HNC Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for HNC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 290 434
Rank change year-on-year -17 +144 +173
Contract jobs citing HNC 7 49 31
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.072% 0.33% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% 1.23% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 7
10th Percentile £255 £156 £330
25th Percentile £348 £189 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% -11.76% +3.79%
75th Percentile £538 £450 £456
90th Percentile - £465 £485
UK median daily rate £363 £269 £425
% change year-on-year +34.76% -36.71% +2.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 41 17
10th Percentile £16.71 - £47.50
25th Percentile £19.13 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £23.80 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.66% -33.85% -
75th Percentile £29.09 - £68.75
90th Percentile £31.88 - -
UK median hourly rate £40.84 £43.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -5.02% -25.22% +114.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,804 3,979 6,275
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.68% 26.83% 25.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,532 4,229
10th Percentile £350 £335 £380
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £532 £550
% change year-on-year -1.36% -3.23% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 249 264
10th Percentile £15.33 £14.71 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £24.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.77% -31.75% +28.57%
75th Percentile £67.50 £68.75 £71.56
90th Percentile £86.00 £85.00 £81.35
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -6.25% -25.93% +23.15%

HNC
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing HNC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

HNC trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing HNC.

HNC daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing HNC over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

HNC daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing HNC.

HNC hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing HNC over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

HNC hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (28.57%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) iTrent
1 2 (28.57%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Aerospace
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Electronics
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Administrator
1 2 (28.57%) Author
1 2 (28.57%) Technical Author
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Help Desk Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
1 2 (28.57%) Innovative Thinking
1 2 (28.57%) Line Management
1 2 (28.57%) Logistics
1 2 (28.57%) Mathematics
1 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
1 2 (28.57%) Programme Governance
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
1 2 (28.57%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Coaching
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (14.29%) Data Collection
2 1 (14.29%) Data Privacy
2 1 (14.29%) Internal Audit
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Time Management
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) HND
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 9001
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft