HNC Contract Job Trends in Luton

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Luton with a requirement for HNC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing HNC 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 4.03% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 13.89% - -
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 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £62 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 36 25 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 29.03% 32.47% 27.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 29
10th Percentile £73 - £378
25th Percentile £461 £121 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £433 £500
Median % change year-on-year +22.11% -13.50% -2.44%
75th Percentile £580 £500 £580
90th Percentile £596 £511 £600
Bedfordshire median daily rate £553 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +38.28% -20.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 2
10th Percentile £53.03 £44.45 £23.25
25th Percentile £64.00 £50.00 £28.13
Median hourly rate £80.00 £55.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% +46.67% -48.28%
75th Percentile £90.00 £68.00 £48.13
90th Percentile £91.50 £82.70 £53.75
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £69.50 £45.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year +51.91% +22.00% -40.48%

HNC
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

HNC job vacancy trend in Luton

HNC
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing HNC

HNC
Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing HNC

HNC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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 5 (100.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 5 (100.00%) Electronics
1 5 (100.00%) Games
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 5 (100.00%) FPGA
1 5 (100.00%) PCIe
1 5 (100.00%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) AI
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 5 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 5 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 5 (100.00%) Physics
1 5 (100.00%) UVM
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 5 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
1 5 (100.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) HND
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Actel
1 5 (100.00%) Altera
1 5 (100.00%) Intel
1 5 (100.00%) Microsemi
1 5 (100.00%) Xilinx