HNC Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Higher National Certificate (HNC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for HNC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 434 515 537
Rank change year-on-year +81 +22 +325
Permanent jobs citing HNC 44 54 83
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.16% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.58% 0.58% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 26 46 45
10th Percentile - £29,631 £27,541
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,091 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - +21.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £47,000 £48,438 £42,750
90th Percentile £48,125 £75,000 £48,375
UK median annual salary £50,055 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +11.23% +20.00% -9.80%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,578 9,342 9,554
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.30% 27.80% 26.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3,092 5,633 6,000
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,650 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% -5.58% +2.56%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

HNC
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing HNC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

HNC trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing HNC.

HNC salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

HNC
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing HNC over the 6 months to 9 July 2025.

HNC salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (6.82%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.55%) Ethernet
2 2 (4.55%) Modbus
2 2 (4.55%) Profibus
3 1 (2.27%) Firewall
3 1 (2.27%) NAS
3 1 (2.27%) SAN
General
1 16 (36.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 15 (34.09%) Social Skills
3 10 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (20.45%) Finance
4 9 (20.45%) Retail
5 6 (13.64%) Fire and Rescue
5 6 (13.64%) Local Government
6 4 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (6.82%) Manufacturing
7 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
8 2 (4.55%) Aerospace
8 2 (4.55%) Legal
8 2 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (2.27%) Games
9 1 (2.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (27.27%) Project Manager
2 10 (22.73%) Principal Engineer
2 10 (22.73%) Senior
3 6 (13.64%) ICT Trainer
3 6 (13.64%) Systems Engineer
3 6 (13.64%) Trainer
4 5 (11.36%) Control Systems Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Consultant
5 4 (9.09%) Network Consultant
5 4 (9.09%) Network Operations Consultant
5 4 (9.09%) Principal Consultant
5 4 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
5 4 (9.09%) Senior Network Consultant
6 3 (6.82%) Senior Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Design Engineer
8 1 (2.27%) IT Support
8 1 (2.27%) PLC Engineer
8 1 (2.27%) Principal Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) SCADA
2 4 (9.09%) NHS
3 3 (6.82%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.55%) Smart City
5 1 (2.27%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Windows
1 1 (2.27%) Windows 10
1 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
1 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.82%) Mentoring
2 10 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (20.45%) Budgeting
3 9 (20.45%) Coaching
3 9 (20.45%) Cost Control
3 9 (20.45%) ERP
3 9 (20.45%) Facilities Management
3 9 (20.45%) Process Improvement
3 9 (20.45%) Project Management
4 7 (15.91%) Regression Testing
4 7 (15.91%) SAP Security
5 6 (13.64%) Culture Change
5 6 (13.64%) Feasibility Study
6 5 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (9.09%) Asset Management
7 4 (9.09%) Business Case
7 4 (9.09%) Business Strategy
7 4 (9.09%) Psychology
7 4 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (6.82%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 35 (79.55%) Degree
2 28 (63.64%) HND
3 10 (22.73%) Master's Degree
4 6 (13.64%) DBS Check
4 6 (13.64%) MOS
5 3 (6.82%) SC Cleared
5 3 (6.82%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.27%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) QA
2 2 (4.55%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 9 (20.45%) SAP
2 7 (15.91%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.82%) Facebook
3 3 (6.82%) NEC
3 3 (6.82%) YouTube
4 2 (4.55%) Siemens
5 1 (2.27%) VMware