The first table below looks at the demand for HND in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HND over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the England region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Diploma (HND)
Rank 617 620 556
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -64
Permanent jobs citing HND 230 253 326
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.226% 0.223% 0.268%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.824% 0.812% 1.031%
Number of salaries quoted 161 205 294
Average salary £32,500 £35,750 £31,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +12.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £41,800 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £29,750
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +17.64%
All Qualifications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
27929 31153 31609
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 27.43% 27.49% 26.02%
Number of salaries quoted 22863 26848 26740
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
HND
UK

HND
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England HND Jobs Demand Trend

HND
Salary Trend

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

England HND Salary Trend

HND
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing HND across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

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 England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +66 75 £37,000 -7.50% 4
South East -10 55 £36,000 +2.85% 12
South West -9 29 £35,000 -12.50% 17
East of England -9 28 £32,500 -4.41% 1
West Midlands -4 15 £27,500 +1.85% 3
Yorkshire +5 12 £26,500 -31.61% 2
East Midlands +14 7 £30,500 -34.40% 2
North West -20 6 £23,980 -31.48% 13
North East +6 4 £22,000 -32.30% 2
Midlands - 2 £50,000 -
HND
UK

HND
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 292 (62.93%) Degree
2 138 (29.74%) HNC
3 136 (29.31%) Microsoft
4 112 (24.14%) Linux
5 110 (23.71%) Windows
6 109 (23.49%) Telecoms
7 92 (19.83%) MS Excel
8 87 (18.75%) Cisco
9 82 (17.67%) C
10 80 (17.24%) VoIP
11 76 (16.38%) SQL Server
12 74 (15.95%) TCP/IP
13 72 (15.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 71 (15.30%) Manufacturing
15 70 (15.09%) SQL
16 68 (14.66%) Computer Science
17 63 (13.58%) MCSE
17 63 (13.58%) Oracle
18 53 (11.42%) C#
19 51 (10.99%) Electronics
20 48 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
21 44 (9.483%) UNIX
22 43 (9.267%) XML
22 43 (9.267%) CCNA
23 42 (9.052%) .NET
24 41 (8.836%) MS Office
25 40 (8.621%) Firewall
25 40 (8.621%) MCDST
26 39 (8.405%) Management Information System
26 39 (8.405%) Java

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

Application Development
1 43 (9.267%) XML
2 42 (9.052%) .NET
3 33 (7.112%) ASP.NET
4 27 (5.819%) Web Services
5 25 (5.388%) jQuery
6 24 (5.172%) HTML
7 19 (4.095%) CSS
8 14 (3.017%) Flash
9 11 (2.371%) HTML5
9 11 (2.371%) XSLT
10 8 (1.724%) ASP
10 8 (1.724%) Razor View Engine
11 7 (1.509%) Silverlight
11 7 (1.509%) EJB
11 7 (1.509%) J2EE
11 7 (1.509%) Swing
12 6 (1.293%) Spring
12 6 (1.293%) Hibernate
12 6 (1.293%) Middleware
12 6 (1.293%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 18 (3.879%) IIS
2 10 (2.155%) MS Exchange
3 7 (1.509%) ArcGIS
4 6 (1.293%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (1.293%) WebLogic
5 4 (0.862%) Oracle Coherence
5 4 (0.862%) Apache
6 3 (0.647%) Magento
6 3 (0.647%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.647%) Papyrus
6 3 (0.647%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (0.647%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.431%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.431%) CMS
7 2 (0.431%) Oracle Service Bus
7 2 (0.431%) Confluence
7 2 (0.431%) WinCC
8 1 (0.216%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.216%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (0.216%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 92 (19.83%) MS Excel
2 41 (8.836%) MS Office
3 20 (4.310%) MS PowerPoint
4 8 (1.724%) Photoshop
5 7 (1.509%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (1.293%) InDesign
7 5 (1.078%) MS Project
7 5 (1.078%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.862%) PrintSoft PReS
8 4 (0.862%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.862%) DOC1
8 4 (0.862%) Maya
8 4 (0.862%) 3ds Max
9 3 (0.647%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.431%) Pro/ENGINEER
10 2 (0.431%) Simulink
10 2 (0.431%) EPLAN
11 1 (0.216%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.216%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.216%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 5 (1.078%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (0.862%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.431%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.216%) Maximo
4 1 (0.216%) Exstream
4 1 (0.216%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 80 (17.24%) VoIP
2 74 (15.95%) TCP/IP
3 40 (8.621%) Firewall
4 36 (7.759%) Softswitch
4 36 (7.759%) DPNSS
4 36 (7.759%) Q.931
4 36 (7.759%) H.323
5 30 (6.466%) DNS
6 21 (4.526%) RTP
6 21 (4.526%) PBX
7 18 (3.879%) Wireless
8 16 (3.448%) Wireshark
8 16 (3.448%) HTTP
8 16 (3.448%) SS7
9 15 (3.233%) Network Security
9 15 (3.233%) MGCP
9 15 (3.233%) Megaco
9 15 (3.233%) ADSL
9 15 (3.233%) Broadband
10 11 (2.371%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (16.38%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.879%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (3.017%) Oracle 10g
4 11 (2.371%) SQL Server 2005
5 9 (1.940%) GIS
6 8 (1.724%) Oracle 11g
7 7 (1.509%) MySQL
7 7 (1.509%) Oracle 8/8i
8 6 (1.293%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.078%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.862%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.862%) SQL Server 2000
10 4 (0.862%) TOAD
10 4 (0.862%) DTS
10 4 (0.862%) OLTP
10 4 (0.862%) Oracle Discoverer
10 4 (0.862%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.647%) Big Data
11 3 (0.647%) Oracle Exadata
11 3 (0.647%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 24 (5.172%) JIRA
2 16 (3.448%) Visual Studio
3 11 (2.371%) LabVIEW
4 10 (2.155%) Subversion
5 5 (1.078%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 5 (1.078%) QuickTest Pro
5 5 (1.078%) Selenium
6 4 (0.862%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.647%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.647%) Moq
7 3 (0.647%) JMeter
7 3 (0.647%) NUnit
8 2 (0.431%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.431%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.431%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.431%) Visual Studio Team System
8 2 (0.431%) TestComplete
8 2 (0.431%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.216%) Dreamweaver
General
1 109 (23.49%) Telecoms
2 71 (15.30%) Manufacturing
3 51 (10.99%) Electronics
4 35 (7.543%) Back Office
5 34 (7.328%) Finance
6 27 (5.819%) Retail
7 20 (4.310%) Military
8 12 (2.586%) Aerospace
9 9 (1.940%) Marketing
10 8 (1.724%) Automotive
11 7 (1.509%) Games
12 6 (1.293%) Billing
13 5 (1.078%) Multimedia
13 5 (1.078%) Local Government
14 3 (0.647%) Legal
15 2 (0.431%) Banking
15 2 (0.431%) Avionics
16 1 (0.216%) Pharmaceutical
16 1 (0.216%) Investment Banking
16 1 (0.216%) Russian Language
Job Titles
1 53 (11.42%) Developer
2 49 (10.56%) Support Engineer
3 42 (9.052%) Analyst
3 42 (9.052%) Field Engineer
4 40 (8.621%) Field Service Engineer
5 39 (8.405%) Software Engineer
6 36 (7.759%) Test Engineer
7 32 (6.897%) Software Developer
8 22 (4.741%) Systems Engineer
9 20 (4.310%) Voice Engineer
9 20 (4.310%) Administrator
10 18 (3.879%) Team Leader
10 18 (3.879%) Support Analyst
11 17 (3.664%) Consultant
11 17 (3.664%) Software Test Engineer
11 17 (3.664%) .NET Developer
12 16 (3.448%) C# Developer
12 16 (3.448%) Technical Specialist
12 16 (3.448%) Senior Technical Specialist
12 16 (3.448%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 68 (14.66%) Computer Science
2 39 (8.405%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.017%) SCADA
3 14 (3.017%) Mathematics
3 14 (3.017%) Visualisation
4 12 (2.586%) Embedded Systems
5 11 (2.371%) 3D Graphics
6 10 (2.155%) Mobile App
7 9 (1.940%) STB
8 8 (1.724%) Animation
8 8 (1.724%) Physics
8 8 (1.724%) FMCG
9 7 (1.509%) MPEG
9 7 (1.509%) Handset
10 6 (1.293%) Clustering
10 6 (1.293%) DTV
11 5 (1.078%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.078%) Replication
11 5 (1.078%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 5 (1.078%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 112 (24.14%) Linux
2 110 (23.71%) Windows
3 44 (9.483%) UNIX
4 23 (4.957%) Windows Server 2008
5 20 (4.310%) Windows Server 2003
6 12 (2.586%) Windows 7
7 9 (1.940%) Android
8 8 (1.724%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.078%) Solaris
10 4 (0.862%) HPUX
11 3 (0.647%) Windows XP
12 2 (0.431%) Windows Vista
12 2 (0.431%) Fedora
12 2 (0.431%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.431%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.216%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.216%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.216%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (7.759%) Scrum
2 35 (7.543%) ITIL
3 34 (7.328%) Service Delivery
4 30 (6.466%) Test Scripting
5 29 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
6 26 (5.603%) Project Management
7 24 (5.172%) OO
8 23 (4.957%) Software Engineering
9 21 (4.526%) Service Management
9 21 (4.526%) Change Control
10 19 (4.095%) PRINCE2
10 19 (4.095%) TDD
11 17 (3.664%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (3.664%) MVC
11 17 (3.664%) CAD
12 16 (3.448%) BDD
13 14 (3.017%) Time Management
14 13 (2.802%) ERP
15 11 (2.371%) Web Testing
15 11 (2.371%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 82 (17.67%) C
2 70 (15.09%) SQL
3 53 (11.42%) C#
4 39 (8.405%) Java
5 34 (7.328%) JavaScript
5 34 (7.328%) C++
6 25 (5.388%) VB
7 14 (3.017%) T-SQL
8 11 (2.371%) PHP
9 9 (1.940%) Embedded C
9 9 (1.940%) Shell Script
10 8 (1.724%) Python
10 8 (1.724%) VB.NET
11 7 (1.509%) ABAP
12 6 (1.293%) VB6
13 4 (0.862%) VBA
13 4 (0.862%) Perl
14 3 (0.647%) Embedded C++
14 3 (0.647%) Ruby
14 3 (0.647%) XPath
Qualifications
1 292 (62.93%) Degree
2 138 (29.74%) HNC
3 72 (15.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 63 (13.58%) MCSE
5 48 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
6 43 (9.267%) CCNA
7 40 (8.621%) MCDST
8 38 (8.190%) Security Cleared
9 28 (6.034%) SC Cleared
10 20 (4.310%) ISEB
11 16 (3.448%) ISTQB
12 14 (3.017%) MCP
13 9 (1.940%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 8 (1.724%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 8 (1.724%) CCNP
15 6 (1.293%) MCSA
16 5 (1.078%) MCTS
16 5 (1.078%) MCITP
17 4 (0.862%) ITIL Certification
18 3 (0.647%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.250%) QA
2 25 (5.388%) SLA
3 5 (1.078%) JTAG
4 3 (0.647%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.431%) ISO 14001
5 2 (0.431%) GMP
5 2 (0.431%) DO-254
6 1 (0.216%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.216%) COBIT
6 1 (0.216%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (3.664%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.017%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.371%) vSphere
4 5 (1.078%) NDS
5 4 (0.862%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.431%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.431%) XenApp
7 1 (0.216%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.216%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.216%) XenServer
7 1 (0.216%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.216%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 5 (1.078%) SCCM
2 3 (0.647%) HP Data Protector
2 3 (0.647%) HP SIM
2 3 (0.647%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (0.647%) NetBackup
2 3 (0.647%) Backup Exec
2 3 (0.647%) WSUS
3 2 (0.431%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.216%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.216%) CiscoWorks
4 1 (0.216%) DameWare
Vendors
1 136 (29.31%) Microsoft
2 87 (18.75%) Cisco
3 63 (13.58%) Oracle
4 28 (6.034%) Juniper
5 24 (5.172%) VMware
6 22 (4.741%) Avaya
7 21 (4.526%) Mitel
8 17 (3.664%) SAP
9 15 (3.233%) BT
9 15 (3.233%) Nortel
9 15 (3.233%) Sun
9 15 (3.233%) Huawei
10 12 (2.586%) HP
11 10 (2.155%) CA
12 9 (1.940%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.940%) Siemens
13 8 (1.724%) Citrix
14 7 (1.509%) Allen-Bradley
14 7 (1.509%) Adobe
14 7 (1.509%) ESRI
Manchester, North West
An exciting permanent opportunity has opened up with a company at the forefront ofUKengineering. My client deals with large blue-chip customers on a national level delivering solutions...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013
Manchester, North West
I am currently recruting for a very exciting permanent opportunity with one of my key clients, they are one of the UK's leading engineering solution providers... They...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £45 - £55 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Three years plus experience in SAP Security including user account management, with prior experience in a Microsoft Windows/SQL Server environment... SAP qualified... ITIL Foundation Certificate... HNC/HND/...
Sanderson
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Essential skills: - Crystal Reports - SQL Queries - Databases / Data relationships - Confident working with large datasets - Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel Desirable: - Degree / HND in Computer Science...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £17000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
West Midlands
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Experis Engineering
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 7 June 2013
Cornwall, South West
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 10 June 2013
Gloucestershire
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: competitive
Posted: 18 June 2013
Doncaster, Yorkshire
Salary: £17000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Walsall, West Midlands
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
West London
Sky
Posted: 28 May 2013
West London
British Sky Broadcasting
Posted: 28 May 2013
Crewe, Cheshire
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cumbria, North West
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 5 June 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: 20k to 20k per year GBP
Posted: 13 June 2013
Exeter, Devon
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: 20k to 20k per year GBP
Posted: 13 June 2013
Colchester, Essex
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: 20k to 20k per year GBP
Posted: 13 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
AATOM Recruitment
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leicestershire, East Midlands
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
CREWE, North West
Provisio Solutions
Salary: £40,000 per year
Posted: 14 June 2013
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 28,000-35,000
Posted: 13 June 2013
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Duval Associates Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum Negotiable basic, great benefits & s
Posted: 18 June 2013
Hampshire, South East
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £48000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Catalyst
Salary: From £16,000 to £20,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Kent
Proteus Europe
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 14 June 2013