HNC Jobs in England

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for HNC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 315 568 762
Rank change year-on-year +253 +194 +41
Permanent jobs citing HNC 670 276 459
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.86% 0.39% 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.16% 1.16% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 117 134 145
10th Percentile £31,404 £30,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £33,000 £33,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.01% -5.29% -5.56%
75th Percentile £56,275 £45,573 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £55,525 £62,629
UK median annual salary £47,000 £39,971 £40,500
% change year-on-year +17.59% -1.31% -8.99%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,233 23,740 40,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.10% 33.40% 27.54%
Number of salaries quoted 12,087 12,302 17,912
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,770 £95,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

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

HNC
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for HNC in England

HNC
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing HNC in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for HNC in England

HNC
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HNC within the England region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +176 210 £47,500 +58.33% 136
East of England +118 169 £38,500 +41.28% 59
Midlands +88 154 £41,250 -8.33% 85
Yorkshire +156 116 £47,500 +66.67% 42
West Midlands +63 104 £35,000 -22.22% 48
South East -35 76 £51,350 +15.24% 129
North West +49 75 £40,000 +33.33% 78
East Midlands +18 46 £40,000 - 37
London +60 31 £51,196 +55.14% 46
South West -19 26 £48,800 +33.70% 68
North East +7 19 - - 19
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 (0.60%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (0.15%) JBoss
2 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 66 (9.85%) AutoCAD
2 35 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (2.69%) Revit
5 16 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (1.34%) Simulink
7 5 (0.75%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.15%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 7 (1.04%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.90%) Primavera
3 3 (0.45%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.15%) ENOVIA
Cloud Services
1 14 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (1.49%) Google Workspace
3 2 (0.30%) AWS
3 2 (0.30%) Azure
3 2 (0.30%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (0.30%) PaaS
3 2 (0.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.58%) LAN
2 13 (1.94%) Internet
3 10 (1.49%) Ethernet
4 6 (0.90%) BGP
4 6 (0.90%) DHCP
4 6 (0.90%) DNS
4 6 (0.90%) Firewall
4 6 (0.90%) OSPF
4 6 (0.90%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.90%) VLAN
4 6 (0.90%) WLAN
5 5 (0.75%) Wireless
6 2 (0.30%) Broadband
7 1 (0.15%) GPON
7 1 (0.15%) LTE
7 1 (0.15%) Modbus
7 1 (0.15%) Network Security
7 1 (0.15%) SAN
7 1 (0.15%) SDH
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.43%) QlikView
2 7 (1.04%) EDMS
2 7 (1.04%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.75%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.15%) MySQL
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (0.75%) LabVIEW
2 4 (0.60%) JIRA
3 3 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.45%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.30%) Postman
4 2 (0.30%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.15%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.15%) Git
5 1 (0.15%) Subversion
General
1 455 (67.91%) Social Skills
2 256 (38.21%) Retail
3 226 (33.73%) Presentation Skills
4 111 (16.57%) Legal
5 103 (15.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 53 (7.91%) Manufacturing
7 47 (7.01%) Finance
8 45 (6.72%) Local Government
9 35 (5.22%) Aerospace
10 30 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
11 29 (4.33%) Law
12 25 (3.73%) Automotive
13 17 (2.54%) Electronics
14 14 (2.09%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.49%) Public Sector
16 8 (1.19%) Marketing
17 7 (1.04%) Publishing
18 5 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
18 5 (0.75%) Police
19 4 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 179 (26.72%) Project Manager
2 40 (5.97%) Senior
3 39 (5.82%) Coordinator
3 39 (5.82%) Technical Coordinator
4 38 (5.67%) Systems Engineer
5 36 (5.37%) Technical Support
6 32 (4.78%) Support Specialist
6 32 (4.78%) Technical Specialist
6 32 (4.78%) Technical Support Specialist
7 22 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 21 (3.13%) Technical Manager
9 18 (2.69%) Support Engineer
10 14 (2.09%) Document Controller
10 14 (2.09%) Technical Engineer
11 13 (1.94%) Technical Support Engineer
12 12 (1.79%) Manufacturing Engineer
12 12 (1.79%) Principal Engineer
12 12 (1.79%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 12 (1.79%) Technical Assistant
13 11 (1.64%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.04%) XML
2 4 (0.60%) .NET
3 2 (0.30%) .NET Core
3 2 (0.30%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.30%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.30%) JSON
3 2 (0.30%) RESTful
3 2 (0.30%) SOAP
3 2 (0.30%) WCF
3 2 (0.30%) Web Services
3 2 (0.30%) XML Schema
4 1 (0.15%) EDI
4 1 (0.15%) MFC
4 1 (0.15%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 225 (33.58%) Onboarding
2 74 (11.04%) Driving Licence
3 58 (8.66%) Management Information System
4 57 (8.51%) Housing Association
5 33 (4.93%) STB
6 21 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (1.49%) FMCG
8 7 (1.04%) IoT
9 6 (0.90%) Smartphone
10 5 (0.75%) CCTV
10 5 (0.75%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.60%) Robotics
12 3 (0.45%) Acoustics
13 2 (0.30%) CAN bus
13 2 (0.30%) Data Structures
13 2 (0.30%) Distributed Applications
13 2 (0.30%) Fibre Optics
13 2 (0.30%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (0.30%) SCADA
14 1 (0.15%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 50 (7.46%) Windows
2 22 (3.28%) Windows 10
3 17 (2.54%) Windows Server 2016
3 17 (2.54%) Windows Server 2019
4 13 (1.94%) Linux
5 11 (1.64%) Windows 7
5 11 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.04%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.90%) Mac OS X
7 6 (0.90%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.75%) VMS
9 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (46.27%) Problem-Solving
2 262 (39.10%) Mathematics
3 247 (36.87%) Customer Service
4 243 (36.27%) Mentoring
5 227 (33.88%) Data Analysis
6 225 (33.58%) Mechatronics
7 166 (24.78%) Project Management
8 123 (18.36%) Budgeting
9 99 (14.78%) Agile
10 78 (11.64%) Time Management
11 47 (7.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (4.93%) Decision-Making
13 29 (4.33%) Project Delivery
14 28 (4.18%) Systems Engineering
15 25 (3.73%) Computer Science
16 23 (3.43%) CAD
16 23 (3.43%) Collaborative Culture
17 22 (3.28%) Collaborative Working
18 19 (2.84%) Business Case
18 19 (2.84%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (2.54%) PowerShell
2 14 (2.09%) SQL
3 12 (1.79%) MATLAB
4 6 (0.90%) C
4 6 (0.90%) C#
5 5 (0.75%) Python
6 4 (0.60%) C++
6 4 (0.60%) Java
6 4 (0.60%) VB
7 2 (0.30%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.15%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 537 (80.15%) Degree
2 196 (29.25%) HND
3 31 (4.63%) Security Cleared
4 11 (1.64%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.34%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (0.90%) MCSE
7 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.75%) APMP
8 5 (0.75%) Chartered Engineer
8 5 (0.75%) RIBA
9 2 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.30%) MRICS
10 1 (0.15%) CCNP
10 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.15%) EMC Certification
10 1 (0.15%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (20.30%) QA
2 10 (1.49%) NEBOSH
3 8 (1.19%) ISO 9001
4 7 (1.04%) SLA
5 2 (0.30%) PMO
6 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 19 (2.84%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.75%) Firmware
4 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (1.64%) SCCM
2 4 (0.60%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 124 (18.51%) NEC
2 50 (7.46%) Microsoft
3 37 (5.52%) SAP
4 18 (2.69%) Google
5 14 (2.09%) VMware
6 7 (1.04%) Cisco
6 7 (1.04%) Dell
7 6 (0.90%) Apple
7 6 (0.90%) Fortinet
7 6 (0.90%) Oracle
7 6 (0.90%) Ubiquiti
8 4 (0.60%) Citrix
8 4 (0.60%) EMC
8 4 (0.60%) Siemens
9 3 (0.45%) Allen-Bradley
9 3 (0.45%) ANSYS
9 3 (0.45%) Epicor
10 2 (0.30%) Sun
11 1 (0.15%) AVEVA
11 1 (0.15%) Freescale