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The table below looks at the demand for Higher National Diploma (HND) in IT jobs within the East of England region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HND over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHigher National Diploma (HND)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank227212
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching permanent IT job ads4783
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.036 %
As % of the category below1.645 %2.578 %
Salaries quoted3659
Average minimum salary£32,917£28,460
Average salary£36,104£30,895
% change on same period last year+16.85 %
Average maximum salary£39,292£33,331
UK excluding London average salary£32,073£29,229
% change on same period last year+9.72 %
East of England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads28583220
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.654 %1.386 %
Salaries quoted23722614
Average minimum salary£34,849£34,329
Average salary£37,860£37,253
% change on same period last year+1.62 %
Average maximum salary£40,870£40,176
UK excluding London average salary£37,889£38,388
% change on same period last year-1.29 %
HND EnglandHND
England

HND
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing HND across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

East of England HND Demand Trend

HND
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing HND across the East of England region.

East of England HND Salary Trend

HND
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing HND across the East of England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

East of England HND Salary Histogram

HND
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the East of England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HertfordshireUp+1627£41,087+36.54 %
CambridgeshireDown-413£24,438-23.03 %
SuffolkUp+133£35,000+19.86 %
NorfolkUp+172£27,500+10.00 %
EssexDown-82£34,250+4.72 %
HND EnglandHND
England

HND
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the East of England region citing HND also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited HND.

176 (58.46 %)Degree
240 (30.77 %)Oracle
337 (28.46 %)SQL
435 (26.92 %)Education
528 (21.54 %)JD Edwards
528 (21.54 %)Movex
528 (21.54 %)SAP
528 (21.54 %)ERP
528 (21.54 %)WebSphere
528 (21.54 %)Mathematics
625 (19.23 %)HNC
720 (15.38 %)Electronics
720 (15.38 %)Electric
815 (11.54 %)UNIX
914 (10.77 %)Windows
914 (10.77 %)Linux
1013 (10.00 %)C
1111 (8.462 %)C++
1210 (7.692 %).NET
1210 (7.692 %)SQL Server
139 (6.923 %)Marketing
148 (6.154 %)Security Cleared
148 (6.154 %)UML
148 (6.154 %)Perl
148 (6.154 %)Sun
157 (5.385 %)Middleware
157 (5.385 %)Cisco
157 (5.385 %)HP
157 (5.385 %)Insurance
166 (4.615 %)Java

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the East of England region citing HND also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited HND. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (21.54 %)WebSphere
210 (7.692 %).NET
37 (5.385 %)Middleware
45 (3.846 %)LAMP
45 (3.846 %)ASP
45 (3.846 %)HTML
45 (3.846 %)XML
54 (3.077 %)CSS
63 (2.308 %)ASP.NET
71 (0.769 %)J2EE
71 (0.769 %)POSIX
East of England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (3.846 %)Apache
15 (3.846 %)Oracle Workflow
22 (1.538 %)SharePoint
31 (0.769 %)BizTalk Server
31 (0.769 %)Tomcat
31 (0.769 %)SharePoint Server 2007
East of England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (2.308 %)Photoshop
13 (2.308 %)FreeHand
13 (2.308 %)AutoCAD
13 (2.308 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (0.769 %)MS Office
21 (0.769 %)MS Excel
East of England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
128 (21.54 %)Movex
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (3.077 %)Internet
22 (1.538 %)Firewall
22 (1.538 %)SAN
22 (1.538 %)Nortel Meridian
22 (1.538 %)LAN
22 (1.538 %)VoIP
22 (1.538 %)WAN
31 (0.769 %)WCDMA
31 (0.769 %)TCP/IP
31 (0.769 %)3GPP
31 (0.769 %)Bluetooth
31 (0.769 %)GSM
31 (0.769 %)Intranet
31 (0.769 %)Wi-Fi
31 (0.769 %)WiMAX
East of England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (7.692 %)SQL Server
25 (3.846 %)Datawarehouse
34 (3.077 %)Data Mining
42 (1.538 %)MySQL
51 (0.769 %)MS Access
East of England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (2.308 %)Flash
13 (2.308 %)Dreamweaver
22 (1.538 %)WinRunner
22 (1.538 %)TestDirector
22 (1.538 %)LoadRunner
22 (1.538 %)Visual Studio
East of England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
135 (26.92 %)Education
220 (15.38 %)Electric
220 (15.38 %)Electronics
39 (6.923 %)Marketing
47 (5.385 %)Insurance
56 (4.615 %)Automotive
65 (3.846 %)Pensions
65 (3.846 %)Health
74 (3.077 %)Pharmaceutical
74 (3.077 %)Telecoms
83 (2.308 %)Avionics
92 (1.538 %)Military
92 (1.538 %)Music
92 (1.538 %)Finance
92 (1.538 %)Government
101 (0.769 %)Aerospace
East of England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
131 (23.85 %)Analyst
229 (22.31 %)Analyst Programmer
229 (22.31 %)Programmer
319 (14.62 %)Support Engineer
414 (10.77 %)Hardware Engineer
513 (10.00 %)Developer
612 (9.231 %)Technical Support
612 (9.231 %)Test Engineer
79 (6.923 %)Technical Support Engineer
79 (6.923 %)Technical Engineer
88 (6.154 %)Systems Engineer
97 (5.385 %)Software Engineer
106 (4.615 %)Applications Support
106 (4.615 %)Applications Support Engineer
106 (4.615 %)Electronics Engineer
115 (3.846 %)Radio Access Network Engineer
115 (3.846 %)Junior
115 (3.846 %)Web Developer
124 (3.077 %)IT Support Engineer
124 (3.077 %)Electrical Engineer
East of England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
128 (21.54 %)Mathematics
25 (3.846 %)Computer Science
32 (1.538 %)CLARiiON
32 (1.538 %)Symmetrix
41 (0.769 %)PDA
41 (0.769 %)Biotechnology
41 (0.769 %)Client/Server
East of England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (11.54 %)UNIX
214 (10.77 %)Windows
214 (10.77 %)Linux
33 (2.308 %)Solaris
42 (1.538 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (1.538 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (0.769 %)VxWorks
51 (0.769 %)Windows Mobile
51 (0.769 %)Windows NT
51 (0.769 %)Windows CE
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
128 (21.54 %)ERP
28 (6.154 %)UML
28 (6.154 %)Security Cleared
35 (3.846 %)Integration Testing
35 (3.846 %)Business Intelligence
35 (3.846 %)Workflow
35 (3.846 %)Validation
44 (3.077 %)Risk Assessment
44 (3.077 %)Logistics
53 (2.308 %)ITIL
53 (2.308 %)Change Management
53 (2.308 %)CAD
53 (2.308 %)Service Management
53 (2.308 %)Time Management
62 (1.538 %)SC Cleared
62 (1.538 %)Operations Management
62 (1.538 %)Software Testing
62 (1.538 %)Automated Testing
71 (0.769 %)Software Engineering
71 (0.769 %)Agile Software Development
East of England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
137 (28.46 %)SQL
213 (10.00 %)C
311 (8.462 %)C++
48 (6.154 %)Perl
56 (4.615 %)Java
65 (3.846 %)VB.NET
73 (2.308 %)ActionScript
73 (2.308 %)Shell Script
73 (2.308 %)AWK
73 (2.308 %)JavaScript
73 (2.308 %)VB
82 (1.538 %)VBScript
82 (1.538 %)C#
82 (1.538 %)VB6
91 (0.769 %)Korn
91 (0.769 %)Python
91 (0.769 %)Embedded C
91 (0.769 %)Delphi
91 (0.769 %)PL/SQL
East of England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
176 (58.46 %)Degree
225 (19.23 %)HNC
34 (3.077 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (1.538 %)MCP
42 (1.538 %)ISEB
51 (0.769 %)Cisco Certification
51 (0.769 %)MCSE
51 (0.769 %)CCNA
East of England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (3.077 %)GMP
22 (1.538 %)QA
31 (0.769 %)ISO9001
31 (0.769 %)ISO14001
East of England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (1.538 %)NetBackup
East of England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
140 (30.77 %)Oracle
228 (21.54 %)SAP
228 (21.54 %)JD Edwards
38 (6.154 %)Sun
47 (5.385 %)HP
47 (5.385 %)Cisco
55 (3.846 %)Dell
55 (3.846 %)BT
63 (2.308 %)SolidWorks
63 (2.308 %)Microsoft
72 (1.538 %)StorageTek
72 (1.538 %)VERITAS
72 (1.538 %)EMC
72 (1.538 %)Nortel
72 (1.538 %)Citrix
72 (1.538 %)NetApp
72 (1.538 %)Brocade
81 (0.769 %)VMware
81 (0.769 %)Siemens
81 (0.769 %)Symantec