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This section looks at the demand for Higher National Diploma (HND) in IT jobs within the London 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHigher National Diploma (HND)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank567638
Rank change on same period last yearUp+71
Matching permanent IT job ads7193
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.038 %0.039 %
As % of the category below0.484 %0.428 %
Salaries quoted6688
Average minimum salary£35,106£32,898
Average salary£36,790£34,827
% change on same period last year+5.63 %
Average maximum salary£38,474£36,756
UK excluding London average salary£29,665£31,060
% change on same period last year-4.48 %
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
London
Matching permanent IT job ads1466621722
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled7.895 %9.054 %
Salaries quoted1259217317
Average minimum salary£42,252£44,283
Average salary£46,070£48,388
% change on same period last year-4.79 %
Average maximum salary£49,888£52,494
UK excluding London average salary£37,833£38,491
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

London 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 London region.

London HND Salary Trend

HND
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing HND across the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

London HND Salary Histogram

HND
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
City of LondonDown-1210£52,722+45.64 %
UxbridgeNew entry-4£30,000-
CroydonDown-103£41,000+3.36 %
EnfieldNew entry-1£34,000-
HendonNew entry-1£28,500-
HND EnglandHND
England

HND
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

185 (62.50 %)Degree
245 (33.09 %)Windows
335 (25.74 %).NET
427 (19.85 %)MS Office
524 (17.65 %)HNC
623 (16.91 %)Microsoft
721 (15.44 %)UNIX
820 (14.71 %)Windows 2000
820 (14.71 %)MS Excel
918 (13.24 %)IBM
918 (13.24 %)Computer Science
1017 (12.50 %)Telecoms
1017 (12.50 %)Windows XP
1017 (12.50 %)Active Directory
1017 (12.50 %)HP
1017 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
1116 (11.76 %)SQL
1215 (11.03 %)VB
1215 (11.03 %)VB.NET
1215 (11.03 %)SQL Server
1314 (10.29 %)Finance
1413 (9.559 %)ASP.NET
1413 (9.559 %)WAN
1512 (8.824 %)VPN
1512 (8.824 %)MS Exchange
1512 (8.824 %)MPLS
1610 (7.353 %)TCP/IP
1610 (7.353 %)Transact-SQL
1610 (7.353 %)C#
1610 (7.353 %).NET Framework

HND
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
135 (25.74 %).NET
213 (9.559 %)ASP.NET
310 (7.353 %).NET Framework
48 (5.882 %)XML
48 (5.882 %)HTML
56 (4.412 %)CSS
65 (3.676 %)ASP
74 (2.941 %)XHTML
83 (2.206 %)J2EE
92 (1.471 %)WebServices
92 (1.471 %)ASP.NET 2.0
92 (1.471 %)AJAX
101 (0.735 %)LAMP
101 (0.735 %)XSL
101 (0.735 %)XSLT
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (8.824 %)MS Exchange
26 (4.412 %)Exchange Server 2000
26 (4.412 %)Exchange Server 2003
35 (3.676 %)SharePoint
43 (2.206 %)SharePoint Server 2007
43 (2.206 %)Exchange Server 2007
51 (0.735 %)TYPO3
51 (0.735 %)IIS
51 (0.735 %)BizTalk Server
51 (0.735 %)CMS
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
127 (19.85 %)MS Office
220 (14.71 %)MS Excel
33 (2.206 %)Photoshop
42 (1.471 %)MS Project
42 (1.471 %)Fireworks
42 (1.471 %)AutoCAD
42 (1.471 %)Adobe Illustrator
42 (1.471 %)CA Clarity
51 (0.735 %)MS Visio
51 (0.735 %)Acrobat
51 (0.735 %)FreeHand
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.471 %)Microsoft CRM
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (9.559 %)WAN
212 (8.824 %)VPN
212 (8.824 %)MPLS
310 (7.353 %)TCP/IP
49 (6.618 %)LAN
57 (5.147 %)Internet
65 (3.676 %)Intranet
65 (3.676 %)Firewall
74 (2.941 %)DSL
74 (2.941 %)Broadband
83 (2.206 %)VoIP
83 (2.206 %)Ethernet
83 (2.206 %)L2TP
83 (2.206 %)BGP
92 (1.471 %)Cisco IPT
92 (1.471 %)OSPF
92 (1.471 %)PPP
92 (1.471 %)DNS
92 (1.471 %)DHCP
92 (1.471 %)ISDN
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (11.03 %)SQL Server
27 (5.147 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (0.735 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (0.735 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
31 (0.735 %)MySQL
31 (0.735 %)Oracle 9i
31 (0.735 %)MS Access
31 (0.735 %)Datawarehouse
31 (0.735 %)DTS
31 (0.735 %)OLTP
31 (0.735 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
31 (0.735 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (6.618 %)Visual Studio
23 (2.206 %)Flash
32 (1.471 %)WinRunner
32 (1.471 %)TestDirector
32 (1.471 %)LoadRunner
41 (0.735 %)Aptana Studio
41 (0.735 %)Dreamweaver
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (12.50 %)Telecoms
214 (10.29 %)Finance
39 (6.618 %)Education
47 (5.147 %)Retail
56 (4.412 %)Health
64 (2.941 %)Electric
64 (2.941 %)Electronics
73 (2.206 %)Construction
73 (2.206 %)Aerospace
73 (2.206 %)Law
73 (2.206 %)Banking
73 (2.206 %)Graphic Design
82 (1.471 %)Manufacturing
82 (1.471 %)Publishing
82 (1.471 %)Games
82 (1.471 %)Multimedia
82 (1.471 %)Insurance
82 (1.471 %)Pensions
91 (0.735 %)Marketing
91 (0.735 %)Automotive
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
132 (23.53 %)Analyst
225 (18.38 %)Developer
315 (11.03 %)Support Analyst
49 (6.618 %)Desktop Support
49 (6.618 %)Web Developer
58 (5.882 %)Consultant
58 (5.882 %)Helpdesk Analyst
58 (5.882 %)Desktop Support Analyst
58 (5.882 %)Desktop Analyst
66 (4.412 %).NET Developer
66 (4.412 %)Applications Support
75 (3.676 %)Applications Consultant
75 (3.676 %)Support Engineer
75 (3.676 %)Support Consultant
75 (3.676 %)Administrator
75 (3.676 %)Network Engineer
75 (3.676 %)Technical Project Manager
75 (3.676 %)Project Manager
75 (3.676 %)Helpdesk Support
75 (3.676 %)ASP.NET Developer
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (13.24 %)Computer Science
29 (6.618 %)French Language
29 (6.618 %)German Language
37 (5.147 %)Mathematics
43 (2.206 %)MPEG
52 (1.471 %)Blackberry
52 (1.471 %)Equities
52 (1.471 %)CCTV
52 (1.471 %)Statistics
52 (1.471 %)N-Tier
61 (0.735 %)RIA
61 (0.735 %)PDA
61 (0.735 %)Mainframe
61 (0.735 %)Management Information System
61 (0.735 %)EPoS
61 (0.735 %)W3C
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
145 (33.09 %)Windows
221 (15.44 %)UNIX
320 (14.71 %)Windows 2000
417 (12.50 %)Windows XP
417 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
59 (6.618 %)Solaris
59 (6.618 %)Windows 2000 Server
65 (3.676 %)Linux
65 (3.676 %)Windows Vista
71 (0.735 %)Fedora
71 (0.735 %)Red Hat Linux
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (5.882 %)Service Management
27 (5.147 %)Migration
27 (5.147 %)Project Management
27 (5.147 %)Performance Management
35 (3.676 %)ITIL
44 (2.941 %)Fault Management
53 (2.206 %)Content Management
53 (2.206 %)CAD
53 (2.206 %)E-Commerce
53 (2.206 %)Web Design
53 (2.206 %)Change Management
62 (1.471 %)Quality Management
62 (1.471 %)Information Security
62 (1.471 %)UML
62 (1.471 %)OO
62 (1.471 %)CRM
62 (1.471 %)User Acceptance Testing
62 (1.471 %)Investment Management
62 (1.471 %)Software Testing
62 (1.471 %)Data Migration
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (11.76 %)SQL
215 (11.03 %)VB
215 (11.03 %)VB.NET
310 (7.353 %)Transact-SQL
310 (7.353 %)C#
49 (6.618 %)UniBasic
58 (5.882 %)JavaScript
66 (4.412 %)Java
66 (4.412 %)VB6
66 (4.412 %)VBA
75 (3.676 %)C
81 (0.735 %)Shell Script
81 (0.735 %)Perl
81 (0.735 %)PHP
81 (0.735 %)PL/SQL
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
185 (62.50 %)Degree
224 (17.65 %)HNC
38 (5.882 %)Cisco Certification
47 (5.147 %)CCIP
56 (4.412 %)Microsoft Certification
64 (2.941 %)MCSE
64 (2.941 %)MCP
64 (2.941 %)CCIE
73 (2.206 %)MCSA
82 (1.471 %)MCDST
82 (1.471 %)Chartered Engineer
82 (1.471 %)ISEB
91 (0.735 %)NVQ Level 3
91 (0.735 %)CCNA
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.471 %)QA
21 (0.735 %)SLA
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
117 (12.50 %)Active Directory
21 (0.735 %)Samba
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (2.941 %)OpenView
14 (2.941 %)Tivoli
14 (2.941 %)Netcool
14 (2.941 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
14 (2.941 %)Nagios
14 (2.941 %)Netcool/Proviso
22 (1.471 %)BMC PATROL
31 (0.735 %)HP Data Protector
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
123 (16.91 %)Microsoft
218 (13.24 %)IBM
317 (12.50 %)HP
49 (6.618 %)BMC
49 (6.618 %)CA
49 (6.618 %)Reuters
58 (5.882 %)Infovista
58 (5.882 %)Oracle
58 (5.882 %)Cisco
67 (5.147 %)Citrix
74 (2.941 %)Sun
74 (2.941 %)Concord
74 (2.941 %)NetScout
83 (2.206 %)Nortel
92 (1.471 %)BEA
92 (1.471 %)Polycom
101 (0.735 %)Google
101 (0.735 %)Lucent
101 (0.735 %)Avaya
101 (0.735 %)Juniper