HNC Contracts in London

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for HNC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 387 490
Rank change year-on-year +38 +103 +105
Contract jobs citing HNC 4 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.032% 0.022% 0.011%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.093% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - £183
25th Percentile - £246 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £253 £516
Median % change year-on-year +28.71% -51.07% +37.60%
75th Percentile - £325 £533
90th Percentile - £443 £543
England median daily rate £325 £269 £425
% change year-on-year +20.82% -36.71% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £29.07 - -
England median hourly rate £36.67 £43.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -14.72% -21.82% +35.60%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,210 4,292 5,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.58% 24.07% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 2,903 3,919
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £754 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 111 80
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.25 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.74 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £55.50 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

HNC
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing HNC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for HNC in London

HNC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for HNC in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for HNC in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HNC within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
West London - 1 - - 5
Central London - 1 - - 2
HNC
England

HNC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) MPLS
1 1 (25.00%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) MS Access
1 3 (75.00%) Power BI
1 3 (75.00%) Power Query
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Local Government
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Information Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Information Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Migration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Network Management
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Release Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
1 3 (75.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Ericsson
2 1 (25.00%) Hitachi
2 1 (25.00%) Nokia