Higher National Diploma (HND)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for HND qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 502 705 947
Rank change year-on-year +203 +242 -214
Permanent jobs citing HND 443 250 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.25% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.61% 0.77% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 239 110 151
10th Percentile £24,875 £27,807 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,625
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.51% +19.06%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,675 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £58,525 £61,265
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,000 £45,925 £47,625
% change year-on-year -8.55% -3.57% +19.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

HND 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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,546 32,627 44,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.29% 33.12% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 17,214 14,683 19,092
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,573 £42,210 £40,967
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%

HND
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing HND as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for HND in the UK

HND
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing HND.

Salary trend for HND in the UK

HND
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing HND over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for HND in the UK

HND
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 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
UK excluding London +164 406 £42,000 -8.55% 600
England +228 402 £42,794 -6.97% 592
North of England +110 105 £40,000 -10.20% 147
South East -10 86 £47,500 -7.50% 141
South West +31 74 £40,500 -42.14% 76
North West +44 64 £35,000 +11.11% 74
East of England +58 62 £37,528 +27.21% 68
Work from Home +32 55 £45,000 +16.86% 140
Midlands +29 51 £45,250 +99.85% 106
Yorkshire - 38 £47,500 - 49
West Midlands +29 34 £32,500 +43.54% 58
London +107 24 £63,750 +93.40% 65
Scotland -47 15 £42,202 +4.20% 74
East Midlands - 13 £50,000 - 47
Wales - 11 £40,000 - 15
North East -16 3 £41,500 -16.26% 26
Northern Ireland - 2 £34,628 - 3

HND
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (1.58%) CMS
2 6 (1.35%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) JBoss
4 1 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.23%) WinCC
Applications
1 97 (21.90%) AutoCAD
2 51 (11.51%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (7.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (4.06%) Revit
5 17 (3.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 13 (2.93%) Simulink
7 11 (2.48%) SOLIDWORKS
7 11 (2.48%) Stateflow
8 10 (2.26%) Photoshop
8 10 (2.26%) Solid Edge
9 8 (1.81%) EPLAN
10 7 (1.58%) CANalyzer
11 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
12 3 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.68%) InDesign
13 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
14 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.26%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.23%) Primavera
2 1 (0.23%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 20 (4.51%) Azure
2 9 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (1.81%) GitHub
4 6 (1.35%) AWS
4 6 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (1.35%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.13%) Google Workspace
6 4 (0.90%) PaaS
6 4 (0.90%) SaaS
7 3 (0.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (0.45%) Boomi
8 2 (0.45%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.23%) Figma
9 1 (0.23%) Miro
9 1 (0.23%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.42%) Internet
2 20 (4.51%) LAN
3 15 (3.39%) WAN
4 11 (2.48%) J1939
5 10 (2.26%) Firewall
6 8 (1.81%) Wireless
7 7 (1.58%) Ethernet
7 7 (1.58%) Network Security
8 6 (1.35%) Intranet
8 6 (1.35%) MQTT
8 6 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
8 6 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.13%) OSPF
9 5 (1.13%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.90%) DHCP
10 4 (0.90%) DNS
10 4 (0.90%) Multicast
10 4 (0.90%) Profibus
10 4 (0.90%) VLAN
11 3 (0.68%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.64%) Data Vault
2 14 (3.16%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.35%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.90%) QlikView
5 3 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.68%) Ingres
6 2 (0.45%) MySQL
6 2 (0.45%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.23%) MS Access
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 25 (5.64%) JIRA
2 21 (4.74%) Git
3 11 (2.48%) ClearCase
3 11 (2.48%) Plastic SCM
4 9 (2.03%) LabVIEW
5 7 (1.58%) ClearQuest
5 7 (1.58%) Rational DOORS
6 6 (1.35%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.68%) Subversion
8 2 (0.45%) Selenium
8 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 169 (38.15%) Social Skills
2 84 (18.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 78 (17.61%) Legal
4 75 (16.93%) Manufacturing
5 74 (16.70%) Analytical Skills
6 61 (13.77%) Local Government
7 55 (12.42%) Electronics
8 52 (11.74%) Aerospace
9 45 (10.16%) Finance
10 40 (9.03%) Automotive
11 33 (7.45%) Telecoms
12 25 (5.64%) Publishing
13 23 (5.19%) Marketing
14 20 (4.51%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (4.51%) Retail
15 18 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (3.16%) Law
17 13 (2.93%) Public Sector
18 8 (1.81%) Police
19 7 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (14.67%) Senior
2 53 (11.96%) Coordinator
3 51 (11.51%) Technical Coordinator
4 48 (10.84%) Project Manager
5 31 (7.00%) Systems Engineer
6 30 (6.77%) Software Engineer
7 28 (6.32%) Technical Manager
8 23 (5.19%) Author
8 23 (5.19%) Technical Author
9 22 (4.97%) Senior Software Engineer
10 21 (4.74%) Technical Support
11 20 (4.51%) Support Engineer
12 18 (4.06%) Analyst
13 16 (3.61%) Hardware Engineer
14 15 (3.39%) Quantity Surveyor
15 14 (3.16%) Lead
15 14 (3.16%) Senior Systems Engineer
15 14 (3.16%) Technical Engineer
16 13 (2.93%) Test Engineer
17 12 (2.71%) Technical Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (5.64%) XML
2 8 (1.81%) pytest
3 7 (1.58%) .NET
4 6 (1.35%) Ajax
4 6 (1.35%) AngularJS
4 6 (1.35%) CSS
4 6 (1.35%) HTML
4 6 (1.35%) LESS
4 6 (1.35%) React
4 6 (1.35%) Sass
4 6 (1.35%) Vue
5 5 (1.13%) Apache Thrift
6 4 (0.90%) Akka
7 2 (0.45%) Middleware
8 1 (0.23%) ModSecurity
8 1 (0.23%) Node-RED
8 1 (0.23%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 54 (12.19%) Housing Association
2 44 (9.93%) Management Information System
3 25 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (4.29%) Driving Licence
5 18 (4.06%) CCTV
6 16 (3.61%) IoT
7 11 (2.48%) Algorithms
8 10 (2.26%) Mobile App
9 9 (2.03%) SCADA
10 8 (1.81%) FMCG
10 8 (1.81%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (0.90%) Acoustics
12 4 (0.90%) EPoS
12 4 (0.90%) FPGA
12 4 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.68%) Clustering
13 3 (0.68%) Graphic Design
13 3 (0.68%) VHDL
13 3 (0.68%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 47 (10.61%) Windows
2 36 (8.13%) Linux
3 12 (2.71%) Unix
3 12 (2.71%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.48%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.81%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.13%) VMS
7 4 (0.90%) FreeRTOS
7 4 (0.90%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.45%) Android
8 2 (0.45%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.23%) Debian
9 1 (0.23%) Fedora
9 1 (0.23%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (25.06%) Agile
2 103 (23.25%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (22.57%) Time Management
4 70 (15.80%) Project Management
5 54 (12.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (9.26%) Mathematics
7 38 (8.58%) Software Engineering
8 31 (7.00%) CAD
9 29 (6.55%) Customer Service
9 29 (6.55%) Project Delivery
10 27 (6.09%) Mentoring
11 25 (5.64%) Document Management
11 25 (5.64%) Impact Assessments
12 24 (5.42%) B2B
12 24 (5.42%) Innovative Thinking
13 23 (5.19%) Customer Requirements
14 21 (4.74%) Collaborative Working
14 21 (4.74%) Software Testing
15 20 (4.51%) Commercial Awareness
15 20 (4.51%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 31 (7.00%) Python
2 25 (5.64%) C
3 22 (4.97%) MATLAB
4 19 (4.29%) SQL
5 15 (3.39%) Embedded C
6 12 (2.71%) C#
7 11 (2.48%) Perl
8 10 (2.26%) C++
9 8 (1.81%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.58%) Bash
10 7 (1.58%) VB
11 6 (1.35%) JavaScript
12 5 (1.13%) Ladder Logic
13 4 (0.90%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.90%) VBA
14 3 (0.68%) Java
14 3 (0.68%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.23%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 271 (61.17%) Degree
2 270 (60.95%) HNC
3 36 (8.13%) Security Cleared
4 18 (4.06%) DV Cleared
4 18 (4.06%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.81%) RIBA
7 7 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.58%) MRICS
8 6 (1.35%) Chartered Engineer
8 6 (1.35%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.13%) NVQ Level 4
10 4 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.90%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.90%) MCP
10 4 (0.90%) MCTS
11 3 (0.68%) CCNP
11 3 (0.68%) NVQ Level 3
12 2 (0.45%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.06%) SLA
2 12 (2.71%) MISRA
3 11 (2.48%) Automotive SPICE
3 11 (2.48%) AUTOSAR
3 11 (2.48%) ISO 26262
4 9 (2.03%) NEBOSH
5 8 (1.81%) QA
6 4 (0.90%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (0.90%) COSHH
6 4 (0.90%) ISO 13485
7 3 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.68%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.45%) ISO 14001
8 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.23%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 9000
9 1 (0.23%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.23%) RMADS
System Software
1 17 (3.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (2.48%) vSphere
3 8 (1.81%) Firmware
4 6 (1.35%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.35%) Docker
5 5 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.68%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (1.35%) SmoothWall
2 3 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (0.68%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (0.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (0.45%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.23%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 57 (12.87%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.45%) SAP
3 20 (4.51%) VMware
4 15 (3.39%) Google
5 13 (2.93%) IBM
6 11 (2.48%) Cisco
6 11 (2.48%) Lauterbach
6 11 (2.48%) NEC
7 9 (2.03%) Adobe
7 9 (2.03%) Apple
7 9 (2.03%) HP
8 8 (1.81%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.81%) Siemens
9 7 (1.58%) EMC
10 6 (1.35%) Oracle
10 6 (1.35%) Sage
11 5 (1.13%) Juniper
11 5 (1.13%) Thales
12 4 (0.90%) Instagram
12 4 (0.90%) QNX