HNC Jobs in the UK excluding London

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for HNC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 382 542 491
Rank change year-on-year +160 -51 +14
Permanent jobs citing HNC 451 217 400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.35% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.33% 0.97% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 226 83 135
10th Percentile £26,890 £27,471 £26,989
25th Percentile £33,625 £28,750 £31,133
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £55,675 £44,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £68,375 £51,500 £62,629
UK median annual salary £45,000 £33,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year +36.36% -18.52% +1.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,383 22,417 22,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.65% 36.48% 31.39%
Number of salaries quoted 12,194 8,237 10,285
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,181 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

HNC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing HNC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for HNC in the UK excluding London

HNC
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing HNC in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for HNC in the UK excluding London

HNC
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing HNC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for HNC in the UK excluding London

HNC
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HNC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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 of England +140 133 £42,500 +41.67% 183
South East +56 110 £52,550 +50.14% 196
North West +69 70 £35,000 +16.67% 97
South West +28 67 £40,000 +0.29% 92
Midlands +11 60 £47,500 +20.53% 131
East of England +55 59 £38,500 +35.09% 77
Yorkshire +140 58 £52,750 +85.09% 70
West Midlands +13 30 £42,500 - 86
East Midlands +9 26 £47,500 +20.53% 45
Scotland -75 13 £47,313 +45.64% 69
Wales +20 7 £45,000 - 14
North East 0 5 £41,500 +3.90% 23
Northern Ireland - 2 £34,628 - 3
HNC
UK

HNC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (0.89%) Moodle
2 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.22%) JBoss
3 1 (0.22%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 80 (17.74%) AutoCAD
2 43 (9.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (8.87%) Microsoft Office
4 28 (6.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (3.99%) Revit
6 8 (1.77%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.89%) EPLAN
7 4 (0.89%) Solid Edge
7 4 (0.89%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.22%) Simulink
8 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.22%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 10 (2.22%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.44%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 12 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (1.55%) AWS
2 7 (1.55%) IaaS
3 6 (1.33%) Azure
3 6 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (1.33%) PaaS
3 6 (1.33%) SaaS
4 5 (1.11%) Google Workspace
5 2 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.99%) Internet
2 11 (2.44%) Ethernet
2 11 (2.44%) LAN
3 7 (1.55%) Firewall
3 7 (1.55%) Network Security
4 5 (1.11%) OSPF
4 5 (1.11%) SMS
4 5 (1.11%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.11%) WAN
4 5 (1.11%) Wireless
5 4 (0.89%) DHCP
5 4 (0.89%) DNS
5 4 (0.89%) Multicast
6 3 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (0.67%) RS-232
7 2 (0.44%) DMZ
7 2 (0.44%) RS-422
7 2 (0.44%) RS-485
8 1 (0.22%) DWDM
8 1 (0.22%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.54%) Data Vault
2 9 (2.00%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.55%) EDMS
4 4 (0.89%) QlikView
5 2 (0.44%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.44%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 14 (3.10%) Visual Studio
2 11 (2.44%) JIRA
3 6 (1.33%) Postman
3 6 (1.33%) SoapUI
4 5 (1.11%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.89%) Git
6 3 (0.67%) Subversion
7 2 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.22%) ClearCase
General
1 146 (32.37%) Social Skills
2 92 (20.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 91 (20.18%) Legal
4 69 (15.30%) Manufacturing
5 53 (11.75%) Aerospace
6 52 (11.53%) Finance
7 48 (10.64%) Local Government
8 43 (9.53%) Retail
9 36 (7.98%) Telecoms
10 31 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
10 31 (6.87%) Publishing
11 29 (6.43%) Electronics
12 22 (4.88%) Automotive
13 20 (4.43%) Military
14 18 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (3.33%) Marketing
16 14 (3.10%) Law
17 11 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (1.33%) Games
18 6 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (15.30%) Project Manager
2 51 (11.31%) Senior
3 40 (8.87%) Coordinator
3 40 (8.87%) Technical Coordinator
4 38 (8.43%) Technical Engineer
5 34 (7.54%) Systems Engineer
6 32 (7.10%) Support Engineer
6 32 (7.10%) Technical Support
7 28 (6.21%) Technical Support Engineer
8 26 (5.76%) Author
8 26 (5.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 26 (5.76%) Technical Author
9 21 (4.66%) Technical Manager
10 19 (4.21%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 18 (3.99%) Software Engineer
12 16 (3.55%) Lead
12 16 (3.55%) Principal Engineer
13 15 (3.33%) Manufacturing Engineer
13 15 (3.33%) Quantity Surveyor
14 13 (2.88%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (6.87%) XML
2 15 (3.33%) .NET
3 8 (1.77%) MFC
4 6 (1.33%) .NET Core
4 6 (1.33%) .NET Framework
4 6 (1.33%) ASP.NET
4 6 (1.33%) JSON
4 6 (1.33%) RESTful
4 6 (1.33%) SOAP
4 6 (1.33%) WCF
4 6 (1.33%) Web Services
4 6 (1.33%) XML Schema
5 4 (0.89%) Akka
5 4 (0.89%) DAO
6 2 (0.44%) EDI
7 1 (0.22%) Node-RED
7 1 (0.22%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 60 (13.30%) Management Information System
2 55 (12.20%) Housing Association
3 41 (9.09%) Driving Licence
4 28 (6.21%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.99%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.44%) IoT
7 10 (2.22%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.77%) Fibre Optics
8 8 (1.77%) FMCG
9 6 (1.33%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.33%) Distributed Applications
10 5 (1.11%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.89%) Analogue Electronics
11 4 (0.89%) EPoS
11 4 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (0.89%) Robotics
12 3 (0.67%) Acoustics
12 3 (0.67%) Clustering
12 3 (0.67%) FPGA
12 3 (0.67%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 42 (9.31%) Windows
2 23 (5.10%) Windows 10
3 22 (4.88%) Linux
4 17 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (3.55%) Windows 7
5 16 (3.55%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (1.77%) Windows Server
7 5 (1.11%) VMS
8 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.44%) Unix
9 1 (0.22%) Debian
9 1 (0.22%) Fedora
9 1 (0.22%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (25.28%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (21.73%) Agile
3 75 (16.63%) Time Management
4 65 (14.41%) Project Management
5 58 (12.86%) Mathematics
6 54 (11.97%) Customer Service
7 49 (10.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (8.43%) Mentoring
9 37 (8.20%) Decision-Making
10 36 (7.98%) Project Delivery
11 34 (7.54%) Cybersecurity
12 32 (7.10%) Document Management
13 28 (6.21%) ITIL
14 26 (5.76%) CAD
15 25 (5.54%) Data Analysis
15 25 (5.54%) Impact Assessments
15 25 (5.54%) Software Engineering
16 24 (5.32%) Computer Science
17 23 (5.10%) Collaborative Working
17 23 (5.10%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (5.99%) C#
2 22 (4.88%) Python
3 18 (3.99%) SQL
4 17 (3.77%) PowerShell
5 16 (3.55%) Java
6 12 (2.66%) C
7 8 (1.77%) Assembly Language
7 8 (1.77%) VB
8 6 (1.33%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.67%) Embedded C
9 3 (0.67%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.44%) Bash
11 1 (0.22%) C++
11 1 (0.22%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 243 (53.88%) HND
2 239 (52.99%) Degree
3 44 (9.76%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.77%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.55%) MRICS
6 6 (1.33%) Chartered Engineer
7 5 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.89%) APMP
8 4 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.44%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.44%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.44%) RIBA
11 1 (0.22%) CCNP
11 1 (0.22%) MCSE
11 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.22%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (0.22%) NVQ Level 4
11 1 (0.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.66%) NEBOSH
1 21 (4.66%) QA
2 11 (2.44%) SLA
3 7 (1.55%) ISO 9001
4 4 (0.89%) COSHH
4 4 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.44%) ISO 14001
5 2 (0.44%) NCSC
5 2 (0.44%) NIST
5 2 (0.44%) PMO
6 1 (0.22%) GDPR
6 1 (0.22%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.22%) MISRA
System Software
1 22 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.89%) Firmware
4 2 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (3.55%) SCCM
2 6 (1.33%) Functional Safety
3 3 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (0.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.22%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 76 (16.85%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.98%) SAP
3 22 (4.88%) VMware
4 15 (3.33%) Siemens
5 13 (2.88%) Google
6 12 (2.66%) NEC
7 8 (1.77%) Allen-Bradley
8 6 (1.33%) Cisco
9 5 (1.11%) Oracle
9 5 (1.11%) Thales
10 4 (0.89%) Citrix
11 3 (0.67%) Apple
11 3 (0.67%) Dell
11 3 (0.67%) Epicor
12 2 (0.44%) Altera
12 2 (0.44%) Cadence
12 2 (0.44%) EMC
12 2 (0.44%) Lattice Semiconductor
12 2 (0.44%) Sun
13 1 (0.22%) AVEVA