HNC Jobs in the North of England

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for HNC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 259 413 359
Rank change year-on-year +154 -54 -5
Permanent jobs citing HNC 133 29 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.77% 0.17% 0.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.42% 0.55% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 56 16 10
10th Percentile £21,475 - £31,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £30,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -25.00% +64.95%
75th Percentile £53,875 £35,298 £43,438
90th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £43,750
England median annual salary £46,000 £33,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +39.39% -22.35% +2.54%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

HNC is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,884 5,313 5,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.52% 30.35% 28.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2,649 1,773 2,471
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £28,189
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £69,250 £64,106
90th Percentile £78,134 £83,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing HNC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for HNC in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for HNC in the North of England

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Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing HNC in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for HNC in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HNC within the North of England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 West +65 70 £35,000 +16.67% 93
Yorkshire +140 58 £52,750 +85.09% 69
North East +2 5 £41,500 +3.90% 24
HNC
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 23 (17.29%) AutoCAD
2 10 (7.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (4.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.75%) Revit
6 1 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (3.01%) Google Workspace
3 1 (0.75%) AWS
3 1 (0.75%) Azure
3 1 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.75%) PaaS
3 1 (0.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.02%) Internet
1 8 (6.02%) LAN
2 7 (5.26%) Ethernet
3 6 (4.51%) Firewall
3 6 (4.51%) Network Security
4 4 (3.01%) Multicast
4 4 (3.01%) OSPF
4 4 (3.01%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.01%) WAN
5 3 (2.26%) DHCP
5 3 (2.26%) DNS
5 3 (2.26%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (2.26%) Wireless
6 2 (1.50%) DMZ
7 1 (0.75%) Modbus
7 1 (0.75%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.01%) QlikView
1 4 (3.01%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (6.02%) JIRA
2 4 (3.01%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.75%) Postman
3 1 (0.75%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 50 (37.59%) Social Skills
2 38 (28.57%) Manufacturing
3 27 (20.30%) Legal
4 26 (19.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (15.04%) Retail
6 18 (13.53%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (12.78%) Finance
8 14 (10.53%) Electronics
9 13 (9.77%) Aerospace
10 9 (6.77%) Automotive
11 6 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (3.01%) Law
13 3 (2.26%) Fire and Rescue
13 3 (2.26%) Local Government
13 3 (2.26%) Marketing
14 2 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.75%) Advertising
15 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.75%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (18.05%) Project Manager
2 16 (12.03%) Principal Engineer
3 14 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (10.53%) Lead
3 14 (10.53%) Manufacturing Engineer
4 12 (9.02%) Coordinator
4 12 (9.02%) Technical Assistant
4 12 (9.02%) Technical Coordinator
5 11 (8.27%) Senior
5 11 (8.27%) Support Specialist
5 11 (8.27%) Technical Specialist
5 11 (8.27%) Technical Support
5 11 (8.27%) Technical Support Specialist
6 8 (6.02%) Hardware Engineer
7 7 (5.26%) Product Specialist
7 7 (5.26%) Products Support Engineer
7 7 (5.26%) Products Support Specialist
7 7 (5.26%) Support Engineer
7 7 (5.26%) Technical Engineer
7 7 (5.26%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.01%) Akka
2 1 (0.75%) .NET
2 1 (0.75%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.75%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.75%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.75%) JSON
2 1 (0.75%) Node-RED
2 1 (0.75%) RESTful
2 1 (0.75%) SOAP
2 1 (0.75%) WCF
2 1 (0.75%) Web Services
2 1 (0.75%) XML
2 1 (0.75%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 17 (12.78%) Housing Association
3 14 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (9.77%) Management Information System
5 8 (6.02%) FMCG
6 4 (3.01%) EPoS
6 4 (3.01%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (2.26%) Acoustics
7 3 (2.26%) Clustering
7 3 (2.26%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.50%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.75%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.75%) Industry 4.0
9 1 (0.75%) IoT
9 1 (0.75%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.28%) Windows
2 4 (3.01%) Linux
2 4 (3.01%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (21.05%) Agile
2 27 (20.30%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (20.30%) Time Management
3 24 (18.05%) Project Management
4 21 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (11.28%) People Management
6 14 (10.53%) Business Case
6 14 (10.53%) Customer Service
6 14 (10.53%) Infrastructure Management
6 14 (10.53%) Mentoring
7 13 (9.77%) Process Improvement
8 12 (9.02%) Computer Science
8 12 (9.02%) Creative Thinking
9 10 (7.52%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (6.77%) Risk Management
11 8 (6.02%) Coaching
11 8 (6.02%) Contract Negotiation
11 8 (6.02%) Risk Assessment
12 7 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (5.26%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.01%) SQL
2 1 (0.75%) C#
2 1 (0.75%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 84 (63.16%) Degree
2 81 (60.90%) HND
3 5 (3.76%) Chartered Engineer
4 4 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (3.01%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.26%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.75%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.02%) QA
2 2 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.50%) NCSC
2 2 (1.50%) NIST
2 2 (1.50%) PMO
3 1 (0.75%) NEBOSH
3 1 (0.75%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.26%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.75%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (2.26%) Failover Clustering
1 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (0.75%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 17 (12.78%) SAP
2 12 (9.02%) Google
3 8 (6.02%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.01%) Cisco
4 4 (3.01%) Citrix
4 4 (3.01%) Thales
5 3 (2.26%) Allen-Bradley
5 3 (2.26%) Epicor
5 3 (2.26%) Siemens
5 3 (2.26%) VMware
6 1 (0.75%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.75%) AVEVA
6 1 (0.75%) Rockwell