HNC Jobs in the UK excluding London

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 252 438 451
Rank change year-on-year +186 +13 +92
Permanent jobs citing HNC 649 248 516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.99% 0.52% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.85% 1.36% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 115 104 178
10th Percentile £29,754 £27,750 £26,088
25th Percentile £34,250 £32,375 £31,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £43,000 £40,083
Median % change year-on-year +8.14% +7.28% +0.21%
75th Percentile £56,275 £46,688 £53,625
90th Percentile £63,550 £55,771 £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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16,873 18,275 26,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.85% 37.96% 33.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9,460 7,807 11,272
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £28,109
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +2.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

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 26 July 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 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
South West -19 26 £48,800 +33.70% 68
North East +7 19 - - 19
Scotland -56 9 £53,500 +81.84% 19
Wales - 3 £45,000 - 7
Northern Ireland - 2 £34,628 - 8
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 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.15%) JBoss
2 1 (0.15%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 66 (10.17%) AutoCAD
2 33 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.77%) Revit
5 10 (1.54%) Simulink
6 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.77%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.15%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 7 (1.08%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.77%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.46%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 14 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (1.54%) Google Workspace
3 2 (0.31%) AWS
3 2 (0.31%) Azure
3 2 (0.31%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (0.31%) PaaS
3 2 (0.31%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.01%) LAN
2 13 (2.00%) Internet
3 10 (1.54%) Ethernet
4 6 (0.92%) BGP
4 6 (0.92%) DHCP
4 6 (0.92%) DNS
4 6 (0.92%) Firewall
4 6 (0.92%) OSPF
4 6 (0.92%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.92%) VLAN
4 6 (0.92%) WLAN
5 5 (0.77%) Wireless
6 3 (0.46%) RS-232
7 2 (0.31%) Broadband
7 2 (0.31%) RS-422
7 2 (0.31%) RS-485
8 1 (0.15%) LTE
8 1 (0.15%) Network Security
8 1 (0.15%) SAN
8 1 (0.15%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.54%) QlikView
2 7 (1.08%) EDMS
2 7 (1.08%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.77%) Data Vault
4 2 (0.31%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.31%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.15%) MySQL
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (0.77%) LabVIEW
2 4 (0.62%) JIRA
3 3 (0.46%) Git
3 3 (0.46%) Subversion
3 3 (0.46%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.31%) Postman
4 2 (0.31%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.15%) ClearCase
General
1 451 (69.49%) Social Skills
2 253 (38.98%) Retail
3 226 (34.82%) Presentation Skills
4 92 (14.18%) Legal
5 88 (13.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (8.47%) Manufacturing
7 41 (6.32%) Local Government
8 40 (6.16%) Finance
9 34 (5.24%) Aerospace
10 30 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
11 29 (4.47%) Law
12 27 (4.16%) Automotive
13 14 (2.16%) Electronics
14 9 (1.39%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.23%) Marketing
16 7 (1.08%) Publishing
17 6 (0.92%) Public Sector
18 5 (0.77%) Fire and Rescue
19 4 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
19 4 (0.62%) Military
Job Titles
1 173 (26.66%) Project Manager
2 43 (6.63%) Senior
3 38 (5.86%) Systems Engineer
4 37 (5.70%) Coordinator
4 37 (5.70%) Technical Coordinator
5 34 (5.24%) Technical Support
6 30 (4.62%) Support Specialist
6 30 (4.62%) Technical Specialist
6 30 (4.62%) Technical Support Specialist
7 18 (2.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (2.77%) Technical Manager
8 15 (2.31%) Support Engineer
9 13 (2.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 12 (1.85%) Document Controller
10 12 (1.85%) Manufacturing Engineer
10 12 (1.85%) Principal Engineer
10 12 (1.85%) Technical Assistant
10 12 (1.85%) Technical Engineer
11 11 (1.69%) Lead
11 11 (1.69%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.08%) XML
2 4 (0.62%) .NET
3 2 (0.31%) .NET Core
3 2 (0.31%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.31%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.31%) JSON
3 2 (0.31%) RESTful
3 2 (0.31%) SOAP
3 2 (0.31%) WCF
3 2 (0.31%) Web Services
3 2 (0.31%) XML Schema
4 1 (0.15%) EDI
4 1 (0.15%) MFC
4 1 (0.15%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 225 (34.67%) Onboarding
2 77 (11.86%) Driving Licence
3 58 (8.94%) Management Information System
4 55 (8.47%) Housing Association
5 33 (5.08%) STB
6 17 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (1.54%) FMCG
8 7 (1.08%) IoT
9 6 (0.92%) Smartphone
10 5 (0.77%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.62%) Robotics
12 3 (0.46%) Acoustics
12 3 (0.46%) FPGA
12 3 (0.46%) VHDL
13 2 (0.31%) CAN bus
13 2 (0.31%) Distributed Applications
13 2 (0.31%) Fibre Optics
13 2 (0.31%) PCIe
13 2 (0.31%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (0.31%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 52 (8.01%) Windows
2 22 (3.39%) Windows 10
3 17 (2.62%) Windows Server 2016
3 17 (2.62%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (2.31%) Linux
5 11 (1.69%) Windows 7
5 11 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (1.39%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.92%) Mac OS X
7 6 (0.92%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.77%) VMS
9 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (46.38%) Problem-Solving
2 261 (40.22%) Mathematics
3 245 (37.75%) Customer Service
4 243 (37.44%) Mentoring
5 227 (34.98%) Data Analysis
6 226 (34.82%) Mechatronics
7 163 (25.12%) Project Management
8 121 (18.64%) Budgeting
9 87 (13.41%) Agile
10 69 (10.63%) Time Management
11 40 (6.16%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (4.62%) Project Delivery
12 30 (4.62%) Systems Engineering
13 28 (4.31%) Decision-Making
14 23 (3.54%) CAD
14 23 (3.54%) Collaborative Culture
14 23 (3.54%) Computer Science
15 20 (3.08%) Business Case
16 19 (2.93%) Validation
17 18 (2.77%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 17 (2.62%) PowerShell
2 15 (2.31%) MATLAB
3 14 (2.16%) SQL
4 8 (1.23%) C
5 7 (1.08%) Python
6 6 (0.92%) C#
7 4 (0.62%) C++
7 4 (0.62%) Java
7 4 (0.62%) VB
8 2 (0.31%) Bash
8 2 (0.31%) Embedded C
8 2 (0.31%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.15%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 525 (80.89%) Degree
2 193 (29.74%) HND
3 26 (4.01%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (0.92%) MCSE
5 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (0.92%) SC Cleared
6 5 (0.77%) APMP
7 4 (0.62%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.46%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.31%) MRICS
9 2 (0.31%) RIBA
10 1 (0.15%) CCNP
10 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.15%) EMC Certification
10 1 (0.15%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.15%) NVQ Level 3
10 1 (0.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (20.34%) QA
2 7 (1.08%) NEBOSH
3 6 (0.92%) ISO 9001
3 6 (0.92%) SLA
4 2 (0.31%) COSHH
4 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.31%) PMO
5 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 21 (3.24%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.77%) Firmware
4 2 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.31%) vSphere
5 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (1.69%) SCCM
2 4 (0.62%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 123 (18.95%) NEC
2 49 (7.55%) Microsoft
3 37 (5.70%) SAP
4 18 (2.77%) Google
5 16 (2.47%) VMware
6 8 (1.23%) Apple
7 7 (1.08%) Cisco
7 7 (1.08%) Dell
8 6 (0.92%) EMC
8 6 (0.92%) Fortinet
8 6 (0.92%) Oracle
8 6 (0.92%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (0.77%) ANSYS
10 4 (0.62%) Citrix
10 4 (0.62%) Siemens
11 3 (0.46%) Allen-Bradley
11 3 (0.46%) Epicor
12 2 (0.31%) Altera
12 2 (0.31%) Cadence
12 2 (0.31%) Lattice Semiconductor