The first table below looks at the demand for HND in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Diploma (HND)
Rank - 59 -
Permanent jobs citing HND 0 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire - 0.890% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 3.817% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 0
Average salary - £33,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £35,000 £31,400
% change year-on-year
-12.85% +11.46%
All Qualifications
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
122 131 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 24.85% 23.31% 22.46%
Number of salaries quoted 106 116 67
Average salary £35,000 £34,250 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.18% +22.32%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £21,500 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,500 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
HND
North West

HND
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire HND Salary Trend

HND
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) German Language
2 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (60.00%) OO
3 1 (20.00%) Aastra
3 1 (20.00%) SYSPRO
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) MD110
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (20.00%) MS Access
3 1 (20.00%) VoIP
3 1 (20.00%) NCR
3 1 (20.00%) MS Office
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) HNC

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) MD110
1 1 (20.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MS Access
General
1 3 (60.00%) German Language
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Support
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (60.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Logistics
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) HNC
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Aastra
1 1 (20.00%) SYSPRO
1 1 (20.00%) NCR
1 1 (20.00%) SAP