 4 (3.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 4 (3.28%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.46%) NVQ Level 4
7 2 (1.64%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.82%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.20%) QA
2 3 (2.46%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.82%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.82%) NFS
Systems Management
1 1 (0.82%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (4.92%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.82%) Cisco
2 1 (0.82%) EMC
2 1 (0.82%) SAP