The first table below looks at the demand for HND in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HND over the 3 months to 21 May 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Diploma (HND)
Rank 78 109 86
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -23
Permanent jobs citing HND 3 7 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 0.307% 0.503% 1.275%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.010% 2.053% 4.233%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 7
Average salary £22,250 - £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £35,000 £31,400
% change year-on-year
-12.85% +11.46%
All Qualifications
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
297 341 378
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 30.40% 24.48% 30.12%
Number of salaries quoted 240 268 308
Average salary £40,000 £41,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.61% +10.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
HND
East of England

HND
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex HND Salary Trend

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 Essex region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Harlow - 3 £22,250 -
HND
East of England

HND
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) MCSE
2 3 (60.00%) C
2 3 (60.00%) Back Office
2 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (60.00%) VoIP
2 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) MCDST
2 3 (60.00%) HNC
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Software Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (20.00%) Military
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Electronics
4 1 (20.00%) C#
4 1 (20.00%) C++
4 1 (20.00%) HTML
4 1 (20.00%) Java
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) .NET
4 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (20.00%) XML

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) VoIP
1 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (60.00%) Back Office
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Field Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Hardware Technician
2 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Software Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (20.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (60.00%) MCSE
1 3 (60.00%) MCDST
1 3 (60.00%) HNC
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco