The first table below looks at the demand for HND in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HND over the 3 months to 17 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Higher National Diploma (HND)
Rank 144 117 114
Rank change year-on-year
-27 -3
Permanent jobs citing HND 3 12 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.114% 0.573% 0.164%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.457% 2.151% 0.796%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 2
Average salary £26,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.75% -
UK excluding London average salary £31,000 £35,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year
-11.42% +11.11%
All Qualifications
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
656 558 377
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 24.96% 26.63% 20.67%
Number of salaries quoted 500 464 333
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +10.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
HND
West Yorkshire

HND
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds HND Salary Trend

HND
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing HND across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leeds HND Salary Histogram

HND
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Network Management
2 2 (66.67%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Novell
3 1 (33.33%) Apple
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (33.33%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (33.33%) Business Development
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Product Management
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) MS Office
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) VoIP
3 1 (33.33%) NetWare
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) VPN

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 (33.33%) MS Office
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Network Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Business Development
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Novell
1 1 (33.33%) Apple
1 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
1 1 (33.33%) Google