HNC Job Trends in Glasgow

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for HNC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 72 -
Rank change year-on-year +22 - -
Permanent jobs citing HNC 6 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.88% 0.28% -
As % of the Qualifications category 4.08% 1.10% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median annual salary £27,000 £58,033 £26,949
% change year-on-year -53.47% +115.35% -17.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 147 182 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 21.52% 25.63% 19.97%
Number of salaries quoted 50 75 131
10th Percentile £26,750 £33,484 £25,200
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £57,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.39% +18.56% -11.82%
75th Percentile £59,688 £77,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £65,000
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £55,000 £51,264
% change year-on-year -39.09% +7.29% -6.79%

HNC
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

HNC job vacancy trend in Glasgow

HNC
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing HNC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing HNC

HNC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
General
1 5 (83.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Health
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Lead
1 5 (83.33%) Technical Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Asset Management
1 5 (83.33%) Business Strategy
1 5 (83.33%) ERP
1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (83.33%) Statistics
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Data Privacy
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) SLA
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) Siemens